Bio-information monitoring system

• US 8,723,684 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2010
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Jiang, Joe-Air, Lin, Ta-Te, Chang, Wen-Dien, Wu, Yung-Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN PIERRE, PEGUY
• Application Number:
  US12/728,107
• Publication Number:
  US 20110084850A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,516 Days
• Field of Search: 340/870.16, 340/573.1, 600/300, 600/301, 705/2
• US Class Current: 340/870.16
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/43 using wireless personal area networks [WPAN], e.g. 802.15, 802.15.1, 802.15.4, Bluetooth or ZigBee
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/75 by polling or interrogating the sub-stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/823 where the data is sent when the measured values exceed a threshold, e.g. sending an alarm
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

A bio-information monitoring system is provided. The bio-information monitoring system comprises a wireless sensor and a first wireless network node. The wireless sensor senses at least a bio-information. The first wireless network node collects the bio-information, wherein the bio-information is monitored in response to a command from a second wireless network node to the first wireless network node.

Claims

1. A bio-information monitoring system, comprising:

a wireless sensor sensing at least a bio-information;

a first wireless network including a bio-information sensor node for collecting the bio-information; and

a processing platform processing the bio-information, making a decision as to whether the bio-information is abnormal, sending a message if the bio-information is decided as abnormal, and including;

a personal computer gateway directly communicating with the wireless sensor through the bio-information sensor node, collecting the bio-information, and determining and showing a graph of the abnormal bio-information;

a second wireless network connected to the personal computer gateway; and

a message server connected to the second wireless network, communicating with the personal computer gateway via the second wireless network and receiving the bio-information via the second wireless network, wherein the bio-information is monitored in response to a command from the personal computer gateway via the first wireless network.

2. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bio-information has a value and is collected by the personal computer gateway via the first wireless network, the bio-information is decided as abnormal when the value is over a predetermined normal value, the message has a warning of the abnormal bio-information, and at least one of the personal computer gateway and the message server shows the graph of the abnormal bio-information.

3. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first wireless network is compatible with at least a standard being one selected from a group consisting of WiFi, Blue-Tooth, Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN), Low Rate-Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPAN) and Zigbee.

4. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bio-information comprises one selected from a group consisting of blood pressure, heart beat rate, blood oxygen content, respiration rate, and a combination thereof.

5. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, being applied to at least one selected from a group consisting of a nursing station, a hemodialysis center, and a remote home care system, wherein the first wireless network node decides whether to send a warning message to the selected one according to the collected bio-information.

6. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first wireless network node has a wireless transmitting-receiving module which is compatible with at least a standard being one selected from a group consisting of Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Third-generation Mobile Telecommunication (3G), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX).

7. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a database; and

an internet,

wherein the bio-information is transmitted to and stored in the database via the message server, and is inquired via the Internet.

8. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the message server is linked to the database via the internet.

9. A bio-information monitoring system, comprising:

a sensor sensing at least a bio-information;

a first wireless network collecting the bio-information; and

a processing platform including a first node and a second node, processing the bio-information, and making a decision as to whether the bio-information is abnormal, wherein the first node directly communicates with the sensor through the first wireless network, is commanded by the second node to monitor the bio-information and determines a graph of an abnormal bio-information.

10. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

a database; and

an internet,

wherein the bio-information is transmitted to and stored in the database via the second node, and is inquired via the internet.

11. A bio-information monitoring system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the sensor is a wireless sensor, the first node is a personal computer gateway, the second node is a message server, and the database is a relation database being a database of My Structured Query Language (MySQL).

12. A method of monitoring a bio-information, comprising steps of:

providing a processing platform having a first wireless network node and a message server;

transmitting a command from the first wireless network node to at least a sensor directly communicating with the first wireless network node; and

monitoring at least a bio-information in response to the command from the first wireless network node; and

making a decision as to whether the bio-information is abnormal and determines a graph of an abnormal bio-information by the first wireless network node.

13. A method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising a step of:

transmitting the command again if the sensor does not respond to the command.

14. A method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising steps of:

collecting the bio-information;

transmitting the bio-information to the message server; and

sending a warning message when the bio-information is abnormal.

15. A method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising steps of:

transmitting the bio-information to a database; and

processing the bio-information.

16. A method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the step of processing the bio-information comprising at least one selected from a group consisting of inquiring, amending, adding, and deleting the bio-information.