Method and apparatus for health signs monitoring
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring health signs of an individual, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting at least one health sign characteristic of the individual with a sensor unit that is located proximate to the individual;
producing a health signal from the sensor unit that indicates at least one health sign of the individual;
communicating the health signal from the individual to a receiving unit over a wireless connection;
processing the health signal to determine if an emergency condition exists; and
providing an indication of an emergency condition to a destination node of a network, wherein operating electrical power is applied to the receiving unit in an initialization mode, said receiving unit determining if said receiving unit has received an identification signal from the sensor unit, and receiving a health signal only from a sensor unit having the received identification signal.
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Abstract
A method for monitoring health signs of an individual is provided including the steps of detecting at least one health sign characteristic of the individual with a sensor unit that is located proximate to the individual; producing a health signal from the sensor unit that indicates at least one health sign of the individual; communicating the health signal from the individual to a receiving unit over a wireless connection; processing the health signal to determine if an emergency condition exists; and providing an indication of an emergency condition to a destination node of a network, wherein operating electrical power is applied to the receiving unit in an initialization mode, the receiving unit determining if the receiving unit has received an identification signal from the sensor unit, and receiving a health signal only from a sensor unit having the received identification signal.
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85 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring health signs of an individual, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting at least one health sign characteristic of the individual with a sensor unit that is located proximate to the individual;
producing a health signal from the sensor unit that indicates at least one health sign of the individual;
communicating the health signal from the individual to a receiving unit over a wireless connection;
processing the health signal to determine if an emergency condition exists; and
providing an indication of an emergency condition to a destination node of a network, wherein operating electrical power is applied to the receiving unit in an initialization mode, said receiving unit determining if said receiving unit has received an identification signal from the sensor unit, and receiving a health signal only from a sensor unit having the received identification signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 34)
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12. A method for monitoring health signs of an individual, the method comprising the steps of:
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communicating a health signal from a sensor unit on the individual to a receiving unit; and
processing the health signal to determine if an emergency condition exists, wherein the sensor unit receives electrical power from a battery, battery power is determined by counting the number of health signal transmissions that have occurred since electrical power was last applied, and an indication of low battery power is provided when a predetermined number of transmissions have occurred. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for continuously monitoring health signs of a patient over a period of time, the method comprising the steps of:
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attaching a sensor unit to the patient;
producing a patient signal that indicates the current status of a patient health sign;
transmitting the patient signal to a receiving unit; and
displaying the patient'"'"'s current health sign status at the receiving unit, wherein the sensor unit receives electrical power from a battery, battery power is determined by counting the number of signal transmissions that have occurred since electrical power was last applied, and an indication of low battery power is provided when a predetermined number of transmissions have occurred. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for monitoring health signs of an individual, said system comprising:
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a sensor unit for producing a health signal that indicates at least one health sign of an individual, said sensor unit being located proximate to an individual; and
a receiving unit for receiving the health signal from said sensor unit over a wireless connection, said receiving unit including;
identification determination means for determining if said receiving unit has received an identification signal from said sensor unit;
means for allowing said receiving unit to receive the health signal from said sensor unit only after said receiving unit has received the identification signal from said sensor unit; and
emergency condition determination means for determining if an emergency condition exists based on the health signal received from said sensor unit. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A system for monitoring health signs of an individual, said system comprising:
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a sensor unit for producing a health signal that indicates at least one health sign of an individual, said sensor unit being located proximate to an individual; and
a receiving unit for receiving the health signal from said sensor unit over a wireless connection, said receiving unit including;
emergency condition determination means for determining if an emergency condition exists based on the health signal received from said sensor unit;
means for receiving electrical power from a battery;
means for determining battery power by counting the number of health signal transmissions that have been received by said receiving unit from said sensor unit since electrical power was last supplied to said receiving unit; and
means for providing an indication of low battery power when a predetermined number of health signal transmissions have occurred since electrical power was last supplied to said receiving unit. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A system for monitoring health signs of an individual, said system comprising:
a receiving unit for receiving a health signal from a sensor unit over a wireless connection, said receiving unit including;
identification determination means for determining if said receiving unit has received an identification signal from said sensor unit;
means for allowing said receiving unit to receive the health signal from said sensor unit only after said receiving unit has received the identification signal from said sensor unit; and
emergency condition determination means for determining if an emergency condition exists based on the health signal received from said sensor unit. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A system for monitoring health signs of an individual, said system comprising:
a receiving unit for receiving a health signal from a sensor unit over a wireless connection, said receiving unit including;
emergency condition determination means for determining if an emergency condition exists based on the health signal received from said sensor unit;
means for receiving electrical power from a battery;
means for determining battery power by counting the number of health signal transmissions that have been received by said receiving unit from said sensor unit since electrical power was last supplied to said receiving unit; and
means for providing an indication of low battery power when a predetermined number of health signal transmissions have occurred since electrical power was last supplied to said receiving unit. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67)
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68. A system for monitoring health signs of an individual, said system comprising:
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a first sensor unit for producing a health signal that indicates at least one health sign of an individual, said sensor unit being located proximate to an individual; and
a receiving unit for receiving the health signal from said sensor unit over a wireless connection, said receiving unit including;
means for determining the format of said health signal from said first sensor unit; and
emergency condition determination means for determining if an emergency condition exists based on the health signal received from said sensor unit. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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79. A method for monitoring health signs of an individual, the method comprising:
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detecting at least one health sign characteristic of the individual with a sensor unit that is located proximate to the individual;
producing a health signal from the sensor unit that indicates at least one health sign of the individual;
communicating the health signal from the individual to a receiving unit over a wireless connection;
extracting at least one health factor from an independent data source; and
processing the health signal and the extracted health factor to determine if an emergency condition exists. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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