JP2010220759A - Medical monitor, monitoring method therefor, alarm notifying system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical monitor that transmits information with suitable contents to anyone necessary according to the conditions of a subject. <P>SOLUTION: The medical monitor 100 includes a measuring part 111 to measure the conditions of a subject 400 at an interval T<SB>1</SB>of one hour and generate information of his/her conditions, a decision part 112 to decide whether such condition information generated by the measuring part 111 is normal or not, an address storage part 121 to store a plurality of addresses specified for the information, an alarm generator 113 to generate the alarm information that differs among all the addresses stored in the address storage part 121 according to the results of the decision part 112, and an information transmitter 114 to transmit the respective alarm information generated by the alarm generator 113 to the addresses corresponding to the respective alarm information through a network 200. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a medical monitoring apparatus, a medical monitoring method, an alarm notification system, and a program.

  Family members and close relatives of patients who are admitted to the hospital in a serious state need to pack in the hospital in order to know the patient's condition, which is a burden both physically and mentally. Moreover, in the case of a patient who is being treated at home by home medical care, it is rare that a medical person is present. In the event of an emergency such as a patient having a seizure, the patient, the patient's family, etc. may contact medical personnel or call an ambulance, but the communication may be slow and fatal.

  In order to deal with the above-described cases, various monitoring devices have been devised that monitor a patient's condition and notify an alarm far away in the event of an abnormality.

  As this type of technology, Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-70086) describes the following technology. In the technology, when a pulse, electrocardiogram or the like measured by the monitoring device is abnormal, a notification is sent from the mobile phone connected to the monitoring device to the monitoring center. The monitoring center can output the patient's medical record corresponding to the terminal ID of the mobile phone to various places.

  As this type of technology, Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-102179) describes the following technology. The technology is a mobile phone having a function of measuring the condition of a subject. In addition, when an abnormality is detected in the state of the mobile phone, the mobile phone can notify the outside by a call, e-mail, or the like.

  As this type of technology, Patent Document 3 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-70088) describes the following technology. The technology is a mobile phone having a function of measuring the subject's condition and generating an electrocardiogram. In addition, the mobile phone can automatically make a call by selecting a call destination according to the degree of abnormality of the generated electrocardiogram.

  As this type of technology, Patent Document 4 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-165377) describes the following technology. The technology is a monitoring device including a display that displays and outputs the measured subject's condition. Further, the monitoring device transmits a radio signal indicating an abnormality when the measured condition is abnormal, and causes the medical person to carry a receiver that receives the wireless signal, thereby allowing the medical person to carry the condition of the subject. Can report that is abnormal. Further, when the receiver detects that the receiver is at a long distance from the monitoring device, the display is turned off, and when it is detected that the receiver is at a short distance, the display is turned on.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-70086 JP 2002-102179 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-70088 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-165377

  However, the above technique has room for improvement in the following points. Even if a monitoring device or the like notifies some information to the distance according to the condition of the subject, the required information differs depending on who the notification destination is. For example, medical personnel with specialized medical knowledge need to know the patient's condition in detail, but if they are close relatives of the patient, it is only necessary to know that the condition has suddenly changed. However, in any of the above techniques, the content of the information (signal) to be notified is constant regardless of the notification destination, and is not appropriate as information to be transmitted to the entire parties related to the subject.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a medical monitoring apparatus, a medical monitoring method, and an alarm that transmit information of appropriate contents for each notification destination according to the condition of the subject. To provide a notification system and program.

  According to the present invention, the condition of the subject is measured at each first time interval, and measurement means for generating the condition information representing the condition is determined, and whether the condition information generated by the measurement means is normal or abnormal is determined. Different alarm information is generated for each of the addresses stored in the address storage unit in accordance with a determination unit, an address storage unit that stores a plurality of addresses for designating notification destinations, and a determination result by the determination unit A medical monitoring apparatus comprising: an alarm generation unit; and a transmission unit that transmits the alarm information to the address corresponding to the alarm information generated by the alarm generation unit via a network. Provided.

  According to the present invention, the measurement step of measuring the subject's condition at each first time interval to generate the condition information representing the condition, and whether the condition information generated in the measurement step is normal or abnormal A determination step for determining, an alarm generation step for generating different alarm information for each of a plurality of addresses designating a notification destination, and the alarm information generated in the alarm generation step according to the determination result in the determination step, respectively And a transmitting step of transmitting via the network to the address corresponding to the alarm information. A medical monitoring method is provided.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, the medical monitoring device includes a medical monitoring device that monitors the condition of the subject, and a plurality of information terminals that can communicate with the medical monitoring device via a network. Measuring means for each of the first time intervals, generating means information representing the contents, determining means for determining whether the condition information generated by the measuring means is normal, or a plurality of the information Address storage means for storing a plurality of addresses for individually specifying information terminals, and alarm generation for generating different alarm information for each of the addresses stored in the address storage means according to the determination result by the determination means And the information specified by the address corresponding to the alarm information, respectively. Alarm notification system is provided which comprises a transmission means for transmitting powder to.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is provided a program stored in a computer-readable storage medium, measuring a subject's condition at each first time interval, and generating condition information representing the condition; A determination process for determining whether the condition information generated in the measurement process is normal or abnormal, and an alarm generation for generating different alarm information for each of a plurality of addresses designating a notification destination according to a determination result by the determination process Provided is a program that causes the computer to execute a process and a transmission process for transmitting the alarm information generated in the alarm generation process to the address corresponding to the alarm information via the network. Is done.

