Medical Measuring Device

• US 20080039699A1
• Filed: 11/23/2004
• Published: 02/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Neumann, Rolf
• Granted Patent: US 8,657,742 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1455 using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/332 Portable devices specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7221 Determining signal validity, reliability or quality A61B5/7207 and A61B5/7217 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/00 Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves imaging of objects using sonar G01S15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0784 Routing of error reports, e.g. with a specific transmission path or data flow
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

The invention relates to a medical measuring device (10) comprising at least one measuring apparatus (12, 14), which has at least one sensor (16, 18) for generating a measuring signal of a patient (20, 22). A measuring data detection device (24) is also provided, which is designed to exchange measuring signals with the at least one measuring apparatus (12, 14) via an, in particular, wireless communication route (24, 26). The at least one measuring apparatus (12, 14) is designed to signal the quality of the measuring signals.

Claims

1. A medical measuring device comprising at least one measuring apparatus, which has at least one sensor for generating a measuring signal of a patient and a measuring data detection device which is designed to exchange measuring signals with the at least one measuring apparatus via wireless communication, wherein the at least one measuring apparatus is designed to signal the quality of the measuring signals.

2. The medical measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one measuring apparatus is designed to signal the quality of the measuring signals acoustically.

3. The medical measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one measuring apparatus is designed to signal the quality of the measuring signals optically.

4. The medical measuring device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the at least one measuring apparatus has a light means with different colors, each color being associated with a predetermined range of a signal quality and activated when the quality of the measuring signals is in the correspondingly predetermined range.

5. The medical measuring device as claimed in claim 4, wherein three different colors are provided for a range of poor quality, a range of medium and a range of high quality of the measuring signals.

6. The medical measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one measuring apparatus is designed to signal the quality of the measuring signals automatically.

7. The medical measuring device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the at least one measuring apparatus is designed to signal the quality of the measuring signals when it is placed on a patient at another measuring site.

8. The medical measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one measuring apparatus is designed to signal the quality of the measuring signals when a substantial change in the quality of the measuring signals is detected.

9. The medical measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one measuring apparatus is designed to signal the quality of the measuring signals on demand.

10. The medical measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one measuring apparatus is designed to signal the quality of the measuring signals in such a way that falling below a predetermined signal quality is signaled.

11. The medical measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one measuring apparatus is designed to signal the quality of the measuring signals on the basis of an evaluation of one or more perfusion index, transmission level, interference level, and signal form.

12. The medical measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one measuring apparatus is a pulsoximeter, an ECG recorder or ultrasound measuring head.

13. A medical measuring device comprising at least one measuring apparatus including one or more sensors designed to contact a portion of a patient;

and

a measurement display apparatus that displays measurement data wirelessly transferred from the at least one measuring apparatus;

wherein the at least one measuring apparatus includes a means for determining and a means for signaling a signal quality of the measurement data.

14. The medical measuring device of claim 13, wherein the means for signaling the signal quality generates an acoustic signal.

15. The medical measuring device of claim 13, wherein the means for signaling the signal quality generates an optical signal.

16. A medical measurement device comprising at least one measurement apparatus including a means for wirelessly transmitting medical data to a remote site, one or more sensors for measuring medical data, and a means for determining and a means for signaling a signal quality of the medical data.

17. The medical measuring device of claim 16, wherein the means for signaling the signal quality generates an acoustic signal.

18. The medical measuring device of claim 16, wherein the means for signaling the signal quality generates an optical signal.