Method and apparatus for monitoring fetal status data
First Claim
1. A system for remotely monitoring a patient status parameter, the system comprising:
- a fetal monitor including a sensor for detecting a patient status parameter and for producing a parameter signal representative thereof;
a server-side controller coupled to the sensor for receiving the parameter signal and for incorporating the parameter signal into a client viewable presentation; and
a client-side controller including a general purpose browser configured to be coupled to the server-side controller via a network connection to receive data from the server-side controller and for displaying the client viewable presentation.
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Abstract
A system is provided for remotely monitoring fetal status parameters. Status parameters are sampled from patient sensors and are processed and stored in a medical facility data management system. A general purpose data presentation application, such as a browser, is employed on a client side to access the data via a network, such as the Internet. Support software is called upon to format user-viewable pages and to insert data transmitted from the medical facility for remote viewing. The technique is particularly well suited to monitoring of a variety of parameters at various sampling rates for remote medical evaluation, such as in obstetrics applications.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for remotely monitoring a patient status parameter, the system comprising:
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a fetal monitor including a sensor for detecting a patient status parameter and for producing a parameter signal representative thereof;
a server-side controller coupled to the sensor for receiving the parameter signal and for incorporating the parameter signal into a client viewable presentation; and
a client-side controller including a general purpose browser configured to be coupled to the server-side controller via a network connection to receive data from the server-side controller and for displaying the client viewable presentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for monitoring a physiological parameter of a patient in real time, the system comprising:
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a patient monitoring sensor, the sensor being configured to detect at least one physiological parameter of a patient and to generate parameter signals representative thereof, at least one parameter signal being representative of a condition of a fetus;
a monitoring circuit coupled to the sensor, the monitoring circuit receiving the parameter signals, processing the parameter signals, and storing data representative of the parameter signals for transmission to a remote location upon demand from a user; and
a user station including a general purpose browser and network communications circuitry, the user station being configured to link to the monitoring circuit via a network, to demand transmission of the parameter signals and to display the data representative of the parameter signals in response to user commands. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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16. A method for monitoring a condition of a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting a fetal parameter of interest and generating a fetal condition signal representative thereof;
(b) storing the fetal condition signal;
(c) defining a general purpose network presentation including data representative of the fetal condition signal; and
(d) transmitting the presentation to a general purpose display station via a configurable network link upon receipt of a command from the display station.
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23. A method for remotely monitoring a fetal condition via a configurable network connection, the method including the steps of:
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(a) monitoring a physiological parameter of a fetus and generating fetal parameter data representative thereof;
(b) defining a user viewable, interface page including user selectable command devices;
(c) updating the interface page to include the parameter data;
(d) establishing a network link between a server and a client station; and
(e) transmitting the updated interface page from the server to the client station for display.
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