  According to the above invention, different alarm information can be generated for each notification destination (address) according to the condition information indicating the condition of the subject, and the alarm information can be transmitted to the corresponding notification destination (address). Thereby, alarm information having appropriate contents can be transmitted for each notification destination.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the medical monitoring apparatus, the medical monitoring method, the alarm notification system, and program which transmit the information of an appropriate content for every notification destination according to a test subject's condition are provided.

1 is a functional block diagram of an alarm notification system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart showing the medical monitoring method which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the alarm notification system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart showing the medical monitoring method which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the alarm notification system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart showing the medical monitoring method which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and the description will be omitted as appropriate.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an alarm notification system 1000 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The alarm notification system 1000 of this embodiment includes a medical monitoring apparatus 100 that monitors the condition of the subject 400. The alarm notification system 1000 includes a first information terminal 310 and a second information terminal 320 (a plurality of information terminals) that can communicate with the medical monitoring apparatus 100 via the network 200.

  The first information terminal 310 and the second information terminal 320 may be general-purpose computer devices such as personal computers, mobile terminals, mobile phones, and PHS, or may be computer devices dedicated to the alarm notification system 1000, respectively. Good. Further, the medical monitoring device 100 may further be able to communicate with a computer device equivalent to the first information terminal 310 or the second information terminal 320 through the network 200.

  The network 200 may be the Internet, a public telephone network, a LAN, or the like, or a combination of these. Further, the network 200 may include other devices not shown in FIG. 1, and communication between the medical monitoring device 100 and the first information terminal 310 (or the second information terminal 320) is performed via the other devices. It may be done.

Medical monitoring device 100 includes a measurement unit 111 that measures the condition of the subject 400 for every first time interval T _1, and generates a condition information indicating the condition. The medical monitoring apparatus 100 also includes a determination unit 112 that determines whether the condition information generated by the measurement unit 111 is normal or abnormal. Furthermore, the medical monitoring apparatus 100 includes an address storage unit 121 that stores a plurality of addresses for designating notification destinations. Furthermore, the medical monitoring apparatus 100 includes an alarm generation unit 113 that generates different alarm information for each address stored in the address storage unit 121 according to the determination result by the determination unit 112. Furthermore, the medical monitoring apparatus 100 includes a transmission unit 114 that transmits the alarm information generated by the alarm generation unit 113 to the address corresponding to the alarm information via the network 200.

  The measurement unit 111, the determination unit 112, the alarm generation unit 113, and the transmission unit 114 listed here are included in the information processing unit 110. The address storage unit 121 is realized by using a part or all of the storage area of the storage unit 120.

  All or some of the components included in the information processing unit 110 may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by a program (or program code) that causes a processor to execute processing. The processor reads and executes the program from a recording medium such as a nonvolatile memory. In the present embodiment, the processor may be the information processing unit 110, and the storage medium may be the storage unit 120.

When the configuration included in the information processing unit 110 is implemented by a program, the program is stored in a storage medium readable by a processor (computer). Then, the program measures the condition of the subject 400 for every first time interval T _1, to execute the measurement process of generating condition information indicating the condition to the processor. In addition, the program causes the processor to execute a determination process for determining whether the condition information generated in the measurement process is normal or abnormal. Further, the program causes the processor to execute an alarm generation process that generates different alarm information for each of a plurality of addresses that specify the notification destination according to the determination result of the determination process. Further, the program causes the processor to execute a transmission process for transmitting the alarm information generated in the alarm generation process to the address corresponding to the alarm information via the network 200.

  The measuring unit 111 measures the condition of the subject 400 based on the electrical signals received from the sensor 131 and the sensor 132 attached to the subject 400. The measuring unit 111 measures at least one of the heart rate, the blood pressure value, the respiratory rate, and the oxygen saturation of arterial blood as the condition of the subject 400. And the sensor 131 and the sensor 132 may change each specification, number, or mounting position according to the condition of the test subject 400 which the measurement part 111 measures.

  The sensor 131 and the sensor 132 may be a part of the medical monitoring apparatus 100 or may be an external tool to which the medical monitoring apparatus 100 can be attached.

Further, the measuring unit 111 measures a condition of the subject 400 for each _{T 1} a first time interval. Here, the first time interval T _1, may be a fixed interval, or may be irregular intervals. Also, first time interval T ₁ may be set by default, or may be set according to an operation input of a user operation input unit (not shown) is accepted.

