Patient monitor and support system

A system for monitoring the prenatal health and medical requirements of a patient, comprising:

• a sensor for monitoring the patient's prenatal health and medical state, the sensor generating a parameter indicative of the patient's prenatal requirements;
• a data base located at a remote location from the sensor for storing the patient's prenatal medical state;
• means for communicating the parameter to the data base;
• means for retrieving the parameter from the data base;
• and
• means for providing medical procedure to the patient in response to the retrieved parameter.

In a network comprising a processor, a remotely located sensor, in communication with the processor, which generates a parameter indicative of a patient's medical condition and a database for storing the parameter, a method of monitoring and responding to the health and medical condition of a patient, comprising:

• monitoring the patient's medical condition;
• generating a parameter indicative of the patient medical condition;
• communicating the parameter to the data base;
• retrieving the parameter from the data base;
• and
• executing a network software function on the processor to provide medical procedure to the patient in response to the retrieved parameter.

In a network comprising a remotely located sensor which generates a parameter indicative of a patient's prenatal medical condition and a database for storing the parameter, a method of monitoring and responding to the prenatal health and medical condition of the patient, comprising:

• monitoring the patient's prenatal health and medical condition;
• generating a parameter indicative of the patient prenatal medical condition;
• communicating the parameter to the data base;
• retrieving the parameter from the date base;
• and
• executing a network software function on a processor to provide medical procedure to the patient in response to the retrieved parameter.

A system for monitoring and responding to the health and medical condition of a patient, comprising:

• a first sensor for monitoring the patient's medical condition, the first sensor generating a first parameter indicative of the patient's medical condition;
• a second sensor for monitoring the patient's medical condition, the second sensor generating a second parameter indicative of the patient's medical condition;
• a recorder for storing the second parameter generated by the second sensor;
• a base unit for storing the parameters generated by the first sensor and the recorder;
• a data base located at a remote location from the first and second sensors and the recorder, for storing parameters indicative of the patient's medical condition, said data base comprising at least one record specific to the patient, the record including the sensor parameters;
• a communications subsystem to transfer the parameters from the base unit to the data base;
• a process to retrieve the parameters from the data base;
• and
• a software function executing on a processor for directing one or more medical procedures or activities to be carried out by the patient in response to the retrieved parameters.

A medical monitoring system, comprising:

• a care center, comprising:
• means for configuring medical sensors with parameter data;
• a database for storing medical data indicative of a plurality of patients;
• and
• means, responsive to the configuring means and the database, for communicating data;
• a plurality of patient sites, each patient site remotely located from the care center and comprising:
• a base unit comprising means for communicating data and means for storing parameter and medical data, the data indicative of the patient located at the patient site;
• and
• a plurality of medical sensors, each sensor connected to the base unit, receiving parameter data from the configuring means and providing medical data to the database under control of the base unit.