Data collection and process control system
First Claim
1. A data collection system comprising:
- a display screen for displaying information, wherein the information is stored in one or more fields, said display screen being configured to permit selection of the one or more fields;
a storage device coupled to the display screen;
a microprocessor coupled to said storage device, said microprocessor programmed with instructions for manipulating the information;
a data acquisition device for permitting selection of at least one field from the one or more fields; and
a server coupled to said data acquisition device for transferring information to said data acquisition device and for configuring the data acquisition device to store and collect information, wherein the information is stored in the one or more fields.
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Abstract
The present invention is a data collection system (10) including a scalable data hierarchy for process control, comprising a display screen (22), a storage device, a microprocessor, a data acquisition device (such as a client (12)), and a server (14). The display screen (22) is for displaying information. The information is stored in one or more fields, and the display screen (22) is configured to permit selection of the one or more fields. The storage device is coupled to the display screen (22). The microprocessor is coupled to the storage device and programmed with instructions for manipulating the information. The data acquisition device, such as the client (12), permits selection of at least one field from the one or more fields. Finally, the server (14) is coupled to the data acquisition device for transferring information to the data acquisition device. The server (14) is also for configuring the data acquisition device to store and collect information in the one or more fields.
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1. A data collection system comprising:
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a display screen for displaying information, wherein the information is stored in one or more fields, said display screen being configured to permit selection of the one or more fields;
a storage device coupled to the display screen;
a microprocessor coupled to said storage device, said microprocessor programmed with instructions for manipulating the information;
a data acquisition device for permitting selection of at least one field from the one or more fields; and
a server coupled to said data acquisition device for transferring information to said data acquisition device and for configuring the data acquisition device to store and collect information, wherein the information is stored in the one or more fields. - 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, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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25. A data collection system for storing information for one or more patients, comprising:
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a display screen for displaying information;
a storage device coupled to the display screen;
a data acquisition device for permitting the selection of at least one patient from the one or more patient data files of said storage device and for recording information into selected fields of the one or more data files for the selected patient;
a microprocessor connected to the storage device, said microprocessor programmed with instructions for manipulating the information; and
a server connected to the storage device for transferring one or more selected data files for each of the one more patients to the storage device, wherein the selected data files are selected from a database comprising data files preconfigured according to a diagnosis or one or more symptoms for the respective patients of the one or more patients, the server further being adapted for transferring at least one of the one or more selected data files from the storage device to the database, wherein at least a portion of one of the selected data files transferred from the storage device has been modified to include information recorded by the data acquisition device or entered by the user. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49)
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45. A method for collecting information for one or more patients, the method comprising:
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providing a data collection system having a storage device;
configuring the storage device for storing information concerning the one or more patients, the information being stored in one or more data files comprising one or more fields that correspond to one or more data types to be recorded or monitored or both based on a diagnosis or one or more symptoms for each patient of the one or more patients; and
collecting information using a data acquisition device, wherein the data acquisition device permits the selection of at least one patient from the one or more patient data files of said storage device and to record information into selected fields of the one or more fields of said storage device for the selected patient. - View Dependent Claims (46, 50, 51)
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