APPARATUS, SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION WITH ATTACHABLE SENSOR ATTACHED TO TARGET PATIENT

• US 20180140192A1
• Filed: 12/06/2017
• Published: 05/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Kubo, Mitsunori, Watanabe, Nobuyuki, Mikami, Kazuo
• Application Number:
  US15/833,714
• Publication Number:
  US 20180140192A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0204 of power management
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• 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 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4064 Evaluating the brain A61B5/031, A61B5/369, A61B5/14553 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6833 Adhesive patches
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling communication with an attachable sensor attached to a target patient includes a circuit. The circuit obtains a first piece of battery data indicating a state of a first battery included in the sensor, the first piece of battery data being transmitted from the sensor to the apparatus through a network. The circuit issues, to the sensor, a communication control command that changes a communication setting set in the sensor to a setting according to the first piece of battery data.

Claims

1. An apparatus for controlling communication with an attachable sensor attached to a target patient, the apparatus comprising a circuit, wherein

the circuit is configured to

obtain a first piece of battery data indicating a state of a first battery included in the sensor, the first piece of battery data being transmitted from the sensor to the apparatus through a network, and

issue, to the sensor, a communication control command that changes a communication setting set in the sensor to a setting according to the first piece of battery data.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage that stores therein a first correspondence relationship between the state of the first battery and a recommended communication setting of the sensor, wherein

the circuit is further configured to

refer to the storage that stores therein the first correspondence relationship, and

generate the communication control command on the basis of the first piece of battery data and the first correspondence relationship.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the recommended communication setting includes a recommended time interval for the sensor transmitting biological data of the target patient, and

the communication control command is a control command that changes a transmission interval of the sensor to the recommended time interval.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the recommended communication setting includes a recommended communication method for the sensor transmitting biological data of the target patient, and

the communication control command is a control command that changes a communication method of the sensor to the recommended communication method.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the circuit is further configured to

obtain a second piece of battery data indicating a state of a second battery included in a relay device that relays data received from the sensor, and

issue a second communication control command that changes a communication setting set in the relay device to a setting according to the second piece of battery data.

6. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the circuit is further configured to

obtain a second piece of battery data indicating a state of a second battery included in a relay device that relays data received from the sensor, and

issue a second communication control command that changes a communication setting set in the relay device to a setting according to the second piece of battery data.

7. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the circuit is further configured to

obtain a second piece of battery data indicating a state of a second battery included in a relay device that relays data received from the sensor, and

issue a second communication control command that changes a communication setting set in the relay device to a setting according to the second piece of battery data.

8. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the circuit is further configured to

obtain a second piece of battery data indicating a state of a second battery included in a relay device that relays data received from the sensor, and

issue a second communication control command that changes a communication setting set in the relay device to a setting according to the second piece of battery data.

9. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the storage further stores therein a second correspondence relationship between the state of the second battery and a second recommended communication setting of the relay device, and

the circuit is further configured to

refer to the storage that stores therein the second correspondence relationship, and

generate the second communication control command on the basis of the second piece of battery data and the second correspondence relationship.

10. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the storage further stores therein a second correspondence relationship between the state of the second battery and a second recommended communication setting of the relay device, and

the circuit is further configured to

refer to the storage that stores therein the second correspondence relationship, and

generate the second communication control command on the basis of the second piece of battery data and the second correspondence relationship.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the storage further stores therein a second correspondence relationship between the state of the second battery and a second recommended communication setting of the relay device, and

the circuit is further configured to

refer to the storage that stores therein the second correspondence relationship, and

generate the second communication control command on the basis of the second piece of battery data and the second correspondence relationship.

12. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the storage further stores therein a second correspondence relationship between the state of the second battery and a second recommended communication setting of the relay device, and

the circuit is further configured to

refer to the storage that stores therein the second correspondence relationship, and

generate the second communication control command on the basis of the second piece of battery data and the second correspondence relationship.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the circuit is further configured to issue, according to the first piece of battery data, a first report command that reports the state of the first battery to the target patient.

14. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the circuit is further configured to issue, according to the first piece of battery data, a first report command that reports the state of the first battery to the target patient.

15. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the circuit is further configured to issue, according to the first piece of battery data, a first report command that reports the state of the first battery to the target patient.

16. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the circuit is further configured to

predict, on the basis of the first piece of battery data, battery exhaustion in the first sensor, and

issue a second report command that reports information based on the prediction to the target patient.

17. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein

the circuit is further configured to

predict, on the basis of the first piece of battery data, battery exhaustion in the first sensor, and

issue a second report command that reports information based on the prediction to the target patient.

18. A system including the apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

an attachable sensor attached to a target patient that includes

a biological sensor that measures a vital sign,

a first battery, and

a wireless communication circuit that transmits biological data of the target patient and a first piece of battery data, wherein the biological data is collected by the biological sensor and the first piece of battery data indicates a state of the first battery.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute a process for controlling communication with an attachable sensor attached to a target patient, the process comprising:

obtaining a first piece of battery data indicating a state of a first battery included in the sensor, the first piece of battery data being transmitted from the sensor to the computer through a network; and

issuing, to the sensor, a communication control command that changes a communication setting set in the sensor to a setting according to the first piece of battery data.

20. A method for controlling communication with an attachable sensor attached to a target patient, the method comprising:

obtaining a first piece of battery data indicating a state of a first battery included in the sensor, the first piece of battery data being transmitted from the sensor to the apparatus through a network; and

issuing, to the sensor, a communication control command that changes a communication setting set in the sensor to a setting according to the first piece of battery data.