MULTIPURPOSE, MODULAR PLATFORM FOR MOBILE MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION
First Claim
1. A modular system for mobile medical instrumentation for use with a body, comprising:
- a wireless primary communication device, the device comprising;
a housing,a display adjacent at least a portion of the housing,an internal processor,a wireless external communication circuit,a power source, anda communication input/output port adapted for communication with a cradle,at least one cradle, the cradle comprising;
an input sensor for receiving input from the body, the input sensor generating an output signal corresponding to the input,a processing circuit, anda cradle input/output port adapted for communication with the wireless primary communication device.
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Abstract
A system provides for mobile medical instrumentation for use with a body. The system includes a primary wireless communication device, such as a cell phone or tablet computer, and one or more cradles. The cradles provide an interface to the body which provides for input of signals from the body, and optionally, therapeutic outputs to the body. The cradle and the primary wireless communication device may be releasably joined together so as to form a unitary structure when contacting the body. Alternately, the cradle may interface with the body, and communicate wirelessly to the primary wireless communication device. A cradle adapted to provide for a portable electrocardiogram includes a plurality of electrodes adapted for contact or non-contact sensing of the body. In the preferred embodiment, three electrodes are arranged in a triangular arrangement, most preferably a Einthoven triangular arrangement, with the distance between electrodes being 4 centimeters or less.
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65 Claims
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1. A modular system for mobile medical instrumentation for use with a body, comprising:
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a wireless primary communication device, the device comprising; a housing, a display adjacent at least a portion of the housing, an internal processor, a wireless external communication circuit, a power source, and a communication input/output port adapted for communication with a cradle, at least one cradle, the cradle comprising; an input sensor for receiving input from the body, the input sensor generating an output signal corresponding to the input, a processing circuit, and a cradle input/output port adapted for communication with the wireless primary communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A cradle for a modular system for mobile medical instrumentation for use with a body, the cradle being adapted to interface with a wireless primary communication device, the comprising:
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a plurality of input electrodes for receiving input from the body, the electrodes providing an output signal corresponding to the input, a processing circuit for receiving and processing the input sensor output signal, and a cradle input/output port adapted for communication with the wireless primary communication device and with the processing circuit.
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59. A cradle for a modular system for mobile medical instrumentation for use with a body, adapted to measure the electrocardiogram of a patient, the cradle being adapted to interface with a wireless primary communication device, the wireless primary communications device having a face surface of length L and width W, comprising:
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an input sensor for receiving input from the body, the input sensor including multiple electrodes, the electrodes being located within the dimensions L and W, the input sensor generating an output signal corresponding to the input, a processing circuit for receiving and processing the input sensor output signal, and a cradle input/output port adapted for communication with the wireless primary communication device and with the processing circuit. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A modular multi-purpose system for medical instrumentation for use with a body, adapted for use with a wireless primary communication device having a housing, a display adjacent at least a portion of the housing, an internal processor, a wireless external communication circuit, a power source, and a communication input/output port adapted for communication with multiple cradles, comprising
a first cradle, the first cradle directed to a first medical use comprising: -
an input sensor for receiving input from the body associated with the first medical use, the input sensor generating an output signal corresponding to the input, a processing circuit for receiving and processing the input sensor output signal, and a cradle input/output port adapted for communication with the wireless primary communication device and with the processing circuit, and a second cradle, the second cradle directed to a second medical use, the second medical use being different than the first medical use, comprising; an input sensor for receiving input from the body associated with the second medical use, the input sensor generating an output signal corresponding to the input, a processing circuit for receiving and processing the input sensor output signal, and a cradle input/output port adapted for communication with the wireless primary communication device and with the processing circuit.
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65. A communications unit for mobile medical communication, for use with a first medical device adapted for use with a body and for wireless communication operating in a first wireless data format, and for use with a primary communication device, the primary communication device operating in a second wireless data format, the first wireless data format being incompatible with the second wireless data format, comprising:
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a first receiver adapted to receive communications from the first medical device in a first wireless data format, a translator to convert a first wireless data format to a second wireless data format utilized by the wireless primary communication device, and a transmitter to convert the first wireless data format to the second wireless data format, and a transmitter to send the converted second wireless data format to the primary communication device.
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