Home health care interacting instrument

• US 20060281975A1
• Filed: 06/10/2005
• Published: 12/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chang-Ming Yang
• Original Assignee: Chang-Ming Yang
• Inventors: Yang, Chang-Ming
• Application Number:
  US11/149,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20060281975A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/04 Electric stethoscopes microphones, acoustic transducers therefor H04R

Abstract

The integration of physical monitors (e.g. electronic stethoscope, sphygmomanometer etc.) with the earphone or microphone and the usage of communications equipments (e.g. cellular, PDA or computer etc.) let the medical personals evaluate the patient'"'"'s condition immediately on line; the patient can make use of various physical monitors to check himself/herself by following the guidance and instruction from medical personals. In this way, medical personals remotely could get the most correct information and find the real cause of the disease in a short time.

Claims

1. An interacting home health care instrument, comprising:

a communications equipment;

an earphone;

a microphone;

a physical monitor;

the earphone, the microphone and the physical monitor linking to the communications equipment to provide two-way conversation between medical personal and user;

the interacting home health care instrument being put on users'"'"' body for self checking if there is any abnormalities;

the communications equipment contacting the medical personal distantly when abnormal condition is found;

the earphone and the microphone being used for two-way communication;

the medical personals remotely checking patients'"'"' condition through the physical monitor.

2. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the communications equipments could be cellular phones, PDAs, radio devices, or instruments connected to internet.

3. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein a protecting membrane with hard or soft texture is attached to the earphone.

4. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the earphone could be with wire or wireless.

5. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein a body temperature sensor is installed in the earphone.

6. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein a emergency speed button could be set up between the earphone and the microphone for informing medical personals at remote site through communication equipments to provide emergency aids.

7. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 5, wherein a buzzer is installed inside the emergency speed button.

8. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the microphone could be with wire or wireless.

9. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the physical monitor is conjoining with the microphone, and the physical monitor is integrated into the microphone to avoid mal-connecting or terminal plug detaching.

10. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein a protecting membrane with hard or soft texture.

11. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein a thermostat is installed inside the physical monitor.

12. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the physical monitor could be an electronic stethoscope.

13. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the physical monitor could be a sphygmomanometer.

14. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the physical monitor could be a pulse monitor.

15. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the physical monitor could be a glucometer.

16. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the physical monitor could be a bodyfat monitor.

17. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the physical monitor could be a lung function monitor.

18. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the physical monitor could be an ultrasound system.

19. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the physical monitor could be a blood gas monitor.

20. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the physical monitor could be an electrocardiography instrument.

21. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the physical monitor could be a heart rate variability (HRV) monitor.

22. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein the physical monitor could be installed inside the communications equipment and user could use the communications equipment for checking purpose directly.

23. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein a thermostat could be installed inside communications equipment to prevent user from feeling cold while using the device.

24. An interacting home health care instrument as recited in claim 1, wherein a removable mouthpiece is installed on the flat side of the communications equipments for user to check lung function with lung function monitor.

25. A home health care instrument using RFID, comprising:

a communications equipment;

a physical monitor,

an RFID reader;

wherein the RFID label is installed inside the physical monitor for user to monitor current health status with various kinds of physical monitors, and the RFID reader reading the data in RFID label is installed inside communications equipment receiving the value measured.

26. A home health care instrument using RFID as recited in claim 25, wherein the communications equipments could be cellular phones, PDAs, radio devices or instruments connected to internet.

27. A home health care instrument using RFID as recited in claim 25, wherein the physical monitor could be a body temperature sensor.

28. A home health care instrument using RFID as recited in claim 25, wherein the physical monitor could be an electronic stethoscope.

29. A home health care instrument using RFID as recited in claim 25, wherein the physical monitor could be a sphygmomanometer.

30. A home health care instrument using RFID as recited in claim 25, wherein the physical monitor could be a pulse monitor.

31. A home health care instrument using RFID as recited in claim 25, wherein the physical monitor could be a glucometer.

32. A home health care instrument using RFID as recited in claim 25, wherein the physical monitor could be a bodyfat monitor.

33. A home health care instrument using RFID as recited in claim 25, wherein the physical monitor could be a lung function monitor.

34. A home health care instrument using RFID as recited in claim 25, wherein the physical monitor could be an ultrasound system.

35. A home health care instrument using RFID as recited in claim 25, wherein the physical monitor could be a blood gas monitor.

36. A home health care instrument using RFID as recited in claim 25, wherein the physical monitor could be an electrocardiography instrument.

37. A home health care instrument using RFID as recited in claim 25, wherein the physical monitor could be a HRV monitor.