Wan-Based Remote Mobile Monitoring Method And Device Of Electrophysiological Data

• US 20100240980A1
• Filed: 01/15/2007
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shanghai LEPU Cloudmed Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Chuanshi Xiao, Haiqing Gao, Hongyu Wang, Jianan Qian, Jianguo Cui, Lichao Wang, Qichun Chen, Shiang Sun, Xiaohong Zhu, Yonggang Zhao
• Inventors: Wang, Hongyu, Zhu, Xiaohong, Qian, Jianan, Wang, Lichao, Gao, Haiqing, Sun, Shiang, Cui, Jianguo, Xiao, Chuanshi, Zhao, Yonggang, Chen, Qichun
• Granted Patent: US 8,111,151 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/372
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A WAN-based remote mobile monitoring method and device of electrophysiological data, including microprocessor circuit, electrophysiological signal sampling processing circuit, data storage circuit, image liquid crystal circuit, real-time clock, emergent calling circuit, working power supply management circuit, wireless network interface circuit, USB interface circuit, etc, has the in-built binding IP address of the remote electrophysiological data monitoring server, TCP/IP protocol, PPP protocol and BlueTooth protocol. Application controls self-adaptive analysis computing, exception event warning and alarming privilege graded setting, event data package combination, network digital communication, data storage circuit area management, safety information data storage management and remote emergent calling of the remote mobile monitoring devices. It can have access to Internet in motion and roaming access to Internet by inter-network switch, and have access to the exterior networks wirelessly including Internet, LAN, ADSL, VDSL, ISDN, etc, for digital communication with the remote electrophysiological data monitoring server.

Claims

1. A WAN-based remote mobile monitoring device for electrophysiological data including:

a microprocessor, which controls the functional module circuit of remote monitoring devices as stated, sends an electrophysiological data monitoring early-warning and has a function of record storage and network data communication;

an electrophysiological signal sampling processing circuit, which samples electrophysiological data signal and has an internal calibration voltage signal circuit supplying benchmark calibration voltage under control of the microprocessor circuit;

a data storage circuit, which is divided into five storage areas which respectively store different kinds of data of remote mobile monitoring devices as stated under control of the microprocessor circuit;

an image liquid crystal circuit, which shows the electrophysiological data waveform, image symbol and word in different kinds of languages under control of the microprocessor circuit;

a real-time clock circuit, which marks the date and time for different kinds of data under control of the microprocessor circuit;

an emergent calling circuit, which sends a emergent calling triggering signal to the microprocessor circuit and controls the wireless network interface circuit to send help information to the predetermined receiving end;

a wireless network interface circuit, which has built-in TCP/IP protocol, PPP protocol, BlueTooth protocol and accesses the exterior network terminal interface wirelessly to connect WAN for network data communication according to control command of the microprocessor circuit;

a working power supply management circuit, which respectively supplies electricity for different functional modules of the remote mobile monitoring devices as stated in control of the microprocessor circuit;

a mechanical vibration circuit and buzzer circuit, which sends mechanical vibration and sound for alarm under control of microprocessor circuit;

an USB interface circuit, which is used to exchange information between remote mobile monitoring devices as stated and exterior devices, transmit and download electrophysiological data of continuous monitoring records.

2. A WAN-based remote mobile monitoring device for electrophysiological data according to claim 1, said microprocessor circuit comprising a low-power monolithic processor;

said monolithic processor can be M30280 which connects I/O port, exterior interruption source, serial communication port and internal A/D analog converter to different functional modules respectively;

install application into FlashROM;

said monolithic processor can be M30281 or HD64F3847 whose pins are connected by the labels.

3. A WAN-based remote mobile monitoring device for electrophysiological data according to claim 1 or 2, the internal calibration voltage signal circuit of said electrophysiological signal sampling processing circuit comprising a precision benchmark resource, a triode 9013, current limiting resistors, precision voltage division resistors;

the precision benchmark resource can be NJM2823;

the base of triode 930 is connected to P1.3 of P1 port, the emitter of triode 930 is connected to +3.3V power supply port of the main circuit and the collector of triode 930 is connected to ground and the negative electrode of NJM2823 respectively via two said current limiting resistors;

two said precision voltage division resistors are in series in which one end is connected to the negative electrode of NJM2823, another end is connected to ground and the middle end is connected to the output end of the blocking circuit;

the range value of the output end calibration voltage is 1 mv×

multiple of preamplifier stage and the deviation is less than ±

1%;

the precision benchmark resource can be CYT431,TI_—

,431BI., M4050 whose pins are connected by labels.

