Medical Instrument

• US 20090227849A1
• Filed: 03/04/2009
• Published: 09/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: N.I. Medical Ltd.
• Original Assignee: N.I. Medical Ltd.
• Inventors: Granov, Evgeny, Goor, Daniel A., Granov, Igor
• Application Number:
  US12/397,423
• Publication Number:
  US 20090227849A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/045 with a separable interface unit, e.g. for communication
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0456 Apparatus provided with a docking unit
• 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 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition

Abstract

A medical instrument is presented. The medical instrument comprises a housing, a first communication utility in the housing for receiving input signal indicative of physiological signals, and a second communication utility for communicating with a computer. The housing is configured for removable installment in a compact disc drive bay of a computer.

Claims

1. A medical instrument comprising a housing, a first communication utility in the housing for receiving input signal indicative of physiological signals and a second communication utility for communicating with a computer, said housing being configured for removable installment in a compact disc (CD) drive bay of a computer.

2. The medical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said first communication utility and said second communication utility has a port on a face of the housing which is externally accessible once the instrument is in said bay, said second communication utility is adapted for communication via a connection unit to a communication port of the computer.

3. The medical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said first communication utility is on a face of the housing which is externally accessible once the instrument is in said bay and said second communication utility is on a face which is internal once the instrument is in said bay and adapted for connection to a communication port that is within said bay.

4. The medical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said housing houses a processor utility for processing the input signal and generating an output signal corresponding thereto for communicating to the computer.

5. The medical instrument according to claim 4, wherein said processor utility is adapted for receiving control signal from the computer.

6. The medical instrument according to claim 4, comprising an application software utility.

7. The medical instrument according to claim 1, for use in determining one or more cardiovascular parameters.

8. The medical instrument according to claim 7, wherein said cardiovascular parameters are selected from ECG, blood pressure, stroke volume, heart rate, cardiac output and cardiac output derivatives.

9. The medical instrument according claim 1, wherein said first communication utility comprise two or more signal receivers each for receiving an input signal indicative of a different physiological parameter.

10. The medical instrument according to claim 9, comprising a first receiver for receiving signal indicative of a parameter relating to cardiac output, a second receiver for receiving a signal indicative of ECG and a third receiver for receiving a signal indicative of blood pressure.