公开(公告)号：US20230118304A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-20

申请号：US17796127

申请日：2021-01-28

申请人： COUGH MONITORING MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, LDA

发明人： Diogo Bernardo JACINTO TECELÃO ,  Miguel NETO MAGALHÃES FERREIRA ANDRADE ,  Alexandra Sofia DIAS LOPES ,  Filipe André CAETANO VALADAS ,  Sara Beatriz ALMEIDA E SOUSA DE ALMADA LOBO

IPC分类号： A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/08

摘要： The invention concerns a system for monitoring, characterising and evaluating a user's cough comprising a sensory instrumentation unit (2), including at least one abdominal contraction sensor (3) and at least one acoustic sensor (4), wherein the acoustic sensor (4) is triggered only when abdominal contractions are detected; a microcontroller (1); at least one data flow unit; and a data processing and analysis unit for cough assessment (5).
The invention solves the problem of under-assessment of cough in medical practice, allowing to objective analyse the cough, contributing to the medical diagnosis by establishing parameterized cough patterns, involving the frequency, type of cough, the user's body position and other data regarding events which potentially cause cough. The invention also protects the user's privacy, as acoustic sensory data are only recorded when there are abdominal contraction events.