PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A system to monitor a plurality of patients, the system comprisinga plurality of adherent patient devices, each adherent patient device comprising an adhesive and wireless communication circuitry, said each device configured to adhere to a skin of one of the plurality of patients to measure patient data and support the wireless communication circuitry, the wireless communication circuitry configured to transmit the patient data;
- a local processor system comprising a tangible medium and at least one display disposed at a monitoring station, the local processor system configured to receive the patient data and display the patient data to a user at the monitoring station; and
a plurality of gateways configured to receive the patient data from the wireless communication circuitry and transmit the patient data to the local processor system.
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Abstract
An adherent patient device is configured to adhere to the skin of the patient and measure electrocardiogram data, impedance data, accelerometer data, blood oxygen data and temperature data. The adherent device can communicate wirelessly with gateways and a local processor system, such that the patient can wander about the hospital and update the monitoring station with the patient data when the patient is ambulatory. The local processor system can be configured to customize alerts for the patient, for example to notify automatically a specialist in response to a special condition of the patient. The adherent device may comprise a unique adherent device identifier such that the customized alert can be sent based on the unique device identifier. Each of the gateways can be carried and may comprise a unique gateway identifier, such that the unique device identifier and the unique gateway identifier can be used to locate the ambulatory patient.
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65 Claims
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1. A system to monitor a plurality of patients, the system comprising
a plurality of adherent patient devices, each adherent patient device comprising an adhesive and wireless communication circuitry, said each device configured to adhere to a skin of one of the plurality of patients to measure patient data and support the wireless communication circuitry, the wireless communication circuitry configured to transmit the patient data; -
a local processor system comprising a tangible medium and at least one display disposed at a monitoring station, the local processor system configured to receive the patient data and display the patient data to a user at the monitoring station; and a plurality of gateways configured to receive the patient data from the wireless communication circuitry and transmit the patient data to the local processor system. - 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)
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49. A method of monitoring a plurality of patients, the method comprising:
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adhering at least one adherent patient device comprising wireless communication circuitry to a skin of at least one patient of the plurality of patients to measure patient data, such that the wireless communication circuitry is supported with the skin of the patient. transmitting the patient data from the at least one adherent device with the wireless communication circuitry to at least one gateway; and transmitting the patient data from the at least one gateway to a local processor system. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A method of monitoring a plurality of patients, the method comprising:
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transmitting first patient data from a first patient measurement device on a first patient to a first gateway with wireless communication; transmitting the first patient data from the first gateway to a transceiver of a local processor system with a first wireless communication link; transmitting second patient data from a second patient measurement device on a second patient to a second gateway with wireless communication; and transmitting the second patient data from the second gateway to the first gateway in response to decoupling of the second gateway with the transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63)
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64. A system to monitor a plurality of patients, the system comprising:
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a plurality of patient measurement devices configured to measure patient data from a plurality of patients and transmit the patient data; a local processor system comprising a tangible medium and at least one display disposed at a monitoring station, the local processor system comprising a transceiver configured to receive the patient data and display the patient data to a user at the monitoring station; and a plurality of gateways configured to receive the patient data from the plurality of patient measurement devices, each gateway configured to couple with at least one of the patient measurement devices and transmit the patient data to the local processor system, wherein each of the gateways is configured to couple directly with the transceiver of the processor system when the transceiver is suitable for coupling and to couple with another gateway of the plurality when the transceiver signal is weak. - View Dependent Claims (65)
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