Real-time biological signal monitoring system using radio communication network

• US 6,035,230 A
• Filed: 03/11/1998
• Issued: 03/07/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Medison Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Medison Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lee, Dong-Wha, Kang, Dong-Joo
• Primary Examiner(s): Getzow, Scott M.
• Application Number:
  US09/043,089
• Time in Patent Office: 727 Days
• Field of Search: 128/903, 600/509
• US Class Current: 600/509
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS

Abstract

A real-time biological signal monitoring system using a radio communication network includes a portable biological signal hold apparatus (100) attached to the body of a patient for measuring biological signal data, judging whether or not the measured biological signal data is normal, and transmitting abnormal biological signal data via an aerial radio communication network whenever it is judged as an abnormal state, and a biological signal monitoring server apparatus (300) for diagnosing the biological signal data for which an abnormality is recognized from the biological signal hold apparatus (100) via the aerial radio communication network and transmitting a resultant prescription message to the biological signal hold apparatus. The biological signal monitoring system provides an effect capable of monitoring and providing an emergency treatment on a real-time basis via a radio communication network. Also, an expensive storage unit is not used to record the biological signal data and an additional connection apparatus is not required to transmit data at high speed, resulting in providing a more economical apparatus compared with the conventional biological signal remote measuring apparatus.

Claims

1. A real-time biological signal monitoring system using a radio communication network comprising:

a portable biological signal hold apparatus (100) adapted to be attached to the body of a patient for measuring biological signal data, judging whether or not the measured biological signal data indicates a normal condition of the body, and transmitting biological signal data indicating an abnormality via the radio communication network whenever it is judged as an abnormal state;

a biological signal monitoring server apparatus (300) for diagnosing the biological signal data with which an abnormality is recognized from the biological signal hold apparatus (100) via the radio communication network and transmitting a resultant prescription message to the biological signal hold apparatus (100); and

a relay station (200) for playing a role of relaying abnormal biological signal data transmitted from the biological signal hold apparatus (100) to the biological signal monitoring server apparatus (300) in a hospital.

2. The real-time biological signal monitoring system using the radio communication network according to claim 1, wherein said portable biological signal hold apparatus (100) comprises:

a biological signal data measuring unit (20) attached to the body of the patient for sensing a minute electrical signal generated during the activity of each organ of the body to display the sensed electrical signal into biological signal data;

a biological signal data analysis unit (30) for storing biological signal data indicating a normality in advance, and diagnosing an abnormality using the biological signal data applied from said biological signal data measuring unit (20) on the basis of the normal biological signal data;

a radio modem (40) connected to said radio communication network for transmitting the biological signal data to said biological signal monitoring server apparatus (300) if said biological signal analysis unit (30) finds out biological signal data indicating an abnormality; and

a display unit (50) for displaying a prescription message transmitted from said biological signal monitoring server apparatus (300).

3. The real-time biological signal monitoring system using the radio communication network according to claim 2, wherein said portable biological signal hold apparatus (100) further comprises a first key input unit (10) which can manually input a signal indicating an abnormality to said biological signal monitoring server apparatus.

4. The real-time biological signal monitoring system using the radio communication network according to claim 2, wherein said biological signal data measuring unit (20) comprises:

electrode means (21) having a predetermined number of electrodes each of which is attached to the body of the patient, for sensing an electrical signal of the body;

an analog signal processor (23) for amplifying the electrical signal sensed in said electrode means (21) and processing the amplified signal;

an analog-to-digital converter (25) for converting the analog signal processed biological signal data into a digital signal; and

a digital signal processor (27) for processing the digital converted biological signal data and outputting the processed data to said biological signal data analysis unit (30).

