Physiological signal monitoring apparatus for measuring physiological signals of a living subject

• US 20070106131A1
• Filed: 11/07/2005
• Published: 05/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ling-Yuan Chou, Shing-Huang Tu, Su-Chen Hsu, Yen-Shan Lin
• Original Assignee: Ling-Yuan Chou, Shing-Huang Tu, Su-Chen Hsu, Yen-Shan Lin
• Inventors: Tu, Shing-Huang, Chou, Ling-Yuan, Lin, Yen-Shan, Hsu, Su-Chen
• Application Number:
  US11/267,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20070106131A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• 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 5/0013 Medical image data A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence

Abstract

A health care system includes a health care provider and a physiological signal monitoring apparatus communicated with the health care provider via a network. The monitoring apparatus includes a physiological signal measuring module for measuring the physiological records of a living subject, and a transmission interface for transmitting the measured physiological records to the health care provider.

Claims

1. A physiological signal monitoring apparatus for use in a health care system, the health care system including a network, a health care provider and the physiological signal monitoring apparatus that is communicated with the health care provider via the network, the physiological signal monitoring apparatus comprising:

a physiological signal measuring module for measuring physiological records of a living subject;

a reminding module for immediately generating warning signals and reminding matters based on said warning signals; and

a transmission interface for transmitting said physiological records of said living subject to the health care provider;

wherein, said reminding matters are used for reminding said living subject to conduct a predetermined performance in order to achieve a corresponding result that is transmitted to the health care provider via said transmission interface.

2. The physiological signal monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined performance includes actions of measuring physiological signals of said living subject, taking medicines regularly, calling on the health care provider upon an appointment date, and undergoing rehabilitation exercises.

3. The physiological signal monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said warning signals are generated at the health care provider.

4. The physiological signal monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a recording unit for recording said physiological records of said living subject and preset reminding matters, said recording unit including a calendar for recording predetermined time data, wherein said reminding module generates said warning signals after comparing said physiological records with respect to said predetermined time data stored in said calendar.

5. The physiological signal monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said reminding module includes a real time clock module, said alarm signal being generated by said real time clock module.

6. A physiological signal monitoring apparatus for use in a health care system, the health care system including a network, a health care provider and the physiological signal monitoring apparatus that is communicated with the health care provider via the network, the physiological signal monitoring apparatus comprising:

a physiological signal measuring module for measuring physiological signals of a living subject;

a recording unit for recording preset reminding matters and said physiological signals of said living subject, wherein said recording unit includes a calendar for recording predetermined time data;

a reminding module for immediately generating warning signals and reminding matters based on said warning signals; and

a transmission interface for transmitting said physiological signals of said living subject to the health care provider;

wherein, said reminding matters are used for reminding said living subject to conduct a predetermined performance when said warning signals matched with said predetermined time data so as to achieve a corresponding result that is transmitted to the health care provider via said transmission interface.

7. The physiological signal monitoring apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the health care provider is a personal computer and/or a web server.

8. The physiological signal monitoring apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said transmission interface is selected from a module group consisting of a ZigBee module, a bluetooth module, a home RF module, a GPRS module, a WLAN/WiMax module, modem module, an ADSL module, and a service management module 250.

9. The physiological signal monitoring apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said warning signals includes light beams of specific color, a sound of specific amplitude, letters and calligraphy, warning signs or images.

10. The physiological signal monitoring apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising an input medium via which pluralities sets of preset information are transmitted to the health care provider.

11. The physiological signal monitoring apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said input medium includes a sound-recognizing module for recognizing individual sound of said living subject in order to measure said physiological signals.

12. The physiological signal monitoring apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said input medium includes a fingerprint-recognizing module for recognizing an individual fingerprint of said living subject.

13. The physiological signal monitoring apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said input medium includes an image acquisition module for taking a photo of said living subject.

14. The physiological signal monitoring apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said input medium includes an image transmission module for processing image data.

15. The physiological signal monitoring apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said transmission interface further includes an output medium for outputting light signal, sound signal, images and warning signals.

16. The physiological signal monitoring apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said output medium includes a verbal module for broadcasting verbally a procedure for measuring said physiological signals of said living subject.

17. A health care system comprising:

a physiological signal monitoring apparatus including

a physiological signal measuring module for measuring physiological signals of a living subject,

a reminding module for immediately generating warning signals and reminding matters based on said warning signals,

a health care provider for receiving said physiological signals of said living subject in order to look after said living subject,

a network, and

a transmission interface for transmitting said physiological signals of said living subject to said health care provider via said network,

wherein, said reminding matters are used for reminding said living subject to conduct a predetermined performance so as to achieve a corresponding result that is transmitted to the health care provider via said transmission interface.

18. The health care system according to claim 17, wherein said warning signals are generated at said health care provider.

19. The health care system according to claim 17, wherein said predetermined performance includes actions of measuring physiological signals of said living subject, taking medicines regularly, calling on said health care provider upon an appointment date, and undergoing rehabilitation exercises.

20. The health care system according to claim 17, wherein said physiological signal monitoring apparatus includes a recording unit for recording said physiological signals of said living subject and preset reminding matters, said recording unit including a calendar for recording predetermined time data, wherein said reminding module generates said warning signals after comparing said physiological records with respect to said predetermined time data stored in said calendar.

21. The health care system according to claim 17, wherein said physiological signal monitoring apparatus further includes an input medium for inputting said physiological records of said living subject into said transmission interface so that said physiological signals thereof can be transmitted to said health care provider by said transmission interface.

22. The health care system according to claim 21, wherein said physiological signal monitoring apparatus further includes an output medium for displaying said warning signals and outputted signals into said transmission interface such that said corresponding result is transmitted to the health care provider via said transmission interface.

23. The health care system according to claim 17, wherein said care provider is a personal computer and/or a web server.