RFMON: devices and methods for wireless monitoring of patient vital signs through medical sensor readings from passive RFID tags
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring a selected physiological activity of a person, comprising:
- a passive wireless tag including a sensor for monitoring the selected physiological activity of the person and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag coupled to the sensor, the RFID tag including a unique identifier, the passive wireless tag being configured to, when polled, generate, store and transmit a monitoring signal representative of the selected physiological activity and of the RFID tag unique identifier;
a monitoring and processing station configured to poll the passive wireless tag and to receive and process the monitoring signal transmitted from the passive wireless tag.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring a selected physiological activity of a person includes a passive wireless tag including a sensor for monitoring the selected physiological activity of the person and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag coupled to the sensor. The RFID tag may include a unique identifier and may be configured to, when polled, generate, store and transmit a monitoring signal representative of the selected physiological activity and of the RFID tag unique identifier. A monitoring and processing station may be configured to poll the passive wireless tag and to receive and process the monitoring signal transmitted from the passive wireless tag.
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30 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring a selected physiological activity of a person, comprising:
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a passive wireless tag including a sensor for monitoring the selected physiological activity of the person and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag coupled to the sensor, the RFID tag including a unique identifier, the passive wireless tag being configured to, when polled, generate, store and transmit a monitoring signal representative of the selected physiological activity and of the RFID tag unique identifier;
a monitoring and processing station configured to poll the passive wireless tag and to receive and process the monitoring signal transmitted from the passive wireless tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for monitoring physiological activity of a person, comprising:
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a plurality of passive wireless tags, each including a sensor for monitoring the physiological activity of the person and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag coupled to the sensor, the RFID tag including a unique identifier, the passive wireless tags being configured to, when polled, generate, store and transmit a monitoring signal representative of the selected physiological activity;
a plurality of uniquely identified access points configured to poll the plurality of passive wireless tags and to receive and to re-transmit the monitoring signal, the plurality of access points being geographically distributed within a predetermined area;
a monitoring and processing station configured to control the plurality of uniquely identified access points and to receive and process the monitoring signal re-transmitted from the uniquely identified access points. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of monitoring physiological activity of a person, comprising the steps of:
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providing a passive wireless tag including a unique identifier, a sensor for monitoring the selected physiological activity of the person and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag coupled to the sensor, the RFID tag including a unique identifier, the passive wireless tag being configured to, when polled, generate, store and transmit a monitoring signal representative of the selected physiological activity and of the unique identifier;
providing a plurality of uniquely identified access points configured to receive and to re-transmit the monitoring signal, the plurality of access points being geographically distributed at known locations within a predetermined area;
providing a monitoring and processing station configured to control the plurality of uniquely identified access points over a communication network;
adhering the passive wireless tag to the person;
generating a polling signal to poll the passive wireless tags to cause the passive wireless tags within range of the polling signal to generate, store and transmit the monitoring signal;
receiving the transmitted monitoring signal by one or more of the plurality of uniquely identified access points and re-transmitting the received monitoring signal over the communication network, and receiving the re-transmitted monitoring signal in the monitoring and processing station. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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