KR20080033654A - Physiological signal monitoring system and method, terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for monitoring a bio-signal and a terminal are provided to monitor a bio-signal of a patient continuously, and protect personal information of the patient including the bio-signal. A bio-signal monitoring system includes a bio-signal measurement unit(A) and a monitoring server system(B). The bio-signal measurement unit measures, encodes, and transmits a bio-signal. The monitoring server system decodes the encoded bio-signal, stores the decoded bio-signal, displays the bio-signal, performs search according to a search command for the stored bio-signal, displays the search result, reads the searched bio-signal, and displays the read bio-signal.

Description

Biological signal monitoring system and method, terminal device

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a biological signal monitoring system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the biosignal transmitting apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the biosignal receiving apparatus of FIG. 1.

4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the biosignal display device of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the biosignal storage device of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the biosignal multicasting device of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the biosignal search apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG.

The present invention relates to a biosignal monitoring system, and more particularly, to a biosignal monitoring system, method, and terminal for transmitting biometric data of a patient to a terminal located at a remote location.

In recent years, with the development of medical technology, efforts are being made to monitor the biological signals of patients in remote areas.

For example, an electrocardiogram monitor device for diagnosing diseases and conditions related to the heart includes a holter electrocardiogram, a resting electrocardiogram, and a stress electrocardiogram monitoring system.

Since the ECG monitoring system guides the ECG waveform for a short time, it is necessary to continuously record and analyze the cardiac abnormalities such as arrhythmias that occur intermittently.

In response to this need, the Holter ECG device was able to analyze the ECG data detected by using the Holter ECG device for about 1 day after recording the cassette or the semiconductor memory for more than 24 hours, but this analysis process is time-consuming. There was a problem.

As described above, there is a problem in that the bio signals of the patient cannot be measured in real time, and there is a problem in that the patient cannot immediately take measures when the patient is in an emergency state.

In order to solve this problem, the patent application No. 10-1995-0029913 filed with the name of the "real-time bio-signal monitoring system using a wireless communication network" to the Republic of Korea Patent Office continuously check the patient's bio-signal through a bio-signal measuring device Only when there is an abnormality is transmitted to the biosignal monitor server device of the hospital in real time through a wireless communication network, and the diagnostic and first aid methods in the hospital's biosignal monitoring center in real time to the patient's biosignal measuring device, Disclosed techniques enable the diagnosis and prevention of diseases.

Since the above-described prior art only initiates wireless transmission to the hospital only when the patient is abnormal, there is a problem that cannot be applied when it is necessary to continuously observe the patient, such as a patient admitted to the hospital.

Furthermore, the prior art does not implement data protection for a patient's biosignal because the prior art is for notification and action of an emergency situation. Therefore, when monitoring a biosignal for a plurality of patients such as a hospital, the personal information of each patient is not protected. There was no problem.

Accordingly, the development of a monitoring system capable of continuously monitoring a patient's biosignal and protecting personal information including a biosignal for the patient is urgently desired.

In addition, there is an urgent need for the development of a technology that enables a doctor who needs to continuously observe a patient to easily grasp the patient's condition from a remote location.

In addition, in the past, there was a case in which the abnormal state of the patient could not be detected by the negligence or mistake of the monitoring personnel. Accordingly, the development of a technology capable of minimizing the occurrence of a patient's abnormal condition is urgently desired by allowing a plurality of monitoring personnel to monitor a patient's condition at the same time through a plurality of portable terminals.

In addition, the biosignal detection apparatus or the biosignal detection apparatus has different biosignal formats, and thus, it is not possible to provide a monitoring service for biosignals from a biosignal detection apparatus that is not compatible with the monitoring system. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the development of a technology capable of monitoring biosignals from various biosignal detection devices or biosignal detection devices of various manufacturers.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, a biological signal monitoring system and method capable of continuously monitoring the biological signal of the patient, and can protect personal information including the biological signal for the patient, It is an object to provide a terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a biosignal monitoring system, method, and terminal for guiding a biosignal of a patient or searching for a status of a biosignal of a patient through a terminal distributed to a doctor.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a biosignal monitoring system, method, and terminal for broadcasting the same biosignal to a plurality of various terminals.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a biosignal monitoring system, method, and terminal for converting biosignals from various biosignal detection apparatuses into a predetermined format, thereby enabling monitoring of biosignals from various biosignal detection apparatuses. To provide.

