Real-time medical monitoring application with a network interface device
First Claim
1. A system for medical monitoring of a patient at a patient premises, the system comprising:
- a medical-data collection device adapted to collect medical data from the patient, wherein the medical-data collection device is interfaced with a transport medium internal to the patient premises; and
a network interface device comprising;
a plurality of application devices interfaced with the transport medium internal to the patient premises, wherein a first of the application devices comprises a medical-monitoring application device adapted to process the collected medical data and a second of the application devices is adapted to exchange data with a transport medium external to the patient premises; and
a processor in communication with the plurality of application devices and adapted to coordinate transmission of the collected medical data over the transport medium external to the patient premises.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for medical monitoring of a patient at a patient premises. A medical-data collection device is adapted to collect medical data from the patient. The medical-data collection device is interfaced with a transport medium internal to the patient premises. A network interface device is also provided with multiple application devices interfaced with the transport medium internal to the patient premises. One of the application devices is a medical-monitoring application device adapted to process the collected medical data. Another of the application devices is adapted to exchange data with a transport medium external to the patient premises. A processor in communication with the application devices is adapted to coordinate transmission of the collected medical data over the transport medium external to the patient premises.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for medical monitoring of a patient at a patient premises, the system comprising:
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a medical-data collection device adapted to collect medical data from the patient, wherein the medical-data collection device is interfaced with a transport medium internal to the patient premises; and
a network interface device comprising;
a plurality of application devices interfaced with the transport medium internal to the patient premises, wherein a first of the application devices comprises a medical-monitoring application device adapted to process the collected medical data and a second of the application devices is adapted to exchange data with a transport medium external to the patient premises; and
a processor in communication with the plurality of application devices and adapted to coordinate transmission of the collected medical data over the transport medium external to the patient premises. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for monitoring a medical status of a patient at a patient premises, the method comprising:
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collecting medical data from the patient with a medical-data collection device;
transmitting the collected medical data over a transport medium internal to the patient premises from the medical-data collection device to a network interface device disposed external to the patient premises; and
thereafter, transmitting the collected medical data over a transport medium external to the patient premises to a recipient. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for medical monitoring of a patient at a patient premises, the system comprising:
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means for collecting medical data from the patient interfaced with a means for transporting information internal to the patient premises; and
means for interfacing with a means for transporting information external to the patient premises, the means for interfacing comprising;
a plurality of means for supplying applications interfaced with the means for transporting information internal to the patient premises, wherein a first of the means for supplying applications comprises a means for processing the collected medical data and a second of the means for supplying applications is adapted to exchange information with the means for transporting information external to the patient premises; and
a means for coordinating transmission of the collected medical data over the means for transporting information external to the patient premises. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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