Patent ID: 8157730

Claim:
A method of monitoring a subject via a monitoring device attached to the subject, wherein the monitoring device includes a housing, at least one physiological sensor attached to the housing, a motion sensor attached to the housing, a processor attached to the housing, a transmitter attached to the housing, and a power source attached to the housing, the method comprising: obtaining physiological information from the subject via the at least one physiological sensor, wherein the physiological information comprises one or more of the following: pulse rate information, body temperature information, breathing rate information, blood pressure information, cardiac output information, and blood gas level information; obtaining subject motion information via the motion sensor; processing the subject motion information via the processor to identify footstep information, body motion information, head motion information, jaw motion information, or swallowing information; processing the obtained physiological information via the processor to remove corrupted signals associated with the subject motion information from the physiological information; and analyzing the processed physiological information in context with the identified type of motion via the processor to identify one or more health issues associated with the subject.