Medical system for radio-based remote monitoring of the location of a patient
First Claim
1. A medical system for radio-based remote monitoring of a location of a patient relative to a building, said system comprising:
- a plurality of first radio-based stations, selected from the group consisting of transmission stations and receiving stations, distributed inside said building, operating according to a first locating technology;
a plurality of second radio-based stations, selected from the group consisting of transmission stations and receiving stations, distributed outside of said building and operating according to a second locating technology different from said first locating technology;
a third radio-based station, selected from the group consisting of a transmission station and a receiving station, assigned to the patient that at least temporarily establishes a building-internal radio communication with at least one of said first stations and that at least temporarily establishes a building-external communication with at least one of said second stations, in order to produce at least one location-relevant radio signal via said building-internal radio communication or said building-external radio communication;
a control unit having access to said building-internal radio communication and said building-external radio communication that determines the location of the patient from said at least one location-relevant radio signal; and
a central monitoring unit in communication with said control unit that displays the location of the patient determined by the control unit.
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Abstract
For simple and reliable radio-based remote monitoring of the location of a patient without limiting his or her freedom of movement, two different locating technologies are provided for the determination of the patient'"'"'s location, inside and outside of the building. For this purpose, the system has first transmission and/or receiving units distributed inside the building and second transmission and/or receiving units distributed outside the building, which at least temporarily establish a building-internal radio communication or building-external radio communication, respectively, with a third transmission and/or receiving unit in order to produce at least one location-relevant signal. A control unit has access to the building-internal radio communication and the building-external radio communication and determines the location of the patient based on the at least one location-relevant radio signal. A central monitoring unit displays this determined location.
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20 Claims
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1. A medical system for radio-based remote monitoring of a location of a patient relative to a building, said system comprising:
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a plurality of first radio-based stations, selected from the group consisting of transmission stations and receiving stations, distributed inside said building, operating according to a first locating technology;
a plurality of second radio-based stations, selected from the group consisting of transmission stations and receiving stations, distributed outside of said building and operating according to a second locating technology different from said first locating technology;
a third radio-based station, selected from the group consisting of a transmission station and a receiving station, assigned to the patient that at least temporarily establishes a building-internal radio communication with at least one of said first stations and that at least temporarily establishes a building-external communication with at least one of said second stations, in order to produce at least one location-relevant radio signal via said building-internal radio communication or said building-external radio communication;
a control unit having access to said building-internal radio communication and said building-external radio communication that determines the location of the patient from said at least one location-relevant radio signal; and
a central monitoring unit in communication with said control unit that displays the location of the patient determined by the control unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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