Medical data reporter
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1. A medical data reporter for reporting medical data to a remote location comprising:
- a medical data transmitter for receiving medical data from a medical monitoring device which measures at least one biological function of an organism associated therewith, and for transmitting the medical data to a telephone network, said medical data transmitter including transmitting means for transmitting the medical data to one of a plurality of phone numbers associated with said telephone network and selecting means for selecting one of said plurality of phone numbers for the transmission of said medical data, wherein said selecting means selects a first telephone number for the transmission of data when it detects no irregularities in the biological functions monitored by said monitoring device and selects a second telephone number for the transmission of data when it detects an irregularity in one or more of the biological functions monitored by said monitoring device; and
a medical data receiver located remotely from said medical data transmitter for receiving said medical data from said telephone network and providing said data to a user of said medical data receiver, said medical data receiver displaying said medical data in response to the transmission of data to said first telephone number by said medical data transmitter and said medical data receiver displaying said medical data and emitting an audible sound in response to the transmission of data to said second telephone number.
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A medical reporting system includes a medical data transmitter that receives medical data from a medical monitoring system. The medical data is then transmitted to a telephone network and received from the telephone network by a remote receiver. The medical data is displayed by the medical data receiver. Further, the medical data receiver may also emit an audible sound to indicate the presence of important data.
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1. A medical data reporter for reporting medical data to a remote location comprising:
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a medical data transmitter for receiving medical data from a medical monitoring device which measures at least one biological function of an organism associated therewith, and for transmitting the medical data to a telephone network, said medical data transmitter including transmitting means for transmitting the medical data to one of a plurality of phone numbers associated with said telephone network and selecting means for selecting one of said plurality of phone numbers for the transmission of said medical data, wherein said selecting means selects a first telephone number for the transmission of data when it detects no irregularities in the biological functions monitored by said monitoring device and selects a second telephone number for the transmission of data when it detects an irregularity in one or more of the biological functions monitored by said monitoring device; and a medical data receiver located remotely from said medical data transmitter for receiving said medical data from said telephone network and providing said data to a user of said medical data receiver, said medical data receiver displaying said medical data in response to the transmission of data to said first telephone number by said medical data transmitter and said medical data receiver displaying said medical data and emitting an audible sound in response to the transmission of data to said second telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of reporting medical data from a medical monitoring device to a remote location comprising:
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reading medical data from said medical monitoring device; transmitting said medical data to a telephone network, wherein said transmitting step further includes the steps of determining if said medical data is within a predetermined range of acceptable values, transmitting said medical data to a first telephone number associated with said telephone network if the medical data is within said predetermined range, and transmitting said medical data to a second telephone number associated with said telephone network if the medical data is not within said predetermined range; receiving said medical data from said telephone network at said remote location; and displaying said medical data at said remote location, wherein said step of displaying said medical data further includes the step of producing an audible sound at said remote location if the medical data is transmitted to said second telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A method of reporting medical data from a medical monitoring device to a remote location, the medical monitoring device measuring at least one biological function of an organism associated therewith, said method comprising:
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reading data from said medical monitoring device; transmitting said data to a telephone network, wherein said transmitting step further includes the step of determining if said monitoring device is indicating an irregularity in the biological functions monitored by said monitoring device, transmitting said medical data to a first telephone number associated with said telephone network if the monitoring device is not indicating an irregularity in the monitored biological functions, and transmitting said medical data to a second telephone number associated with said telephone network if the monitoring device is indicating an irregularity in the monitored biological functions; receiving said medical data from said telephone network at said remote location; and displaying said medical data at said remote location, wherein said step of displaying said medical data further includes the step of producing an audible sound at said remote location if the medical data is transmitted to said second telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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