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System for centralized management of medical data

  • US 4,974,607 A
  • Filed: 04/21/1988
  • Issued: 12/04/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for centralized management of medical data regarding bio-body information detected from a patient by way of a telephone line to a data processing facility in a hospital, clinic or like other medical organization, said system comprising:

  • a transmission section adapted to be attached to a patient and a receiving section situated remote from the patient, between which signals are sent;

    said transmission section including;

    at least one sensor adapted to be attached to a patient, for detecting bio-body information from said patient to produce a signal indicative thereof,at least one amplifier for amplifying said detected signal,an A/D converter for converting said amplified signal into digital bio-body data, anda transceiver for transmitting and receiving said bio-body data in a wireless mode relative to said receiving section,said receiving section having;

    a transceiver for transmitting and receiving said bio-body data in a wireless mode relative to said transmission section,a telephone set having an I/O interface connected to an external output of said receiving section;

    at least one of said transmission section and said receiving section, further including;

    a random access memory having a memory area means for storing predetermined reference values that define;

    (a) at least one kind of general standard ranges for bio-body information data which are determined each based on known average data taken from a certain group of healthy persons, and(b) at least one kind of permissible personal ranges for bio-body information data, of the same kind as said general standard range, and which are determined each depending on characteristics of a particular patient, andsaid random access memory also having another memory area means for continuously storing all of said bio-body information data detected by said at least one sensor within a predetermined period of time,a central processing unit having;

    means for receiving said bio-body information data,means for accessing said random access memory thereby fetching said reference values stored in said memory region selectively,means for comparing said bio-body information with said general standard ranges and then with said personal permissible range and with said corresponding reference values successively, and for determining whether said bio-body information require an emergency response, andmeans for outputting said bio-body information by way of said I/O interface of said receiving section, to said telephone line.

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