PATIENT MONITORING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A sensing-recording device for providing to an output device a history of a medical parameter of a patient comprising:
- A) a housing, B) means for attaching said housing to a patient, C) a sensor carried by said housing for generating a signal that represents the medical parameter, D) a memory in said housing, E) a control in said housing that stores samples of the output of the sensor in the memory, and F) communications means for transferring the data in said memory to the output device.
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Abstract
A patient monitoring system including a sensing-recording device that attaches to a patient and a probe utilized by attending personnel at a trauma site. After an initial interaction between the probe and the sensing-recording device, the sensing-recording device samples one or more physiological parameters and stores time stamped readings in a first memory. The probe is adapted to take other measurements, download the data from the first memory of the sensing-recording device, manipulate the collective data and return data to a second memory in the sensing-recording device. The sensing-recording device continues to accumulate data in the first memory during transport of the patient from a trauma site to a medical facility.
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20 Claims
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1. A sensing-recording device for providing to an output device a history of a medical parameter of a patient comprising:
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A) a housing, B) means for attaching said housing to a patient, C) a sensor carried by said housing for generating a signal that represents the medical parameter, D) a memory in said housing, E) a control in said housing that stores samples of the output of the sensor in the memory, and F) communications means for transferring the data in said memory to the output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A patient monitoring apparatus including a sensing-recording device and a probe wherein each of said sensing-recording device and said probe include means for establishing communications therebetween and wherein:
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A) said probe comprises;
i) a memory, ii) means for processing data in the memory, and iii) a probe controller for generating commands to and for storing data from a sensing-recording device over the communications means, and B) said sensing-recording device comprises;
i) a housing, ii) means for attaching said housing to a patient, iii) a sensor carried by said housing for generating a signal that represents the medical parameter, iv) a memory in said housing, and v) a control in said housing that stores samples of the output of the sensor in the memory and responds to commands from said probe by transferring data in said memory to said probe. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A patient monitoring system adapted for use by medical personnel at a trauma site comprising:
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A) a plurality of sensing-recording devices, each of said devices including;
i) a housing, ii) means for securing said housing to a patient, iii) a plurality of sensors, each sensor generating a signal that represents a medical parameter, iv) first and second memories, v) a controller for storing time-stamped data sample entries for each sensor in said first memory, vi) transceiver means for establishing communications over an optical communications path, and vii) means for conveying information from said transceiver means to said second memory, and B) a probe including;
i) a plurality of sensors, each sensor generating a signal that represents a medical parameter, ii) a memory, iii) means for generating time-stamped data entries representing samples of the signal from each sensor in said memory, iv) display means, v) means for processing the data in said memory for viewing on said display means, vi) a keypad, vii) a probe operation control that processes a plurality of tasks, viii) means for responding to said keyboard for initiating processing of a task from said probe operation control, ix) transceiver means for establishing communications over an optical communications path, and x) means for conveying information from said memory in said probe to said second memory in one of said sensor-recording devices.
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