System for monitoring and reporting medical measurements
AssigneeEnact Health Management Systems
InventorsChristopher A. Tacklind, Matthew H. Sanders, Geoffrey B. Walne
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Abstract
A system for monitoring and reporting medical information includes a stand-alone monitor for storing data records comprising measured values and time stamps and for transmitting the records to a remote reporting unit over a communication system. The remote reporting unit includes a relational data base that is updated when records are down-loaded from the monitor; a report generator for generating chronological graphs of the measured values for a particular patient; and a report transmitting unit for transmitting reports to a requesting health care provider.
Claims1
A respiratory function sensor comprising:
- a sensor chamber forming an enclosed volume and having an opening into the enclosed volume;
- a rotor, rotatably mounted within the enclosed volume and having a plurality of blades and a shaft mounted vertically within said sensor chamber, for rotating in response to a volume of air exhaled by a patient through the opening in the enclosed volume, with each rotor blade including a vane, displaced horizontally from said shaft, to form an open area between the shaft and vane;
- a magnet, disposed within said shaft for generating a rotating magnetic field when the patient exhales into the opening;
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- a magnetic pick-up, disposed within said chamber, in proximity to said magnet, and positioned to be located within the open area when said rotor is rotating, said magnetic pick-up for generating electromagnetic pulses in response to the rotating magnetic field, with the frequency of pulses indicating the rate of exhalation of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.