Dyspnea monitor, and telemedicine system and method
First Claim
1. Breathing interval measurement apparatus for measuring breathing of a subject, the apparatus comprising a breathing interval beginning determinator, a breathing interval end determinator, and a timer associated with said breathing interval beginning determinator and said breathing interval end determinator to measure an interval between activation of said determinators, and a processor operable with said timer to assign levels of importance to said measured time interval.
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Abstract
Breathing interval measurement apparatus for measuring breathing of a subject, the apparatus comprising: a breathing interval beginning determinator, a breathing interval end determinator, and a timer associated with said breathing interval beginning determinator and said breathing interval end determinator to measure an interval between activation of said determinators, and a processor operable with said timer to assign levels of importance to said measured time interval.
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122 Claims
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1. Breathing interval measurement apparatus for measuring breathing of a subject, the apparatus comprising
a breathing interval beginning determinator, a breathing interval end determinator, and a timer associated with said breathing interval beginning determinator and said breathing interval end determinator to measure an interval between activation of said determinators, and a processor operable with said timer to assign levels of importance to said measured time interval.
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54. Remote measuring apparatus comprising:
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a sound pickup unit for picking up breathing sounds, a voice connection, and processing functionality remotely linked via said voice connection to said sound pickup unit for processing said breathing sounds, thereby to obtain breathing related measurments.
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55. Remote interactive patient assessment system, comprising:
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an input for receiving subject identification data and measurements remotely from a subject, an identifier for using said identification data to associate a subject with a prestored subject profile, a thresholder for assigning thresholds to respective measurements from which to derive levels of importance of said measurements, said thresholder being operable with said subject profile to modify said thresholds in accordance with subject medical conditions found in said subject profile, and combination logic for combining said levels of importance to form a first recommendation. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84. Remote interactive patient assessment system, comprising:
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an input for receiving subject identification data and measurements remotely from a subject, a thresholder for assigning thresholds to respective measurements from which to derive levels of importance of said measurements, combination logic for combining said levels of importance to form a first recommendation, and a communicator for communicating said recommendation to an output target, said communicator comprising a target selector for selecting at least one target for sending said recommendation. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110)
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111. A method of remotely monitoring breathing quality of a subject, comprising:
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remotely determining that a breath has been begun by said subject, commencing a timing operation upon said determination, remotely automatically determining that said breath has been completed, ending said timing operation upon determination of said completion, comparing an output of said timing operation with at least one threshold, from said comparison making a determination of said breathing quality. - View Dependent Claims (112, 113, 114, 115)
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116. A method of automatic patient monitoring and assessment comprising:
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receiving identity data of a subject, using said identity data to find a prestored subject profile comprising medical history of said subject including medical conditions of said subject, each condition having deltas associated therewith for modifying recommendation thresholds of given measurements, for each of said given measurements, modifying respective thresholds in accordance with a summation of each respective delta of each condition in said profile, receiving measurements from said subject corresponding to said given measurements, associating a status with each received measurement in accordance with said modified thresholds, and assessing said subject in accordance with said assigned statuses. - View Dependent Claims (117)
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118. A method of automatic patient monitoring and assessment comprising:
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receiving measurement data of a subject, using prestored thresholds to apply to each measurement a status, using combinational logic to derive output recommendations from said statuses, using predetermined recommendation profiles associated with each possible output recommendation to direct different output recommendations to different recipients in accordance with respective content of said output recommendation. - View Dependent Claims (119)
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120. A method of automatic patient monitoring and assessment comprising:
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receiving measurement data of a subject, said data comprising a plurality of measurements, using prestored thresholds to apply to at least some of said measurements a respective status, using combinational logic to derive output recommendations from said respective statuses, receiving from potential recipients requests for output recommendations said recipient wishes to be informed of, and directing different output recommendations to different recipients in accordance with a respective recipient request. - View Dependent Claims (121)
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122. A method of post-operative patient monitoring comprising:
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using a communication network to monitor patients remotely, and assigning costs of using said communication network to a communication overhead in a cost report.
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