  Furthermore, the measuring unit 111 generates body information representing the measured body of the subject 400. Here, the condition information may be information indicating each condition quantitatively or information indicating qualitatively. For example, it may be information indicating “heart rate 80”, “higher than registered blood pressure value”, and the like.

  The determination unit 112 determines whether the condition information generated by the measurement unit 111 is normal or abnormal based on a predetermined rule. Here, the predetermined rule may be, for example, “normal when the heart rate indicates 40 or more and 120 or less”, “abnormal when higher than the registered blood pressure value”, and the like.

  Further, when the measurement unit 111 generates a plurality of pieces of condition information at the same time, the determination unit 112 may determine whether the piece of condition information is normal or abnormal. At this time, when the determination unit 112 determines that at least one of the condition information is abnormal, the alarm generation unit 113 may generate alarm information.

  The alarm generation unit 113 may include the condition information generated by the measurement unit 111 in the alarm information. The alarm generation unit 113 may include time information indicating the time measured by the measurement unit 111, the time determined by the determination unit 112 as abnormal, or the time when the alarm generation unit 113 generates alarm information, in the alarm information. Good.

  The alarm generation unit 113 of this embodiment generates different alarm information for each address stored in the address storage unit 121 when the determination result of the determination unit 112 is abnormal.

  The address storage unit 121 stores a plurality of addresses including at least the addresses of the first information terminal 310 and the second information terminal 320. Here, it is assumed that the address specifying the first information terminal 310 is a first address, and the address specifying the second information terminal 320 is a second address.

  Then, the alarm generation unit 113 generates detailed alarm information including the condition information generated by the measurement unit 111 corresponding to the first address. Further, the alarm generation unit 113 generates simple alarm information that is simpler than the detailed alarm information, corresponding to the second address.

  In this case, it is desirable that the first information terminal 310 is capable of outputting detailed alarm information (display output, print output, etc.) to medical personnel who require detailed information. In addition, the second information terminal 320 is preferably capable of outputting simple alarm information to a general person who does not have specialized knowledge to understand detailed information, such as a close relative of the subject 400.

  Note that the address storage unit 121 may store addresses individually associated with either detailed alarm information or simple alarm information. At this time, the alarm generation unit 113 may read the address from the address storage unit 121 and generate alarm information (detailed alarm information or simple alarm information) corresponding to the address.

  Alternatively, the address storage unit 121 stores a plurality of addresses classified into a plurality of address groups, and each of the plurality of address groups is set to correspond to detailed alarm information or simple alarm information. It is also possible to store the address. At this time, the alarm generation unit 113 may generate alarm information (detailed alarm information or simple alarm information) corresponding to the address group into which the address read from the address storage unit 121 is classified.

  The transmission unit 114 transmits at least one of the detailed alarm information and the simple alarm information in an e-mail format. In particular, it is desirable that the simple alarm information is transmitted in an e-mail format. The second information terminal 320 that receives the simple alarm information is assumed to be a general-purpose computer device that is owned by a general person such as a close relative of the subject 400 (person who lacks medical expertise). In consideration of convenience, it is desirable that the simple alarm information is transmitted in an e-mail format.

  The first information terminal 310 that receives the detailed alarm information is a computer device dedicated to the alarm notification system 1000 and outputs a function for analyzing based on the detailed alarm information and an analysis result (display output, print output, etc.). It is desirable to have the function to perform. In this case, the detailed alarm information does not necessarily have to be in an e-mail format, and the transmission unit 114 may transmit the detailed alarm information in a data format dedicated to the alarm notification system 1000.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the medical monitoring method according to the present embodiment. Medical monitoring method of the present embodiment includes a by measuring the condition of the subject 400 for every first time interval T _1, the measurement step of generating condition information indicating the condition (step S101). The medical monitoring method further includes a determination step (step S102) for determining whether the condition information generated in the measurement step (step S101) is normal or abnormal. Furthermore, this medical monitoring method includes an alarm generation step (step S104) for generating different alarm information for each of a plurality of addresses designating a notification destination in accordance with the determination result in the determination step (step S103). The medical monitoring method further includes a transmission step (step S105) for transmitting the alarm information generated in the alarm generation step (step S104) to the address corresponding to the alarm information via the network 200.

  In the medical monitoring method, in the alarm generation step (step S104), detailed alarm information including the condition information generated in the measurement step is generated as alarm information corresponding to the first address among the plurality of addresses. In the medical monitoring method, in the alarm generation step (step S104), simple alarm information that is simpler than the detailed alarm information is generated as alarm information corresponding to the second address among the plurality of addresses.

  When it is determined that the medical monitoring method is abnormal in the determination step (NO in step S103), the medical monitoring method proceeds to an alarm generation step (step S104) to generate alarm information. The medical monitoring method is in a standby state after it is determined to be normal in the determination step (YES in step S103). This medical monitoring method is also in a standby state after alarm information is transmitted in the transmission step (step S105).

