Method and system for monitoring vital signs
First Claim
1. A method for retrieving and/or monitoring vital signs of a patient, wherein n≧
- 2 sensors comprising electrocardiogram electrodes, a temperature sensor and/or a cuff for measuring non-invasive blood pressure, are connected to connection means and are applied to a patient, comprising the steps of;
connecting at least 2 of said connection means to a combining means;
linking said combining means to a portable, hand held electronic data acquisition unit via m releaseable connector(s), m<
n both m and n being integers, said releasable connector(s) directly connected to said data acquisition unit by cable(s);
retrieving vital signs information from at least one of said n sensors and transmitting said vital signs information via said combining means and releasable connector(s), to said electronic data acquisition unit; and
displaying said vital signs information on a display contained in said portable electronic data acquisition unit.
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Abstract
A portable hand-held monitor (1) for monitoring vital signs is connected, via a single connector (7), with a cable (9). This cable ends up in a combiner (10) which, in turn, receives plugs (12a to 12d) leading, via cables (11a to 11d), to single sensors or transducers applied to a patient. Portable hand-held monitor (1) comprises a display (3) and internal memory means, in order to store recorded vital signs and to transmit them to a remote computer later on. As only a single cable (9) is required for connection with combiner (10), patient monitoring becomes quite easy if the combiner (10), cable (9) and the associated sensors and interconnection cables are left at or near the patient. In this case, a plug (8) connected with cable (9) has simply to be inserted into connector (7), in order to start data acquisition. The same simple approach may be used to monitor the next patient, and so on.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for retrieving and/or monitoring vital signs of a patient, wherein n≧
- 2 sensors comprising electrocardiogram electrodes, a temperature sensor and/or a cuff for measuring non-invasive blood pressure, are connected to connection means and are applied to a patient, comprising the steps of;
connecting at least 2 of said connection means to a combining means; linking said combining means to a portable, hand held electronic data acquisition unit via m releaseable connector(s), m<
n both m and n being integers, said releasable connector(s) directly connected to said data acquisition unit by cable(s);retrieving vital signs information from at least one of said n sensors and transmitting said vital signs information via said combining means and releasable connector(s), to said electronic data acquisition unit; and displaying said vital signs information on a display contained in said portable electronic data acquisition unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- 2 sensors comprising electrocardiogram electrodes, a temperature sensor and/or a cuff for measuring non-invasive blood pressure, are connected to connection means and are applied to a patient, comprising the steps of;
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8. A system for retrieving and/or monitoring a multiplicity of vital signs of a patient, comprising:
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2 sensors, where n is an integer, for application to the patient;n≧
2 connection means, each of said connection means connected to one of said n sensors;combining means for releasable connection with at least two of said connection means; and a portable, hand held electronic data acquisition unit releasably connected to said combining means via m releasable connectors, where m is an integer and m<
n for retrieving data from said sensing means, said data acquisition unit including a display for displaying said vital signs. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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