System, method and computer program product for physiological monitoring
First Claim
1. A system for measuring physiological parameters of a patient, the system comprising:
- a portable measurement system, operable to acquire physiological measurement from an examined body location of the patient;
an external camera, external to the portable measurement system, movable irrespective of the portable measurement system, and operable to capture visible light, oriented toward the examined body location;
a synchronization module, operable to receive a triggering indication, and in response to the triggering indication to associate to the physiological measurement a positioning image captured by the external camera, the positioning image comprising at least a part of the portable measurement system adjacent to the examined body location; and
a communication module operable to obtain the physiological measurement and the positioning image, and to transmit to a remote system;
a physiological measurement record which is based on the physiological measurement,an orientation image which is based on the positioning image, the orientation image comprising at least a part of the portable measurement system adjacent to the examined body location, andassociation data associating the orientation image and the physiological measurement record.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system for measuring physiological parameters, including: a portable measurement system, operable to acquire physiological measurement from an examined body location; an external camera operable to capture visible light, oriented toward the examined body location; a synchronization module, operable to receive a triggering indication, and in response to the triggering indication to associate to the physiological measurement a positioning image captured by the camera, the positioning image including at least a part of the portable measurement system adjacent to the examined body location; and a communication module operable to obtain the physiological measurement and the positioning image, and to transmit to a remote system: a physiological measurement record based on the physiological measurement, an orientation image based on the positioning image, and including at least a part of the portable measurement system adjacent to the examined body location, and association data associating the orientation image and the physiological measurement record.
13 Citations
70 Claims
-
1. A system for measuring physiological parameters of a patient, the system comprising:
-
a portable measurement system, operable to acquire physiological measurement from an examined body location of the patient; an external camera, external to the portable measurement system, movable irrespective of the portable measurement system, and operable to capture visible light, oriented toward the examined body location; a synchronization module, operable to receive a triggering indication, and in response to the triggering indication to associate to the physiological measurement a positioning image captured by the external camera, the positioning image comprising at least a part of the portable measurement system adjacent to the examined body location; and a communication module operable to obtain the physiological measurement and the positioning image, and to transmit to a remote system; a physiological measurement record which is based on the physiological measurement, an orientation image which is based on the positioning image, the orientation image comprising at least a part of the portable measurement system adjacent to the examined body location, and association data associating the orientation image and the physiological measurement record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. A physiological monitoring system, the system comprising:
-
a communication module operable to receive; a plurality of physiological measurement records of a plurality of physiological measurements acquired by a portable measurement system at different positions of the portable measurement system with respect to a body of a patient, a plurality of visible light orientation images, acquired by an external camera, external to the portable measurement system and movable irrespective of the portable measurement system, each of the plurality of visible light orientation images being indicative of a location of a portable measurement system with respect to the body of the patient, and association data associating each orientation image with a corresponding physiological measurement record out of the plurality of physiological measurement records; a processor, operable to process the association data and to retrieve from a physiological measurements database, based on results of the processing;
(a) a selected physiological measurement record and (b) at least one matching orientation image; anda user interface output configured to display the at least one matching orientation image in combination with providing information of the selected physiological measurement record. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
-
-
23. A system for measuring physiological parameters of a patient, the system comprising:
-
a portable measurement system, operable to acquire physiological measurement of the patient; an external camera, external to the portable measurement system, movable irrespective of the portable measurement system, and operable to capture visible light images of the body of the patient; a processor, operable to; process at least one image acquired by the external camera to determine a location of the portable measurement system in the image; and initiate a change in the physiological measurement of the portable measurement system upon a condition in which the location fulfils a proximity criterion with respect to a predetermined examination location. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
-
-
28. A system for controlling measuring of physiological parameters of a patient, the system comprising:
-
a communication interface operable to receive at least one examination location, wherein the at least one examination location is defined with respect to a reference image which comprises at least a part of a body of a patient; a processor, operable to process the at least one examination location, and to determine positioning parameters for a portable measurement system based on a result of the processing; and a controller, operable to control execution of a physiological measurement of the patient by the portable measurement system, based on the positioning parameters; wherein the reference image is a visible light image acquired by an external camera which is external to the portable measurement system and movable irrespective of the portable measurement system. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
-
-
37. A method for measuring physiological parameters of a patient, the method comprising:
-
associating a positioning image to a physiological measurement acquired from an examined body location of the patient by a portable measurement system;
the positioning image being an image captured by an external visible light camera, external to the portable measurement system and movable irrespective of the portable measurement system, the external visible light camera being oriented toward the examined body location, which comprises at least part of the portable measurement system adjacent to the examined body location; andtransmitting to a remote system;
a physiological measurement record which is based on the physiological measurement, an orientation image which is based on the positioning image and which comprises at least part of the portable measurement system adjacent to the examined body location, and association data associating the orientation image and the physiological measurement record. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
-
-
51. A computer-implemented method for physiological monitoring, the method comprising:
-
receiving; a plurality of physiological measurement records of a plurality of physiological measurements acquired by a portable measurement system at different positions of the portable measurement system with respect to a body of a patient, a plurality of visible light orientation images, acquired by an external camera, external to the portable measurement system and movable irrespective of the portable measurement system, each of the plurality of orientation images being indicative of a location of a portable measurement system with respect to the body of the patient, and association data associating each orientation image with a corresponding physiological measurement record out of the plurality of physiological measurement records; storing on a tangible memory;
the plurality of physiological measurement records, the plurality of orientation images, and the association data;based on the association data, retrieving from the tangible memory a selected physiological measurement record and at least one matching orientation image; and displaying the at least one matching orientation image in combination with providing information of the selected physiological measurement record. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55)
-
-
56. A computer-implemented method for physiological monitoring, the method comprising:
-
processing at least one visible light image showing a body of a patient and a portable measurement system to determine a location of the portable measurement system in the at least one image, wherein the visible light image is acquired by an external camera, external to the portable measurement system and movable irrespective of the portable measurement system; and initiating a new phase of a physiological measurement of the patient by the portable measurement system, upon a condition in which the location fulfils a proximity criterion with respect to a predetermined examination location. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60)
-
-
61. A computer-implemented method for physiological monitoring, the method comprising:
-
obtaining at least one examination location which is defined with respect to a reference image which comprises at least a part of a body of a patient; determining positioning parameters for a portable measurement system, based on the at least one examination location; and controlling execution of a physiological measurement of the patient by the portable measurement system, based on the positioning parameters; wherein the reference image is a visible light image acquired by an external camera external to the portable measurement system and movable irrespective of the portable measurement system. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
-
-
70. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for physiological monitoring, comprising instructions stored thereon, that when executed on a processor, perform the steps of:
-
obtaining; a plurality of physiological measurement records of a plurality of physiological measurements acquired by a portable measurement system at different positions of the portable measurement system with respect to a body of a patient, a plurality of visible light orientation images, acquired by an external camera, external to the portable measurement system and movable irrespective of the portable measurement system, each of the plurality of orientation images being indicative of a location of a portable measurement system with respect to the body of the patient, and association data associating each orientation image with a corresponding physiological measurement record out of the plurality of physiological measurement records; storing on a tangible memory;
the plurality of physiological measurement records, the plurality of orientation images, and the association data;based on the association data, retrieving from the tangible memory a selected physiological measurement record and at least one matching orientation image; and displaying the at least one matching orientation image in combination with providing information of the selected physiological measurement record.
-
Specification