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03-10-2016, 04:44 PM
An Apple patent application that could turn the Apple Watch into a fully fledged medical device was published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark ****** on Thursday.
The application, titled "Care event detection and alerts (http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=(340%2F573.1.CCLS.+AND+20160310.PD.))", envisions a hardware system with the ability to monitor the surrounding environment for events that would require assistance from medical professionals, police, fire rescue or other emergency services.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2016/03/patent-800x525.jpg
In one example, the device could be programmed to monitor a user's heart for arrhythmia and send out an alert to a spouse or emergency responder in the event of detection.
As **ted by AppleInsider (http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/03/10/apple-invention-integrates-apple-watch-into-urgent-care-alert-system), the Apple Watch is **t specifically mentioned in the document, but the device would likely fit the requirements of the system's goals, thanks to its advanced sensors and monitoring hardware.
In practice, a wearable and a host device could work in combination to detect a care event. For instance, an iPhone's accelerometer might detect a sudden change in acceleration in tandem with a loss of heart rate detection on an Apple Watch, signaling a cardiac arrest.
When a care event is detected, an alert is sent out by the system to a "care list", or predefined set of recipients established by the user or included in a device preset.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-10-at-12.26.44-800x370.jpg
The patent application **tes that fine tuning of the system would be necessary to prevent false alarms, and that building a hierarchy into the care list could allow for a staggered escalation of response. For example, a user's spouse or family might be included in the first level for contacts for mid-severity crises, while the highest level could be saved for emergency responders in high-severity cases.
Prior to Apple unveiling the Apple Watch, reports indicated (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/20/iwatch-multiple-sizes-more-10-sensors/) the device would come with 10 sensors to track health and fitness data. Many of these features were ultimately dropped by Apple because of inconsistency issues (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/16/apple-watch-original-health-features/), leading some healthcare professionals to find the wearable disappointing (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/11/apple-watch-future-versions/) in this regard. However, should it ever come to fruition, the system described in this latest patent could go some way to answering similar criticisms in the future.
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The application, titled "Care event detection and alerts (http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=(340%2F573.1.CCLS.+AND+20160310.PD.))", envisions a hardware system with the ability to monitor the surrounding environment for events that would require assistance from medical professionals, police, fire rescue or other emergency services.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2016/03/patent-800x525.jpg
In one example, the device could be programmed to monitor a user's heart for arrhythmia and send out an alert to a spouse or emergency responder in the event of detection.
As **ted by AppleInsider (http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/03/10/apple-invention-integrates-apple-watch-into-urgent-care-alert-system), the Apple Watch is **t specifically mentioned in the document, but the device would likely fit the requirements of the system's goals, thanks to its advanced sensors and monitoring hardware.
In practice, a wearable and a host device could work in combination to detect a care event. For instance, an iPhone's accelerometer might detect a sudden change in acceleration in tandem with a loss of heart rate detection on an Apple Watch, signaling a cardiac arrest.
When a care event is detected, an alert is sent out by the system to a "care list", or predefined set of recipients established by the user or included in a device preset.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-10-at-12.26.44-800x370.jpg
The patent application **tes that fine tuning of the system would be necessary to prevent false alarms, and that building a hierarchy into the care list could allow for a staggered escalation of response. For example, a user's spouse or family might be included in the first level for contacts for mid-severity crises, while the highest level could be saved for emergency responders in high-severity cases.
Prior to Apple unveiling the Apple Watch, reports indicated (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/20/iwatch-multiple-sizes-more-10-sensors/) the device would come with 10 sensors to track health and fitness data. Many of these features were ultimately dropped by Apple because of inconsistency issues (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/16/apple-watch-original-health-features/), leading some healthcare professionals to find the wearable disappointing (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/11/apple-watch-future-versions/) in this regard. However, should it ever come to fruition, the system described in this latest patent could go some way to answering similar criticisms in the future.
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