The medical monitoring method proceeds to the measurement step (step S101) when the first time interval _{T 1} condition from measuring the subject 400 has elapsed in (YES in step S106), again measured (step S101) Then, the steps after step S101 are repeated. Further, the medical monitoring method, the measurement step while (step S101) the first time interval _{T 1} condition from measuring the subject 400 has passed in (NO at step S106), either step S101~ step S105 Or is in a standby state.

  Further, when it is time to end this medical monitoring method (YES in step S107), the flow of this medical monitoring method ends. Here, when the medical monitoring method of the present embodiment is applied to the alarm notification system 1000 described in FIG. 1, when the medical monitoring method is terminated, when the power of the medical monitoring device 100 is cut off, Or when the function of the measuring unit 111 is turned off. Naturally, while this medical monitoring method is not finished (NO in step S107), this medical monitoring method is processing any one of steps S101 to S105 or is in a standby state.

  Here, the effect of the first embodiment will be described. First, according to the present embodiment, different alarm information can be generated for each notification destination (address) according to the condition information indicating the condition of the subject, and the alarm information can be transmitted to the corresponding notification destination (address). Thereby, alarm information having appropriate contents can be transmitted for each notification destination.

  Further, in the present embodiment, detailed alarm information or simple alarm information can be transmitted in correspondence with an address. Thereby, detailed alarm information or simple alarm information can be transmitted according to the other party of the notification destination.

  Furthermore, this embodiment can transmit at least one of detailed alarm information or simple alarm information in an electronic mail format. Accordingly, a general-purpose computer device such as a personal computer, a mobile terminal, a mobile phone, or a PHS can be employed as the information terminal of the notification destination.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of an alarm notification system 1000 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The alarm notification system 1000 according to this embodiment includes the medical monitoring device 100, the first information terminal 310, and the second information terminal 320 as in the first embodiment. The medical monitoring apparatus 100 includes an information processing unit 110 and a storage unit 120 as in the first embodiment. Furthermore, the information processing unit 110 includes a measurement unit 111, a determination unit 112, an alarm generation unit 113, and a transmission unit 114, as in the first embodiment. Further, the storage unit 120 includes an address storage unit 121 as in the first embodiment.

  The storage unit 120 further includes a determination result storage unit 123 that stores the determination result. The information processing unit 110 also includes a comparison unit 116 that compares the newly stored new determination result with the previous determination result stored last time each time the determination result is stored in the determination result storage unit 123. Yes. Then, when the comparison unit 116 determines that the new determination result is different from the previous determination result, the alarm generation unit 113 generates alarm information (simple alarm information and detailed alarm information). That is, when the determination result of the determination unit 112 changes from normal to abnormal, or when the determination result changes from abnormal to normal, the alarm generation unit 113 generates alarm information.

  Note that the criterion that the comparison unit 116 determines that the new determination result is the same as the previous determination result may not be a perfect match. At least the time information related to the new determination result and the previous determination result does not affect the comparison determination.

  The storage unit 120 further includes a condition information storage unit 122 that stores condition information generated by the measurement unit 111. Then, the alarm generation unit 113 includes a plurality of pieces of feature information generated at different times among the feature information stored in the feature information storage unit 122 in the detailed alarm information.

  Further, the alarm generation unit 113 may include at least one piece of feature information stored in the feature information storage unit 122 in the simple alarm information. Further, the alarm generation unit 113 may include the detailed alarm information including the condition information included in the simple alarm information and at least one condition information generated at a time different from the condition information.

  For example, when the comparison unit 116 determines that the new determination result is different from the previous determination result, the alarm generation unit 113 may include the condition information determined as the new determination result in the simple alarm information. At this time, the alarm generation unit 113 may include the feature information and the feature information for a predetermined time (for example, one day) before the time when the feature information is generated in the detailed alarm information.

  As in the first embodiment, the alarm generation unit 113 indicates the time measured by the measurement unit 111, the time determined by the determination unit 112 as abnormal, or the time when the alarm generation unit 113 generates alarm information. Information may be included in the alarm information.

  In addition, the alarm generation unit 113 includes message information such as “the subject 400's condition has deteriorated”, “the subject 400 seems to have regained consciousness”, “please check the subject 400's condition immediately” in the alarm information. You may let them.

  Here, including the content information, time information, or message information in the alarm information may be attaching a data file including the content information to the data in the e-mail format, or the text of the data in the e-mail format It may be included.

Further, the information processing unit 110 is normally generating a normal report information containing at least a portion of the condition information stored in the condition information storage unit 122 in the longer every second time interval T ₂ than the first time interval T ₁ A report generation unit 115 is included. Then, the transmission unit 114 transmits the normal report information generated by the normal report generation unit 115 to the first address (first information terminal 310).

Note that the second time interval T ₂ are may be constant intervals may be irregular intervals. The second time interval T ₂ are, may be set by default, or may be set according to an operation input of a user operation input unit (not shown) is accepted.

