Sampling Patient Data

• US 20110246217A1
• Filed: 11/02/2010
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mobisante Inc. (Renew Group Pte Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Mobisante Inc. (Renew Group Pte Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chutani, Sailesh, George, Nikhil J., Zar, David M.
• Application Number:
  US12/938,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20110246217A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/4411 Device being modular
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/4427 Device being portable or laptop-like
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/465 adapted to display user selection data, e.g. icons or menus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/5215 involving processing of medical diagnostic data
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/565 involving data transmission via a network
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/80 for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

In an embodiment, a computer includes one or more processors; a computer readable storage medium comprising a sequence of instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause: transmitting, to a second computer over a network, a first subset of patient data; receiving, from the second computer, a command for additional data, wherein the command is based on the first subset of the patient data; identifying a second subset of the patient data based on the command; transmitting, to the second computer, the second subset of the patient data; wherein the first subset of the patient data and the second subset of the patient data were collected by one or more biometric sensors within a same medical examination session.

Claims

1. A computer comprising:

one or more processors;

a computer readable storage medium comprising a sequence of instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause;

transmitting, to a second computer over a network, a first subset of patient data;

receiving, from the second computer, a command for additional data, wherein the command is based on the first subset of the patient data;

identifying a second subset of the patient data based on the command;

transmitting, to the second computer, the second subset of the patient data;

wherein the first subset of the patient data and the second subset of the patient data were collected by one or more biometric sensors within a same medical examination session.

2. The computer as recited in claim 1,

wherein the instructions that cause transmitting the first subset of the patient data comprises instructions that cause streaming a first sampling of a particular portion of the patient data, as the patient data is collected by the one or more biometric sensors;

wherein the command selects the particular portion of the patient data;

wherein the instructions that cause transmitting the second subset of the patient data comprises instructions that cause transmitting a second sampling of the particular portion of the patient data.

3. The computer as recited in claim 1, further comprising instructions which when executed cause:

while the patient data is being collected, continuously updating a buffer at least by;

storing newly-collected patient data in the buffer;

deleting at least a portion of previously-collected patient data from the buffer;

responsive to receiving the command, transmitting, to the second computer, at least a portion of the patient data that was stored in the buffer when the command was received.

4. The computer as recited in claim 3, further comprising instructions which when executed cause pausing the updating of the buffer in response to receiving the command.

5. The computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the first subset of the patient data is collected by the one or more biometric sensors based on a first protocol, and wherein the second subset of the patient data is collected by the one or more biometric sensors using a second protocol identified by the command.

6. The computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the command comprises at least one configuration parameter for the one or more biometric sensors, the at least one configuration parameter comprising any of:

display resolution, sampling rate, gain value, intensity value, contrast value, or depth value.

7. The computer as recited in claim 1,

wherein the first subset of the patient data comprises a first sampling of the patient data based on a first sampling rate;

wherein the second subset of the patient data comprises a second sampling of the patient data based on a second sampling rate.

8. The computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more biometric sensors comprise an ultrasound probe.

9. The computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the command specifies a portion of the first subset of patient data, and wherein the second subset of patient data comprises additional information related to the selected portion.

10. The computer as recited in claim 1, further comprising instructions which when executed cause:

configuring a camera to capture at least one image of a patient, wherein the at least one image is associated with the first subset of patient data;

concurrently with transmitting the first subset of patient data, transmitting the at least one image to the second computer.

11. A method comprising:

transmitting, to a second computer over a network, a first subset of patient data;

receiving, from the second computer, a command for additional data, wherein the command is based on the first subset of the patient data;

identifying a second subset of the patient data based on the command;

transmitting, to the second computer, the second subset of the patient data;

wherein the first subset of the patient data and the second subset of the patient data were collected by one or more biometric sensors within a same medical examination session.

