Mobile network terminal device and method for monitoring electrophysiological data and pathological image

• US 20110273309A1
• Filed: 04/21/2009
• Published: 11/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shanghai LEPU Cloudmed Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Yocaly Information Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhu, Xiaohong, Zhou, Yujie, Gao, Haiqing, Zhang, Jinjing, Liu, Shaowen, Zhao, Yonggang
• Granted Patent: US 8,836,535 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.07
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0013 Medical image data A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7232 involving compression of the physiological signal, e.g. to extend the signal recording period
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7465 Arrangements for interactive communication between patient and care services, e.g. by using a telephone network telemetry of measured physiological signal A61B5/0002
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72418 for supporting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A mobile network terminal device and method for monitoring the electrophysiological data and a pathological image are provided, including: a baseband processor module, an electrophysiological data collection module, a keyboard module, a graphics and image display module, an image and picture sensor, a voice communication module, an external data memory card, an external data memory, a Bluetooth module, a USB interface module, a GPS receiver module, an application module set and run in the operation system of the baseband processor; an electrophysiological data remote mobile monitoring, a heart pacemaker remote mobile monitoring, a remote consultation appointment, a pathological image remote mobile monitoring, a data exchange, a medical advisory VoIP communication and a network emergency call being performed by the mobile network terminal device under the control of the application module.

Claims

1. A mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image, characterized in that, the device comprises:

a baseband processor module, in which an operation system and an application program module which operates in the operation system are embedded, the baseband processor module is used for an electrophysiological data analog to digital conversion of said mobile network terminal device and a processing of various data, and is used for connecting with a mobile network so as to make a data/information exchange over the mobile network;

an electrophysiological data collection module for collecting electrophysiology analog signal data;

a keyboard module for sending various control instructions;

a graphic and image display module for displaying a human machine interaction interface of said mobile network terminal device;

an image and picture sensor, by which said mobile network terminal device obtains user image and picture video data;

a voice communication module for VoIP voice communication of said mobile network terminal device;

an external data storage card for storing various electrophysiology monitoring data of said mobile network terminal device, pathological image video data, external forwarding data, and position information data;

an external data memory for storing the application program module of said mobile network terminal device, a user information file and a configuration file, and user setting information data, two dimensional code recognition data, and medical evidence data;

a Bluetooth module for establishing a short distance data/information exchange channel between said mobile network terminal device and an external device;

a USB interface module for connecting said mobile network terminal device to the external device so as to make a large volume data/information exchange; and

a GPS receiver module for a satellite positioning of said mobile network terminal device;

under the control of said application program module, said mobile network terminal device

selects and/or sets a function status, a work mode, and an analog to digital conversion sampling frequency;

makes an electrophysiological data remote mobile monitoring, an electrophysiological data remote mobile monitoring in special occasions, a heart pacemaker remote mobile monitoring, a reservation remote consultation, a pathological image remote mobile monitoring, a Bluetooth short distance data/information exchange, a USB large volume data/information exchange, medical consultation VoIP voice communication, and a emergency recourse over the network; and

views a medical material electronic text, plays an intelligence recovery game, and plays a video in a multimedia work status.

2. The mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 1, characterized in that,

said electrophysiological data collection module comprises at least a plurality of analog signal channels;

output ends of the analog signal channels are respectively connected to input ends of a multiple analog to digital (AD) convertor unit of the baseband processor module;

input ends of the analog signal channels are connected to a multiple cardiogram sensor, so as to synchronously collect multiple cardiogram analog signal data;

or

the input ends of the analog signal channels are simultaneously connected to a cardiogram sensor, a blood pressure sensor, and a breath sensor, so as to synchronously collect the cardiogram, the blood pressure, and the breath analog signal data.

3. The mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 1, characterized in that, by means of the application program module, said mobile network terminal device sets an interrupt frequency of a timer unit GPTn of the baseband processor module to be an integer power of 2, sets an interrupt callback function to be a sampling function or a frequency-division sampling function, so as to control and set a sampling frequency or a frequency-division sampling frequency for each channel of the multiple analog to digital (AD) convertor;

and the sampling frequency or the frequency-division sampling frequency ranges from 128 Hz to 16,384 Hz.

4. The mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 1, characterized in that, the operation system of said mobile network terminal device is embedded with at least a TCP/IP protocol, a Bluetooth protocol, a USB protocol, a WAP browser, an instant message protocol, a VoIP protocol, a multimedia software, and a general language text font;

and the operation system may be one selected from various general embedded operation systems.

