Apparatus and method for monitoring of a body function and/or a body property
First Claim
1. An apparatus for monitoring of a body function and/or a body property of a patient comprising:
- a sensor which determines measurement values with regard to the body function and/or the body property,a detector unit for detecting a critical condition of the respective body function and/or body property based on the measurement values,an alert unit for providing alert information to the patient in case a critical condition is detected optically and/or acoustically,an acknowledgement unit for acknowledging the critical condition, anda transmitter for transmitting, from the apparatus to an emergency service provider, information with regard to the corresponding body function and/or body property,a clock for determining a time that has elapsed since a detection of the critical condition by the detector unit,wherein the transmitted information includes an emergency signal and/or a position information, andwherein the transmitter is only activatable responsive to a determination that both (i) the time determined by the clock to have elapsed since the detection of the critical condition exceeds a predefined time period, and (iii) the acknowledgement unit has not been operated since the detection of the critical condition.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for monitoring of a body function and/or a body property of a patient having a sensor which determines measurement values with regard to the body function and/or the body property, a unit for detecting a critical condition of the respective body function and/or body property based on the measurement values, a unit for providing alert information to the patient in case a critical condition is detected, preferably optically and/or acoustically, an acknowledgement unit for acknowledging the critical condition and a transmitter for transmitting information with regard to the corresponding body function and/or body property, for example an emergency signal and/or a position information, wherein the transmitter is only activatable in the case, in which after a predefined time period from the detection of the critical condition the acknowledgement unit has not been operated.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for monitoring of a body function and/or a body property of a patient comprising:
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a sensor which determines measurement values with regard to the body function and/or the body property, a detector unit for detecting a critical condition of the respective body function and/or body property based on the measurement values, an alert unit for providing alert information to the patient in case a critical condition is detected optically and/or acoustically, an acknowledgement unit for acknowledging the critical condition, and a transmitter for transmitting, from the apparatus to an emergency service provider, information with regard to the corresponding body function and/or body property, a clock for determining a time that has elapsed since a detection of the critical condition by the detector unit, wherein the transmitted information includes an emergency signal and/or a position information, and wherein the transmitter is only activatable responsive to a determination that both (i) the time determined by the clock to have elapsed since the detection of the critical condition exceeds a predefined time period, and (iii) the acknowledgement unit has not been operated since the detection of the critical condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for monitoring of a body function and/or a body property of a patient comprising the following steps:
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determining measurement values with regard to the body function and/or the body property, detecting a critical condition of the respective body function and/or body property based on the measurement values, providing an alert information to the patient in case a critical condition is detected, wherein the alert information is provided optically and/or acoustically, determining, using a clock, a time that has elapsed since detecting the critical condition, determining that both (i) the time elapsed since the detection of the critical condition exceeds a predefined time period, and (ii) an acknowledgement unit has not been operated to acknowledge the critical condition since the detection of the critical condition, transmitting, from the apparatus to an emergency service provider, information with regard to the corresponding body function and/or body property, only responsive to the determination that both (i) the time elapsed since the detection of the critical condition exceeds the predefined time period, and (ii) the acknowledgement unit has not been operated since the detection of the critical condition, wherein the information is transmitted as an emergency signal and/or a position information, wherein the information comprises a stop-instruction for a control apparatus of a vehicle or an indication and/or request for a driver of the vehicle to make the driver stop the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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