# US 2016/0354033 A1 · Vital sign information collection system

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- Number: US 2016/0354033 A1
- Document ID: US20160354033A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/238,837
- Filed: 2016-08-17
- Published: 2016-12-08
- Earliest claimed: 2014-02-19
- Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Inventors: Kazushige OUCHI; Isao AMEMIYA; Takuzo TAKAYAMA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160354033A1

## CPC

- A61B 5/681: {Wristwatch-type devices}
- A61B 5/02055: {Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature}
- A61B 5/02405: {Determining heart rate variability}
- A61B 5/02438: {with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient}
- A61B 5/0245: by using sensing means generating electric signals, {i.e. ECG signals}
- A61B 5/4809: {Sleep detection, i.e. determining whether a subject is asleep or not}
- G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
- G16H 40/63: for local operation
- A61B 2562/0219: Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## Abstract

A vital sign information collection system has a vital sign information measuring device that measures vital sign information, a vital sign information collecting device that performs authentication by attribute information of a measurement subject and collects the vital sign information measured by the vital sign information measuring device, and links the attribute information with the collected vital sign information, and a management device that acquires the attribute information and the vital sign information linked with each other, from the vital sign information collecting device, and retains the vital sign information linked with personal information to identify the measurement subject.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vital sign information collection system comprising:
a vital sign information measuring device that measures vital sign information;
a vital sign information collecting device that performs authentication by attribute information of a measurement subject and collects the vital sign information measured by the vital sign information measuring device, and links the attribute information with the collected vital sign information; and
a management device that acquires the attribute information and the vital sign information linked with each other, from the vital sign information collecting device, and retains the vital sign information linked with personal information to identify the measurement subject.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vital sign information collection system according to claim 1, wherein
the management device is an information terminal, and has a capability of transmitting the retained vital sign information and the personal information to a server.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vital sign information collection system according to claim 1, wherein
the management device is a server, and the server inquires personal information to identify the measurement subject of an information terminal or the vital sign information collecting device, and receives the personal information to identify the measurement subject from the information terminal or the vital sign information collecting device.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vital sign information collection system according to claim 1, wherein
the vital sign information measuring device comprises at least one of a device that measures unique vital sign information of the measurement subject, and a device that measures vital sign information of many and unspecified persons.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The vital sign information collection system according to claim 1, wherein
the vital sign information measuring device measures at least one of an electrocardiogram, a pulse wave, an acceleration, and a temperature.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The vital sign information collection system according to claim 1, wherein
the vital sign information collecting device has a capability of being worn on a body of a measurement subject to which authentication has been performed, and collects vital sign information from the vital sign information measuring device while being worn on the body of the measurement subject.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The vital sign information collection system according to claim 6, wherein
the vital sign information collecting device invalidates information to which authentication has been performed, when taken off from the body of the measurement subject to which authentication has been performed.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The vital sign information collection system according to claim 7, wherein
the information terminal validates authentication information to which authentication has been performed by the authentication device while the vital sign information collecting device is worn on the body of the measurement subject, and invalidates the authentication information when the vital sign information collecting device is taken off from the body of the measurement subject.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The vital sign information collection system according to claim 1, wherein
the management device transmits acquisition completion information indicating that acquisition of the vital sign information collected by the vital sign information collecting device is completed, to the vital sign information collecting device, and
the vital sign information collecting device receives the acquisition completion information and then deletes the vital sign information acquired by the management device.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The vital sign information collection system according to claim 1, wherein
the vital sign information collecting device interprets the vital sign information measured by the vital sign information measuring device, and, on the basis of the interpreted vital sign information, variably adjusts information granularity of the vital sign information that is transmitted to the management device.