Medical monitoring method and device integrating central monitoring function

• US 9,256,712 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2010
• Issued: 02/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Edan Instruments, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Edan Instruments, Inc.
• Inventors: Sun, Shuo, Chen, Liangkuan, Zhang, Zengqiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Etienne, Ario
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHIU, HO T
• Application Number:
  US13/582,451
• Publication Number:
  US 20120331138A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,943 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A method for realizing a central monitoring server by using an individual patient monitor device is provided, and the patient monitor device (301) can monitor the patient'"'"'s physiological parameter and simultaneously can collect and process the data from the other monitor devices through wired or wireless LAN (Local area network). The running state and the patient'"'"'s information of the other monitors can be looked over on this monitor (301). The monitor (301) can display this monitoring measurement information and simultaneously display all the patients'"'"' information of the other monitors which are networked with it, and the other networked monitors can also be controlled by this monitor (301). The monitor (301) can use a single-screen or multi-screen display, and the displaying content can be the same or not.

Claims

1. A medical monitoring method integrating central monitoring function, comprising:

displaying a running mode selection menu;

judging user-selected running mode and when a central monitoring server mode is selected, a broadcast order is sent to the network terminal and a correlative data source is searched at the network terminal;

when the correlative data source is found, a data source address is picked up to connect with a terminal of the said address so as to obtain real-time data of said terminal and place the said real-time data in a data bag;

analyzing the real-time data in the data bag to obtain analyzed data information and display information;

displaying the display information in the form of a menu and when one of the data bags is selected, detailed information of the data bag is displayed and the terminal corresponding to the data bag is controlled according to the address information of the said data bag;

wherein control of the terminal corresponding to the data bag includes;

sending control instructions to the controlled terminal corresponding to the selected data bag, said controlled terminal responding to the control instructions, acting to obtain result data, and then receiving said result data;

wherein judging the user-selected running mode comprises;

when central monitoring server mode is selected, the broadcast order is sent to the network terminal and the correlative data source is searched at the network terminal;

when local monitoring mode is selected, a medical monitoring device judges whether the broadcast order is received from the network, and, if so, picks up the original address of the broadcast order, connects with the terminal corresponding to said address according to that address and sends corresponding local data to said terminal, and, if not, reads and displays the local data or when the mixed mode of local monitoring and central monitoring is selected, the medical monitoring device sends the broadcast order to the networked terminal, searches the correlative data source of the terminal on the network and simultaneously judges whether the broadcast order is received from the network.

2. The medical monitoring method integrating central monitoring function according to claim 1, wherein analyzing the real-time data in the data bag to obtain the analyzed data information and display information includes:

when the received analyzed data information contains alarm information, the alarm information is carried out for a secondary analysis to obtain specific alarm content, which is to be converted into display information for display and classified according to preset rules;

afterwards, the alarm information is processed in a descending order based on classification, and judging whether audio alarm is required, if so, the preset audio data corresponding to the alarm information must be recalled for alarm.

3. The medical monitoring method integrating central monitoring function according to claim 2, wherein when the correlative data source is found, the data source address is picked up to connect with the terminal of said address so as to obtain the real-time data of said terminal and place said real-time data in the data bag, in addition, when the correlative data source is not found, the medical monitoring device indicates that there is no terminal access, resends the broadcast order to the networked terminal and then searches the correlative data source at the network terminal.

4. The medical monitoring method integrating central monitoring function according to claim 3, wherein after the correlative data source is found, the data source address is picked up to connect with the terminal of said address so as to obtain the real-time data of said terminal and place said real-time data in the data bag, the real-time data in the data bag is stored, then analyzed and displayed when review is needed.

5. The medical monitoring method integrating central monitoring function according to claim 4, wherein before the display information is displayed in the form of a menu, the display content must be set up for every display device.

6. A medical monitoring device integrating central monitoring function, comprising:

a monitor, a display device and an interactive network equipment;

wherein the monitor including;

a mode selection unit, used to display a running mode selection menu and select the running mode;

a mode judgment unit, connected with the mode selection unit and used to judge the user-selected running mode such that when central monitoring server mode is selected, a broadcast order is sent to a network terminal and a the correlative data source is searched at the network terminal;

when local monitoring mode is selected, the medical monitoring device judges whether the broadcast order is received from the network, and, if so, picks up an original address of the broadcast order, connects with a terminal corresponding to said address according to that address and sends corresponding local data to said terminal, and, if not, reads and displays the local data or when the mixed mode of local monitoring and central monitoring is selected, the medical monitoring device sends the broadcast order to the networked terminal, searches the correlative data source of the terminal on the network and simultaneously judges whether the broadcast order is received from the network;

a data receiving/sending unit, connected with the mode judgment unit and the interactive network equipment;

when user selects the central monitoring server mode, the broadcast order is sent to the networked monitor via the interactive network equipment and correlative data source of the monitor is searched on the network;

a monitor connection unit, connected with the data receiving/sending unit and the interactive network equipment;

when the correlative data source is found, a data source address is picked up via the interactive network equipment to connect with the monitor of said data source address so as to obtain real-time data of said terminal and place said real-time data in a data bag;

a data analysis unit, connected with the data receiving/sending unit and used to analyze the real-time data in the data bag to obtain the data information and display information;

a monitor selection unit, connected with the display device and used to select a target monitor from a display menu;

a monitor operating unit, connected with the monitor selection unit and the interactive network equipment, and used to send operating instructions to the target monitor via the interactive network equipment;

and the display device connected with the data analysis unit and the monitor selection unit is used to display the display information in the form of a menu, and meanwhile, when user selects the data bag from one of the monitors, the display device will display the detailed information of such data bag.

7. The medical monitoring device integrating central monitoring function according to claim 6, wherein it also comprises a remote drive box which includes:

a data receiving unit, connected with the data analysis unit and used to receive alarm information contained in analyzed data information and display information;

a secondary analytic unit, connected with the data receiving unit and used to analyze the received alarm information to obtain specific alarm content;

an alarm processing unit, connected with the secondary analytic unit;

when the specific alarm content is received, the alarm processing unit classifies the alarm information according to preset rules and then sends it to the display device and an alarm judgment unit in a descending order based on classification;

an alarm set up unit, used to set up conditions for audio alarm;

an alarm judgment unit, connected with the alarm processing unit and the alarm setup unit and used to judge whether the alarm information meets the requirements for audio alarm;

an audio alarm unit, connected with the alarm judgment unit and used to recall preset audio data corresponding to the alarm information for alarm when the alarm information meets the requirements for audio alarm.

8. The medical monitoring device integrating central monitoring function according to claim 7, wherein said monitor also comprises:

a measuring unit, used to measure the local data and send the local data to the display device;

a storage unit, connected with the monitor connection unit and the data analysis unit, and used to store real-time data and send the real-time data to the data analysis unit when review is needed;

a display setup unit, connected with the display device and used to set up the display content of the display device; and

an alarm unit, connected with the data analysis unit;

when the alarm information is detected in the analyzed data information, it recalls the preset audio data corresponding to the alarm information for alarm.