Wireless patient monitoring system

• US 20050273013A1
• Filed: 06/04/2004
• Published: 12/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rate Alert LLC
• Original Assignee: Rate Alert LLC
• Inventors: Kent, Lee E.
• Application Number:
  US10/862,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20050273013A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/500
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/045 with a separable interface unit, e.g. for communication
• 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 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1455 using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters

Abstract

A wireless patient monitoring system generally including a communication receiver, a transmitter, a reader and optionally including a communication lead is provided. Such a wireless patient monitoring system measures a patient'"'"'s biological factors, which may be monitored from a remote location, which does not produce much, if any, artifact and which may include multi-directional communication within the wireless patient monitoring system.

Claims

1. A patient monitoring system, comprising:

a stationary wireless communication receiver, wherein the receiver receives one or more wireless communication frequency and wherein the receiver includes at least one indicator;

at least one transmission device, which is in communication with a patient and is in wireless communication with the receiver, wherein the transmission device comprises a scanning and programmable transmitter which interprets and wirelessly communicates a patient'"'"'s biological factors to the receiver via an open wireless communication frequency; and

a communication lead having a first end releasably connected to the transmitter and a second end in communication with a patient, which is adapted to interpret a patient'"'"'s biological factors and wherein the biological factors are communicated via the communication lead to the transmitter.

2. The patient monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the receiver is in communication with at least one transmission device via wireless communication selected from the group consisting of uni-directional communication, bi-directional communication, multi-directional communication and any combination of these.

3. The patient monitoring system of claim 2, wherein the indicator comprises a display screen.

4. The patient monitoring system of claim 3, wherein the transmitter is programmable to alarm and wirelessly transmit information when a patient'"'"'s biological factors exceed a predetermined upper limit and/or a predetermined lower limit.

5. The patient monitoring system of claim 4, wherein the transmitter transmits wireless communication to the receiver via a transmission selected from the group consisting of:

continuous transmission;

periodic transmission;

transmission that is activated when a patient'"'"'s biological factors drop below a predetermined lower limit;

transmission that is activated when a patient'"'"'s biological factors exceed a predetermined upper limit and any combination of these.

6. The patient monitoring system of claim 5, wherein the biological factor comprises heart rate.

7. The patient monitoring system of claim 6, wherein the indicator comprises an audible alarm.

8. A patient monitoring system, comprising:

a stationary wireless communication receiver, wherein the receiver receives one or more wireless communication frequency and wherein the receiver includes at least one indicator;

a reader including at least one transmission device, which is in communication with a patient and is in wireless communication with the receiver, wherein the reader comprises a scanning and programmable microtransmitter which interprets and wirelessly communicates a patient'"'"'s biological factors to the receiver via an open wireless communication frequency, wherein the reader is attached to a patient and adapted to interpret a patient'"'"'s biological factors, which are then communicated to the transmission device and subsequently wirelessly communicated to the receiver.

9. The patient monitoring system of claim 8, wherein the receiver is in communication with at least one reader via wireless communication selected from the group consisting of uni-directional communication, bi-directional communication, multi-directional communication and any combination of these.

10. The patient monitoring system of claim 9, wherein the indicator comprises a display screen.

11. The patient monitoring system of claim 10, wherein the transmitter is programmable to alarm and wirelessly transmit information when a patient'"'"'s biological factors exceed a predetermined upper limit and/or a predetermined lower limit.

12. The patient monitoring system of claim 11, wherein the microtransmitter transmits wireless communication to the receiver via a transmission selected from the group consisting of:

continuous transmission;

periodic transmission;

transmission that is activated when a patient'"'"'s biological factors drop below a predetermined lower limit;

transmission that is activated when a patient'"'"'s biological factors exceed a predetermined upper limit and any combination of these.

13. The patient monitoring system of claim 12, wherein the biological factor comprises heart rate.

14. The patient monitoring system of claim 9, wherein the indicator comprises an audible alarm.