4. A WAN-based remote mobile monitoring device for electrophysiological data according to claim 1 or 2, the data storage circuit comprising microprocessor M30208 circuit and digital memory Flash;

the digital memory Flash can be NAND01G in which P0.0-P0.7 of P0 of M30280 are connected to the data lines D0-D7 of NAND01G respectively and P2.2-P2.4 of P2 of M30280 are connected to the chip selection end E and the address locking end AL of NAND01G respectively;

the digital memory Flash can be K9K1 GU0B, TC58DVG02A1 FT00 or RC28F13C-150 whose pins are connected by labels.

5. A WAN-based remote mobile monitoring device for electrophysiological data according to claim 1 or 2, the wireless network interface circuit comprising microprocessor circuit M30280, network processing circuit IP2022, BlueTooth integrated circuit;

said BlueTooth integrated circuit can be BlueCore313143;

the TXD, RXD, CTS. DSR of M30280 series communication port is connected to the series communication 1 of IP2022;

P5.O-P5.2 of P5 port of M30280 are connected to reset end, state control end PRG, sleeping control end ON/OFF respectively;

PORTSEI end, SLEEP_ENABLE end, HOST_INT end and DISCONNECT end of IP2022 series communication 2 are connected to the UART_RX end, UART_TX end, UART_RTS end and UART_CTS end of BlueCore313143 respectively;

the PORTSEI end, SLEEP_ENABLE end, HOST_INT end, DISCONNECT end of IP2022 are connected to the reset end RESET, power supply control VREG_EN end, wakeup end PWR_UP, disconnection end DISCONNECT_CON of BlueCore313143;

said BlueTooth integrated circuit can be BCM2035, BRF6100/6150 or MC72000 whose pins are connected by labels.

6. A WAN-based remote mobile monitoring method for electrophysiological data including application running in the remote mobile monitoring devices as stated has following steps:

Self-adapting analysis computing step for application as stated for controlling the remote mobile monitoring devices as stated;

Step for exception event warning and alarm privilege grade setting;

Step for combination of event data packages and network digital communication;

Step for data storage circuit area management and safety information data storage management;

Step for remote emergent calling;

Wherein, the application as stated controlling the remote mobile monitoring device as stated accesses to the exterior network terminal interface to connect WAN for network digital communication, network connection in motion and by inter-network roaming switch. The exterior network terminal interface includes but is not limited to mobile Internet, LAN, ADSL, VDSL, ISDN, DDN, CATV communication network and power electricity line communication network terminal interface.

7. A WAN-based remote mobile monitoring method for electrophysiological data according to claim 6, including:

step 1;

application as stated computes the current electrophysiological data according to the calibration voltage and gain sampling to obtain the initial data. If application determines that the initial data is in the setting range of threshold value, it is used as the initial value of this monitoring to start monitoring analysis computing. If the initial value reaches to the setting threshold value, application as stated will set the initial value flag and store it. Set the upper limit or lower limit self-adaptively. This initial value is used as the initial value of this monitoring to start monitoring analysis computing. When the monitoring data reaches to the self-adaptive threshold value, application as stated will set the exception electrophysiological event flag and send data flag. If the initial value exceeds the setting threshold value, application as stated will set the exception electrophysiological event flag and send data flag.

step 2;

application as stated sets different level alarm flags according to different kinds of exception event flags as stated and set the forewarning privilege of remote mobile monitoring devices as stated including first-level warning privilege, second-level warning privilege and third-level warning privilege. When the warning flag as stated is set, the relative command circuit performs the operation of alarming or forewarning.

