System for monitoring medical data, a terminal device for measuring and storing medical data, a medicine container and a holder for medical containers

• US 20030216624A1
• Filed: 05/12/2003
• Published: 11/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microlife Intellectual Property GmbH
• Original Assignee: Microlife Intellectual Property GmbH
• Inventors: Brunvoll, Morten, Lin, Kin Yuan
• Application Number:
  US10/435,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20030216624A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W

Abstract

A system for monitoring medical data of a patient comprises at least one central computer and at least one terminal device for measuring and storing medical data. The terminal device has a communication interface for exchange of data with the central computer. Computer readable program means can be loaded from the central computer into the terminal device.

Claims

1. A system for monitoring medical data of a patient, the system comprising

at least one central computer having a first communication interface and

at least one terminal device for measuring and storing medical data of the patient

wherein the terminal device has a calculating arrangement with means for storing computer readable program means for causing the calculating arrangement to acquire and/or treat and/or store medical data,

wherein the terminal device has a second communication interface for exchanging data and

wherein said computer readable program means can be loaded from the central computer into said means for storing by means of said first and second communication interfaces.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein the system further includes a central server for centrally storing said computer readable program means and wherein said at least one central computer is adapted to access said central server for downloading said computer readable program means to said central computer.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein said central computer is further adapted to receive said medical data from said terminal device by means of said first and second communication interfaces.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein said computer readable program means are designed to run on said terminal device for a predetermined period of time.

5. A system according to claim 3, wherein said central computer is adapted to treat said medical data and to generate a report relating to said medical data.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein said terminal device has at least one connector for removably connecting a connector of an external sensor for measuring said medical data.

7. A system according to claim 6, wherein said terminal device is a blood pressure monitor terminal device comprising a pressure sensor and wherein said connector is adapted to receive a connector attached to a tube associated with a blood pressure measuring cuff.

8. A system according to claim 1, wherein said terminal device is adapted to receive data from an additional medical data monitoring device.

9. A system according to claim 1, wherein said terminal device is provided with a touch screen allowing the entry of user instructions and/or the display of medical data.

10. A system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is provided with one single operation button.

11. A system according to claim 1, wherein the system further comprises at least one portable medicine container, said medicine container comprising a third communication interface adapted to exchange medicine compliance data with said terminal device.

12. A system according to claim 11, wherein said medicine container comprises a housing and a drawer for the reception of medicine insertable in said housing, and

wherein said medicine container has means for detecting withrawal of said drawer from said housing.

13. A system according to claim 11, wherein said medicine container includes alarm means for reminding the patient to take the medicine.

14. A system according to claim 12, wherein the system further includes a holder for receiving a plurality of drawers of a medicine container.

15. A terminal device for measuring and storing medical data, of a patient, comprising

a calculating arrangement with means for storing computer readable program means for causing the calculating arrangement to acquire, treat or store medical data,

wherein the terminal device has a communication interface for exchanging data with a central computer and

wherein said computer readable program means can be loaded and stored from said central computer into said means for storing by means of said communication interface.

16. A device according to claim 15, wherein said terminal device has at least one connector for removably connecting a connector of an external sensor for measuring said medical data.

17. A device according to claim 16, wherein said terminal device is a blood pressure monitoring terminal device comprising a pressure sensor and

wherein said connector is adapted to receive a connector attached to a tube associated with a blood pressure monitor cuff.

18. A device according to claim 15, wherein said terminal device is adapted to receive data from an additional medical data device.

19. A device according to claim 15, wherein said terminal device is provided with a touch screen allowing the entry of user instructions and/or the display of said medical data.

20. A device according to claim 15, wherein said terminal device is provided with one single operation button.

21. A medicine container comprising a communication interface adapted to exchange medicine compliance data with a terminal device, wherein the medicine container has a housing and a drawer for the reception of medicine insertable in said housing and wherein said medicine container has means for detecting withdrawal of the drawer from said housing.

22. A medicine container according to claim 21, wherein said medicine container includes alarm means for reminding the patient to take the medicine.

23. A holder for holding medicine, comprising a plurality of slot like channels for receiving a drawer for a medicine container, said channels having an open end allowing insertion of said drawer into said channels.

24. A holder according to claim 23, wherein said holder has a removable cover and wherein said drawer has a receiving opening for receiving medicine directed towards said cover for supplying medicine into said drawers.

25. A method for providing a medical parameter measuring device, comprising the steps of

providing a terminal device with a calculating arrangement with means for storing computer readable program means and with a communication interface

loading and storing computer readable program means in said means for storing by means of said communication interface,

said program means causing said terminal device to acquire and/or treat and/or store medical data when run in said calculating arrangement.