Control of data transmission between a remote monitoring unit and a central unit
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Abstract
A patient is monitored using a monitoring apparatus including a remote monitoring unit associated with the patient and having a sensor that measures a physiological characteristic of the patient, a central unit, and a communications device which selectively establishes a communications link between the remote monitoring unit and the central unit. The remote monitoring unit obtains a monitored data set for the patient, analyzes the monitored data set to obtain a derived data set from the monitored data set, and determines from the derived data set that communication with the central unit is required. A communications link is established with the central unit, and the remote monitoring unit transmits to the central unit an initially transmitted data set related to the monitored data set. The central unit analyzes the initially transmitted data set and instructs the remote monitoring unit as to any additional transmitted data set related to the monitored data set that is to be transmitted from the remote monitoring unit to the central unit and a time at which the additional transmitted data set is to be transmitted.
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1. (Canceled)
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2. A system comprising:
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a remote monitoring unit including;
a sensor to measure a physiological characteristic of a heart of a patient, a first data processing unit to analyze the sensor measurements of the physiological characteristic to determine if communication with a central unit is desired, and a first communications device to communicate with the central unit in response to prompting by the first data processing unit, the first communications device to transmit data corresponding to the sensor measurements; and
a central unit including;
a second data processing unit to receive the data communicated from the remote monitoring unit and to identify additional data to be transmitted by the remote monitoring unit, and a second communications device to communicate the identity of the additional data to the remote monitoring unit. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A remote monitoring device comprising:
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a sensor configured to measure a physiological characteristic of a heart of a patient;
a data processing unit configured to analyze the sensor measurements of the physiological characteristic; and
a data storage device including;
prior measurement information marked for later transmission to a central unit, immediate measurement information for current transmission to the central unit, and a warning limit used by the data processing unit to identify the immediate measurement information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A remote monitoring device, the device including instructions operable to cause the device to perform operations comprising:
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receiving sensor measurements relating to a physiological characteristic of a heart of a patient;
transmitting information related to the received sensor measurements to a central unit;
receiving a request for additional information from the central unit; and
transmitting the requested additional information to the central unit. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method comprising:
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receiving, from a remote unit, information related to an electrocardiograph measurement on a patient;
determining that additional information absent from the received information warrants communication from the remote unit;
conveying the determination to the remote unit; and
receiving the additional information from the remote unit. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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