Outpatient monitoring systems and methods

• US 8,769,153 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2013
• Issued: 07/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medicalgorithmics S.A.
• Original Assignee: Medicalgorithmics S.A.
• Inventors: Dziubinski, Marek
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Application Number:
  US13/750,185
• Publication Number:
  US 20130138742A1
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• Field of Search: 709200-203, 709217-227, 709/247, 705/2, 705/3, 600/300
• US Class Current: 709/247
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/72 Signal processing specially adapted for physiological signals or for diagnostic purposes character recognition, recognising digital ink, document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/00; recognition or understanding of postal images G06V30/424
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for outpatient monitoring. In some examples, the outpatient monitoring technology includes a system for remote monitoring and consultations of patients'"'"' state associated with automated interpretation of vital signs signals. In other examples, the outpatient monitoring technology includes a system for remote monitoring of patients'"'"' state associated with analysis of full-disclosure vital signs digital signals with reduced bit data or channel data. In some examples, the outpatient monitoring technology includes a system for remote monitoring of patients'"'"' state associated with ongoing automated analysis and transmission of full-disclosure vital signs digital signals and automatically generated signals'"'"' interpretation results and manually marked patient symptoms.

Claims

1. A system for remote monitoring of patients'"'"' state associated with analysis and transmission of full-disclosure data signals having reduced bit data and/or reduced number of channels, representative of patient'"'"'s vital signs, the system comprising:

at least one portable monitor configured to;

acquire, store and compress/reduce data signals representative of patients'"'"' vital signs with a lossy compression/bit reduction algorithm/channel reduction procedure; and

transmit the compressed data signals along with some uncompressed vital signs signal data fragments; and

at least one monitoring computer station, the monitoring computer station comprising;

a downloading module for obtaining the compressed/reduced data signals and the uncompressed/unreduced data fragments; and

a verification module visually distinguishing between the compressed/reduced data signals and the uncompressed/unreduced data fragments.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one portable monitor selects the uncompressed/unreduced data fragments based on generated interpretation results and/or a signal condition representing at least one significant signal event.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the verification module of the at least one monitoring computer station remotely requests additional uncompressed/unreduced data fragments stored in the at least one portable monitor'"'"'s memory for additional review.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the additionally requested uncompressed/unreduced data fragments and the compressed/reduced data signals are visually distinguished by the at least one monitoring computer station with the use of the verification module.

5. A system for remote monitoring of patients'"'"' state associated with analysis and transmission of full-disclosure data signals having reduced bit data and/or reduced number of channels, representative of patient'"'"'s vital signs, the system comprising:

at least one means for portable monitoring configured to;

acquire, store and compress data signals representative of patients'"'"' vital signs with a lossy compression/bit reduction algorithm/channel reduction procedure; and

transmit the compressed/reduced data signals along with some uncompressed/unreduced vital signs signal data fragments; and

at least one means for monitoring, the means for monitoring comprising;

means for obtaining the compressed data signals and the uncompressed/unreduced data fragments; and

means for visually distinguishing between the compressed/reduced data signals and the uncompressed/unreduced data fragments.