For example, if the time interval of the order of 1 hour interval T ₁ is several seconds or tens of seconds, the second time interval T ₂ is given to the time interval of several hours or several tens of hours is appropriate. Of course, may be set an appropriate time depending on the condition of the subject 400 being measured, the first time interval T ₁ or second time interval T ₂ each may be longer than the may be shorter.

  The information processing unit 110 includes a communication capacity measuring unit 117 that measures the data capacity that can be communicated through the network 200. Then, the alarm generation unit 113 generates alarm information with a data capacity measured by the communication capacity measurement unit 117 or less.

  Here, the alarm information may be divided or compressed as a means for the alarm generation unit 113 to generate alarm information below the data capacity measured by the communication capacity measurement unit 117. In addition, the alarm generation unit 113 may limit the total number of container information included in the alarm information and the total data amount.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the medical monitoring method according to the present embodiment. The medical monitoring method of this embodiment includes a measurement step (step S201), a determination step (step S203), an alarm generation step (step S208), and a transmission step (step S209). The steps listed here are equivalent to the measurement step (step S101), determination step (step S102), alarm generation step (step S104), and transmission step (step S105) provided in the medical monitoring method of the first embodiment. It is.

  Further, the medical monitoring method of the present embodiment includes a condition information storage step (step S202) for storing condition information generated in the measurement step (step S201). In the medical monitoring method, in the alarm generation step (step S208), a plurality of pieces of physical information generated at different times among the physical information stored in the physical information storage step (step S202) are included in the detailed alarm information. Let

  The medical monitoring method further includes a determination result storage step (step S204) for storing the determination result. Further, the medical monitoring method includes the new determination result newly stored in the current determination result storage step (step S204) and the previous determination result stored in the previous determination result storage step (step S204). A comparison step (step S205) for comparison is provided. When it is determined in the comparison step that the new determination result is different from the previous determination result (NO in step S206), alarm information is generated in the alarm generation step (step S208).

  Note that this medical monitoring method enters a standby state when it is determined in the comparison step that the new determination result is equal to the previous determination result (YES in step S206).

  Furthermore, this medical monitoring method includes a communication capacity measuring step (step S207) for measuring a data capacity communicable in the network 200. Then, the medical monitoring method proceeds to an alarm generation step (step S208), and generates alarm information with a data capacity measured in the communication capacity measurement step (step S207) or less.

Moreover, the medical monitoring methods generally reported information containing at least a portion of the condition information stored in the condition information storage step (step S202) every _two long second time interval T than the first time interval T ₁ A normal report generation step (step S213). Then, the medical monitoring method moves to the transmission step (step S209) and transmits the normal report information generated in the normal report generation step (step S213) to the first address.

  When it is time to end this medical monitoring method (YES in step S210), the flow of this medical monitoring method ends. Naturally, while this medical monitoring method is not finished (NO in step S210), this medical monitoring method is processing any one of steps S201 to S213 or is in a standby state.

The medical monitoring method proceeds to the measurement step (step S201) when the first time interval _{T 1} condition from measuring the subject 400 has elapsed in (YES in step S211), again measured (step S201) Then, the steps after step S201 are repeated. Further, the medical monitoring method, the measurement step during from when measuring the condition of the subject 400 (Step S201) to the first time interval _{T 1} is elapsed (NO in step S211), the step S201~ step S213 Either one is being processed or it is in a waiting state.

The medical monitoring method, the transmitting step (step S209) when the normal report information a second time interval from the transmission of the _{T 2} has elapsed in (YES in step S212), and shifts to the normal reporting step (Step S213) Generate normal reporting information. Further, the medical monitoring method, the transmission step between from the transmission of the normal report information (Step S209) to the second time interval _{T 2} has elapsed (NO in step S211), one of the steps S201~ step S213 Or is in a waiting state.

  Here, the effect of the second embodiment will be described. First, in the present embodiment, the condition information is stored, and the detailed alarm information can include the condition information generated at different times. Thereby, the person who browsed the detailed alarm information can recognize how the subject 400 has changed in the course.

  In the present embodiment, at least one piece of body information can be included in the simple alarm information. Thereby, the person who browsed the simple alarm information can recognize which condition (heart rate, blood pressure value, respiration rate, oxygen saturation of arterial blood, etc.) has changed.

Further, the present embodiment can be transmitted to the first address to generate the normal report information to the longer every second time interval T ₂ than the first time interval T ₁ (first information terminal 310). Thereby, the condition information that is not included in the alarm information can also be accumulated in the first information terminal 310.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the communicable data capacity that changes from moment to moment can be measured, and alarm information can be generated below the measured data capacity. Thus, it is possible to prevent a communication error due to an excessive data capacity of alarm information, particularly detailed alarm information.

  Furthermore, this embodiment can generate and transmit alarm information when the new determination result and the previous determination result are different. As a result, alarm information can be transmitted not only when the condition changes from normal to abnormal but also when the condition changes from normal to normal (when the condition is restored).

