Device for verifying and monitoring vital parameters of the body
First Claim
1. A device for examination and monitoring of vital parameters, from for example lung and respiration, heart and circulation, of a human or animal body, the device configured as a compact diagnostic device functioning independently of other devices and independently of communication with other devices, adapted to be used single-handedly and within reach of a user without cables, tubes, poking out parts, invasive procedures or implantable parts and comprising a common casing of a size fittable into pockets of a doctor'"'"'s coat of substantially a size of a palm of a hand with a width and a length of substantially half a hand;
- devices interacting with the body and devices recording and transmitting one or more signals spontaneously emitted by the body or as a reflex of the interactions with the body all together integrated in said common casing, said recording and transmitting devices including a device performing electronic analysis, filtering and data storage, with intermediate storage of signals supplied by the recording devices;
devices providing a parallel playback of a freely definable selection of analyzed signals consisting of devices providing visual playback in digital and analog form, devices providing acoustic playback, and both devices providing visual playback in digital and analog form and devices providing acoustic playback, wherein said body signals recording device includes a multifunctional sensor unit recording electrical voltage fluctuations, impedance measurements and temperature measurements with the same sensor, said body signals recording device including at least two measuring electrodes which are positioned on one level on an underside of said casing for placing over or onto body areas being examined;
wherein the multifunctional sensor unit of said body signals recording device also producing, recording and transmitting acoustic signals of different frequency patterns and mechanical strain and elasticity of a body surface and includes a knocking mechanism with an electro-magnetic drive and a striking area so that standardized sound waves are produced and a sound funnel, a membrane and a microphone, said membrane being positioned on an underside of said housing for placing over or onto body areas being examined and said sound funnel is slidable vertically in said casing and thus transfers the strain of the body surface to a pressure recorder, and wherein the multifunctional sensor unit of said recording and transmitting body signals device also recording and transmitting the pulse oxymetry and the arterial capillary and venous blood pressure levels and the recapillarisation time and includes an opening for the insertion of a body part with one side on the exterior wall of the module and with the opposite side of the body part on a dish, and includes a pressure device which is horizontally movable on a guide track, whereby the dish is repulatable—
pushable or releasable—
by a pressure shaft and a pressure shaft motor against the insertable section of the body part and a pressure is being regulated and measured via a regulating element on the pressure shaft; and
the device also includes, on the dish in a direction of the body part section to be inserted, a light transmitter, which works together with a light receiver on an opposite exterior wall of the sensor module and, during this process, this light is being x-rayed and reflected, measured, analyzed and correlated.
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Abstract
The invention lies in the domain of medical technology and relates to a diagnosis and monitoring device for the rapid diagnosis and monitoring of vital parameters of the human or animal body, in particular of the heart and/or lungs, said device being compact, without cables and/or tubes and easy to use for the user. Devices such as a bell (1) comprising a membrane (2) and/or measuring electrodes (4, 5) for receiving and forwarding acoustic and/or electric signals of the body are arranged in a housing with a cross-section that is approximately the size of the palm of a hand and a height of approximately half a hand-width, on the side of a housing that is to be placed on the body. Said devices are connected to a device in the housing, which analyses, filters and stores the signals of the receiving device and to additional devices for visually reproducing the evaluated signals in digital or analogue form using display fields (14, 15, 16, 17) and/or for acoustically reproducing said signals using a loudspeaker (9) located in the housing. The diagnosis and monitoring device also comprises interfaces (10, 11) for connecting external devices and equipment (e.g. computer, earphones, printer). The principal characteristics of the invention are illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3.
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1. A device for examination and monitoring of vital parameters, from for example lung and respiration, heart and circulation, of a human or animal body, the device configured as a compact diagnostic device functioning independently of other devices and independently of communication with other devices, adapted to be used single-handedly and within reach of a user without cables, tubes, poking out parts, invasive procedures or implantable parts and comprising a common casing of a size fittable into pockets of a doctor'"'"'s coat of substantially a size of a palm of a hand with a width and a length of substantially half a hand;
- devices interacting with the body and devices recording and transmitting one or more signals spontaneously emitted by the body or as a reflex of the interactions with the body all together integrated in said common casing, said recording and transmitting devices including a device performing electronic analysis, filtering and data storage, with intermediate storage of signals supplied by the recording devices;
devices providing a parallel playback of a freely definable selection of analyzed signals consisting of devices providing visual playback in digital and analog form, devices providing acoustic playback, and both devices providing visual playback in digital and analog form and devices providing acoustic playback, wherein said body signals recording device includes a multifunctional sensor unit recording electrical voltage fluctuations, impedance measurements and temperature measurements with the same sensor, said body signals recording device including at least two measuring electrodes which are positioned on one level on an underside of said casing for placing over or onto body areas being examined;
wherein the multifunctional sensor unit of said body signals recording device also producing, recording and transmitting acoustic signals of different frequency patterns and mechanical strain and elasticity of a body surface and includes a knocking mechanism with an electro-magnetic drive and a striking area so that standardized sound waves are produced and a sound funnel, a membrane and a microphone, said membrane being positioned on an underside of said housing for placing over or onto body areas being examined and said sound funnel is slidable vertically in said casing and thus transfers the strain of the body surface to a pressure recorder, and wherein the multifunctional sensor unit of said recording and transmitting body signals device also recording and transmitting the pulse oxymetry and the arterial capillary and venous blood pressure levels and the recapillarisation time and includes an opening for the insertion of a body part with one side on the exterior wall of the module and with the opposite side of the body part on a dish, and includes a pressure device which is horizontally movable on a guide track, whereby the dish is repulatable—
pushable or releasable—
by a pressure shaft and a pressure shaft motor against the insertable section of the body part and a pressure is being regulated and measured via a regulating element on the pressure shaft; and
the device also includes, on the dish in a direction of the body part section to be inserted, a light transmitter, which works together with a light receiver on an opposite exterior wall of the sensor module and, during this process, this light is being x-rayed and reflected, measured, analyzed and correlated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- devices interacting with the body and devices recording and transmitting one or more signals spontaneously emitted by the body or as a reflex of the interactions with the body all together integrated in said common casing, said recording and transmitting devices including a device performing electronic analysis, filtering and data storage, with intermediate storage of signals supplied by the recording devices;
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