Personal medical monitoring unit and system
AssigneeMCI Communications Corporation
InventorEric T. Phipps
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Abstract
A portable unit worn by a subject, comprising a medical monitoring device, a data processing module with memory and transmitter for collecting, monitoring, and storing the subject's physiological data and also issuing the subject's medical alarm conditions via wireless communications network to the appropriate location for expeditious dispatch of assistance. The unit also works in conjunction with a central reporting system for long term collection and storage of the subject's physiological data. The unit may have the capability to automatically dispense chemicals that may alleviate or assist in recovery from an illness.
Claims35
A portable medical monitoring device, for generating, collecting, and evaluating physiological data relating to a subject, said device transmitting data via a communications medium to a central reporting system, comprising:
- (a) at least one medical sensor for generating current physiological data relating to a condition of said subject;
- (b) a data storage device for electronically storing said physiological data for a predetermined period;
- (c) a transmitter for transmitting said physiological data of said subject to a central reporting system in response to a first output control signal;
- (d) data processing means for evaluating said physiological data and generating said first output control signal in response to pre-determined parameters in said evaluation, said data processing means also generating a plurality of input/output control signals;
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- (e) at least one output device communicating at least one of said input/output control signals to said subject.
A portable medical monitoring device, for generating, collecting, and evaluating physiological data relating to a subject and the subject's geographic location, said device transmitting data via a communications link to a central reporting system, comprising:
- (a) at least one medical sensor for generating current physiological data relating to a condition of said subject;
- (b) a data storage device for electronically storing said physiological data for a predetermined period;
- (c) a GPS receiver for determining the geographic coordinates of a subject;
- (d) a wireless transmitter for transmitting said physiological data and said geographic coordinates of said subject to a central reporting system in response to a first output control signal;
- (e) data processing means for evaluating said physiological data and generating said first output control signal and a plurality of other output control signals;
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- (f) at least one output device for communicating with said subject in response to at least one of said other output control signals.
A medical monitoring system for collection and evaluation of a subject's physiological data comprising:
- (a) a portable medical monitoring device for generating, collecting, and evaluating physiological data relating to a subject, said portable medical monitoring device further comprising,
- (i) at least one medical sensor for generating current physiological data relating to a condition of said subject;
- (ii) a data storage device for electronically storing said physiological data for a predetermined period;
- (iii) a wireless transmitter for transmitting said physiological data to a central reporting system in response to a first output control signal;
- (iv) data processing means for evaluating said physiological data and generating a plurality of output control signals;
- (v) at least one output device for communicating information in response to at least one of a plurality of input/output control signals;
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- (b) a central reporting data server for collecting and storing physiological data from a plurality of said portable medical monitoring devices wherein each of said portable medical monitoring devices has a unique device identifier and monitors a separate subject, said central reporting data server further comprising means for correlating said unique device identifier to an individual subject medical data record.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.