Trend monitoring system with multiple access levels

• US 20070004970A1
• Filed: 06/30/2005
• Published: 01/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Tice, Lee
• Granted Patent: US 9,060,681 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A physiological condition monitor can provide substantially real-time feedback to an individual being monitored. The feedback can be in the form of graphical displays of real-time trends. Both audible and visual warnings can be provided to the individual in response to results of trend analysis.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one sensor of a physiological parameter of a person;

control circuitry and executable software, the control circuitry receives information from at least one sensor, the software evaluates the information relative to at least one baseline;

an output device, coupled to the control circuitry, for presenting substantially real-time trend information to the person.

2. A system as in claim 1 which includes a plurality of sensors of physiological parameters of the person.

3. A system as in claim 1 where the software evaluates the information relative to a second baseline, one baseline is displaced in amplitude relative to the other.

4. A system as in claim 3 where the output device includes a display device for visually presenting trend information, and software for providing a person specific display.

5. A system as in claim 4 where alarm indicia are produced indicative of the information falling outside of a region, bounded at least in part, by the baselines.

6. A system as in claim 5 where the alarm indicia include at least one of an audible or a visible indicator.

7. A system as in claim 5 which includes software that enables the person to enter condition related information.

8. A system as in claim 7 where the software evaluates any entered condition related information relative to the baselines.

9. A system as in claim 8 where the output device verbally emits trend related information.

10. A system as in claim 9 which includes communications software to transmit trend related indicia to a displaced location.

11. A monitoring system comprising:

at least one sensor for monitoring a physiological condition of a person;

a first interface for transferring data from the at least one sensor to a device that includes a processor and software to at least in part determine the health status of the person;

a second interface for transferring at least one of a voice message or a data message to at least one remote unit;

where the device includes at least one of an indicator, display or printer to provide information regarding the person'"'"'s health; and

where the person'"'"'s health information can only be accessed by entering at least one authorization code into the device and where different authorization codes provide different access levels to the health information.

12. A system as in claim 11 where an authorization code may provide access to determining only the medications that are prescribed for a specific determined emergency situation with instructions.

13. A system as in claim 11 where the device will block access to the health status information after a predetermined time period expires subsequent to entering the authorization code.

14. A system as in claim 13 where the predetermined time period is extended by continuing interface activity with the device.

15. A system as in claim 11 where the authorization code is carried by a card.

16. A system as in claim 12 where the instructions include an authenticity certificate from a physician.

17. A system as in claim 11 which includes a plurality of pre-stored authorization codes.

18. A system as in claim 11 which includes physiological trend analysis software.

19. A system as in claim 18 which includes display software to present trend information relating to at least one selected physiological condition.

20. A system as in claim 19 which includes alerting software to present at least one of a trend responsive audible or visual indicator.

21. A system as in claim 20 which includes additional software that communicates a trend responsive indicium to a displaced location.

22. A system as in claim 21 which responsive to a selected authorization code, communicates data associated with the trend related indicium to the displaced location.

23. A monitoring system comprising:

at least one sensor for monitoring a physiological condition of a person;

a first interface for transferring data from the at least one sensor to a local device that includes a processor and software to at least in part identify the health status of the person;

a second interface for transferring at least one of a voice message or data message to at least one remote unit and, where the local device includes at least one of an indicator, display or printer to provide information regarding health status of the person including at least one of text, graphs, or pictures;

the device presents selected information to the resident in response to the analyzed said data from the sensor indicating an abnormal physiological measurement; and

where a response of the person to the selected information is used to determine prior behavior of the resident that may have influenced the data from the sensor.

24. A monitoring system comprising:

at least one sensor for monitoring a physiological condition of a person;

a first interface for transferring data from the at least one sensor to a local device that includes a processor and software to at least in part identify the health status of the person;

a second interface for transferring at least one of a voice message or data message to at least one remote unit and, where the local device includes at least one of an indicator, display or printer to provide information regarding health status of the person including at least one of text, graphs, or pictures;

the indicator, display or printer incorporates at least two different limit values into the provided information; and

where each limit value is associated a different action to be taken by the resident.

25. A monitoring system comprising:

at least one sensor for monitoring a physiological condition of a person;

a first interface for transferring data from the at least one sensor to a local device that includes a processor and software to at least in part identify the health status of the person;

a second interface for transferring at least one of a voice message or data message to at least one remote unit and, where the local device includes at least one of an indicator, display or printer to provide information regarding health status of the person including at least one of text, graphs, or pictures;

the system in response to the data from the sensor includes software to reschedule a time for performing the next measurement by the at least one sensor.

26. A monitoring system comprising:

at least one sensor for monitoring a physiological condition of a person;

a first interface for transferring data from the at least one sensor to a control device to at least in part determine a health status of the person;

a second interface for transferring at least one of a voice message or a data message to at least one remote unit where that message includes priority information used to determine how immediately a response is required to the message.

27. A system as in claim 26 where a high priority, relative to other priorities, indicates a life threatening emergency condition that requires an immediate response.

28. A system as in claim 26 where a low priority, relative to other priorities, indicates a normal reporting condition with no abnormalities that requires a routine response in a normal review schedule.

29. A system as in claim 26 where the priority information enables the at least one remote unit to respond to higher priority messages before lower priority messages.

30. A system as in claim 26 where the control device includes a processor and software which evaluates information received from the at least one sensor.