Telemedicine system
First Claim
1. A telemedicine system comprising a patient-based physiological data acquisition and transmittal device connectable via a wireless network to transmit physiological data to a remote server, wherein the patient-based measurement and data transmittal device comprises:
- an electronic physiological data acquisition unit for measuring a physiological parameter of a patient to acquire and output data representing the parameter;
a wireless transmitter which upon receiving the output data from the data acquisition unit automatically transmits the output data via the wireless network to the remote server.
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Abstract
A telemedicine system for monitoring chronic conditions such as asthma or diabetes includes an electronic measurement device such as an electronic peak expiratory flow meter or an electronic blood glucose meter, connected to a GPRS cellular telephone. The cellular telephone automatically receives, formats and transmits the data on acquisition by the medical device to a remote server. The server may acknowledge the data and make the data available to a clinician. The server may also analyse the data and provide automatic alerts to the patient and/or clinician in the event of the data causing concern. The formatting and transmission of the data from the telephone to the server occurs in real time as the measurements are taken and is invisible to the patient.
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35 Claims
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1. A telemedicine system comprising a patient-based physiological data acquisition and transmittal device connectable via a wireless network to transmit physiological data to a remote server, wherein the patient-based measurement and data transmittal device comprises:
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an electronic physiological data acquisition unit for measuring a physiological parameter of a patient to acquire and output data representing the parameter;
a wireless transmitter which upon receiving the output data from the data acquisition unit automatically transmits the output data via the wireless network to the remote server. - 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, 28, 29, 30)
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- 31. A telemedicine system which incorporates handset delivery of advice relating to changes in medication necessary to control a respiratory condition including asthma.
- 34. A telemedicine system which incorporates handset delivery of geographically local information relevant to the patient condition from a central server, such information being derived from knowledge of the geographic location of the wireless handset and being adapted based on measurement of the patient condition by the telemedicine system.
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