5. The mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 1, characterized in that, the work mode of said mobile network terminal device includes an electrophysiological data monitoring mode, an electrophysiological data special monitoring mode, a heart pacemaker monitoring mode, a reservation remote consultation mode, a pathological image monitoring mode, a short distance data communication mode, a USB data communication mode, a VoIP voice communication mode, and a network emergency recourse mode.

6. The mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 1, characterized in that, said keyboard module is connected to a keyboard control unit interface of the baseband processor module, such that said mobile network terminal device inputs user control instruction and user information data, and selects and/or sets the function status and the work mode.

7. The mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 6, characterized in that, the user information data comprises an access point domain name APN, a target server fixed IP address, a user name and password, a SMS number, a MMS address, VoIP access information, a default target address list, a user identity, a dwelling place, a blood type, a society medical guarantee card number, a medial record summary, text information, and the user information file and the configuration file stored in the external data memory by category.

8. The mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 1, characterized in that, said graphic and image display module is connected to a graphic and image display control unit interface of the baseband processor module, so as to display the human machine interaction interface of said mobile network terminal device, a function selection list, a work mode selection list, data, an image, a graphic, a text, a letter, and a medical material electronic text page and a video picture in the multimedia work status.

9. The mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 1, characterized in that, said image and picture sensor is connected to an image/picture collecting and processing unit interface of the baseband processor module, such that said mobile network terminal device obtains the pathological image and picture video data of the user.

10. The mobile network terminal device for electrophysiological data remote monitoring according to claim 1, characterized in that, input ends of a speaker, an earpiece, and a microphone in said a voice communication module are connected to an audio processing unit interface of the baseband processor module respectively, such that the mobile network terminal device makes medical consultation VoIP voice communication over the mobile network, voice broadcasts doctor advice on diagnosis process, a doctor leave word, a user preset medical log content, and an alarm alert which are replied from the target server, and plays an audio in the multimedia work status.

11. The mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 1, characterized in that, said external data storage card is connected to an external data storage card control unit interface of the baseband processor module, so as to be encoded and divided into a continuous electrophysiological data storage area, an abnormal electrophysiological data storage area, a pathological image video data storage area, an external forwarding data storage area, a position information data storage area, and a multimedia data storage area, and store various data of said mobile network terminal device by category.

12. The mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 1, characterized in that, said external data memory is connected to an external data memory control unit interface of the baseband processor module, such that said mobile network terminal device stores the application program module, the user information file and the configuration file, the user information data, the two dimensional code recognition data, and the medical evidence data.

13. The mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 1, characterized in that, said Bluetooth module is connected to a UART1 interface in an asynchronous series communication port UART unit of the baseband processor module, such that said mobile network terminal device makes a short distance data/information exchange with the external device,

said external device includes at least a Bluetooth printer, a Bluetooth digital cell phone, a Bluetooth smart device, and a local area network and a broadband network with a Bluetooth interface.

14. The mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 1, characterized in that, said USB interface module is connected to a USB controller unit interface of the baseband processor module, such that said mobile network terminal device is connected with an USB interface of the external device to make a large volume data/information exchange, download 24 hours continuous electrophysiological monitoring data from said mobile network terminal device, or receive the medical material electronic text, the intelligence recovery game, and an video clip from the external device.

15. The mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 1, characterized in that, said GPS receiver module is connected to a UART2 interface in the asynchronous series communication port UART unit of the baseband processor module, such that the mobile network terminal device makes a satellite positioning to obtain information on the position where the user locates, sends the user position information to and stores it in a preset area of the external data storage card, and provides a remote server with the user position information while exchanging data over the network.

16. The mobile network terminal device for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 1, characterized in that, the baseband processor module of said mobile network terminal device includes the GPRS, CDMA, and 3G baseband processor modules.

17. A method for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image, comprising:

operating an application program module in an operation system of a baseband processor module, controlling a mobile network terminal device to select and/or set a work mode, said work mode includes an electrophysiological data monitoring mode, an electrophysiological data special monitoring mode, a heart pacemaker monitoring mode, a reservation remote consultation mode, a pathological image monitoring mode, a short distance data communication mode, voice communication VoIP mode, and a network emergency recourse mode, characterized in that, further comprising the steps of;

[1] the work mode of the mobile network terminal device is selected and/or set according to instructions generated from operating a keyboard by a user, and a work mode recognition flag is sent;

[2] when the electrophysiological data monitoring mode is selected in step [1], according to the work mode recognition flag, the mobile network terminal device sets an interrupt frequency of a timer unit GPTn of the baseband processor module to be an integer power of 2, sets an interrupt callback function to be a sampling function, and sets a sampling frequency to be at least 128 Hz by the application program module;

