Devices for measurement of medical and physiological parameters using mass storage device interfaces
First Claim
1. A medical system for collecting, storing and analyzing measurement data obtained from a patient or at a patient'"'"'s location for diagnosis purposes, comprising at least one medical device which comprises a memory component and a microprocessor, and said system comprises at least one sensor connected to said device, said sensor placed on a patient or at a patient'"'"'s location for acquiring measurement data, wherein said microprocessor pre-processes and/or stores said acquired measurement data in said memory component in raw and/or pre-processed format, the said medical device furthermore comprises at least one data communication port for exchanging data, such as said measurement data, between the said medical device and a computer, whereby upon connectivity the said medical device appears as a mass storage device on the computer.
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Abstract
Medical and physiological measurement systems for diagnosis analysis are provided, in particular for sleep and blood pressure diagnosis, which are given by simple and cost efficient designs, wherein the corresponding medical devices and/or medical data interface devices are equipped with such data communication ports that they appear as mass storage devices upon connectivity with a computer. The data transparency offered by such standardized data transfer means is implemented to offer, for example, the possibility of storing diagnosis software in a platform independent manner in memory of the mass storage device. Furthermore, analysis results, diagnosis related reports and/or raw data collected by the medical system can easily be accessed, viewed and/or analyzed by the measurement system operator at the computer by accessing the corresponding devices as mass storage devices.
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- 1. A medical system for collecting, storing and analyzing measurement data obtained from a patient or at a patient'"'"'s location for diagnosis purposes, comprising at least one medical device which comprises a memory component and a microprocessor, and said system comprises at least one sensor connected to said device, said sensor placed on a patient or at a patient'"'"'s location for acquiring measurement data, wherein said microprocessor pre-processes and/or stores said acquired measurement data in said memory component in raw and/or pre-processed format, the said medical device furthermore comprises at least one data communication port for exchanging data, such as said measurement data, between the said medical device and a computer, whereby upon connectivity the said medical device appears as a mass storage device on the computer.
- 14. A medical system for collecting, storing and analyzing measurement data obtained from a patient or at a patient'"'"'s location for diagnosis purposes, comprising at least one smart sensor which comprises a memory component, a microprocessor and comprises at least one sensor placed on a patient or at a patient'"'"'s location for acquiring measurement data, whereby said microprocessor pre-processes and/or stores said acquired measurement data in said memory component in raw and/or pre-processed format, the said smart sensor furthermore comprises at least one data communication port for exchanging data between the said smart sensor and a medical data interface device comprised in said medical system, whereby the said medical data interface device comprises a memory component, a microprocessor and at least one data communication port for exchanging data between the said smart sensor and the said medical data interface device, and at least one further data communication port for exchanging data between the said medical data interface device and a computer, whereby upon connectivity with the respective computer the said medical data interface device appears as a mass storage device on the computer.
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