BIO-SIGNAL TRANSFER DEVICE, BIO-SIGNAL MONITORING SYSTEM, AND METHOD USING THE SAME

• US 20130165799A1
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: JANG, YongWon, NOH, Hyung Wook, LEE, Inbum, SONG, Yoon Seon, LEE, Sooyeul, KIM, Seunghwan
• Application Number:
  US13/620,480
• Publication Number:
  US 20130165799A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/484
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0209 adapted for power saving
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0412 Low-profile patch shaped housings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02455 provided with high/low alarm devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0533 Measuring galvanic skin response
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/363 Detecting tachycardia or bradycardia
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7203 for noise prevention, reduction or removal
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/747 in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

Disclosed is a bio-signal monitoring system which includes a bio-signal transfer device which measures and analyzes a bio-signal and sends the analyzed bio-signal and first identification information; a reception device which includes at least one or more receivers, each receiver transferring information received from the bio-signal transfer device and second identification information; and a monitoring server which analyzes information received from each receiver and judges location and physical condition of a user, wherein the first identification information includes ID of the user and ID of the bio-signal and the second identification information includes ID of the receiver.

Claims

1. A bio-signal monitoring system comprising:

a bio-signal transfer device which measures and analyzes a bio-signal and sends the analyzed bio-signal and first identification information;

a reception device which includes at least one or more receivers, each receiver transferring information received from the bio-signal transfer device and second identification information; and

a monitoring server which analyzes information received from each receiver and judges location and physical condition of a user,

wherein the first identification information includes ID of the user and ID of the bio-signal and the second identification information includes ID of the receiver.

2. The bio-signal monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the ID of the bio-signal includes a transfer time of the bio-signal.

3. The bio-signal monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the bio-signal transfer device comprises:

at least one electrode which is attached to a body of the user to measure a first bio-signal;

a bio-signal processing module which is attached to a body of the user to measure a second bio-signal, generates a bio analysis signal by analyzing the first bio-signal and the second bio-signal, and sends the bio analysis signal and the first identification signal; and

a lead line which connects the electrode and the bio-signal processing module.

4. The bio-signal monitoring system of claim 3, wherein the bio analysis signal includes a breathing rate and whether arrhythmia is generated.

5. The bio-signal monitoring system of claim 4, wherein the bio analysis signal further includes a body temperature.

6. The bio-signal monitoring system of claim 3, wherein the bio analysis signal includes a danger signal associated with whether a body of the user is abnormal.

7. The bio-signal monitoring system of claim 6, wherein the monitoring server outputs an emergence signal to the outside in response to the danger signal.

8. The bio-signal monitoring system of claim 3, wherein the bio-signal processing module comprises:

a connector which is connected to the lead line to transfer the first bio-signal;

a sensor which measures the second bio-signal;

an analog signal processing unit which removes noise from the first and second bio-signals to amplify amplitudes of the first and second bio-signals;

a digital signal processing unit which analyzes the bio-signal amplified by the analog signal processing unit; and

an information transmission unit which sends the bio analysis signal analyzed by the digital signal processing unit and the first identification information.

9. The bio-signal monitoring system of claim 8, wherein the analog signal processing unit comprises:

a signal collector which combines the first bio-signal and the second bio-signal;

a filter which removes noise from a bio-signal combined by the signal collector; and

an amplifier which amplifies the bio-signal provided from the filter.

10. The bio-signal monitoring system of claim 9, wherein the signal collector combines the first and second bio-signals based on a difference between the first bio-signal and the second bio-signal.

11. The bio-signal monitoring system of claim 8, wherein the digital signal processing unit comprises:

a microcontroller unit which converts a bio-signal amplified by the analog signal processing unit into a digital signal and analyzes the converted bio-signal; and

a memory which stores an analyzed result and the converted bio-signal provided from the microcontroller unit.

12. The bio-signal monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the bio-signal transfer device sends information discretely.

13. The bio-signal monitoring system of claim 11, wherein the bio-signal transfer device sends information periodically.

14. The bio-signal monitoring system of claim 13, wherein an information transfer period of the bio-signal transfer device is variable.

15. The bio-signal monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring server compares the number of receivers sending the information with a limit value and adjusts the strength of a transmission signal of the bio-signal transfer device.

16. A bio-signal transfer device comprising:

at least one electrode which is attached to a body of a user to measure a first bio-signal; and

a bio-signal processing module which is attached to the body of the user to measure a second bio-signal, generates a bio analysis signal by analyzing the first and second bio-signals, and sends the bio analysis signal and the first identification information,

wherein the first identification information includes ID of the user and ID of the bio-signal.

17. A monitoring method comprising:

measuring and analyzing a bio-signal of a user;

sending the analyzed bio-signal to at least one receiver with first identification information;

sending information provided from the receiver and second identification information;

adjusting the strength of a signal transferred to the receiver according to a result obtained by comparing the number of receivers sending the information with a limit value; and

judging a physical condition and location information of the user by analyzing information provided from the receiver,

wherein the first identification information includes ID of the user and ID of the bio-signal and the second identification information includes ID of the receiver.

18. The monitoring method of claim 17, further comprising:

outputting an emergence signal to the outside when a body of the user is judged to be abnormal according to the physical condition of the user.