[3] in step [2], the mobile network terminal device reads an access point domain name APN and a target server IP address simultaneously, registers with the mobile network, establishes a data connection to the target server, and sends a local host user flag and a service category request flag;

[4] according to a response flag replied from the target server, the mobile network terminal device controls a microprocessor unit (MCU) of the baseband processor module to enter a sleep state, and keeps an online network connection by the application program module;

[5] data of each channel of a multiple analog to digital (AD) convertor unit of the baseband processor module is read by the sampling function according to the preset sampling frequency, and the electrophysiological data is sent to and stored in a buffer memory unit of the baseband processor module;

[6] a record storage flag is regularly sent by the sampling function, and the microprocessor unit (MCU) of the baseband processor module performs a storage command, reads data from the buffer memory unit, and then sends the data to and stores the data in a preset area of a external data storage card;

[7] the electrophysiological data is analyzed by the application program module, if the electrophysiological data exceeds an alert threshold, an alarm category flag will be set, and an audio alert and/or a vibration alert, a light alert, and a text alert will be sent;

[8] according to the alarm category flag, the mobile network terminal device reads event data stored in the external data memory card, packetizes the data, and makes a data/information exchange over the network under the control of the application program module;

[9] the target server sends a command online, and the mobile network terminal device performs instructions of the target server according to the target server command flag.

18. The method for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 17, further comprising:

[10] when the electrophysiological data special monitoring mode is selected in step [1], according to the work mode recognition flag, the mobile network terminal device turns off power supplies of a voice module and a radio frequency antenna unit of the baseband processor module under the control of the application program module;

[11] in step [10], the mobile network terminal device sets the interrupt frequency of the timer unit GPTn of the baseband processor module to be an integer power of 2, sets the interrupt callback function to be the sampling function, and sets the sampling frequency to be at least 128 Hz;

[12] data of each channel of the multiple analog to digital (AD) convertor unit of the baseband processor module is read by the sampling function according to the preset sampling frequency, and the electrophysiological data is sent to and stored in the buffer memory unit;

[13] the record storage flag is regularly sent by the sampling function, and the microprocessor unit (MCU) of the baseband processor module performs the storage command, reads data from the buffer memory unit, and then sends the data to and stores the data in a preset area of the external data storage card;

[14] the electrophysiological data is analyzed by the application program module, if the electrophysiological data exceeds the alert threshold, the alarm category flag will be set, the vibration alert and/or the light alert, and the text alert will be sent so as to prompt the user to launch a network data communication function by operating the keyboard;

[15] according to instructions from the user keyboard, the mobile network terminal device activates the radio frequency antenna unit of the baseband processor module, reads the access point domain name APN and the target server IP address, registers with the mobile network, establishes the data connection to the target server, and sends the local host user flag and the service category request flag;

[16] according to the response flag replied from the target server, the mobile network terminal device reads event data stored in the external data memory card, packetizes the data, and makes a data/information exchange over the network under the control of the application program module.

19. The method for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 17, further comprising:

[17] when the heart pacemaker monitoring mode is selected in step [1], according to the work mode recognition flag, the mobile network terminal device turns off the power supply of the radio frequency antenna unit of the baseband processor module under the control of the application program module;

[18] in step [17], the mobile network terminal device raises the interrupt frequency of the timer unit GPTn of the baseband processor module simultaneously, sets the interrupt frequency to be the integer power of 2, sets the interrupt callback function to be a frequency-division sampling function, sets the sampling frequency of the pacemaker pulse channel to be at least 2,048 Hz;

[19] data of each channel of the multiple analog to digital (AD) convertor unit of the baseband processor module is read by the frequency-division sampling function according to the preset frequency-division sampling frequency, the pacemaker pulse data is compressed, and then sent to and stored in the buffer memory unit;

[20] the record storage flag is regularly sent by the frequency-division sampling function, and the microprocessor unit (MCU) of the baseband processor module performs the storage command, reads data from the buffer memory unit, and then sends the data to and stores the data in a preset area of the external data storage card;

[21] the pacemaker pulse data is analyzed by the application program module, if the pacemaker pulse data exceeds the alert threshold, the alarm category flag will be set, the audio alert and/or the vibration alert, the light alert, and the text alert will be sent so as to prompt the user to launch a network data communication function by operating the keyboard;

[22] according to instructions from the user keyboard, the mobile network terminal device activates the radio frequency antenna unit of the baseband processor module, reads the access point domain name APN and the target server IP address, registers with the mobile network, establishes the data connection to the target server, and sends the local host user flag and the service category request flag;

[23] according to the response flag replied from the target server, the mobile network terminal device reads event data stored in the external data memory card, packetizes the data, and makes a data/information exchange over the network under the control of the application program module.