[Third Embodiment]
FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of an alarm notification system 1000 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The alarm notification system 1000 of the present embodiment includes the medical monitoring device 100, the first information terminal 310, and the second information terminal 320, as in the second embodiment. The medical monitoring apparatus 100 includes an information processing unit 110 and a storage unit 120 as in the second embodiment. Further, the information processing unit 110 includes a measurement unit 111, a determination unit 112, an alarm generation unit 113, a transmission unit 114, a normal report generation unit 115, a comparison unit 116, and a communication capacity measurement unit 117, as in the second embodiment. is doing. Furthermore, the storage unit 120 includes an address storage unit 121, a body information storage unit 122, and a determination result storage unit 123, as in the second embodiment.

  The information processing unit 110 further includes an imaging processing unit 118 that processes the subject 400 and image data generated by imaging the periphery of the subject 400 as physical information. The information processing unit 110 further includes a position detection unit 119 that detects the position of the subject 400 by analyzing the image data generated by the imaging processing unit 118. And the determination part 112 determines with it being abnormal, when the position of the said test subject 400 does not fall in the predetermined range. Moreover, the determination part 112 determines with it being normal, when the position of the said test subject 400 is settled in the predetermined range.

  The imaging processing unit 118 acquires and processes image data generated by the camera 133. This camera is preferably an infrared camera capable of dark room photography. The camera 133 may be a part of the medical monitoring apparatus 100 or an external tool to which the medical monitoring apparatus 100 can be attached.

  The medical monitoring apparatus 100 of this embodiment handles the position of the subject 400 as a container. That is, it is determined that a patient who has difficulty moving by himself or a patient who has symptoms of night habit due to mental disorder or the like has moved and is determined to be abnormal.

  Further, the determination unit 112 performs not only determination of the position of the subject 400 but also determination of the condition information generated by the measurement unit 111.

  The image data processed by the imaging processor 118 may be stored in the body information storage unit 122 as body information.

  The alarm generation unit 113 may include the image data processed by the imaging processing unit 118 in the alarm information as the condition information.

  In this embodiment, since the medical monitoring apparatus 100 transmits alarm information including image data, it is necessary to ensure a relatively large communication capacity. Therefore, it is desirable that the medical monitoring apparatus 100 (transmission unit 114) be connected to the network 200 by wire. In this case, the movement of the medical monitoring apparatus 100 is limited by a wired connection, but since it is assumed that the medical monitoring apparatus 100 is used for monitoring the subject 400 who cannot move, it is not a big problem.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the medical monitoring method according to the present embodiment. The medical monitoring method of this embodiment includes a measurement step (step S301), a condition information storage step (step S304), a determination step (step S305), a determination result storage step (step S306), a comparison step (step S307), and communication. A quantity measurement step (step S309), an alarm generation step (step S310), a transmission step (step S311), and a normal report generation step (step S315) are provided. The steps listed here are the measurement step (step S201), the condition information storage step (step S202), the determination step (step S203), and the determination result storage step (step S204) provided in the medical monitoring method of the second embodiment. ), Comparison step (step S205), communication amount measurement step (step S207), alarm generation step (step S208), transmission step (step S209), and normal report generation step (step S213).

  In addition, the medical monitoring method includes an imaging process step (step S302) in which image data generated by imaging the subject 400 and the periphery of the subject 400 is used as condition information. The medical monitoring method further includes a position detection step (step S303) for detecting the position of the subject 400 by analyzing the image data processed in the imaging processing step (step S302). Furthermore, this medical monitoring method determines that an abnormality occurs when the position of the subject 400 does not fall within a predetermined range in the determination step (step S305).

  Here, the effect of the third embodiment will be described. First, when the position of the subject 400 is not within the predetermined range, it is determined as abnormal. Thereby, it can be detected that a patient who is difficult to move by himself or herself has fallen from the bed, or that the patient is wandering at night.

  In the present embodiment, the processed image data is included in alarm information and transmitted. Thereby, the person who browsed the alarm information can recognize the condition of the subject 400 from the image data.

  Furthermore, since the present embodiment is wired to the network 200, alarm information with a relatively large data capacity can be transmitted. It can also be used in areas outside the radio communication area. Also, since the transition of the data capacity that can be communicated is stabilized, the occurrence of communication errors can be reduced.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described with reference to drawings, these are the illustrations of this invention, Various structures other than the above are also employable.

  For example, the alarm generation unit 113 determines that the determination result repeated by the comparison unit 116 is different from the new determination result and the previous determination result, and then the predetermined number of times when the new determination result and the previous determination result are equal. When it is determined, alarm information may be generated. Thereby, it is possible to prevent erroneous transmission of alarm information due to a temporary change in the determination result.

Further, in FIG. 2, when it is determined to be normal in the determination step (YES in step S103), or when the transmission step (step S105) is completed, the process proceeds to step S106. This is true when the step S101~ step S105 are processed in less than the first time interval _{T 1} time. If step S101~ step S105 are processed in a time longer than the first time interval _{T 1,} the processing in step S101 may be processed in parallel with other processing. Of course, the same applies to FIG. 4 and FIG.

