Monitoring method and monitoring system for assessing physiological parameters of a subject
First Claim
1. A system for obtaining information about at least one physiological function of a subject, comprising:
- (a) a sensing device for measuring and transmitting the at least one physiological parameter to form a transmitted measurement, wherein at least a portion of said sensing device is in direct physical contact with at least a portion of the subject;
(b) a mobile gateway for receiving said transmitted measurement; and
(c) a remote data processing server for receiving said transmitted measurement from said mobile gateway and for at least assisting in an analysis process for analyzing said transmitted measurement, wherein said analysis process provides the information about the at least one physiological function of the subject.
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Abstract
A system for measuring at least one physiological parameter of the user, analyzing the parameter measured and providing feedback to the user. Analysis of at least one physiological parameter of the user may optionally and preferably be performed by a remotely located data processing server. The present invention enables such a measurement to preferably be used to directly generate medical information about the user, optionally performed by the sensing device or alternately by the remote server or alternately by the gateway. Such information may then optionally be sent to medical personnel, for example at a contact monitoring center and/or to any other location, through a gateway device. The gateway device is preferably a mobile gateway device and communicates with the preferred but exemplary wrist-mounted device of the present invention through a wireless communication channel.
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43 Claims
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1. A system for obtaining information about at least one physiological function of a subject, comprising:
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(a) a sensing device for measuring and transmitting the at least one physiological parameter to form a transmitted measurement, wherein at least a portion of said sensing device is in direct physical contact with at least a portion of the subject;
(b) a mobile gateway for receiving said transmitted measurement; and
(c) a remote data processing server for receiving said transmitted measurement from said mobile gateway and for at least assisting in an analysis process for analyzing said transmitted measurement, wherein said analysis process provides the information about the at least one physiological function of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for obtaining information about at least one physiological function of a subject, comprising:
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measuring the at least one physiological parameter at the subject by a sensing device, wherein at least a portion of said sensing device is at least in close physical proximity to at least a portion of the subject;
transmitting said measurement to form a transmitted measurement;
receiving said transmitted measurement by a mobile gateway, wherein said mobile gateway is capable of further transmitting said transmitted measurement. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A system for obtaining information about at least one physiological function of a subject, comprising:
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(a) a sensing device for measuring and transmitting the at least one physiological parameter to form a transmitted measurement, wherein at least a portion of said sensing device is in direct physical contact with at least a portion of the subject;
(b) a mobile gateway for receiving said transmitted measurement from said sensing device according to wireless communication; and
(c) a remote data processing server for receiving said transmitted measurement from said mobile gateway at least partially according to wireless communication and for at least assisting in an analysis process for analyzing said transmitted measurement, wherein said analysis process provides the information about the at least one physiological function of the subject.
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40. A system for obtaining information about at least one physiological function of a subject, comprising:
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(a) a sensing device for measuring and transmitting the at least one physiological parameter to form a transmitted measurement, wherein said sensing device is not in direct physical contact with the subject;
(b) a mobile gateway for receiving said transmitted measurement; and
(c) a remote data processing server for receiving said transmitted measurement from said mobile gateway and for at least assisting in an analysis process for analyzing said transmitted measurement, wherein said analysis process provides the information about the at least one physiological function of the subject.
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41. A system for transmitting medical information about a subject to a remote location, the medical information being obtained from at least one physiological measurement of the subject, the system comprising:
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(a) a cellular telephone in physical proximity to the subject for receiving the at least one physiological measurement of the subject; and
(b) a data processing unit contained within said cellular telephone for processing the at least one physiological measurement of the subject to form the medical information, such that said cellular telephone is a local server for the medical information. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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43. A system for obtaining information about at least one physiological function of a subject, comprising:
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(a) a sensing device for measuring and transmitting the at least one physiological parameter to form a transmitted measurement, wherein at least a portion of said sensing device is in direct physical contact with at least a portion of the subject;
(b) a mobile gateway for receiving said transmitted measurement and for performing an analysis process for determining the information about the at least one physiological function of the subject;
(c) a remote data processing server for receiving the information about the at least one physiological function of the subject; and
(d) a database in communication with said remote data processing server, wherein the information about the at least one physiological function of the subject is stored in said database by said remote data processing server.
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