Medical patient vital signs-monitoring apparatus
First Claim
1. A portable, lightweight, multiple-vital signs diagnostic medical patient monitor comprising;
- a housing anda vital signs monitoring mechanism contained within said housing, said mechanism providing for the tracking of two or more medical patient vital signs in the form of diagnostic quality signal representations,said housing and said monitoring mechanism collectively having an overall weight of less than approximately 2 pounds,wherein one of the two or more patient vital signs is an electrocardiogram (ECG) and wherein said housing includes one or more external ports for connecting ECG cables to said monitoring mechanism thereby to provide for concurrent tracking of up to twelve-lead ECG vital signs and at least one other of patient vital signs.
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Abstract
A portable multiple-vital signs monitor unit of the described apparatus is of ultra-light weight, e.g. less than one pound. In its preferred embodiment, the portable unit takes the form of a right parallelepiped enclosure the volume of which is only approximately 40 in3 having operator display and control panels and body lead jacks on its face and periphery, respectively, and providing wireless remote full-function communication with an in situ base unit with which the portable monitor may optionally be docked. The base unit communicates via a single telephone line with a remote, typically central location including a host computer and a health care provider, preferably via concurrent voice and data transmission. In its preferred embodiment, the invented apparatus includes in the portable unit the capability for diagnostic quality ECG and pulse oximetry monitoring and in its base unit the capability diagnostic quality blood pressure monitoring.
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23 Claims
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1. A portable, lightweight, multiple-vital signs diagnostic medical patient monitor comprising;
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a housing and a vital signs monitoring mechanism contained within said housing, said mechanism providing for the tracking of two or more medical patient vital signs in the form of diagnostic quality signal representations, said housing and said monitoring mechanism collectively having an overall weight of less than approximately 2 pounds, wherein one of the two or more patient vital signs is an electrocardiogram (ECG) and wherein said housing includes one or more external ports for connecting ECG cables to said monitoring mechanism thereby to provide for concurrent tracking of up to twelve-lead ECG vital signs and at least one other of patient vital signs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A portable, lightweight, multiple-vital signs diagnostic medical patient monitor comprising;
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a housing and a vital signs monitoring mechanism contained within said housing, said mechanism providing for the tracking of two or more medical patient vital signs in the form of diagnostic quality signal representations, said housing and said monitoring mechanism collectively having an overall weight of less than approximately 2 pounds, wherein said monitoring mechanism includes a memory device and an integral decimator for sampling and averaging plural samples of a patient vital sign to produce stored averages for recording in the memory device.
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9. A portable, lightweight, multiple-vital signs diagnostic medical patient monitoring system, comprising;
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a monitor including a vital signs monitoring mechanism providing for the tracking of two or more medical patient vital signs in the form of signal representations, said monitor having a housing, a power supply and an overall weight of less than approximately 2 pounds; and a base in communication with a remote practitioner via a communication line and adapted to receive the monitor to establish communication between the monitor and the practitioner, wherein the system provides a device for the tracking of two or more medical patient vital signs in the form of diagnostic quality signal representations. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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