SENSOR FOR ACQUIRING PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS OF A PATIENT
First Claim
1. A sensor for acquiring physiological signals of a patient, comprisinga communication module adapted to provide independent wireless communication to a remote device, anda personalization module adapted to associate a patient identifier to said communication.
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Abstract
The present invention suggests the use of independent, wireless, smart and therefore self-contained sensors (3, 4, 5) in a patient monitoring system (1). The sensors (3, 4, 5) provide their own communication system for transmitting acquired signals to a patient monitor (8) etc. Furthermore a patient identifier (26) is associated to the communication. This approach introduces a patient-related concept, where all communication is personalized and assigned to the patient (2).
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18 Claims
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1. A sensor for acquiring physiological signals of a patient, comprising
a communication module adapted to provide independent wireless communication to a remote device, and a personalization module adapted to associate a patient identifier to said communication.
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7. A patient monitoring system, comprising
at least one sensor for acquiring physiological signals of a patient, said sensor comprising a communication module adapted to provide independent wireless communication to a remote device, and a personalization module adapted to associate a patient identifier to said communication, and at least one remote device connectable to said sensor using wireless communication.
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8. A method of operating a sensor for acquiring physiological signals of a patient, wherein an independent wireless communication is established between the sensor and a remote device and a patient identifier is associated to said communication.
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9. A computer program comprising
computer instructions to provide independent wireless communication from a sensor for acquiring physiological signals of a patient to a remote device, and computer instructions to associate a patient identifier to said communication, when the computer program is executed in a computer.
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10. A method of monitoring a patient comprising:
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assigning a plurality of sensors to a patient each said sensor acquiring physiological data from the patient; creating a patient identifier within one of the plurality of sensors or a remote monitoring device; assigning the patient identifier to at least one of the other sensors attached to the patient; wirelessly communicating physiological data from the plurality of sensors to the remote monitoring device, wherein such communication is established when the remote monitoring device recognizes the patient identifier. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A handheld device for monitoring patients comprising:
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a display for viewing data from one or more patients; a receiver for receiving data from one or more sensors assigned to a particular patient; a processor for receiving and processing the data from the one or more sensors assigned to a particular patient, wherein said processor determines a patient identifier that is part of the data received from the one or more sensors assigned to a particular patient, and whereby the processor associates and display the patient data for the particular patient. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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