MEDICAL TELEMETER, MEDICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MEDICAL TELEMETER

• US 20160100759A1
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Inventors: ENOMOTO, Yoshinori
• Granted Patent: US 11,064,885 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A medical telemeter includes: a displaying section which is configured to display information; a storing section which is configured to store patient information that is information of a patient who uses the medical telemeter; and a controller which, when a predetermined event occurs, is configured to read the patient information stored in the storing section, and is configured to cause the displaying section to display a confirmation message that is based on the patient information.

Claims

1. A medical telemeter comprising:

a displaying section which is configured to display information;

a storing section which is configured to store patient information that is information of a patient who uses the medical telemeter; and

a controller which, when a predetermined event occurs, is configured to read the patient information stored in the storing section, and is configured to cause the displaying section to display a confirmation message that is based on the patient information.

2. The medical telemeter according to claim 1, wherein

the predetermined event includes at least one of cases:

where the patient information is set by another apparatus which transmits and receives data to and from the medical telemeter;

where although a predetermined time period has elapsed from a previous display of the confirmation message, the patient information is not adequately set; and

where a power supply of the medical telemeter is turned OFF, and then switched to an ON state.

3. The medical telemeter according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to change contents of the confirmation message in accordance with a kind of the predetermined event.

4. The medical telemeter according to claim 1, further comprising a sound generator which, when the confirmation message is displayed, is configured to output an alarm sound.

5. The medical telemeter according to claim 3, wherein

the controller is configured to control the storing section to store a date and time when a power supply of the medical telemeter is turned OFF, as a final operation date and time, and is configured to change the contents of the confirmation message in accordance with whether a difference between the final operation date and time and a date and time when the power supply is turned ON is equal to or less than a predetermined time period.

6. The medical telemeter according to claim 5, wherein

the controller is configured to write a date and time when a battery residual quantity of the medical telemeter is equal to or less than a predetermined value, as the final operation date and time in the storing section.

7. The medical telemeter according to claim 1, wherein

the patient information includes at least information of a name of a patient.

8. A medical telemeter comprising:

a displaying section which is configured to display information; and

a controller which is configured to detect that a power-OFF state of the medical telemeter is continued for a predetermined time period or longer, and which, when detected, is configured to cause the displaying section to display a confirmation message for prompting re-inputting of patient information.

9. A medical system which includes a medical telemeter and a central monitor which are configured to mutually transmit and receive data, wherein

the medical telemeter is configured to store patient information that is information of a patient who uses the medical telemeter, and is configured to transmit set contents of the patient information to the central monitor, and

the central monitor is configured to display the set contents of the patient information which are transmitted from the medical telemeter, on a monitor screen.

10. The medical system according to claim 9, wherein,

when the set contents of the patient information which are transmitted from the medical telemeter are not adequate, a display field of the medical telemeter is highlight-displayed.

11. A method of controlling a medical telemeter, the method comprising:

storing patient information that is information of a patient who uses the medical telemeter; and

when a predetermined event occurs, reading stored patient information, and displaying a confirmation message that is based on the patient information.