Wireless subject monitoring system
First Claim
1. A monitoring system, comprising:
- an acquisition device, the acquisition device comprising, an input that is configured to receive data from a plurality of sensors coupled to a patient, and a wireless transmitter that continuously transmits data received by the input; and
a receiving device, the receiving device comprising, a receiver that receives the data transmitted by the acquisition device, and an output from the receiver that outputs the data to at least one local host;
wherein the system transmits data from the data acquisition device to the receiving device point-to-point.
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Abstract
A data acquisition system can include an acquisition device and a receiving device. The acquisition device includes inputs that receive data from sensors connected to a subject, a wireless and/or a wired transmitter that transmits data received by the inputs, and a housing carrying at least some of the components of the acquisition device. The housing may be wearable by a patient. The acquisition device may be switchable between a tethered data transmission mode and an untethered data transmission mode. The receiving device includes a receiver that receives data transmitted by the acquisition device, and may include an output that outputs data to a host. The system may be configured to transmit data from the data acquisition device to the local monitor point-to-point. The system is particularly useful for monitoring high acuity patients that may or may not require ambulation.
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49 Claims
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1. A monitoring system, comprising:
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an acquisition device, the acquisition device comprising, an input that is configured to receive data from a plurality of sensors coupled to a patient, and a wireless transmitter that continuously transmits data received by the input; and
a receiving device, the receiving device comprising, a receiver that receives the data transmitted by the acquisition device, and an output from the receiver that outputs the data to at least one local host;
wherein the system transmits data from the data acquisition device to the receiving device point-to-point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A wearable acquisition device for use with high acuity patients, comprising:
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at least three inputs that are configured to receive data from a plurality of sensors coupled to a patient that are monitoring at least three different parameters; and
a wireless transmitter that transmits data received by the inputs. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A wearable acquisition device for use with high acuity patients, comprising:
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an input that is configured to receive data from an invasive sensor coupled to a patient; and
a wireless transmitter that transmits data received by the inputs. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. An acquisition device, comprising:
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an input that is configured to receive data from at least one sensor coupled to a patient;
a wired transmitter that transmits data received by the input in a tethered data transmission mode; and
a wireless transmitter that transmits data received by the input in an untethered data transmission mode;
wherein the acquisition device has a data transmission mode that is switchable between the tethered data transmission mode and the untethered data transmission mode. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A data acquisition system for use with high acuity patients, comprising:
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an acquisition device, the acquisition device comprising;
a plurality of inputs that are configured to receive data from a plurality of sensors coupled to a patient, a wired transmitter that transmits data received by the inputs, a wireless transmitter that transmits data received by the inputs, the wireless transmitter using a technology that does not require a line of sight to transmit data, and a housing carrying at least some of the components of the acquisition device, the housing configured to be portable by a patient, wherein the acquisition device has a data transmission mode that is switchable between a tethered data transmission mode and an untethered data transmission mode; and
a receiving device, the receiving device comprising;
a receiver that receives data transmitted by the acquisition device, and an output from the receiver that outputs data to at least one local host, wherein the system transmits data from the data acquisition device to the receiver point-to-point. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for monitoring a patient, comprising:
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receiving data relating to high acuity parameters from sensors coupled to the patient;
continuously transmitting the data to a local host; and
transmitting the data point-to-point in an untethered data transmission mode. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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