System for patient monitoring
First Claim
1. A system (1) for patient monitoring comprising at least one body sensor (2a) for detecting a physiological parameter, as well as, connected downstream from the body sensor (2a), at least one of a body signal processing unit (3;
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204, 206) and a therapy device (2, 2′
) designed for acting on a patient (P), and a mobile radio end unit (7;
700) designed for transmitting data from at least one of the body signal processing unit (3;
204, 200) and the therapy device (2;
2′
) to a central monitoring station (1C), said mobile radio end unit (7;
700) being operable in a cellular mobile radiotelephone network (1B) having a multiplicity of preferably ground-based base stations (8.1 through 8.3), wherein a base station coordinate memory unit (13) is provided and a rough locator unit (12) for a rough determination of a patient'"'"'s current location based on rough positioning information obtained from a current base station connection of the mobile radio end unit in the mobile radiotelephony network, and further comprising a fine locator unit incorporating a direction-finding transmitter (300) in the mobile radiotelephone end unit (7, 700) and a separate direction-finder device (310) for fine tracking of a direction-finding signal, and thus of the mobile radiotelephone end unit (7, 700), after the rough location determination.
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Abstract
A patient monitoring system (1) is provided with at least one body sensor (2a) for measuring a physiological parameter, as well as with a body signal processing unit (3) connected downstream from the former and/or a therapy device (2) designed to act on the patient (P), and a mobile radiotelephone end unit (7) operable in a cellular mobile radiotelephone network (1B) for transmitting data from the body signal processing unit or the therapy device to a central monitoring station (1C) and/or from the central monitoring station to the therapy device. A base station coordinate memory unit (13; 13′) and a locator unit (12, 12.1′ through 12.3′) connected to the former serves for the rough determination of the location of the patient based on location information obtained from the current base station connection of the mobile radiotelephone end unit in the mobile radiotelephone network. For the fine position determination, a direction-finding transmitter (300) that sends out a direction-finding signal is provided in the mobile radiotelephone end unit (7). A separate direction-finding device (310) serves for the fine tracking of the direction-finding signal.
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12 Claims
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1. A system (1) for patient monitoring comprising at least one body sensor (2a) for detecting a physiological parameter, as well as, connected downstream from the body sensor (2a), at least one of a body signal processing unit (3;
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204, 206) and a therapy device (2, 2′
) designed for acting on a patient (P), and a mobile radio end unit (7;
700) designed for transmitting data from at least one of the body signal processing unit (3;
204, 200) and the therapy device (2;
2′
) to a central monitoring station (1C), said mobile radio end unit (7;
700) being operable in a cellular mobile radiotelephone network (1B) having a multiplicity of preferably ground-based base stations (8.1 through 8.3), wherein a base station coordinate memory unit (13) is provided and a rough locator unit (12) for a rough determination of a patient'"'"'s current location based on rough positioning information obtained from a current base station connection of the mobile radio end unit in the mobile radiotelephony network, and further comprising a fine locator unit incorporating a direction-finding transmitter (300) in the mobile radiotelephone end unit (7, 700) and a separate direction-finder device (310) for fine tracking of a direction-finding signal, and thus of the mobile radiotelephone end unit (7, 700), after the rough location determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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204, 206) and a therapy device (2, 2′
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