# US 10,872,685 B2 · Electronic patient monitoring system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,872,685 B2 - Document ID: US10872685B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/971,258 - Filed: 2013-08-20 - Published: 2013-12-19 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2010-01-22 - Assignees: DEKA Products Limited Partnership - Applicants: DEKA Products Limited Partnership - Inventors: David Blumberg, Jr.; Dean Kamen; Marc J. Gorayeb - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10872685B2 ## CPC - G16H 10/65: stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD - G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records - G16H 20/10: relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - G16H 20/40: relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract An electronic patient monitoring system comprising a monitoring client and a remote communicator are provided. The monitoring client is configured to store patient information. The patient information may be patient-specific information. The monitoring client may receive the information from a database, e.g., through a monitoring server. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic patient monitoring system comprising: an active wireless system including a micro-cellular network, the active wireless system including a monitor configured to detect intensity of use, the active wireless system configured to allocate channel frequencies in accordance with the detected intensity of use of an area by directing additional channel frequencies to the area; a monitoring-server computer configured to retrieve physiological data of a patient from a database computer; a tablet configured to operatively communicate with the monitoring-server computer to receive and locally store the physiological data of the patient received from the monitoring-server computer; an infusion pump configured to infuse the patient with a medication; and a smart phone in operative communication with the tablet, wherein the smart phone is configured to access the physiological data of the patient directly from the tablet without accessing the monitoring-server computer, wherein the monitoring-server computer, the tablet, and the smart phone are configured to communicate with each other over the micro-cellular network enabling the tablet to remain in communication with the monitoring-server computer while being mobile within a facility, wherein the smart phone is configured to display the physiological data of the patient next to a treatment order of the medication with an option to send the treatment order to the infusion pump and an option to view a reference of detailed information including information about the medication, the smart phone is configured to instruct the infusion pump to treat the patient with the medication via the micro-cellular network when the smart phone receives user input to treat the patient and the infusion pump is configured to execute treatment of the patient upon receipt of instruction from the smart phone, the smart phone configured to display the reference when the smart phone receives user input to view the reference, wherein one of the tablet and the smart phone is configured, based at least in part on the physiological data of the patient, to alter a rate of infusion of the infusion pump by communicating a signal to the infusion pump as well as alert a health care provider. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the smart phone communicates with the tablet using a wireless connection. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the smart phone is configured to communicate with the tablet while outside of the facility having an associated patient located therein. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the smart phone is configured to change at least one setting of the infusion pump based at least in part on data other than the physiological data of the patient and transmit the at least one setting to the tablet. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic patient monitoring system according to claim 4, wherein the system is configured to communicate the at least one setting to the monitoring-server computer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the tablet is configured to store at least one of orders, medications, progress notes, and monitoring and treatment data from a device attached to a patient. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic patient monitoring system according to claim 6, wherein the tablet is configured to periodically upload at least one of orders, medications, progress notes, and the monitoring and treatment data from the device attached to the patient to the database computer for permanent storage therein. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the physiological data of the patient includes at least one of an age, a height, a weight, a current medication, a medication category, a medication allergy, and a medication sensitivity. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the tablet is configured for assignment to a patient. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic patient monitoring system according to claim 9, wherein the tablet is configured for assignment to the patient utilizing a unique patient identifier. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electronic patient monitoring system according to claim 10, wherein the unique patient identifier is embedded on a bar code. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The electronic patient monitoring system according to claim 10, wherein the unique patient identifier is embedded within an RFID tag-embedded wrist band. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The electronic patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the tablet is physically associated with the infusion pump. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The electronic patient monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising a patient monitoring device configured to measure a physical characteristic of a patient, wherein the tablet receives the measure of the physical characteristic of the patient in real time. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The electronic patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the tablet is adapted to determine if a new order meets predetermined criteria based upon a subset of the physiological data of the patient. ### Claim 16 A system comprising: a tablet configured to locally store physiological data of a patient; a smart phone in operative communication with the tablet, wherein the smart phone is configured to access the physiological data of the patient directly from the tablet; an infusion pump configured to infuse the patient with a medication; and an active wireless network including a micro-cellular network, the active wireless network configured to provide communications between the tablet and the smart phone within a facility, the active wireless network including an intensity monitor configured to determine usage intensity of an area, the active wireless network allocating channel frequencies in accordance with the determined intensity by directing additional channel frequencies to the area; wherein the smart phone is configured to display the physiological data of the patient next to a treatment order of the medication with an option to send the treatment order to the infusion pump and an option to view a physician's desk reference including detailed drug information, the smart phone is configured to instruct the infusion pump to treat the patient with the medication via the active wireless network when the smart phone receives user input to treat the patient and the infusion pump is configured to execute treatment of the patient upon receipt of instruction from the smart phone, the smart phone is configured to display the physician's desk reference when the smart phone receives user input to view the physician's desk reference, wherein one of the tablet and the smart phone is configured, based at least in part on the physiological data of the patient, to alter a rate of infusion of the infusion pump by communicating a signal to the infusion pump as well as alert a health care provider. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system according to claim 16, wherein the tablet is configured to be in physical proximity to an assigned patient. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The system according to claim 16, wherein the tablet is configured to retrieve and store the physiological data of the patient from a database computer over the micro-cellular network. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system according to claim 18, wherein the database computer is an electronic health records database computer. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The system according to claim 18, wherein the smart phone is configured to access the physiological data of the patient without accessing the database computer. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The system according to claim 16, wherein the active wireless network includes a WIFI type network and the smart phone is configured to be in wireless communication with the tablet over at least one of the WIFI type network and the micro-cellular network. ### Claim 22 (depends on 16) The system according to claim 16, wherein the smart phone includes a touchscreen. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The system according to claim 22, wherein the smart phone is configured to provide one-touch access to a patient's medical information. ### Claim 24 (depends on 16) The system according to claim 16, wherein the tablet is physically associated with the infusion pump. ### Claim 25 (depends on 16) The system according to claim 16, wherein the tablet is configured to review information about a progress of treatment. ### Claim 26 (depends on 16) The system according to claim 16, wherein the smart phone is configured to communicate a change to a setting of the infusion pump directly to the tablet. ### Claim 27 (depends on 16) The system according to claim 16, wherein the tablet is configured to receive state parameters. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The system according to claim 27, wherein the tablet is configured to signal the infusion pump to at least one of halt infusion, alter the rate of infusion, and alert the health care provider when a state parameter of the state parameters is abnormal. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The system according to claim 28, wherein the tablet is configured to communicate the alert to the smart phone. ### Claim 30 (depends on 16) The system according to claim 16, wherein the smart phone is configured to show a risk profile associated with an ordered medication presented to assist a user with dosage, delivery or potential risks of the ordered medication. ### Claim 31 (depends on 16) The system according to claim 16, wherein the smart phone is configured to show a risk profile associated with a suggested course of action as generated by the tablet presented to assist a user with dosage, delivery or potential risks of an ordered medication. ### Claim 32 (depends on 16) The system according to claim 16, wherein the tablet is configured to access a database computer within the facility and access another database computer outside of the facility. ### Claim 33 (depends on 16) The system according to claim 16, wherein the physiological data of the patient includes at least one of an age, a height, a weight, a current medication, a medication category, a medication allergy, and a medication sensitivity.