System for centralized management of medical data

Claim 1

A system for centralized management of medical data regarding bio-body information detected from a patient by way of a telephone line to a data processing facility in a hospital, clinic or like other medical organization, said system comprising: a transmission section adapted to be attached to a patient and a receiving section situated remote from the patient, between which signals are sent; said transmission section including; at least one sensor adapted to be attached to a patient, for detecting bio-body information from said patient to produce a signal indicative thereof, at least one amplifier for amplifying said detected signal, an A/D converter for converting said amplified signal into digital bio-body data, and a transceiver for transmitting and receiving said bio-body data in a wireless mode relative to said receiving section, said receiving section having: a transceiver for transmitting and receiving said bio-body data in a wireless mode relative to said transmission section, a telephone set having an I/O interface connected to an external output of said receiving section: at least one of said transmission section and said receiving section, further including: a random access memory having a memory area means for storing predetermined reference values that define: (a) at least one kind of general standard ranges for bio-body information data which are determined each based on known average data taken from a certain group of healthy persons, and (b) at least one kind of permissible personal ranges for bio-body information data, of the same kind as said general standard range, and which are determined each depending on characteristics of a particular patient, and said random access memory also having another memory area means for continuously storing all of said bio-body information data detected by said at least one sensor within a predetermined period of time, a central processing unit having: means for receiving said bio-body information data, means for accessing said random access memory thereby fetching said reference values stored in said memory region selectively, means for comparing said bio-body information with said general standard ranges and then with said personal permissible range and with said corresponding reference values successively, and for determining whether said bio-body information require an emergency response, and means for outputting said bio-body information by way of said I/O interface of said receiving section, to said telephone line.

Claim 2

A system for centralized management of medical data regarding bio-body information detected from a patient by way of a telephone line to a data processing facility in a hospital, clinic or like other medical organization, said system comprising: a transmission section adapted to be attached to a patient and a receiving section situated remote from the patient, between which signals are sent; said transmission section including; at least one sensor adapted to be attached to a patient, for detecting bio-body information from said patient to produce a signal indicative thereof, at least one amplifier for amplifying said detected signal, an A/D converter for converting said amplified signal into digital bio-body data, and a transceiver for transmitting and receiving said bio-body data in a wireless mode relative to said receiving section, said receiving section having: a transceiver for transmitting and receiving said bio-body data in a wireless mode relative to said transmission section, a telephone set having an I/O interface connected to an external output of said receiving section: at least one of said transmission section and said receiving section, further including: a random access memory having a memory area means for storing predetermined reference values that define: (a) at least one kind of general standard ranges for bio-body information data which are determined each based on known average data taken from a certain group of healthy persons, and (b) at least one kind of permissible personal ranges for bio-body information data, of the same kind as said general standard range, and which are determined each depending on characteristics of a particular patient, and said random access memory also having another memory area means for continuously storing all of said bio-body information data detected by said at least one sensor within a predetermined period of time, a central processing unit having: means for receiving said bio-body information data, means for accessing said random access memory thereby fetching said reference values stored in said memory region selectively, means for comparing said bio-body information with said general standard ranges and then with said personal permissible range and with said corresponding reference values successively, and for determining whether said bio-body information require an emergency response, and means for outputting said bio-body information by way of said I/O interface of said receiving section, to said telephone line.