  In FIG. 2, whether or not to end the flow of the medical monitoring method of the present invention is selected in step S107. The step is executed at any timing in the flow of the medical monitoring method of the present invention. Also good. At this time, if the step is executed in the middle of the processing of another step, the other step may be forcibly terminated in the middle of the processing, or may be terminated after the processing of the other step and the step accompanying it is completed. Also good. Of course, the same applies to FIG. 4 and FIG.

  Furthermore, in the third embodiment, the medical monitoring apparatus 100 is described as being connected to the network 200 by wire. However, the medical monitoring apparatus 100 of the present invention may be realized so as to be portable by the subject 400 by wirelessly connecting to the network 200.

  Furthermore, the normal report generation unit 115 of the present invention may generate normal report information with a data capacity that is less than or equal to the data capacity measured by the communication capacity measurement unit 117. Thereby, it is possible to prevent a communication error due to an excessive data capacity of the normal report information.

  Needless to say, the above-described embodiment and a plurality of modifications can be combined within a range in which the contents do not conflict with each other. Moreover, although the functions and the like of each component have been specifically described in the above-described embodiments and modifications, the functions and the like can be changed in various ways within a range that satisfies the present invention.

  Moreover, although the several step is described in order in the medical monitoring method of this invention, the order of the description does not limit the order which performs a several step. For this reason, when the medical monitoring method of the present invention is executed, the order of the plurality of steps can be changed within a range that does not hinder the contents.

1000 Alarm Notification System 100 Medical Monitoring Device 110 Information Processing Unit 111 Measurement Unit 112 Judgment Unit 113 Alarm Generation Unit 114 Transmission Unit 115 Normal Report Generation Unit 116 Comparison Unit 117 Communication Capacity Measurement Unit 118 Imaging Processing Unit 119 Position Detection Unit 120 Storage Unit 121 Address storage unit 122 Physical information storage unit 123 Determination result storage unit 131 Sensor 132 Sensor 133 Camera 200 Network 310 Information terminal 320 Information terminal 400 Subject

Claims (26)

