Data-capable band for medical diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment

Abstract

A system for medical diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment is described, including a medical band comprising one or more sensors configured to gather data associated with at least one symptom of a medical condition and a communications facility configured to communicate with another device, a memory configured to store the data, a notification facility configured to provide a notification, and an application implemented on the another device, the application configured to determine the medical condition using the data and to provide an instruction to the medical band. The notifications may be alarms, may be designed to prompt movement, or may be associated with a drug regimen.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A medical diagnosis and monitoring system, comprising:
 a medical band comprising one or more sensors configured to gather data associated with at least one symptom of a medical condition and a communications facility configured to communicate with another device;   a memory configured to store the data;   a notification facility configured to provide a notification; and   an application implemented on the another device, the application configured to determine the medical condition using the data and to provide an instruction to the medical band.   
     
     
         2 . The medical diagnosis and monitoring system of  claim 1 , wherein the another device comprises a computer. 
     
     
         3 . The medical diagnosis and monitoring system of  claim 1 , wherein the another device comprises another medical band. 
     
     
         4 . The medical diagnosis and monitoring system of  claim 1 , wherein the another device comprises a mobile communication device. 
     
     
         5 . The medical diagnosis and monitoring system of  claim 1 , wherein the another device comprises a mobile computing device. 
     
     
         6 . The medical diagnosis and monitoring system of  claim 1 , wherein the instruction is associated with the notification. 
     
     
         7 . The medical diagnosis and monitoring system of  claim 1 , wherein the notification facility is configured to provide a notification using a remote device. 
     
     
         8 . The medical diagnosis and monitoring system of  claim 7 , wherein the notification is provided using an application implemented on the remote device. 
     
     
         9 . The medical diagnosis and monitoring system of  claim 7 , wherein the medical band is configured to be worn by a child and the remote device is operable by a caretaker. 
     
     
         10 . A medical diagnosis and monitoring system, comprising:
 a plurality of medical bands, each of the plurality of medical bands comprising one or more sensors configured to gather data associated with at least one symptom of a medical condition and a communications facility configured to communicate with another of the plurality of medical bands;   a memory configured to store the data;   a notification facility configured to provide a notification; and   an application implemented on one of the plurality of medical bands, the application configured to determine the medical condition using the data and to provide to another of the plurality of medical bands an instruction associated with the notification.