Medical Monitoring System
First Claim
1. A medical monitoring system (100) that enables remote monitoring of at least one physiological parameter of a human subject comprising:
- at least one wearable monitoring device (10) that serves to monitor at least one physiological parameter of a subject that includes but is not limited to body temperature, perspiration or blood pressure by acquiring at least one electrically embodied physiological parameter measurement corresponding to the at least one physiological parameter of the subject;
a wireless transceiver unit (34), that is configured to communicate with the wearable monitoring device (10) via wireless communication;
wherein, the wireless transceiver unit (34) is further configured to communicate a medical alert signal and the at least one electrically embodied physiological parameter measurement communicated from the wearable monitoring device, to a remote monitoring station (32) via any one or a combination of wireless communication, wire-line communication and/or optical communication.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical monitoring system (100) that comprises at least one wearable monitoring device (10) and a wireless transceiver unit (34). The medical monitoring system (100) serving to provision for the monitoring of at least one mobile subject'"'"'s physiological parameters that include body temperature or perspiration, analyze physiological parameter measurements embodied in the form of electrical signals, produce a medical alert signal in the event the physiological parameter measurements fall beyond predetermined threshold values and further serve to wirelessly transmit the medical alert signal and electrically embodied physiological parameter measurements to a remote monitoring station (32).
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20 Claims
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1. A medical monitoring system (100) that enables remote monitoring of at least one physiological parameter of a human subject comprising:
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at least one wearable monitoring device (10) that serves to monitor at least one physiological parameter of a subject that includes but is not limited to body temperature, perspiration or blood pressure by acquiring at least one electrically embodied physiological parameter measurement corresponding to the at least one physiological parameter of the subject; a wireless transceiver unit (34), that is configured to communicate with the wearable monitoring device (10) via wireless communication; wherein, the wireless transceiver unit (34) is further configured to communicate a medical alert signal and the at least one electrically embodied physiological parameter measurement communicated from the wearable monitoring device, to a remote monitoring station (32) via any one or a combination of wireless communication, wire-line communication and/or optical communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for use in a medical monitoring system (100) comprising of at least one wearable monitoring device (10) and a wireless transceiver unit (34) to determine and alert a subject wearing the at least one wearable monitoring device, as to whether, the wearable monitoring device (10) is in firm contact with the subject'"'"'s skin utilizing an electrically embodied physiological parameter measurement obtained by an at least one physiological sensor (15a) of the at least one wearable monitoring device (10);
- the method being embodied as a software application residing within a wearable monitoring device memory module (15b) of the wearable monitoring device (10) and/or a wireless transceiver unit memory module (34i) of the wireless transceiver unit (34) and comprises the steps of;
i.) acquiring an electrically embodied physiological parameter measurement; ii.) determining if the electrically embodied physiological parameter measurement acquired in step (i) falls beyond a predetermined range of measurements that represent the normal range of measurement values when the wearable monitoring device (10) is tightly coupled to the subject'"'"'s skin; and iii.) actuating an alert in the event said electrically embodied physiological parameter measurement does not fall within a normal range of measurement values. - View Dependent Claims (18)
- the method being embodied as a software application residing within a wearable monitoring device memory module (15b) of the wearable monitoring device (10) and/or a wireless transceiver unit memory module (34i) of the wireless transceiver unit (34) and comprises the steps of;
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19. A method to alert a remote care-giver or a remote team of emergency response personnel via a remote monitoring station (32) through a wireless transceiver unit (34) that is in communication with a wearable monitoring device (10) and said remote monitoring station (32);
- the method being embodied as a software application residing within a wireless transceiver unit memory module (34i) of the wireless transceiver unit (34) and comprises the steps of;
i.) acquiring at least one electrically embodied physiological parameter measurement from a wearable monitoring device (10) worn by a subject who is being monitored; ii.) determining if the at least one electrically embodied physiological parameter measurement acquired in step (i) falls beyond a predetermined range of measurements that represent the normal range of physiological parameter measurement values when the subject is not experiencing a medical emergency condition; iii.) actuating a local alarm on the wearable monitoring device (10); iv.) automatically executing a phone call to at least one predetermined primary number corresponding to at least one remote monitoring station (32);
the phone call being executed a predetermined number of times until it is acknowledged by the remote monitoring station (32);v.) automatically executing a phone call to at least one alternate predetermined secondary number corresponding to at least one remote monitoring station (32) a predetermined number of times until it is acknowledged, in the event the phone call to the at least one predetermined primary number is not acknowledged; vi.) repeating steps (iv) and (v) until either one of the phone calls to the at least one predetermined primary number or the at least one predetermined secondary number is acknowledged; and vii.) automatically executing the wireless transmission of an SMS alert to the at least one predetermined primary and/or secondary number corresponding to at least one remote monitoring station (32). - View Dependent Claims (20)
- the method being embodied as a software application residing within a wireless transceiver unit memory module (34i) of the wireless transceiver unit (34) and comprises the steps of;
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