Method and system for collecting and circulating data derived from medical appliances, useful in particular in intensive care units
First Claim
1. Process for collecting data originating from sending apparatus (1), and particularly from medical apparatus like that used in intensive care units (2), and for distributing the said data to users, and particularly to health practitioners (3);
- each user has at least one computer equipment (5) and particularly a personal microcomputer, connected to a display screen (5a) and/or to a printer (5b) and/or to a loudspeaker (5c);
the said computer equipment being associated with a data analysis software (5e), and particularly a clinical analysis software;
the said data being supplied by the said sending equipment (1), in different specific formats as a function of the different sending equipment;
the said process comprising the following steps;
the data are collected (7, 4a), the data are translated (4b) into a common format, the data are distributed (4c, 6, 5d) in the common format to the user'"'"'s computer equipment (5), the data in the common format are converted (4d, 5f), before or after being distributed, into formatted data compatible with the computer equipment (5) and/or its data analysis software (5e), (such that the user can access data sent by a sending apparatus, even if it these data are formatted according to standards different from the standards in their own computer equipment and the associated data analysis software).
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Abstract
This invention relates to a process and system for collecting medical data originating from medical apparatus (1), for example located in intensive care units (2) and to distribute the said data to health practitioners (3);
The system comprises at least one data processing device (4) comprising:
reception means (4a) to receive data (7) originating from sending apparatus (1),
data processing means (4b) to translate the received data into a common format,
data sending means (4c) to distribute the data in a common format to users (3);
The users (3) have computer equipment (5) comprising:
reception means (5d) for reception of data sent by the said data processing device (4);
a data analysis software (5e).
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1. Process for collecting data originating from sending apparatus (1), and particularly from medical apparatus like that used in intensive care units (2), and for distributing the said data to users, and particularly to health practitioners (3);
- each user has at least one computer equipment (5) and particularly a personal microcomputer, connected to a display screen (5a) and/or to a printer (5b) and/or to a loudspeaker (5c);
the said computer equipment being associated with a data analysis software (5e), and particularly a clinical analysis software;
the said data being supplied by the said sending equipment (1), in different specific formats as a function of the different sending equipment;
the said process comprising the following steps;
the data are collected (7, 4a), the data are translated (4b) into a common format, the data are distributed (4c, 6, 5d) in the common format to the user'"'"'s computer equipment (5), the data in the common format are converted (4d, 5f), before or after being distributed, into formatted data compatible with the computer equipment (5) and/or its data analysis software (5e), (such that the user can access data sent by a sending apparatus, even if it these data are formatted according to standards different from the standards in their own computer equipment and the associated data analysis software). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- each user has at least one computer equipment (5) and particularly a personal microcomputer, connected to a display screen (5a) and/or to a printer (5b) and/or to a loudspeaker (5c);
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5. System for collecting data produced by sending apparatus (1), and particularly medical data originating from medical apparatus, for example apparatus located in intensive care units (2), and for distributing the said data to users (3), and particularly to health practitioners;
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the said system comprising at least one data processing device (4) comprising;
reception means (4a), particularly a reception software module, to receive data (7) originating from sending apparatus (1), data processing means (4b), and particularly a data processing software module, for translating received data into a common format, data sending means (4c), particularly a data sending software module, to distribute the data in a common format to users (3);
the said system being such that the user (3) has computer equipment (5), and particularly a personal microcomputer, connected to a display screen (5a) and/or a printer (5b) and/or a loudspeaker (5c);
each computer equipment comprising;
means (5d) for reception of data sent by the said data processing device (4);
a data analysis software (5e);
the said system being such that it converts data in a common format into formatted data compatible with the computer equipment (5) and/or other modules (5g) of the said data analysis software (5e), using the following procedure;
the said data analysis software (5e) of the said computer equipment comprises a conversion module (5f) and/or the said data processing device (4) also comprises conversion means (4d), and particularly a conversion software module. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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