Medical measuring system
First Claim
1. A portable medical measuring system comprising:
- a plurality of sensors for measuring a plurality of physiological parameters of a patient;
a data-collecting unit connected to the sensors for receiving signals from the sensors;
said sensors and data collection unit being portable and mountable to a patient'"'"'s body and easily carried around by the patient; and
a remote surveillance unit located at a distance from the data-collecting unit and communicating over a bi-directional communication path with the data-collecting unit, a memory in the data-collecting unit accessible from the remote surveillance unit, the memory collecting physiological data from the patient over a long term and storing data regarding a plurality of the physiological parameters sensed.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
In a medical meassuremnet system, measurements can be carried out at a distance from a hospital. Thus the patient is connected to a measuring system comprising measuring sensors and a unit for collecting data comprising a transmitter. The system also comprises a centrally located surveillance unit. The measuring sensors sense various physical and physiological parameters, for example brain activities, actions of the heart, respiration, blood pressure, blood values/tests and body movements. The sensed signals are transmitted to a portable small device of low weight for collecting and/or analyzing data, which is connected to a central surveillance unit, for example via the public switched telephone network (PSTN), a radio system, in particular a cellular radio system, or via a satellite communication. In a preferred embodiment the measuring sensors comprise a preamplifier having an identification circuit. The identification circuit is used for providing each preamplifier with a unique identity. In yet another preferred embodiment a measuring pad for measuring physical and physiological parameters is provided. The measuring pad comprises a film having piezo and/or pyro electrical characteristics, for example a PVF-film (Poly Vinyl Fluoride), or any other sensor having similar properties. By using such a film, which can convert movements into an electrical signal several advantages are achieved.
-
Citations
25 Claims
-
1. A portable medical measuring system comprising:
-
a plurality of sensors for measuring a plurality of physiological parameters of a patient;
a data-collecting unit connected to the sensors for receiving signals from the sensors;
said sensors and data collection unit being portable and mountable to a patient'"'"'s body and easily carried around by the patient; and
a remote surveillance unit located at a distance from the data-collecting unit and communicating over a bi-directional communication path with the data-collecting unit, a memory in the data-collecting unit accessible from the remote surveillance unit, the memory collecting physiological data from the patient over a long term and storing data regarding a plurality of the physiological parameters sensed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
-
-
16. A portable medical measuring system comprising:
-
a plurality of sensors for measuring a plurality of physical parameters of a patient;
a data-collecting unit connected to the sensors for receiving signals from the sensors;
said sensors and data collection unit being portable and mountable to a patient'"'"'s body and easily carried around by the patient; and
a remote surveillance unit located at a distance from the data-collecting unit and communicating over a bi-directional communication path with the data-collecting unit, a memory in the data-collecting unit accessible from the remote surveillance unit, the memory collecting physical data from the patient over a long term and storing data regarding a plurality of the physical parameters sensed. - View Dependent Claims (17)
-
-
18. A measuring pad comprising:
-
a pressure sensitive element, a protective coating surrounding the pressure sensitive element, electrically isolating the pressure sensitive element, and a shock absorbing material encapsulating the protecting coating. - View Dependent Claims (19)
-
-
20. A portable medical data unit comprising:
-
a plurality of input terminals for sensors provided for measuring physiological parameters of a patient, a communication device for communicating over a bi-directional communication path with a remote surveillance unit located at a distance from the data-collecting unit;
a memory in the data-collecting unit accessible from the remote surveillance unit, the memory collecting physiological data from the patient over a long term and storing data regarding a multitude of physiological parameters from said input terminals; and
said portable medical data collecting unit dimensioned and configured to be mounted to a patient'"'"'s body and easily carried around by the patient. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
-
Specification