Remote physiological monitoring system with configurable settings

• US 6,669,630 B1
• Filed: 05/05/2000
• Issued: 12/30/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Swartz, Charlotte, Joliat, Carla C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Winakur, Eric F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ASTORINO, MICHAEL C
• Application Number:
  US09/565,886
• Time in Patent Office: 1,334 Days
• Field of Search: 434/262, 434/236-238, 600/300-301, 128/903-904, 128/920-925, 705/2-4, 607/30-32, 607/59-60, 340/573.1, 340/539
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/92 Computer assisted medical diagnostics

Abstract

An apparatus for generating a data structure containing at least one field corresponding to a setting of a product includes a memory storing a plurality of queries corresponding to various configuration settings of the product. The memory includes a plurality of queries that are presented to a user of the product and/or a user of a training device associated with the product. The apparatus also includes a display for displaying the queries to a user and an input device for providing responses to the queries by the user. The apparatus may also include a training device having a plurality of lessons for training the user on the product. The training device may also include an exam having a plurality of questions that may be presented to the user to test the user'"'"'s understanding of the product. A method of the present invention configures the lessons presented by the training device to the user and the questions asked by the training device according to the configuration settings stored in the data structure. The data structure can also be used to configure the product according to the configuration settings within the data structure. With this method and apparatus, the product and the training device for the product can be configured according to the data structure. In particular, the training device can be configured to tailor the lessons provided by the training device according to the configuration settings of the product and to tailor the questions asked by the training device.

Claims

1. A physiological monitoring system that monitors physiological characteristics of a patient and has a plurality of possible, configurable settings, comprising:

a physiological monitoring means for monitoring physiological characteristics of a patent said monitoring means being adapted for connection with a patient;

a means for configuring at least one of the plurality of settings of the physiological monitoring means according to a data structure,

the data structure having at least one field defining the at least one setting;

a device for training a user on use of the system; and

a means for configuring the training device according to the data structure.

2. The physiologic monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, further including:

at least one patient monitor that monitors characteristics of a patient; and

a central monitor that is a central collector of information for the characteristics of a patient for each patient monitor and that is coupled to the at least one patient monitor via an interface network.

3. The physiologic monitoring system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the patient monitor is a telemetry unit, including a wireless transmitter/receiver, that is adapted to be coupled to the patient to gather a patient information, wherein the telemetry unit communicates the patient information to any of the patient monitor and the central monitor via a wireless communication path.

4. The physiologic monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the means for configuring the training device configures the training device according to at least one of the settings configured by the settings configuring means.