Personal ambulatory cellular health monitor
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1. An ambulatory patient monitoring apparatus comprising:
- a portable housing comprising;
at least one physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data of a patient;
location determination circuitry;
communications circuitry capable of communicating through a cellular network and a data network to a central health monitoring station;
signal processing circuitry for processing signals associated with any of said physiological data input device, said location determination circuitry and said communications circuitry; and
control circuitry.
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Abstract
Ambulatory patent monitoring apparatus including a portable housing including at least one physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data of the patient, location determination circuitry, and communications circuitry for communicating the physiological data and the geographic location information to a central health monitoring station via a cellular network and a data network.
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40 Claims
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1. An ambulatory patient monitoring apparatus comprising:
a portable housing comprising;
at least one physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data of a patient;
location determination circuitry;
communications circuitry capable of communicating through a cellular network and a data network to a central health monitoring station;
signal processing circuitry for processing signals associated with any of said physiological data input device, said location determination circuitry and said communications circuitry; and
control circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for monitoring a patient, the apparatus comprising:
a portable housing for use by said patient, the portable housing comprising;
at least one physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data of said patient;
location determination circuitry;
communications circuitry for communicating through a data network and a cellular network to a central health monitoring station;
digital signal processing circuitry for processing signals associated with any of said physiological data input device, said location determination circuitry and said communications circuitry; and
control circuitry.
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21. A method for monitoring a patient, the method comprising:
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providing a portable housing for use by said patient, the portable housing comprising;
at least one physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data of said patient;
location determination circuitry;
communications circuitry for communicating information through a cellular network and data network to a central health monitoring station; and
control circuitry;
gathering physiological data of said patient;
determining the geographic location of said patient; and
communicating said physiological data and said geographic location through a data network to said central health monitoring station. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An ambulatory patient monitoring apparatus comprising:
a housing comprising;
physiological data input means gathering physiological data of a patient;
location determination means for determining a patient location;
communications means for communicating through a cellular network and a data network to a central health monitoring station; and
control means for controlling the monitoring apparatus.
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37. An ambulatory patient monitoring apparatus comprising:
a housing comprising;
at least one physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data of a patient;
location determination circuitry;
communications circuitry capable of communicating through a cellular network and a data network to a central health monitoring station;
signal processing circuitry for processing signals associated with any of said physiological data input device, said location determination circuitry and said communications circuitry; and
control circuitry operative to initiate physiological data gathering upon receiving a signal through said data network.
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38. A patient monitoring apparatus comprising:
a portable housing comprising;
a physiological data input device capable of gatering physiological data of a patient;
location determination circuitry;
communications circuitry capable of communicating through a cellular network and a data network to a central station;
control circuitry; and
audio communication circuitry.
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39. A method for monitoring a patient, the method comprising:
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providing a housing for use by said patient, the housing comprising;
a physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data of said patient;
location determination circuitry;
communications circuitry for communicating information through a cellular network and data network to a central health monitoring station and for communicating voice data; and
control circuitry;
gathering physiological data of said patient;
determining the geographic location of said patient; and
communicating said physiological data through a data network to said central health monitoring station.
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40. A method for monitoring a patient, the method comprising:
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providing a portable housing for use by said patient, the portable housing comprising;
at least one physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data of said patient;
location determination circuitry;
communications circuitry for communicating information through a cellular network and data network to a central health monitoring station; and
control circuitry;
in response to a signal received from the data network, gathering physiological data of said patient;
communicating said physiological data through the data network to said central health monitoring station.
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