Method and apparatus for monitoring an obstetrics patient
First Claim
1. An apparatus for monitoring an obstetrics patient, said apparatus comprising:
- a) an input for receiving a signal indicative of a measurement of a health characteristic of the obstetrics patient, the measurement being associated with a likelihood of a certain outcome;
b) a processing unit coupled to said input, said processing unit being operative for processing said signal to derive data indicative of an action for causing a change in the likelihood of the certain outcome;
c) an output for releasing the data indicative of the action for causing the change in the likelihood of the certain outcome.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for monitoring an obstetrics patient are provided. The apparatus includes an input for receiving a signal indicative of a measurement of a health characteristic of the obstetrics patient, the measurement being associated with a likelihood of a certain outcome. A processing unit processes the signal to derive data indicative of an action for causing a change in the likelihood of the certain outcome. The data indicative of the action for causing the likelihood of the certain outcome to be modified is then released to be conveyed to a user. The data derived by the processing unit is indicative of an action for causing a change to the health characteristic, such as to cause the change to the likelihood of the certain outcome.
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48 Claims
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1. An apparatus for monitoring an obstetrics patient, said apparatus comprising:
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a) an input for receiving a signal indicative of a measurement of a health characteristic of the obstetrics patient, the measurement being associated with a likelihood of a certain outcome;
b) a processing unit coupled to said input, said processing unit being operative for processing said signal to derive data indicative of an action for causing a change in the likelihood of the certain outcome;
c) an output for releasing the data indicative of the action for causing the change in the likelihood of the certain outcome. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for monitoring an obstetrics patient, said method comprising:
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a) receiving a signal indicative of a measurement of a health characteristic of the obstetrics patient, the measurement being associated with a likelihood of a certain outcome;
b) processing said signal to derive data indicative of an action for causing a change in the likelihood of the certain outcome;
c) releasing the data indicative of the action for causing the change in the likelihood of the certain outcome. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer readable storage medium including a program element suitable for execution by a computing apparatus for monitoring an obstetrics patient, said computing apparatus comprising:
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a) a memory unit;
b) a processor operatively connected to said memory unit, said program element when executing on said processor being operative for;
i. receiving a signal indicative of a measurement of a health characteristic of the obstetrics patient, the measurement being associated with a likelihood of a certain outcome;
ii. processing said signal to derive data indicative of an action for causing a change in the likelihood of the certain outcome;
iii. releasing the data indicative of the action for causing the likelihood of the certain outcome to be modified. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system for monitoring an obstetrics patient, comprising:
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a) an interface for receiving a measurement of a health characteristic of the obstetrics patient, the measurement being associated with a likelihood of a certain outcome;
b) an apparatus comprising;
i. an input for receiving a signal indicative of the measurement of the health characteristic of the obstetrics patient;
ii. a processing unit coupled to said input, said processing unit being operative for processing said signal to derive data indicative of an action for causing a change in the likelihood of the certain outcome;
iii. an output coupled to said processing unit, said output being suitable for releasing an output signal for causing a display unit to display information derived on the basis of the data indicative of the action for causing the likelihood of the certain outcome to be modified;
c) a display unit coupled to the output of said apparatus, said display unit being responsive to the output signal to display the information derived on the basis of the data indicative of the action for causing the likelihood of the certain outcome to be modified. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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43. A server system for monitoring an obstetrics patient, said server system storing a program element for execution by a CPU, said program element comprising:
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a) a first program element component for receiving a measurement of a health characteristic of the obstetrics patient, the measurement being associated with a likelihood of a certain outcome;
b) a second program element component for processing said measurement to derive data indicative of an action for causing a change in the likelihood of the certain outcome;
c) a third program element component for causing the data indicative of the action to be conveyed to a user.
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44. A client-server system for monitoring an obstetrics patient, said client-server system comprising a client system and a server system, said client system and said server system operative to exchange messages over a data network, said server system storing a program element for execution by a CPU, said program element comprising:
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a) a first program element component executed on said server system for receiving a measurement of a health characteristic of the obstetrics patient, the measurement being associated with a likelihood of a certain outcome;
b) a second program element component executed on said server system for processing said measurement to derive data indicative of an action for causing a change in the likelihood of the certain outcome;
c) a third program element component executed on said server system for sending messages to said client system for causing said client system to display information on the basis of the data indicative of the action for causing the likelihood of the certain outcome to be modified;
d) a fourth program element component executed on said client server system for receiving a message from said server system for displaying the information to a user. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47)
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48. An apparatus for monitoring an obstetrics patient, said apparatus comprising:
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a) means for receiving a signal indicative of a measurement of a health characteristic of the obstetrics patient, the measurement being associated with a likelihood of a certain outcome;
b) means for processing said signal to derive data indicative of an action for causing a change in the likelihood of the certain outcome;
c) means for releasing the data indicative of the action for causing the likelihood of the certain characteristic to be modified.
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