MODULAR BIOMETRIC MONITORING SYSTEM
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1. A biometric monitoring system, comprising:
- a plurality of modular connections that each provides access for communication over an electrical communications bus;
a plurality of modular components configured as part of a distributed computing arrangement, and removably coupled with the bus via the plurality of modular connections, at least one of the plurality of modular components being a biometric monitoring modular component configured to perform a predetermined biometric monitoring functions by acquiring biometric data corresponding to at least one predetermined biometric parameter of a patient, each of the plurality of modular components being dimensioned and configured to couple to any of the plurality of modular connections to provide for being swappable with another different type of modular component into any of the plurality of connections to enable scaling of the system according to desired requirements for the patient, wherein each of the plurality of modular components further comprises;
modality specific circuitry that defines a predetermined biometric monitoring or delivery function of each respective modular component, the modality specific circuitry including a processor and at least one channel, the processor configured to control data acquisition or data delivery via the at least one channel according to the predetermined biometric monitoring or delivery function of the respective modular component; and
a common data controller coupled with the modality specific circuitry and the bus, the common data controller being configured to control data storage and retrieval for the respective modular component, including communication of data with respect to the modality specific circuitry and communication of data to and from the respective modular component via the bus;
a communications module configured as part of the distributed computing arrangement the communications module being configured to provide for communication between the system and the remote unit; and
a master module coupled with the bus, the master module configured to control access and retrieval of data within the system, the common data controller of each of the plurality of modular components controlling and coordinating its communication with the master module over the bus based on configuration thereof set by the master module.
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Abstract
A modular system for acquiring biometric data includes a plurality of data acquisition modules configured to sample biometric data from at least one respective input channel at a data acquisition rate. A representation of the sampled biometric data is stored in memory of each of the plurality of data acquisition modules. A central control system is in communication with each of the plurality of data acquisition modules through a bus. The central control system is configured to control communication of data, via the bus, with each of the plurality of data acquisition modules.
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1. A biometric monitoring system, comprising:
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a plurality of modular connections that each provides access for communication over an electrical communications bus; a plurality of modular components configured as part of a distributed computing arrangement, and removably coupled with the bus via the plurality of modular connections, at least one of the plurality of modular components being a biometric monitoring modular component configured to perform a predetermined biometric monitoring functions by acquiring biometric data corresponding to at least one predetermined biometric parameter of a patient, each of the plurality of modular components being dimensioned and configured to couple to any of the plurality of modular connections to provide for being swappable with another different type of modular component into any of the plurality of connections to enable scaling of the system according to desired requirements for the patient, wherein each of the plurality of modular components further comprises; modality specific circuitry that defines a predetermined biometric monitoring or delivery function of each respective modular component, the modality specific circuitry including a processor and at least one channel, the processor configured to control data acquisition or data delivery via the at least one channel according to the predetermined biometric monitoring or delivery function of the respective modular component; and a common data controller coupled with the modality specific circuitry and the bus, the common data controller being configured to control data storage and retrieval for the respective modular component, including communication of data with respect to the modality specific circuitry and communication of data to and from the respective modular component via the bus; a communications module configured as part of the distributed computing arrangement the communications module being configured to provide for communication between the system and the remote unit; and a master module coupled with the bus, the master module configured to control access and retrieval of data within the system, the common data controller of each of the plurality of modular components controlling and coordinating its communication with the master module over the bus based on configuration thereof set by the master module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for monitoring a patient, comprising:
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a plurality of modality specific biometric modules configured as part of a distributed computing arrangement, each of the plurality of modality specific biometric modules being removably coupled with an electrical communications bus via a plurality of bus modular connections, each of the plurality of modality specific modules being insertable and replaceable into any of the plurality of bus modular connections to scale the system according to desired requirements for the patient, wherein each of the plurality of modality specific biometric modules further comprises; modality specific circuitry configured to perform at least one predetermined function, the at least one predetermined function comprising at least one of (i) collecting biometric data from a sensor received via at least one input port associated with a particular biometric parameter of the patient asynchronously, and (ii) control delivery of a therapy via at least one output port; and a common data controller that is configured to couple the respective modality specific biometric module with the bus via a respective one of the plurality of bus modular connections, the common data controller comprising a clock that provides the modality specific circuitry with a programmable data acquisition rate that is different from a data acquisition rate of the modality specific circuitry of another of the plurality of modality specific biometric modules, the common data controller controlling and coordinating transmission and receipt of data via the bus; and a processor to control the collection of the biometric data by the modality specific circuitry at a sample rate based on timing from the clock, the timing from the clock enables each of the respective modality specific biometric modules to acquire the data asynchronously relative to each other depending on the predetermined function of the respective modality specific circuitry yet the data being synchronized in time relative to each other based on the timing from the clock; a master controller coupled with the bus, the master controller configured to set configuration of the common data controller of each of the plurality of modality specific biometric modules controlling to coordinate and control communication between each of the modality specific biometric modules and the master controller over the bus. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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