Bio-Information Monitoring System

• US 20110084850A1
• Filed: 03/19/2010
• Published: 04/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Wu, Yung-Cheng, Chang, Wen-Dien, Jiang, Joe-Air, Lin, Ta-Te
• Granted Patent: US 8,723,684 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.16
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/43 using wireless personal area networks [WPAN], e.g. 802.15, 802.15.1, 802.15.4, Bluetooth or ZigBee
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/75 by polling or interrogating the sub-stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/823 where the data is sent when the measured values exceed a threshold, e.g. sending an alarm
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

A bio-information monitoring system is provided. The bio-information monitoring system comprises a wireless sensor and a first wireless network node. The wireless sensor senses at least a bio-information. The first wireless network node collects the bio-information, wherein the bio-information is monitored in response to a command from a second wireless network node to the first wireless network node.

Claims

1. A bio-information monitoring system, comprising:

a wireless sensor sensing at least a bio-information; and

a first wireless network node collecting the bio-information, wherein the bio-information is monitored in response to a command from a second wireless network node to the first wireless network node.

2. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless network, wherein the bio-information is collected by the first wireless network node via the wireless network.

3. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the wireless network is compatible with at least a standard being one selected from a group consisting of Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Third-generation Mobile Telecommunication (3G), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), WiFi, Blue-Tooth, Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN), Low Rate-Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPAN), and Zigbee.

4. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bio-information comprises one selected from a group consisting of blood pressure, heart beat rate, blood oxygen content, respiration rate, and a combination thereof.

5. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first wireless network node is a personal computer gateway.

6. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, being applied to at least one selected from a group consisting of a nursing station, a hemodialysis center, and a remote home care system, wherein the first wireless network node decides whether to send a warning message to the selected one according to the collected bio-information.

7. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first wireless network node has a wireless transmitting-receiving module compatible with a standard of Global System for Mobile communications (GSM).

8. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

the second wireless network node;

a database; and

an internet,

wherein the bio-information is transmitted to and stored in the database via the second wireless network node, and is inquired via the internet.

9. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the second wireless network node is a message server.

10. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the bio-information is transmitted to the second wireless network node via the wireless network.

11. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the second wireless network node is linked to the database via the internet.

12. A bio-information monitoring system, comprising:

a sensor sensing at least a bio-information; and

a first node commanded by a second node to monitor the bio-information.

13. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

a network connected with the sensor and the first node,

wherein the network is one of a wire network and a wireless network.

14. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

the second node;

a database; and

an internet,

wherein the bio-information is transmitted to and stored in the database via the second node, and is inquired via the internet.

15. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the sensor is a wireless sensor, the first node is a personal computer gateway, the second node is a message server, and the database is a relation database being a database of My Structured Query Language (MySQL).

16. A method of monitoring a bio-information, comprising steps of:

(a) transmitting a command from a message server to at least a sensor; and

(b) monitoring at least a bio-information in response to the command by the sensor.

17. A method as claimed in claim 16, after the step (a), further comprising a step of:

(a1) transmitting the command again if the sensor does not respond to the command.

18. A method as claimed in claim 16, after the step (b), further comprising steps of:

(b1) collecting the bio-information;

(b2) transmitting the bio-information to the message server;

(b3) determining whether the bio-information is normal; and

(b4) sending a warning message when the bio-information is abnormal.

19. A method as claimed in claim 16, after the step (b), further comprising steps of:

(c1) transmitting the bio-information to a database; and

(c2) processing the bio-information.

20. A method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the step of processing the bio-information comprising at least one selected from a group consisting of inquiring, amending, adding, and deleting the bio-information.