MONITORING NETWORK SYSTEM

• US 20090171169A1
• Filed: 12/24/2008
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Inventors: NAGATA, Chihiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,638,192 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• 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 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7445 Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A monitoring network system includes: a plurality of monitoring apparatuses; and a remote monitoring apparatus, connected to the plurality of monitoring apparatuses. At least one of the monitoring apparatuses is configured to acquire biological signals from a patient and includes: a first holder, configured to hold a first ID; and a transmitter, configured to transmit the biological signal to the remote monitoring apparatus. The remote monitoring apparatus includes: a second holder, configured to hold a second ID and association information for associating a screen area in a display with the second ID; a detector, configured to detect the at least one of the monitoring apparatuses, when the first ID is identical with the second ID; a receiver, configured to receive the biological signal from the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses detected by the detector; and a display controller, configured to display the biological signal on the screen area in the display based on the association information.

Claims

1. A monitoring network system, comprising:

a plurality of monitoring apparatuses; and

a remote monitoring apparatus, connected to the plurality of monitoring apparatuses via network,

wherein at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses is configured to acquire biological signals from a patient and includes;

a first holder, configured to hold a first ID and first information for identifying the patient which is associated with the first ID; and

a transmitter, configured to transmit the biological signal to the remote monitoring apparatus, and

wherein the remote monitoring apparatus includes;

a second holder, configured to hold a second ID and association information for associating a screen area in a display with the second ID;

a detector, configured to detect the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses whose the first holder holds the first ID, when the first ID is identical with the second ID;

a receiver, configured to receive at least one of the biological signal and the first information from the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses detected by the detector; and

a display controller, configured to display the at least one of the biological signal and the first information on the screen area in the display based on the association information.

2. The monitoring network system according to claim 1,

wherein the remote monitoring apparatus includes:

a storage, configured to store the biological signals from the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses each of which holds the first ID; and

a joiner, configured to join the stored biological signals in time series, and

wherein the display controller displays the joined biological signals on the screen area in the display based on the association information.

3. The monitoring network system according to claim 1, wherein

the remote monitoring apparatus includes a central monitor including a computer.

4. The monitoring network system according to claim 1, wherein

the remote monitoring apparatus includes:

at least one server; and

a remote viewer terminal, and

the at least one server includes;

an identifier, configured to specify the first ID based on the first information; and

the detector.

5. The monitoring network system according to claim 1, wherein

each of the plurality of monitoring apparatus includes a notifier, configured to transmit, to the remote monitoring apparatus, a notification to notify a state in which the each of the plurality of monitoring apparatus is disable to acquire the biological signal, and

after receiving the notification from the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses whose the first holder holds the first ID, the remote monitoring apparatus starts to perform a detection operation for detecting the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses whose the first holder holds the first ID.

6. The monitoring network system according to claim 1, wherein

when the receiver receives the biological signals from the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses each of which holds the first ID, the display controller displays only one of the received biological signals.

7. The monitoring network system according to claim 1, wherein

when the receiver receives the biological signals from the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses each of which holds the first ID, the display controller displays at least one of the biological signals.

8. The monitoring network system according to claim 1, wherein

the display controller displays second information for identifying the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses from which the receiver receives the biological signal, together with the at least one of the biological signal and the first information.