20. The method for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 17, further comprising:

[24] when the reservation remote consultation mode is selected in step [1], according to the work mode recognition flag, the mobile network terminal device sets wake up time T of a real time clock unit of the baseband processor module;

[25] when the preset time T of the real time clock unit elapses, an activation signal flag will be sent;

[26] according to the activation signal flag, the mobile network terminal device reads the access point domain name APN and the target server IP address, registers with the mobile network, establishes the data connection to the target server, and sends the local host user flag and the service category request flag;

[27] according to the response flag replied from the target server, the mobile network terminal device reads data stored in the external data memory card, packetizes the data, and makes a data/information exchange over the network under the control of the application program module.

21. The method for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 17, further comprising:

[28] when the pathological image monitoring mode is selected in step [1], according to the work mode recognition flag, the mobile network terminal device sets a pathological image monitoring time length T, and activates an image and picture sensor;

[29] the image and picture sensor focuses automatically, takes pathological image video data of the user, and then sends the data to and stores the data in a preset area of the external data storage card;

[30] when the pathological image monitoring preset time T elapses, the mobile network terminal device goes into a wait-to-send status;

[31] according to sending instructions issued from the user keyboard, the mobile network terminal device reads the access point domain name APN and the target server IP address, registers with the mobile network, establishes the data connection to the target server, and sends the local host user flag and the service category request flag;

[32] according to the response flag replied from the target server, the mobile network terminal device reads video data stored in the external data memory card, compresses a data packet, and makes a data/information exchange over the network under the control of the application program module.

22. The method for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 17, further comprising:

[33] when the short distance data communication mode is selected in step [1], according to the work mode recognition flag, the mobile network terminal device activates a Bluetooth module to send a paging signal to an external device;

[34] according to a Bluetooth response flag “

device access code (DAC)”

of the external device, the Bluetooth module of the mobile network terminal device sends a FH synchronization packet, exchanges real time clock and flag information, and establishes a data channel connection;

[35] the mobile network terminal device reads data stored in the external data memory card under the control of the application program module, and makes a short distance data/information exchange;

[36] the Bluetooth module of the mobile network terminal device receives the data/information sent from the external device, sends the data/information to and stores the data/information in a preset area of the external data storage card under the control of the application program module;

[37] according to forwarding instructions issued from the user keyboard, the mobile network terminal device reads the access point domain name APN and the target server IP address, registers with the mobile network, establishes the data connection to the target server, and sends the local host user flag and the service category request flag;

[38] according to the response flag replied from the target server, the mobile network terminal device reads data stored in the external data memory card, packetizes the data, and forwards the data of the external device under the control of the application program module.

23. The method for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 17, further comprising:

[39] when the VoIP voice communication mode is selected in step [1], according to the work mode recognition flag, the mobile network terminal device activates a voice module, and registers with the mobile network simultaneously;

[40] the mobile network terminal device calls a VoIP voice communication protocol by the application program module, reads VoIP access information and a default target address stored in the external data memory, and initiates a request for establishing a call;

[41] a callee at the target end makes a response to the request, and the mobile network terminal device and the callee at the target end make voice medical consultation or voice communication.

24. The method for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 17, further comprising:

[42] when the network emergency recourse mode is selected in step [1], according to the work mode recognition flag, the mobile network terminal device sets the alarm category flag by the application program module, and sends the audio alert and/or the vibration alert and the light alert;

[43] the mobile network terminal device reads the access point domain name APN and the target server IP address stored in the external data memory, registers with the mobile network, establishes the data connection to the target server, and circularly sends the local host user flag, a request flag “

I need help”

, and position information data;

[44] according to the response flag replied from the target server, the mobile network terminal device quits the network emergency recourse work mode.

25. The method for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 17, characterized in that, said mobile network terminal device receives the command and date sent online by the target server, the command and date are standard or customized, and include at least a function setting command, a device internal data/information obtaining command, a service category response command, and an abnormal event alarm command.

26. The method for monitoring electrophysiological data and a pathological image according to claim 17, characterized in that, the data packetized by said mobile network terminal device can be electrophysiological data, a local host user medical record summary, a society medical insurance card number, and position information data which are packetized together;

can also be pathological image video data, a local host user medical record summary, a society medical insurance card number, and position information data which are packetized together; and

can also be forwarded external data;

the packetized electrophysiological data can be current event data, and can also be electrophysiological monitoring summary data in several days and several weeks.