Medical data collection system and method of use thereof
AssigneeLinet spol. s.r.o.
InventorVladimir Kolar
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Abstract
The subject of the invention is a system for collecting medical data such as heart rate, breathing frequency, intracranial pressure, apnea and others, and method of use thereof. The present invention provides a unique way of collecting medical data, in particular in their acquisition from a plurality of measuring elements.
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A medical data collection system comprising:
- a control unit, and
- a plurality of measuring elements separate from the control unit, wherein the measuring elements are connected in series through a first data signal path, wherein the control unit comprises a trigger and the trigger is connected to each measuring element via a trigger signal path, which is independent of the first data signal path, wherein the trigger provides a trigger impulse to effect simultaneous transmission of data packages from the measuring elements to adjacent ones of the measuring elements throughout the first data signal path.
A method of medical data collection in a data collection system comprising a plurality of measuring elements Ak, wherein the plurality of measuring elements Ak are connected in series through a data signal path, wherein a control unit comprises a trigger, wherein the trigger is connected to each of the plurality of measuring elements Ak through a trigger signal path, and wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- a) the trigger initiating the data collection by transmitting a time-synchronizing impulse to each of the plurality of measuring elements Ak, wherein k is an interval [1,N],
- b) a measuring element AN transmitting a data package to a measuring element AN-1,
- c) measuring elements A2 to AN-1 simultaneously receiving data packages from measuring elements Ak+1 and transmitting data packages to measuring elements Ak−1, and
- d) a measuring element A1 receiving a data package from the measuring element A2 and transmitting a data package to the control unit.
A medical data collection system comprising:
- a control unit, and
- a plurality of multi-sensor non-implantable measuring elements separate from the control until, each measuring element comprising a piezoelectric transducer for measuring slow changes in vital functions of a patient and a comparator capacitor for measuring fast changes in the vital functions without need for a physical connection to the patient, wherein the measuring elements are connected in series through a data signal path, wherein the control unit comprises a trigger and the trigger is connected to each measuring element via a trigger signal path, which is independent of the data signal path, to simultaneously transmit a data package from each one of the measuring elements to an adjacent one of the measuring elements all at one time through the data signal path based on a synchronized trigger impulse from the trigger, and wherein the trigger path carries only the trigger impulse.
A method of medical data collection in a data collection system comprising a control unit and a plurality of measuring elements, wherein the plurality of measuring elements are connected in series through a data signal path, wherein the control unit comprises a trigger and the trigger is connected to each of the plurality of measuring elements via a trigger signal path, which is independent of the data signal path, to simultaneously transmit a data package from the plurality of measuring elements through the data signal path based on a synchronized trigger impulse from the trigger, and wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- a) initiating the data collection from the plurality of measuring elements by transmitting a first synchronized trigger impulse from the trigger to the plurality of measuring elements,
- b) transmitting a first data package from at least one of the plurality of measuring elements to a successive one of the plurality of measuring elements by transmitting a second synchronized trigger impulse from the trigger to the plurality of measuring elements,
- c) repeating the transmitting step until the first data package is received by a closest one of the measuring elements to the control unit, and
- d) transmitting the data package from the closest one of the measuring elements to the control unit to the control unit.
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