| US 7,462,149 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for remote blood alcohol monitoring | ||
| Jeffrey Scott Hawthorne, Bennett, Colo. (US); Brian Kirby Phillips, Lakewood, Colo. (US); Michael Leonard Iiams, Littleton, Colo. (US); Williams James Roushey, III, Littleton, Colo. (US); and Nolan James Farmer, Jr., Jamestown, Colo. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc., Littleton, Colo. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 19, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/441,940. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0236199 A1, Nov. 25, 2004 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 600—300 [600/301; 128/920] | 34 Claims |
| 1. A system for continuous remote blood alcohol monitoring of a human subject comprising:
a monitor device adapted to be attached to the human subject, wherein said monitor device takes a plurality of transdermal
alcohol concentration readings at predetermined time intervals according to a first schedule stored in a first memory in said
monitor device without active participation by the human subject, wherein said plurality of transdermal alcohol concentration
readings are stored in said first memory;
a modem in communication with said monitor device, wherein said plurality of transdermal alcohol concentration readings stored
in said first memory are communicated from said monitor device to said modem at predetermined time intervals according to
said first schedule through radio frequency signals without active participation by the human subject, wherein said plurality
of transdermal alcohol concentration readings are stored in a second memory in said modem;
a monitor network in communication with said modem, wherein said plurality of transdermal alcohol concentration readings stored
in said second memory are communicated from said modem to said monitor network at predetermined time intervals according to
a second schedule stored in said second memory through a first communication link without active participation by the human
subject, and further wherein said monitor network analyzes said plurality of transdermal alcohol concentration readings to
determine if an alert condition exists; and
a supervising agency in communication with said monitor network, wherein said monitor network communicates an alert to said
supervising agency through a second communication link when said alert condition exists.
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