Wearable health monitoring device

Abstract

A wearable health monitoring device includes a band configured to attach the wearable health monitoring device to a user's body; a VOC detection device configured to collect and analyze volatile organic compounds given off from the user's skin to identify specific health-indicative volatile organic compounds indicative of a health condition; and a biomarker sensor configured to detect a biomarker of the user.

That which is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wearable health monitoring device comprising:
 a band configured to attach the wearable health monitoring device to a user's body;   a VOC detection device configured to collect and analyze volatile organic compounds given off from the user's skin to identify specific health-indicative volatile organic compounds indicative of a health condition; and   a biomarker sensor configured to detect a biomarker of the user.   
     
     
         2 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 1 , further comprising a display configured to display information related to at least one of the biomarker and the volatile organic compounds. 
     
     
         3 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 2 , wherein the band is a wristband configured to attach to a user's wrist. 
     
     
         4 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 3 , wherein:
 the VOC detection device comprises a collector;   the collector comprises a collector material configured to collect the volatile organic compounds given off from the user's skin;   the display is disposed at a first side of the wristband and the collector material is disposed at a second side of the wristband substantially opposite the first side;   the collector material is configured to confront a palmar side of the user's wrist; and   the display is configured to confront a dorsal side of the user's wrist.   
     
     
         5 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 4 , wherein the collector further comprises an outer layer and an inner layer, the inner layer configured to prevent the collector material from contacting the user's skin, the collector material received between the outer layer and the inner layer. 
     
     
         6 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 5 , wherein the inner layer is a mesh layer. 
     
     
         7 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 5 , wherein the collector further comprises a heater comprising a heating element, the heating element configured to emit a thermal pulse to desorb the volatile organic compounds from the collector material. 
     
     
         8 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 4 , wherein the VOC detection device further comprises an identifier comprising a processor, the processor configured to process information about the volatile organic compounds to identify the specific health-indicative volatile organic compounds. 
     
     
         9 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the wearable health monitoring device further comprises a separator comprising a gas chromatography column configured to separate mixtures of the volatile organic compounds into their constituent chemicals; and   the identifier further comprises a detector configured to transduce the constituent chemicals; and   the processor is configured to process information about the transduced chemicals to identify the specific health-indicative volatile organic compounds.   
     
     
         10 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 9 , further comprising a pump and a transfer tube, the pump configured to pump the volatile organic compounds through the transfer tube from the collector to the separator. 
     
     
         11 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 4 , wherein the biomarker sensor is selected from one of a temperature sensor, a heart rate sensor, a blood pressure sensor, and a blood oxygen sensor. 
     
     
         12 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 11 , wherein the biomarker sensor is a first biomarker sensor, and wherein the wearable health monitoring device further comprises a second biomarker sensor selected from another of the temperature sensor, the heart rate sensor, the blood pressure sensor, and the blood oxygen sensor. 
     
     
         13 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 11 , wherein the biomarker sensor is configured to confront the palmar side of the user's wrist. 
     
     
         14 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 4 , wherein the biomarker sensor is a temperature sensor. 
     
     
         15 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 4 , wherein the biomarker sensor is a heart rate sensor. 
     
     
         16 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 4 , wherein the biomarker sensor is a blood pressure sensor. 
     
     
         17 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 4 , wherein the biomarker sensor is a blood oxygen sensor. 
     
     
         18 . The wearable health monitoring device of  claim 1 , wherein the specific health-indicative volatile organic compounds comprise at least one seizure-indicative volatile organic compound.