step 3;

application as stated arranges forward 6 sixty-minute intervals and obtains event data records relating to this event in the 6 intervals to compose an event data package by time sequence. When the number of intervals is less than 6, get the maximum time.

step 4;

application as stated commands the wireless network interface circuit to power on according to the sending data flag. Use the BlueTooth protocol to send the searching command. After the exterior network terminal interface responses in valid distance, the wireless network interface circuit sends an individual identity address code Pin to check match. Build wireless dual-direction digital communication link. Application as stated sends the recognition command to judge whether the exterior network is mobile Internet or cable network.

step 5;

if application as stated determines that the exterior network is mobile Internet, then read the fixed IP address of remote electrophysiological data monitoring server and call TCP/IP protocol and PPP protocol. If it is cable network, application as stated reads the fixed IP address of remote electrophysiological data monitoring server, calls the cable network control command, controls the wireless network interface circuit to connect the mobile Internet or cable network, performs network digital communication with remote electrophysiological data monitoring server, sends event data packages or data information, receives the control command, analysis result and processing notes sent from the server and responses to execute the control command.

step 6;

application as stated controls wireless network interface circuit to enter into the online connection holding state (Hold). Stop data transmission and hold online connection. When application as stated or remote electrophysiological data monitoring server sends activation signal, recover digital communication immediately.

step 7;

data memory circuit as stated is divided into word base storage area, setting information storage area, safety information storage area, exception electrophysiological data storage area, continuous electrophysiological data storage area according to application addressing as stated. Execute the operation of reading, writing, modification and cancellation according to the corresponding areas of the application commands and address as sated. Set the safe information storage area for cyclic record storage which can not been cancelled artificially and the cyclic record period can be set with flexibility.

step 8;

when application as stated receives setting information data from the remote mobile monitoring devices as stated, it will send the writing command to the data storage circuit and set address for data to store it in the setting information storage area.

step 9;

when application as stated receives operating information data from the remote mobile monitoring devices as stated, it will send the writing command to the data storage circuit and set address for data to store it in the safety information storage area.

step 10;

when application as stated receives emergent calling triggering signal, set the emergent calling flag and send data flag. Read SP code digital mobile phone number or MMS address and help information, control the wireless network interface circuit to access the connection SMSC of mobile network terminal interface and send help information to the predetermined receiving terminal. If application as stated does not receive “

receive”

information sent from the receiving terminal in ten seconds, read the fixed IP address and help information of the binding remote electrophysiological data monitoring server, control the wireless network interface circuit to access WAN, send help information to the remote electrophysiological data monitoring server, receive the “

receive”

information sent from the receiving terminal and terminate cyclic calling.

8. A WAN-based remote mobile monitoring method for electrophysiological data according to claim 6 or 7, said remote mobile monitoring devices as stated access to WAN wirelessly;

Enter into the online connection holding state (Hold) under control of application as stated. Stop data transmission and hold online connection;

When application as stated or remote electrophysiological data monitoring server sends activation signal, recover digital communication immediately.

9. A WAN-based remote mobile monitoring method for electrophysiological data according to claim 6 or 7, said remote mobile monitoring devices as stated access to the mobile Internet terminal interface wireless;

It can connect to the SMSC in control of application as stated, send help information to the predetermined receiving terminal via SMS or MMS and receive information sent from the receiving terminal.

10. A WAN-based remote mobile monitoring method for electrophysiological data according to claim 6 or 7, said wireless interface circuit as stated receives the control command which can be standard operating command and data or user-defined command and data including but not limited to check password command, function setting command, internal information command and pathological exception event alarming command.

11. A WAN-based remote mobile monitoring method for electrophysiological data according to claim 7, said setting information as stated can be words, symbols, characters, digitals, images and mixed objects, including but not limited to the fixed IP address, SP code, digital mobile phone number, MMS address, username and password and help information of binding remote electrophysiological data monitoring server.

12. A WAN-based remote mobile monitoring method for electrophysiological data according to claim 7, said operating information data packages includes but is not limited to on-off times and time, alarming content and time, manner of sending data and sending time, control command data content and time response, receiving medical advice content and time, emergent calling triggering event time and response answering time.