Measuring means for measuring a subject's condition at each first time interval, and generating condition information representing the condition;
Determining means for determining whether the condition information generated by the measuring means is normal or abnormal;
Address storage means for storing a plurality of addresses for designating notification destinations;
Alarm generation means for generating different alarm information for each of the addresses stored in the address storage means in accordance with a determination result by the determination means;
Transmitting means for transmitting each of the alarm information generated by the alarm generating means to the address corresponding to the alarm information via a network;
A medical monitoring device comprising: The medical monitoring device according to claim 1,
The alarm generation means includes
Corresponding to the first address among the addresses stored in the address storage means, generating detailed alarm information including the content information generated by the measurement means,
A medical monitoring apparatus, wherein simple alarm information that is simpler than the detailed alarm information is generated corresponding to a second address among the addresses stored in the address storage means. The medical monitoring device according to claim 2,
Comprising a condition information storage means for storing the condition information generated by the measuring means;
The medical monitoring apparatus, wherein the alarm generation unit includes a plurality of pieces of the container information generated at different times among the container information stored in the container information storage unit in the detailed alarm information. The medical monitoring device according to claim 3,
The alarm generation means includes
Including at least one of the pieces of feature information stored in the feature information storage means in the simple alarm information;
The medical monitoring apparatus, wherein the detailed alarm information includes the condition information included in the simple alarm information and at least one condition information generated at a time different from the condition information. The medical monitoring device according to claim 3 or 4,
A normal report generating means for generating normal report information including at least a part of the content information stored in the content information storage means for each second time interval longer than the first time interval;
The medical monitoring apparatus, wherein the transmission unit transmits the normal report information generated by the normal report generation unit to the first address. The medical monitoring device according to any one of claims 2 to 5,
The medical monitoring apparatus, wherein the transmission means transmits at least one of the detailed alarm information or the simple alarm information in an e-mail format. The medical monitoring device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
Determination result storage means for storing the determination result;
Each time the determination result is stored in the determination result storage means, a comparing means for comparing the newly stored new determination result with the previous determination result stored last time,
The medical monitoring device, wherein the alarm generation unit generates the alarm information when the comparison unit determines that the new determination result is different from the previous determination result. The medical monitoring device according to claim 7,
The alarm generation means includes
When it is determined a predetermined number of times that the new determination result is equal to the previous determination result after it is determined that the determination result repeated by the comparison means is different from the previous determination result. A medical monitoring apparatus that generates the alarm information. The medical monitoring device according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
Imaging processing means for processing image data generated by imaging the subject and the surroundings of the subject as the body information;
Position detection means for detecting the position of the subject by analyzing the image data processed by the imaging processing means,
The determination means includes
A medical monitoring apparatus, characterized in that an abnormality is determined when the position of the subject does not fall within the predetermined range. The medical monitoring device according to claim 9,
The medical monitoring apparatus, wherein the alarm generation unit includes the image data generated by the imaging unit in the alarm information as the body information. The medical monitoring device according to claim 9 or 10,
The medical monitoring apparatus, wherein the transmission unit is connected to the network by wire. The medical monitoring device according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
Comprising a communication capacity measuring means for measuring a data capacity communicable through the network;
The medical monitoring apparatus, wherein the alarm generation unit generates the alarm information below the data capacity measured by the communication capacity measurement unit. Measuring a subject's condition at each first time interval to generate condition information representing the condition; and
A determination step of determining whether the condition information generated in the measurement step is normal or abnormal;
According to the determination result in the determination step, an alarm generation step of generating different alarm information for each of a plurality of addresses that specify a notification destination;
A transmission step of transmitting the alarm information generated in the alarm generation step to the address corresponding to the alarm information via a network;
A medical monitoring method comprising: The medical monitoring method according to claim 13,
In the alarm generation step,
As the alarm information corresponding to the first address among the plurality of addresses, generating detailed alarm information including the condition information generated in the measurement step,
A medical monitoring method, wherein simple alarm information that is simpler than the detailed alarm information is generated as the alarm information corresponding to a second address among the plurality of addresses. The medical monitoring method according to claim 14,
A condition information storage step for storing the condition information generated in the measurement step;
In the alarm generation step, the detailed alarm information includes a plurality of pieces of the body information generated at different times among the body information stored in the body information storage step. The medical monitoring method according to claim 15, comprising:
In the alarm generation step,
Including at least one of the pieces of feature information stored in the feature information storage step in the simple alarm information;
A medical monitoring method, wherein the detailed alarm information includes the condition information included in the simple alarm information and at least one of the condition information generated at a time different from the condition information. The medical monitoring method according to claim 15 or 16,
A normal report generation step of generating normal report information including at least a part of the content information stored in the content information storage step every second time interval longer than the first time interval;
In the transmitting step, the normal report information generated in the normal report generating step is transmitted to the first address. The medical monitoring method according to any one of claims 14 to 17,
In the transmitting step, at least one of the detailed alarm information or the simple alarm information is transmitted in an e-mail format. The medical monitoring method according to any one of claims 13 to 18,
A determination result storing step for storing the determination result;
A comparison step for comparing the new determination result newly stored in the current determination result storage step with the previous determination result stored in the previous determination result storage step;
The medical monitoring method, wherein when the comparison step determines that the new determination result is different from the previous determination result, the alarm information is generated in the alarm generation step. The medical monitoring method according to claim 19, comprising:
In the alarm generation step,
When the result obtained by repeating the comparison step is determined to be a predetermined number of times that the new determination result and the previous determination result are equal after it is determined that the new determination result is different from the previous determination result A medical monitoring method, wherein the alarm information is generated. The medical monitoring method according to any one of claims 13 to 20,
An imaging processing step of processing image data generated by imaging the subject and the surroundings of the subject as the body information;
A position detection step of detecting the position of the subject by analyzing the image data processed in the imaging processing step,
The medical monitoring method according to claim 1, wherein, in the determination step, an abnormality is determined when the position of the subject does not fall within the predetermined range. The medical monitoring method according to claim 21, comprising:
In the alarm generation step, the alarm information includes the image data processed in the imaging processing step as the body information in the alarm information method. The medical monitoring method according to claim 21 or 22,
In the transmitting step, the alarm information is transmitted through the network connected by wire connection. A medical monitoring method according to any of claims 13 to 23, wherein
A communication capacity measuring step of measuring a data capacity communicable in the network;
In the alarm generation step, the alarm information is generated below the data capacity measured in the communication capacity measurement step. A medical monitoring device for monitoring the subject's condition;
A plurality of information terminals capable of communicating with the medical monitoring device via a network,
The medical monitoring device is:
Measuring means for measuring a subject's condition at each first time interval, and generating condition information representing the condition;
Determining means for determining whether the condition information generated by the measuring means is normal or abnormal;
Address storage means for storing a plurality of addresses for individually specifying the plurality of information terminals;
Alarm generation means for generating different alarm information for each of the addresses stored in the address storage means in accordance with a determination result by the determination means;
Transmitting means for transmitting each of the alarm information generated by the alarm generating means to the information terminal designated by the address corresponding to the alarm information;
An alarm notification system comprising: A program stored in a computer-readable storage medium,
A measurement process for measuring the condition of the subject at each first time interval and generating the condition information representing the condition;
A determination process for determining whether the condition information generated in the measurement process is normal or abnormal;
An alarm generation process for generating different alarm information for each of a plurality of addresses designating a notification destination in accordance with a determination result indicating determination by the determination process;
A transmission process for transmitting the alarm information generated in the alarm generation process to the address corresponding to the alarm information via a network;
That causes the computer to execute the program.

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