System and methods for monitoring a patient's heart condition
First Claim
1. An apparatus for monitoring a patient'"'"'s heart condition, comprising:
- (a) a patient-location based unit configured for patient interaction and a microprocessor to facilitate monitoring a heart condition of the patient;
(b) a central server in signal communication with the patient-location based unit and configured to receive signals from and transmit signals to said patient-location based unit, wherein the transmitted signals include instructions for execution in the patient-location based unit; and
(c) a health care professional computer in signal communication with the central server for at least receiving patient health-related information, including at least information about the monitored heart condition, from the central server and to send at least one message from the health care professional computer through the central server to the patient-location based unit,where the patient-location based unit is configured to selectively connect to the central server, and where the central server stores the at least one message at least until there is a connection between the patient-location based unit and the central server.
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Abstract
A patient'"'"'s heart condition is monitored by a patient-location based unit. The patient-location based unit includes a receptacle for receiving a cartridge that includes heart condition monitoring information. The patient-location based unit receives information from the patient, monitors the patient'"'"'s heart condition, and communicates with the patient regarding the patient'"'"'s heart condition. The patient-location based unit also communicates with a central server. Both the patient-location based unit and central server communicate with a health care professional computer by transferring, to the health care professional computer, information related to the monitored patient'"'"'s heart condition.
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58 Claims
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1. An apparatus for monitoring a patient'"'"'s heart condition, comprising:
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(a) a patient-location based unit configured for patient interaction and a microprocessor to facilitate monitoring a heart condition of the patient; (b) a central server in signal communication with the patient-location based unit and configured to receive signals from and transmit signals to said patient-location based unit, wherein the transmitted signals include instructions for execution in the patient-location based unit; and (c) a health care professional computer in signal communication with the central server for at least receiving patient health-related information, including at least information about the monitored heart condition, from the central server and to send at least one message from the health care professional computer through the central server to the patient-location based unit, where the patient-location based unit is configured to selectively connect to the central server, and where the central server stores the at least one message at least until there is a connection between the patient-location based unit and the central server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for monitoring a patient'"'"'s health condition, comprising:
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(a) monitoring a health condition of a patient by using a patient-location based unit configured for patient interaction; (b) communicating information to the patient by utilizing the patient-location based unit, wherein the information can be communicated to the patient-location based unit by sending a message from a health care professional computer through a central server to the patient-location based unit; (c) producing a signal representative of the monitored health condition; (d) communicating the health condition-related signal to the central server for providing health-related information, based on the health condition-related signal communicated to the central server, to the health care professional computer; and (e) receiving instructions from the central server for execution in the patient-location based unit; where the patient-location based unit is configured to selectively connect to the central server, and where the central server stores the at least one message at least until there is a connection between the patient-location based unit and the central server. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A heart condition monitoring system, comprising:
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(a) at least one central server arranged to receive and transmit data; (b) at least one microprocessor-based subsystem (i) including at least one microprocessor, display and memory (ii) configured to present information on the display and provide a signal representative of a heart condition of a person and (iii) arranged to facilitate communication of heart condition-related data to the central server; and (c) at least one health care professional computer in signal communication with the central server to receive health-related information based on the heart condition-related data received from the microprocessor-based subsystem and to send at least one message from the health care professional computer through the central server to the patient-location based unit, where the patient-location based unit is configured to selectively connect to the central server, and where the central server stores the at least one message at least until there is a connection between the patient-location based unit and the central server. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A heart condition monitoring method, comprising:
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monitoring a heart condition of a person by using at least one microprocessor-based subsystem including at least one microprocessor, display and memory; presenting information on the display to the person; producing a digital signal representative of the monitored heart condition; establishing a connection between the microprocessor-based subsystem and a central server, communicating heart condition-related data to the central server for providing health-related information, based on the heart condition-related data communicated to the central server when the connection has been formed, and further communicating the health condition-related signal to a health care professional computer; disconnecting the connection between the microprocessor-based subsystem and a central server, storing at least one message from the health care professional computer in the central server at least until the next connection and sending the message from the central server to the microprocessor-base subsystem for the person being monitored, when the next connection is established. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A heart condition monitoring system, comprising:
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means for monitoring a heart condition of a person by using at least one microprocessor-based subsystem means comprising at least one microprocessor, display and memory; means for presenting information on the display to the person; means for producing a digital signal representative of the monitored heart condition; means for opening and closing a line of communication between the means for monitoring and a central server; means for communicating heart condition-related data to the central server; means for providing health-related information, based on the heart condition-related data communicated to the central server, to at least one health care professional; and means for providing a message from the at least one health care professional through the central server to the person, where the means for providing stores the message in the central server until a new connection is opened between the means for monitoring and the central server. - View Dependent Claims (58)
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