Method and apparatus for assisting drug delivery

A method, apparatus, computer program, programmable device and system are all disclosed for the detection of the actuation of an inhaler and breath of a user from audio data. The method comprises identifying, based on a high frequency band of the audio data, actuation of the inhaler. The method addi...

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Main Authors Stuart Brian William Kay, Sebastien Antoine Yves Cuvelier
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 31.01.2018
Subjects
DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY
DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY
DIAGNOSIS
HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
MEASURING
MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
METERING BY VOLUME
PHYSICS
SURGERY
TESTING
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Summary:A method, apparatus, computer program, programmable device and system are all disclosed for the detection of the actuation of an inhaler and breath of a user from audio data. The method comprises identifying, based on a high frequency band of the audio data, actuation of the inhaler. The method additionally comprises identifying, based on a low frequency band of the audio data and based on the identified actuation of the inhaler, an interval of the audio data comprising the breath of the user.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB20160011324