Personal status physiologic monitor system and architecture and related monitoring methods

A system for actively monitoring a patient, said system comprising:

• at least one body-worn monitoring device, said at least one body-worn monitoring device including at least one sensor that continuously measures at least one physiologic parameter, said at least one body-worn monitoring device being able to detect at least one predetermined event and in which said at least one body-worn monitoring device stores said continuously monitored data;
• at least one intermediary device linked to said at least one body-worn monitoring device by a first wireless network;
• at least one computer linked to at least one intermediary device by a second wireless network;
• and
• at least one respondent device linked to said at least one computer, said at least one body-worn monitoring device, being programmed to periodically maintain network connectivity with said at least one intermediary device by transmitting a periodic beacon and to automatically transmit continuously measured physiologic data, including stored physiologic data, from said at least one sensor to said at least one intermediary device over said first wireless network only when said predetermined event is detected, each of said first and second wireless networks being in an “off” state other than the transmission of said periodic beacon until the predetermined event is detected.

A system for actively monitoring a patient, said system comprising:

• at least one body-worn monitoring device, said at least one body-worn monitoring device including at least one sensor that is powered to continually monitor at least one physiologic parameter, said body-worn monitoring device including means for storing continuously monitored physiologic parameter data and means for detecting at least one predetermined event;
• at least one intermediary device linked to said at least one body-worn monitoring device by a first wireless network;
• at least one computer linked to said at least one intermediary device by a second wireless network;
• and
• at least one respondent device linked to said at least one computer by said second wireless network wherein said at least one body-worn monitoring device, is programmed to automatically transmit continuously monitored physiologic data, including said stored data, over said first wireless network to said at least one body-worn monitoring device said at least one body-worn monitoring device being programmed to transmit a wireless beacon to maintain connectivity between said at least one computer, said a least one intermediary device and said body-worn monitoring device, thereby enabling each of said first and second wireless networks in a powered but “off” state.