Downloadable Datasets for a Patient Monitoring System
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- storing a set of firmware instructions in a patient monitoring device;
repeatedly executing, on the patient monitoring device, instructions in the stored set of firmware instructions that cause the patient monitoring device to;
download a prompt from a monitoring server via a communications network;
present the prompt to a patient who is being monitored by the patient monitoring device;
receive a response to the prompt; and
upload the response, the response being uploaded to the monitoring server,wherein, after the patient monitoring device finishes executing instructions in the stored set of firmware instructions, the stored set of firmware instructions is the same as before the patient monitoring device executed the instructions in the stored set of firmware instructions.
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Abstract
In general, this disclosure describes techniques for remotely monitoring the health of an ambulatory patient. As described herein, an ambulatory patient may interact with a monitoring device that is located at the patient'"'"'s home. The monitoring device may prompt the patient to provide responses to health-related questions or requests for physiological characteristics and may upload the responses. A health care professional may then use the responses to evaluate the health of the patient. A set of firmware instructions stored on the monitoring device may cause the monitoring device to perform these functions. These firmware instructions remain the same even when the monitoring device downloads new prompts.
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1. A method comprising:
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storing a set of firmware instructions in a patient monitoring device; repeatedly executing, on the patient monitoring device, instructions in the stored set of firmware instructions that cause the patient monitoring device to; download a prompt from a monitoring server via a communications network; present the prompt to a patient who is being monitored by the patient monitoring device; receive a response to the prompt; and upload the response, the response being uploaded to the monitoring server, wherein, after the patient monitoring device finishes executing instructions in the stored set of firmware instructions, the stored set of firmware instructions is the same as before the patient monitoring device executed the instructions in the stored set of firmware instructions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-readable medium comprising a stored set of firmware instructions that, when executed by a processor of a patient monitoring device, cause the patient monitoring device to:
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download a prompt from a monitoring server via a communications network; present the prompt to a patient who is being monitored by the patient monitoring device; receive a response to the prompt; and upload the response, the response being uploaded to the monitoring server; wherein, after the processor finishes executing the stored set of firmware instructions, the stored set of firmware instructions is the same as before the processor executed the stored set of firmware instructions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a monitoring server; a patient monitoring device that comprises; a read-only memory that stores a set of firmware instructions; a processor that executes instructions in the set of firmware instructions, wherein when the processor executes the instructions in the set of firmware instructions, the instructions cause the patient monitoring device to; download a prompt from the monitoring server; present the prompt to a patient who is being monitored by the patient monitoring device; receive a response to the prompt; and upload the response, the response being uploaded to the monitoring server; wherein, after the processor finishes executing the instructions in the set of firmware instructions, the set of firmware instructions is the same as before the processor executed the instructions in the set of firmware instructions; and a communications network that facilitates communication between the monitoring server and the patient monitoring device, the patient monitoring device downloading the prompt via the communications network and uploading the response via the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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