Bio-signal monitoring system according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the bio-signal measuring unit for measuring and transmitting the bio-signal; And a monitoring server system for restoring and storing the encrypted bio-signals, performing a search according to a search command for the stored bio-signals, guiding the results thereof, and reading and guiding the searched bio-signals. It features.

In addition, the biosignal monitoring system requests the search for the stored biosignal, receives and displays the search result, requests the reading of the searched biosignal, receives and displays the read biosignal. A biosignal search apparatus is further provided.

A configuration of a biosignal monitoring system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

The biosignal monitoring system is largely composed of a biosignal measuring unit A, a monitoring server system B, and a biosignal search unit C.

The biosignal measuring unit A includes a plurality of biosignal measuring apparatuses 1001 to 100N, and among the plurality of biosignal measuring apparatuses 1001 to 100N, a biodata transmission function of the present invention is not provided. A plurality of biosignal measuring apparatuses 1001 and 1002 and a biosignal measuring apparatus 100N equipped with the biodata transmission function of the present invention are included.

The plurality of biosignal measuring apparatuses 1001 and 1002 measure biosignals such as electrocardiogram and blood pressure, and provide the measured biosignals to the biosignal transmitting apparatuses 1021 and 1022.

The plurality of biosignal measuring devices 1001 and 1002 are connected to the plurality of biosignal transmitting devices 1021 and 1022, respectively, and the plurality of biosignal transmitting devices 1021 and 1022 are provided by the corresponding biosignal transmitting devices. Patient information is added to the biological signal, encrypted, compressed, and transmitted to the monitoring server system (B).

In addition, the biosignal measuring apparatus 100N equipped with the biometric data transmission function of the present invention measures the biosignal, adds patient information to the measured biosignal, encrypts and compresses the biosignal, and transmits the encrypted information to the monitoring server system B.

Since the configuration according to the biological data transmission function added to the biological signal measuring apparatus 100N and the configuration of the biological signal transmitting apparatus 1021 and 1022 are the same, the biological signal transmitting apparatus 1021 of the biological signal transmitting apparatus 1021 will be described below. Only the configuration will be described in detail.

The biosignal transmitting apparatus 1021 is largely composed of a data processing unit 200, a communication unit 206, and a biosignal transmission control unit 212.

The data processor 200 receives a biosignal and converts the data into a predetermined standard format. The patient information provided by the controller 214 to the biosignal converted into the standard format, for example, a patient. A data encryption unit 202 which adds a name, gender, a room number, a bed number, etc. and encrypts the data to the data compression unit 204, and compresses the encrypted data to provide the communication unit 206 as biometric data. Compression section 204 is configured.

The communication unit 206 may transmit the biometric data to the monitoring server system B when a communication path between the communication connection unit 208 in charge of the communication protocol with the monitoring server system B and the monitoring server system B is formed. It consists of a data transmission unit 210 for transmitting.

The biosignal transmission control unit 216 stores the patient information input through the operation panel 218 in the memory unit 216 and provides the data to the data encryption unit 202 and the patient information. Memory unit 216, and an operation panel 218 for inputting the patient information.

The configuration and operation of the monitoring server system B will now be described.

The monitoring server system B includes a biosignal receiving device 104, a biosignal display device 106, a biosignal multicasting device 108, and a biosignal storage device 110, each of which is a single device. It can be configured as a server or a separate server.

The biosignal receiving apparatus 104 receives biometric data from the biosignal measuring unit A, restores and decodes the biosignal data, and transmits the biometric data to the biosignal display device 106 and the biosignal storage device 110. to provide.

The configuration of the biosignal receiving apparatus 104 described above will be further described with reference to FIG. 3.

The biosignal receiving apparatus 104 is largely composed of a communication unit 300 and a data processing unit 306.

The communication unit 300 is provided through the formed communication path and the communication connection unit 302 for performing communication path formation with the biosignal transmitting apparatus 1021 to 1022 or the biosignal measuring apparatus 100N having a biosignal transmitting function. And a data receiver 304 for receiving the biometric data.

The data processor 306 may perform a decompression to decompress the received biometric data, and a data decoder 310 to decode the decompressed biometric data. In the case where the non-standardized biometric data is provided by the data processing unit 200, the data processing unit 200 converts the non-standardized biometric data into a predetermined standard format.

The restored and decoded biometric data is provided to the biosignal storage 110 and the biosignal display 106.

The biosignal display device 106 displays the biometric data in a graph at predetermined time intervals and warns of an emergency when the biometric data is out of a predetermined normal range. The biological signal display device 106 may be provided in a personal computer, a portable computer, a PDA, and a smart phone, so that the condition of the patient may be easily monitored.

