Remote health-monitoring system and method
OwnerTimon LeDain, Mike Brown +1inventors
InventorsTimon LeDain, Mike Brown, Kevin Bailey
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a remote health-monitoring system and method for the remote monitoring and supervision of outpatient vital signs using videoconferencing techniques. The system includes a management site, at least one medical professional site, a patient site, and a computer program operative to facilitate communications between the management site, the medical professional site, and the patient site to provide remote health monitoring. Video images and physiological data of a patient are digitally transmitted from a patient to a remote health care provider over a communications network, typically the Internet.
Claims8
A remote health-monitoring system comprising:
- a management site having:
- a remote health-monitoring application server;
- and
- a database accessible by the application server;
- at least one medical professional site-having:
- a client computer;
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- a first videoconference camera in communication with the client computer;
- a patient site having:
- a gateway computer;
- a second videoconference camera in communication with the gateway computer for relaying images of a patient;
- a medical kit having physiological data measuring devices in communication with the gateway computer for relaying a patient's physiological measurements;
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- a television for viewing informational displays;
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- a computer program operative to facilitate communications between the management site, the medical professional site, and the patient site to provide remote health monitoring.
A remote health-monitoring method comprising the steps of:
- (i) managing remote health-monitoring using a remote health-monitoring application server;
- and a database accessible by the application server;
- (ii) visiting a patient remotely using a client computer and a first videoconference camera in communication with the client computer;
- (iii) receiving a remote visit using a gateway computer, a second videoconference camera in communication with the gateway computer for relaying images of a patient, a medical kit having physiological data measuring devices in communication with the gateway computer for relaying a patient's physiological measurements, and a television for viewing informational displays;
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- (iv) facilitating communications between all elements to provide remote health monitoring using a computer program.
A remote health-monitoring system comprising:
- means for managing remote health-monitoring using a remote health-monitoring application server;
- and a database accessible by the application server;
- means for visiting a patient remotely using a client computer and a first videoconference camera in communication with the client computer;
- means for receiving a remote visit using a gateway computer, a second videoconference camera in communication with the gateway computer for relaying images of a patient, a medical kit having physiological data measuring devices in communication with the gateway computer for relaying a patient's physiological measurements, and a television for viewing informational displays;
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- means for facilitating communications between all elements to provide remote health monitoring using a computer program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.