MEDICAL DEVICE FOR THE MEASUREMENT AND PROCESSING OF A HEALTH PARAMETER OF A PATIENT

• US 20150048956A1
• Filed: 04/11/2013
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Marque Verte Sante
• Original Assignee: Welcoop Pharma Co.
• Inventors: Chapusot, Thierry
• Granted Patent: US 9,492,088 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.07
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0266 for monitoring or limiting apparatus function
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• 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 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1172 using fingerprinting
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1176 Recognition of faces
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14546 for measuring analytes not otherwise provided for, e.g. ions, cytochromes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

The medical device includes a device for the measurement of a health parameter of a patient, a device for capturing a fingerprint identifying the patient, a device for communicating with a remote server and a controller. When the controller is activated by a single action of the patient, the controller activates the device for the measurement of a health parameter of the patient and obtains a measured parameter in return, activates the fingerprint capture device and obtains a fingerprint in return, and then provides the measured parameter and the captured fingerprint to the communication device in order to transmit the measured parameter and the captured fingerprint to the remote server.

Claims

1. A medical device comprising:

a device for measuring a health parameter of a patient,

a device for capturing an imprint identifying the patient,

a device for communicating with a remote server, and

a control means activated by a single action of the patient,

wherein said control means activates the device for measuring a health parameter of the patient, and obtaining in return a measured parameter,

wherein said control means activates a device for capturing an imprint and obtaining in return a captured imprint that identifies the patient, and

wherein said control means provides the measured parameter and the captured imprint to the communication device for transmitting the measured parameter and the captured imprint to the remote server.

2. Device according to claim 1, wherein the control means simultaneously activates the device for measuring and the device for capturing.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein said health parameter measured by the device for measuring is selected from at least one of a group consisting of

weight of the patient,

blood pressure of the patient,

a level of creatinine in blood of the patient,

a level of blood glucose in the blood of the patient,

a level of prothrombin in the blood of the patient,

a temperature of the patient, and

a heart rate of the patient.

4. Medical device according to claim 1, wherein the imprint captured by the device for capturing is selected from at least one of a group consisting of a fingerprint, an imprint of an eye and an imprint of a face of the patient.

5. Medical device according to claim 1, wherein said imprint is comprised of a fingerprint, said device for capturing comprising a touch screen arranged so to activate the control means when the presence of a finger is detected on the touch screen, and copying means arranged so as to capture an image of an imprint of a finger into contact with the touch screen when the copying means is activated by the control means.

6. Medical device of claim 1, wherein the device for communicating comprises a device for storing a parameter for connection to a communication network and a transmission device, wherein the control means

reads from the storage device a connection parameter and provides the connection parameter and a connection request to the transmission device, the transmission device transmitting to the communication network, and wherein the control means associates

the measured parameter and the captured imprint in one single message and provides the single message to the transmission device, the transmission device transmitting to the server through the communication network.

7. Device according to claim 6, wherein the control means

reads in the storage device a subscription identification to a health service,

and wherein the control means associates the measured parameter, the captured imprint and subscription identification into a single message, and delivering the single message to the transmission device, the transmission device transmitting to the server through the communication network.

8. Medical device according to claim 7, wherein the control means encrypts the single message before transmission to the remote server.

9. Device according to claim 7, wherein the device for communicating further comprises means for receiving a receipt validation message sent by the remote server.

10. Device according to claim 9, comprising also a display device, said display device being selected from at least one of a group consisting of a display screen, an indicator light, and a means for displaying a sound message, wherein the control means displays, on the display device, the receipt validation message received from the remote server.

11. Device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage device, wherein the control means stores, in the storage device, the measured parameter and the captured imprint, or the single message.

12. Device according to claim 11, wherein the control means deletes from the storage device the measured parameter and the imprint of the patient, or the single message, after transmission of the measured parameter and the captured imprint, or the single message at the remote server.