First-response portable recorder and automated report generator
First Claim
1. A portable recorder for use by first-response emergency service personnel while providing care to a human subject, the portable recorder comprising:
- persistent memory for storing data;
sensor circuitry for sensing physiological signals through electrodes that are attached to a human subject and for converting the physiological signals into electrical signals;
a transducer for converting sound waves into electrical signals;
analog-to-digital converter circuitry for converting the electrical signals corresponding to the physiological signals and the electrical signals corresponding to the sound waves into digital data; and
a processing unit for storing the digital data corresponding to the sound waves and the digital data corresponding to the physiological signals in the persistent memory.
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Abstract
Described is a portable recorder for use by first-response emergency service personnel while providing care to a human subject. The recorder includes memory for storing data and sensor circuitry for sensing physiological signals through electrodes attached to a human subject and for converting the physiological signals into electrical signals. The recorder also has a transducer for converting sound waves into electrical signals and analog-to-digital converter circuitry for converting the electrical signals corresponding to the physiological signals and the electrical signals corresponding to the sound waves into digital data. A processing unit stores the digital data corresponding to the sound waves and the digital data corresponding to the physiological signals in the memory. The data stored in the memory are transferred to a remote computing system. An application program on that computing system automatically generates a report based on the data transferred from the memory.
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22 Claims
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1. A portable recorder for use by first-response emergency service personnel while providing care to a human subject, the portable recorder comprising:
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persistent memory for storing data;
sensor circuitry for sensing physiological signals through electrodes that are attached to a human subject and for converting the physiological signals into electrical signals;
a transducer for converting sound waves into electrical signals;
analog-to-digital converter circuitry for converting the electrical signals corresponding to the physiological signals and the electrical signals corresponding to the sound waves into digital data; and
a processing unit for storing the digital data corresponding to the sound waves and the digital data corresponding to the physiological signals in the persistent memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of recording an event, comprising:
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providing a portable recorder;
obtaining by the portable recorder physiological signals from a human subject;
recording by the portable recorder sound including certain spoken keywords;
converting the physiological signals and recorded sound into digital data;
storing the digital data in memory of the portable recorder. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of generating a report, comprising:
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retrieving data corresponding to digitally recorded sound and to physiological signals obtained from a human subject from memory in which the data are stored; and
automatically generating a report based on the retrieved data corresponding to the digitally recorded sound and to the physiological signals. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Apparatus for use by first-response emergency service personnel while providing care to a human subject, the apparatus comprising:
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means for storing data;
means for sensing physiological signals through electrodes that are attached to a human subject and for converting the physiological signals into electrical signals;
means for converting sound waves into electrical signals;
means for converting the electrical signals corresponding to the physiological signals and the electrical signals corresponding to the sound waves into digital data; and
means for storing the digital data corresponding to the sound waves and the digital data corresponding to the physiological signals in the storing means. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A computer program product for use with a computer system, the computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having embodied therein program code comprising:
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program code for retrieving data corresponding to digitally recorded sound and to physiological signals obtained from a human subject from memory in which the data are stored; and
program code for automatically generating a report based on the retrieved data corresponding to the digitally recorded sound and to the physiological signals. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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