Data acquisition, storage and display system
First Claim
1. In a medical data acquisition and storage system, comprising in combination:
- display means for providing a visual presentation of input medical data,at least one data input means for accepting externally generated data,a display register for receiving and holding externally generated data to be presented at said display means,first means for gating data from each of said input means to said display register,manual input means for generating input data to be gated to said display register,memory means having multiple address locations for storing data holding in said display register,second means for gating the data holding in said display register into said memory means for retention therein,a state controller connected to said means for gating for establishing the order of data gated to said display register from all of said input means,record means for actuating said second means for gating to transfer data from said display register to said memory means,memory control means responsive to the transfer of data from said display register to said memory means to actuate said state controller to advance the sequence of ordered data gated to the display register, andrepeat means for actuating said state controller to repeat the gating of input data into said display register from the input means previously gated thereto.
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Abstract
Medical data including temperature, respiration rate and pulse rate are measured and stored in an acquisition unit incorporating a circulating register for storing data covering many patients. An analog temperature signal is converted into binary coded decimal for visual presentation on a display of the acquisition unit. The display data is then stored in the acquisition unit memory by actuating a RECORD switch. An analog respiration rate signal and an analog pulse rate signal are also converted into binary coded decimal for sequential display and storage in the acquisition unit memory. Medical data from external sources may similarly be stored in the acquisition unit memory. This recording procedure is repeated for any number of patients desired up to the storage limit of the acquisition memory. Data stored in the acquisition unit is then transferred into a printer unit that accesses each memory location and prints the data on a separate label for each individual patient. The printer includes a hard wired minicomputer which reads in data from the acquisition unit and compares it with identifying codes for controlling a digital printer. Medical data for each patient stored in the acquisition unit is temporarily stored in a random access memory and sequentially compared with each of a plurality of identifying codes for control of the digital printer. After all patient data in the acquisition unit has been transferred into the printer memory, a signal is generated to enable clearing of the acquisition unit memory for subsequent use thereof.
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50 Claims
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1. In a medical data acquisition and storage system, comprising in combination:
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display means for providing a visual presentation of input medical data, at least one data input means for accepting externally generated data, a display register for receiving and holding externally generated data to be presented at said display means, first means for gating data from each of said input means to said display register, manual input means for generating input data to be gated to said display register, memory means having multiple address locations for storing data holding in said display register, second means for gating the data holding in said display register into said memory means for retention therein, a state controller connected to said means for gating for establishing the order of data gated to said display register from all of said input means, record means for actuating said second means for gating to transfer data from said display register to said memory means, memory control means responsive to the transfer of data from said display register to said memory means to actuate said state controller to advance the sequence of ordered data gated to the display register, and repeat means for actuating said state controller to repeat the gating of input data into said display register from the input means previously gated thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A medical data acquisition and storage system, comprising in combination:
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display means for providing a visual presentation of input medical data, temperature input means responsive to externally generated temperature related data and providing a system signal varying with the externally generated data, respiration rate input means responsive to externally generated respiration rate related data and providing a system signal varying with the externally generated data, pulse rate input means responsive to externally generated pulse rate data and providing a system signal varying with the externally generated data, manual input means for generating a system signal including an I.D. code to be visually presented on said display means, a display register for receiving and holding the system signals to be presented at said display means, means for gating each of the system signals in sequence to said display register, memory means having multiple address locations for storing system signals visually presented in said display means, means for transferring the signals holding in said display register into said memory means for retention therein; a state controller connected to said means for gating for establishing the order of signals gated to said display register for all of said input means, record means for actuating said means for transferring to transfer data from said display register to said memory means, memory control means responsive to the transfer of data from said display register to said memory means to actuate said state controller to advance the sequence of system signals gated to the display register, and repeat means for actuating the said state controller to repeat the gating of system signals into said display register from the input means previously gated thereto. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A medical data printer for receiving data from a portable data acquisition means having stored therein a quantity of medical data, comprising in combination:
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memory means for storing a quantity of medical data from the acquisition means, transfer means for gating the medical data from said acquisition means to said memory means, display means including a printer of multiple characters, said display means including means for storing each character as identified by an identifying code, means for comparing each identifying code with the stored medical data in said memory means and generating a print signal upon a predetermined comparison condition, means responsive to the print signal to actuate said printer to cause a preselected character, representative of the medical data, to be printed; and control means for sequentially shifting each identifying code and each entry of medical data from said memory means to said means for comparing. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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- 27. A medical data acquisition and display system as set forth in claiim 16 wherein said control means includes a first read-only-memory storing a first set of operating instructions for said control means, and a second read-only-memory storing a second set of operating instructions for said control means.
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30. A medical data acquistion and storage system, comprising in combination:
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display means for providing a visual presentation of input medical data, at least one data input means for accepting externally generated data, a display register for receiving and holding externally generated data to be presented at said display means, first means for gating each of said input means to said display register, memory means having multiple address locations for storing data visually presented to said display means, second means for gating the data holding in said display register into said memory means for retention therein, a state controller connected to said means for gating for establishing the order of data gated to said display register from all of said input means, record means for actuating said second means for gating to transfer data from said display register to said memory means, memory control means responsive to the transfer of data from said display register to said memory means to actuate said state controller to advance the sequence of ordered data gated to the display register, and repeat means for actuating said state controller to repeat the gating of input data into said display register from the input means previously gated thereto. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A medical data acquisition and storage system, comprising in combination:
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display means for providing a visual presentation of input medical data; temperature, respiration rate and pulse rate input means for generating temperature related input data, respiration rate related input data and pulse rate related input data; manual input means for generating input data including an I.D. code to be associated with selected input data; first means for gating the I.D. code and input data to said display means to visually present the generated data; memory means having multiple address locations for storing an I.D. code and input data associated therewith after visually presented in said display means; second means for gating the data after being visually presented in said display means to an address location of said memory means for retention therein; a state controller connected to said first means for gating to establish the order of input data gated to said display means; record means for actuating said second means for gating to transfer data from said display means to said memory means; memory control means responsive to the transfer of data from said display means to said memory means to actuate said state controller to advance the sequence of ordered data gated to the display means; and repeat means for actuating said state controller to repeat the gating of input data into said display means from the input means previously gated thereto. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method of acquiring and storing medical data in a portable unit, comprising the steps of:
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generating input data, including temperature related input data, respiration rate related input data and pulse rate related input data, and an I.D. code to identify certain selected input data; sequentially gating the generated input data to a display for providing a visual presentation of the input data; actuating record means for gating the data visually presented into a storage means having multiple address locations wherein the I.D. code is stored at address locations with associated input data; establishing the order of data gated to the display; and advancing the sequence of the established order of data gated to the display in response to the transfer of data from the display to the memory. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50)
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