5. The real-time biological signal monitoring system using the radio communication network according to claim 2, wherein said biological signal data analysis (30) unit comprises:

a first controller (35) which stores biological signal data indicating a normality in advance, receives the measured biological signal data from said biological signal data measuring unit, checks whether the received biological signal data indicates an abnormality based on the prestored biological signal data, and outputs a control signal to said radio modem (40) to perform a radio communication whenever the biological signal data indicates the abnormality; and

a main memory (31) for temporarily storing as a many biological signal data as several minutes preceding or following the biological signal data indicating the abnormality, for a predetermined length of time.

6. The real-time biological signal monitoring system using the radio communication network according to claim 5, wherein said biological signal data analysis unit (30) further comprises an auxiliary memory (33) for storing the biological signal data for a long time.

7. The real-time biological signal monitoring system using the radio communication network according to claim 1, wherein said biological signal monitoring server apparatus (300) comprises:

a data communication portion (64) connected to said biological signal hold apparatus (100) via the radio communication network to enable data transmission and reception;

a second display unit (65) for displaying the abnormality using the biological signal data received via said data communication portion (64);

a second key input unit (60) for inputting a prescription message corresponding to a diagnostic result obtained by monitoring the biological signal data indicating the abnormality displayed in said second display unit (65) and diagnosing the state of the patient;

a memory unit (61) for storing received biological signal data indicating the abnormality which is transmitted via said data communication portion (64); and

a second controller (63) for outputting a radio communication control signal to said data communication portion (64), in order to transmit the prescription message to said biological signal hold apparatus (100).

8. The real-time biological signal monitoring system using the radio communication network according to claim 7, further comprising an alarm generator (67) for generating an alarm whenever the biological signal data received from said data communication portion (64) is applied thereto.

9. The real-time biological signal monitoring system using the radio communication network according to claim 7, further comprising a printer output portion (66) for printing the biological signal data indicating the abnormality displayed in said second display unit (65).

10. The real-time biological signal monitoring system using the radio communication network according to claim 7, further comprising a patient control database portion (62) for collecting the biological signal data of each patient stored in said memory unit (61) and controlling biological signal data with respect to a number of patients.

11. A real-time biological signal monitoring system using the radio communication network according to claim 1, comprising, in combination, said portable biological signal hold apparatus (100), biological signal monitoring server apparatus (300), relay station (200) and radio communication network.

12. A real-time biological signal monitoring system using a radio communication network comprising:

a portable biological signal hold apparatus (100) adapted to be attached to the body of a patient for measuring biological signal data, judging whether or not the measured biological signal indicates a normal condition of the body, and transmitting biological signal data indicating an abnormality via the radio communication network whenever it is judged as an abnormal state;

a biological signal monitoring server apparatus (300) for diagnosing the biological signal data with which an abnormality is recognized from the biological signal hold apparatus (100) via the radio communication network and transmitting a resultant prescription message to the biological signal hold apparatus (100); and

a relay station (200) for playing a role of relaying abnormal biological signal data transmitted from the biological signal hold apparatus (100) to the biological signal monitoring server apparatus (300) in a hospital;

wherein

said portable biological hold apparatus (100) comprises, in a single unit;

a biological signal data measuring unit (20) attached to the body of the patient for sensing a minute electrical signal generated during the activity of each organ of the body to display the sensed electrical signal into biological signal data;

a biological signal data analysis unit (30) for storing biological signal data indicating a normality in advance, and diagnosing an abnormality using the biological signal data applied from said biological signal data measuring unit (20) on the basis of the normal biological signal data;

a radio modem (40) connected to said radio communication network for transmitting the biological signal data to said biological signal monitoring server apparatus (300) if said biological signal analysis unit (30) finds out biological signal data indicating an abnormality; and

a display unit (50) for displaying a prescription message transmitted from said biological signal monitoring server apparatus (300).

13. The real-time biological signal monitoring system using the radio communication network according to claim 12, wherein said portable biological signal hold apparatus (100) further comprises, in said single unit, a first key input unit (10) which can manually input a signal indicating an abnormality to said biological signal monitoring server apparatus (300).