Method and system for recording and transmitting data from biometric sensors
First Claim
1. A telemetry system for remote patient monitoring comprising one or more biometric sensors capable of being affixed to a patient and wherein said sensors are electronically connected to a module via a first electronic communication link;
- wherein said module comprises a signal conditioner, an analog to digital converter, a data storage means and an electronic interface capable of establishing and maintaining a second electronic communication link with a local host; and
wherein said local host is capable of establishing and maintaining a third electronic communication link with a remote host.
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Abstract
Telemedical systems that allow physiological signals from biometric sensors affixed to a medical patient to be monitored at remote sites. These systems afford a method for transmitting analog signals from the biometric sensors to a self-contained module wherein the signal is conditioned, digitized, stored and transmitted to a local host that in turn transmits the data to a remote host. Overall, the telemedical systems herein described allow for transmission of data to one or more remote locations in real time from sensors affixed to a patient. Additionally, these telemedical systems allow for the data obtained from the biometric sensors to be stored within in the module for later transmission.
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25 Claims
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1. A telemetry system for remote patient monitoring comprising one or more biometric sensors capable of being affixed to a patient and wherein said sensors are electronically connected to a module via a first electronic communication link;
- wherein said module comprises a signal conditioner, an analog to digital converter, a data storage means and an electronic interface capable of establishing and maintaining a second electronic communication link with a local host; and
wherein said local host is capable of establishing and maintaining a third electronic communication link with a remote host. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- wherein said module comprises a signal conditioner, an analog to digital converter, a data storage means and an electronic interface capable of establishing and maintaining a second electronic communication link with a local host; and
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18. A single-channel wireless ECG system for remote patient monitoring comprising a first component attachable to the left arm of a patient and a second component attachable to the right arm of a patient wherein said first component comprises a left-arm ECG electrode and a power source;
- said second component comprises a right-arm ECG electrode, a micro-controller, an amplifier and a radio frequency transmitter; and
wherein said first component and said second component are joined by a flexible cable comprising a conductor to carry an electrical signal from said left-arm electrode to said second component, a conductor to carry electrical power to said second component and a conductor to act as a ground conduit.
- said second component comprises a right-arm ECG electrode, a micro-controller, an amplifier and a radio frequency transmitter; and
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19. A method for remote patient monitoring comprising the steps of:
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providing one or more biometric sensors affixed to the patient and connected to a module via a first electronic communication link;
wherein said module comprises a signal conditioner, an analog to digital signal converter, a digital data storage means and an electronic interface capable of establishing and maintaining a second electronic communication link with a local host;
wherein said local host is capable of establishing and maintaining a third electronic communication link with a remote host;
transmitting electronic signals from said biometric sensors to said module via said first electronic communication link;
converting the electronic signals within said module to digital data;
transmitting said digital data from said module to said local host via said second electronic communication link; and
transmitting said digital data from said local host to said remote host via said third electronic communication link. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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