Patent ID: 11931150
Assignee: BI INCORPORATED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  G  H | IPC A  B  G  H

Claim 8:
9. A method for monitoring impairment, the method comprising:
providing a user attached monitor, wherein the user attached monitor device includes:
a strap operable to secure the user attached monitor device to a wrist of a monitored individual;
a sensor; and
a display;

receiving a test setup request to start;
starting an impairment test by enabling the sensor and requesting that the monitored individual perform a particular activity;
sensing a characteristic of the monitored individual using the sensor; and
generating an impairment value based at least in part on the characteristic of the monitored individual, wherein the impairment value indicates a likelihood that the monitored individual is impaired; and
reporting the impairment value generated on the user attached monitor device to a central monitoring station.