12. The method as recited in claim 11,

wherein transmitting the first subset of the patient data comprises transmitting a first sampling of a particular portion of the patient data, as the patient data is collected by the one or more biometric sensors;

wherein the command selects the particular portion of the patient data;

wherein transmitting the second subset of the patient data comprises transmitting a second sampling of the particular portion of the patient data.

13. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the steps further comprising:

while the patient data is being collected, continuously updating a buffer at least by;

storing newly-collected patient data in the buffer;

deleting at least a portion of previously-collected patient data from the buffer;

responsive to receiving the command, transmitting, to the remote computer, at least a portion of the patient data that was stored in the buffer when the command was received.

14. The method as recited in claim 13, further comprising pausing the updating of the buffer in response to receiving the command.

15. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the first subset of the patient data is collected by the one or more biometric sensors based on a first protocol, and wherein the second subset of the patient data is collected by the one or more biometric sensors using a second protocol identified by the command.

16. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the command comprises at least one configuration parameter for the one or more biometric sensors, the at least one configuration parameter comprising any of:

display resolution, sampling rate, gain value, intensity value, contrast value, or depth value.

17. The method as recited in claim 11,

wherein the first subset of the patient data comprises a first sampling of the patient data based on a first sampling rate;

wherein the second subset of the patient data comprises a second sampling of the patient data based on a second sampling rate.

18. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the one or more biometric sensors comprise an ultrasound probe.

19. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the command specifies a portion of the first subset of patient data, and wherein the second subset of patient data comprises additional information related to the selected portion.

20. The method as recited in claim 11, the steps further comprising:

configuring a camera to capture at least one image of a patient, wherein the at least one image is associated with the first subset of patient data;

concurrently with transmitting the first subset of patient data, transmitting the at least one image to the remote computer.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause:

transmitting, to a remote computer over a network, a first subset of patient data;

receiving, from the remote computer, a command for additional data, wherein the command is based on the first subset of the patient data;

identifying a second subset of the patient data based on the command;

transmitting, to the remote computer, the second subset of the patient data;

wherein the first subset of the patient data and the second subset of the patient data were collected by one or more biometric sensors within a same medical examination session.

22. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 21,

wherein the instructions that cause transmitting the first subset of the patient data comprises instructions that cause streaming a first sampling of a particular portion of the patient data, as the patient data is collected by the one or more biometric sensors;

wherein the command selects the particular portion of the patient data;

wherein the instructions that cause transmitting the second subset of the patient data comprises instructions that cause transmitting a second sampling of the particular portion of the patient data.

23. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 21, further comprising instructions which when executed cause:

while the patient data is being collected, continuously updating a buffer at least by;

storing newly-collected patient data in the buffer;

deleting at least a portion of previously-collected patient data from the buffer;

responsive to receiving the command, transmitting, to the remote computer, at least a portion of the patient data that was stored in the buffer when the command was received.

24. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 23, further comprising instructions which when executed cause pausing the updating of the buffer in response to receiving the command.

25. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 21, wherein the first subset of the patient data is collected by the one or more biometric sensors based on a first protocol, and wherein the second subset of the patient data is collected by the one or more biometric sensors using a second protocol identified by the command.

26. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 21, wherein the command comprises at least one configuration parameter for the one or more biometric sensors, the at least one configuration parameter comprising any of:

display resolution, sampling rate, gain value, intensity value, contrast value, or depth value.

27. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 21,

wherein the first subset of the patient data comprises a first sampling of the patient data based on a first sampling rate;

wherein the second subset of the patient data comprises a second sampling of the patient data based on a second sampling rate.

28. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 21, wherein the one or more biometric sensors comprise an ultrasound probe.

29. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 21, wherein the command specifies a portion of the first subset of patient data, and wherein the second subset of patient data comprises additional information related to the selected portion.

30. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 21, further comprising instructions which when executed cause:

configuring a camera to capture at least one image of a patient, wherein the at least one image is associated with the first subset of patient data;

concurrently with transmitting the first subset of patient data, transmitting the at least one image to the remote computer.