Physiological monitoring system

• US 4,608,994 A
• Filed: 12/20/1984
• Issued: 09/02/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Schmidt, Hans, Hsu, Mike, Ozawa, Lyuji, Perlmutter, Arye
• Primary Examiner(s): Kamm, William E.
• Application Number:
  US06/683,856
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 128/670, 128/680, 128/681, 128/682, 128/683, 128/687, 128/690, 128/710
• US Class Current: 600/483
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A physiological monitoring device receives a plurality of physiological measurements, including the user'"'"'s diastolic and systolic blood pressure, pulse rate and body temperature. The physiological measurements are stored in a memory which is controlled by a microprocessor. The microprocessor organizes the measurements and causes the measurements to be displayed for analysis on a screen in either digital or graph form, printed in either digital or graph form and/or transmitted over a phone line or other communication link for reproduction in either digital or graph from at a distant receiver located, for example, in a doctors office or hospital.

Claims

1. A physiological monitoring device for monitoring a user'"'"'s physiological condition, comprising sensors adapted to generate first, second and third measurement signals, said first and second measurement signals representative of the user'"'"'s diastolic and systolic blood pressure and pulse rate, and said third measurement signals representative of the user'"'"'s body temperature, first, second and third means for converting said respective first, second and third measurement signals into first, second and third processing signals, a microprocessor, a non-volatile memory coupled to said microprocessor, said microprocessor in communication with said first, second and third converting means so as to receive said first, second and third processing signals, first switch means operable to cause said microprocessor to store selected ones of said processing signals in said memory, said memory capable of storing a plurality of said processing signals over a selected period of time, a multiplex in communication with and controlled by said microprocessor, said multiplex adapted to receive output signals from said microprocessor and memory and direct said output signals to any one of a plurality of information output means, said output signals representing information of the user'"'"'s diastolic and systolic blood pressure, pulse rate and body temperature over a selected time period, said information output means including a screen on which said information is displayed, a printer for printing said information, and means for transmitting said information over a communication link for reproduction at a given location, and second switch means operable to cause said microprocessor to control said multiplex to direct said output signals to one of said information output means, whereby an indication of the user'"'"'s diastolic and systolic blood pressure, pulse rate and body temperature over a selected period of time is provided.