Measurement Device, Measurement System and Data Processing Method for Physiological signal

• US 20120172737A1
• Filed: 11/07/2011
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Yao-Tsung, Li, Chia-Hsien, Lin, Pai-Yang, Chung, Shun-Chi, Lin, Shu-Hung
• Application Number:
  US13/291,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20120172737A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/509
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]

Abstract

A measurement device for measuring a physiological signal of a testee includes a sensing unit for sensing physiological activities of the testee to generate the physiological signal, a data transmission unit for transmitting data to a host, a storage unit for storing data, and a control unit for deciding to use the data transmission unit to transmit the physiological signal to the host or to use the storage unit to store the physiological signal according to a connection status between the data transmission unit and the host.

Claims

1. A measurement device, for measuring a physiological signal of a testee, comprising:

a sensing unit, for sensing physiological activities of the testee, to generate the physiological signal;

a data transmission unit, for transmitting data to a host;

a storage unit, for storing data; and

a control unit, for deciding to use the data transmission unit to transmit the physiological signal to the host or to use the storage unit to store the physiological signal according to a connection status between the data transmission unit and the host.

2. The measurement device of claim 1, wherein the physiological signal corresponds to an electrocardiograph.

3. The measurement device of claim 1, wherein the control unit uses the data transmission unit to transmit the physiological signal to the host when signal connection is established between the data transmission unit and the host.

4. The measurement device of claim 3, wherein the control unit further uses the data transmission unit to transmit data stored in the storage unit to the host when the signal connection is established between the data transmission unit and the host.

5. The measurement device of claim 1, wherein the control unit uses the storage unit to store the physiological signal when signal connection is not established between the data transmission unit and the host.

6. A measurement system for measuring a physiological signal of a testee, comprising:

a host, comprising;

a data receiving unit, for receiving the physiological signal; and

an analyzing unit, for analyzing the physiological signal received by the data receiving unit; and

a measurement device, comprising;

a sensing unit, for sensing physiological activities of the testee to generate the physiological signal;

a data transmission unit, for transmitting data to the data receiving unit;

a storage unit, for storing data; and

a control unit, for deciding to use the data transmission unit to transmit the physiological signal to the data receiving unit or to use the storage unit to store the physiological signal according to a connection status between the data transmission unit and the data receiving unit.

7. The measurement system of claim 6, wherein the physiological signal corresponds to an electrocardiograph.

8. The measurement system of claim 6, wherein the control unit uses the data transmission unit to transmit the physiological signal to the data receiving unit when signal connection is established between the data transmission unit and the data receiving unit.

9. The measurement system of claim 8, wherein the control unit further uses the data transmission unit to transmit the data stored in the storage unit to the data receiving unit when the signal connection is established between the data transmission unit and the data receiving unit.

10. The measurement system of claim 6, wherein the control unit uses the storage unit to store the physiological signal when signal connection is not established between the data transmission unit and the data receiving unit.

11. A data processing method for a measurement system, the measurement system comprising a measurement device and a host, for measuring a physiological signal of a testee, the data processing method comprising:

the measurement device sensing physiological activities of the testee to generate the physiological signal; and

the measurement device deciding to transmit the physiological signal sensed by the measurement device to the host or to store the physiological signal into the measurement device according to a connection status between the measurement device and the host.

12. The data processing method of claim 11, wherein the physiological signal corresponds to an electrocardiograph.

13. The data processing method of claim 11, wherein the step of the measurement device deciding to transmit the physiological signal sensed by the measurement device to the host or to store the physiological signal into the measurement device according to the connection status between the measurement device and the host comprises transmitting the physiological signal sensed by the measurement device to the host when signal connection is established between the measurement device and the host.

14. The data processing method of claim 13, further comprising the measurement device transmitting the data stored in the storage unit to the host when the signal connection is established between the measurement device and the host.

15. The data processing method of claim 11, wherein the step of the measurement device deciding to transmit the physiological signal sensed by the measurement device to the host or to store the physiological signal into the measurement device according to the connection status between the measurement device and the host comprises the measurement device storing the physiological signal into the measurement device when signal connection is not established between the measurement device and the host.