Method of providing a home health care service and system for providing a home health care service
First Claim
1. A method of providing a home health care service, comprising steps of:
- providing access to a health care center on the Internet, said health care center having personal data necessary for the health care of registered at-home patients as basic health care data and also having the capability of inferring the health conditions of the at-home patients from measurement data provided by the at-home home patients and said basic health care data, and providing services necessary for health care or services appropriate to the inferred health conditions to said at-home patients;
distributing biosensor devices to at-home patients who wish to receive a home health care service, said biosensor device having a capability of detecting predetermined chemical components contained in a substance discharged from a human body and automatically generating electrical measurement data at the position of discharge as occasion arises;
collecting the measurement data of each registered at-home patient to said health care center from at-home patients by way of said Internet; and
managing time-varying health conditions of the at-home patients over a period of time based on the collected measurement data as well as said basic health care data, and providing necessary services for maintaining the health of the at-home patients,wherein said biosensor device includes a urine testing device comprising;
a urine collector for collecting urine inside a toilet bowl;
a biosensor exchangeably attached inside said urine collector for detecting predetermined chemical component values contained in urine and converting said detected values into electrical signals;
a support member for supporting said urine collector away from said toilet bowl during collection and also supporting a transmission path of said electrical signals, said support member being arranged so that said urine collector may be automatically or manually moved from a housing location to a prescribed use-position in the toilet bowl and vice versa; and
a signal processor for processing electrical signals supplied from said biosensor through said transmission path.
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Abstract
A system for providing a home health care service includes a health care center, a service recipient device, and the Internet that connects these components. The health care center: is constructed on the Internet; includes a database for registering personal data that are necessary for the health care of registered at-home patients as basic health care data and storing measurement data that are provided from at-home patients over the course of time; and has the functions of inferring the health conditions of at-home patients based on the measurement data and the basic health care data, and offering appropriate services necessary for inferred health conditions. The service recipient device includes a biosensor and a signal processor. The biosensor detects chemical components contained in a substance that is discharged from the human body and converts detected values to electrical signals at the point of discharge.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of providing a home health care service, comprising steps of:
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providing access to a health care center on the Internet, said health care center having personal data necessary for the health care of registered at-home patients as basic health care data and also having the capability of inferring the health conditions of the at-home patients from measurement data provided by the at-home home patients and said basic health care data, and providing services necessary for health care or services appropriate to the inferred health conditions to said at-home patients; distributing biosensor devices to at-home patients who wish to receive a home health care service, said biosensor device having a capability of detecting predetermined chemical components contained in a substance discharged from a human body and automatically generating electrical measurement data at the position of discharge as occasion arises; collecting the measurement data of each registered at-home patient to said health care center from at-home patients by way of said Internet; and managing time-varying health conditions of the at-home patients over a period of time based on the collected measurement data as well as said basic health care data, and providing necessary services for maintaining the health of the at-home patients, wherein said biosensor device includes a urine testing device comprising; a urine collector for collecting urine inside a toilet bowl; a biosensor exchangeably attached inside said urine collector for detecting predetermined chemical component values contained in urine and converting said detected values into electrical signals; a support member for supporting said urine collector away from said toilet bowl during collection and also supporting a transmission path of said electrical signals, said support member being arranged so that said urine collector may be automatically or manually moved from a housing location to a prescribed use-position in the toilet bowl and vice versa; and a signal processor for processing electrical signals supplied from said biosensor through said transmission path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for providing a home health care service, comprising:
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a health care center on the Internet provided with a database for registering, as basic health care data, personal data necessary for the health care of registered at-home patients and for storing measurement data provided by at home patients as occasion arises over a period of time, said health care center having a function of inferring the health conditions of the at-home patients based on said measurement data as well as said basic health care data and providing services necessary for health care or services appropriate to the inferred health conditions, to the at-home patients; and a service recipient device belonging to an at-home patient comprising;
a biosensor for detecting predetermined chemical components that are contained in a substance discharged from said at-home patient and converting the detected values of said chemical components to electrical signals at the point of discharge when the discharge is conducted;
a signal processor for processing an output of said biosensor and automatically generating measurement data as well as performing control of the communication between said service recipient device and said health care center and an information terminal for interfacing said signal processor and said Internet,wherein said service recipient device delivers, under output control of said signal processor, measurement data that have been generated over a period of time together with time data that indicate the times when said biosensor detected said chemical component to said Internet, designating said health care center as the transmission destination; and
said service recipient device receives, under input control of said signal processor, information transmitted from said health care center by way of said Internet,wherein said health care center, when judging the transmission source of received measurement data being a service recipient device belonging to a registered at-home patient, stores the measurement data to said data base, and as demand arises, said health care center infers the health condition of the at-home patient based on stored measurement data and with reference to the registered basic health care data and provides information necessary for health care or services appropriate for the inferred health condition, to the at-home patient, and wherein said biosensor device includes a urine testing device comprising; a urine collector for collecting urine inside a toilet bowl; a biosensor exchangeably attached inside said urine collector for detecting predetermined chemical component values contained in urine and converting said detected values into electrical signals; a support member for supporting said urine collector away from said toilet bowl during collection and also supporting a transmission path of said electrical signals, said support member being arranged so that said urine collector may be automatically or manually moved from a housing location to a prescribed use-position in the toilet bowl and vice versa; and a signal processor for processing electrical signals supplied from said biosensor through said transmission path. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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