The configuration of the biosignal display device 106 described above will be further described with reference to FIG. 4.

The biosignal display device 106 includes a biodata converter 400, a warning unit 402, a time processor 404, and a display unit 406.

The biometric data converter 400 receives the biometric data, separates patient information and the biosignal of the biometric data, generates biosignal display data for displaying the biosignal, and provides the biosignal display data to the display unit 410.

The warning unit 402 checks whether the biosignal is out of a predetermined normal range, and executes an alarm or notifies a predetermined destination of the warning message according to the result. The destination may be an emergency center or a biosignal search apparatus set to correspond to the patient.

The time processor 404 counts time to generate a time message for displaying the biosignal graph of the display unit 406 and provides the time message to the display unit 406.

The display unit 406 displays the biosignal display data provided by the biometric data converter 400 in synchronization with a time message provided by the time processor 404. In particular, the display unit 406 includes a time message processor 408 for processing a time message provided by the time processor 404, a coordinate calculator 408 for converting absolute coordinates of a graph into relative coordinates, and the biosignal display data. It may be configured as an image display unit 408 to display on the screen.

The biosignal display device 106 configured as described above may be provided in a display device connected to the monitoring server B, or may be provided in a PDA, a personal computer, a smart phone, or the like to remotely monitor the patient's biometric data. .

In addition, the biosignal display device 106 may monitor a plurality of patients by arranging and displaying a graph corresponding to the biosignal of one or more patients on one display device.

The biosignal storage device 110 has a function of storing the biometric data and keywords for retrieving the biometric data, retrieving the stored keywords, and reading biometric data corresponding to the retrieved keywords.

The configuration and operation of the biosignal storage device 110 will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

The biosignal storage device 100 is largely comprised of a data storage unit 500 and a data search unit 510.

The data storage unit 500 includes a data file name processing unit 502, a data file storage unit 504, a data keyword storage unit 506, and a data keyword processing unit 508.

The data file name processing unit 502 generates a file name of the biometric data according to a generation path of the biometric data and a naming convention, and provides the file name to the data file storage unit 504, and the data file storage unit 504 stores the file name. Correspondingly stores the biometric data. Here, the data file storage unit 504 may store the biometric data in xml file format.

The data keyword processing unit 508 receives keyword data corresponding to the generated data file through an operation panel, not shown, and provides the data keyword storage unit 506 to the data keyword storage unit 506. Keyword data is stored corresponding to the data file. Here, the keyword may include patient information, a doctor in charge, and identification information of a biosignal search apparatus.

The data search unit 510 includes a data keyword search unit 512, a data file name search unit 514, and a data file reader 516.

When a search request for a predetermined keyword is generated from an operation panel or an external terminal (not shown), the data keyword search unit 512 provides a list of data files corresponding to the keyword as a search result.

When a search request for a predetermined data file name is generated from an operation panel or an external terminal (not shown), the data file name search unit 514 provides a list of data files corresponding to the data file name as a search result.

The data file reader 516 reads and provides a data file when a data file is requested from the operation panel or an external terminal through the data keyword search result or the data file name search result.

The operation of the biosignal multicasting device 108 will now be described. The biosignal multicasting device 108 transmits the biometric data or the notification message for a predetermined patient to a part of the plurality of various biosignal search apparatuses 1101 to 110M through a mobile communication network, or the plurality of various biosignal search apparatuses 1101. Multicasting to ~ 110M). Here, the transmitted information may be biometric data search results or biometric data, and the multicasted information may be hospital notification information.

The configuration and operation of the biosignal multicasting apparatus 108 described above will be further described with reference to FIG. 6.

The biosignal multicasting device 108 is largely comprised of a data converter 600 and a communication unit 606.

The data converter 600 encrypts and compresses a search result or biometric data transmitted by the biosignal storage device 110 to a plurality of various biosignal search apparatuses 1101 to 110M. And a data compression unit 604.

In addition, the communication unit 606 may communicate with the plurality of biosignal retrieval devices 1101 through 110M through a mobile communication network, and the biosignal retrieval devices 1101 through 110M through the formed communication path. Data transmission and reception unit 210 for performing data transmission and reception with). Here, the data from the biosignal retrieval devices 1101 to 110M may include search or read command data, and the data from the biosignal retrieval device 110 may include a search result or biometric data, broadcasting data, and the like. There is this.

As described above, the monitoring server system B receives the biometric data from the biosignal measuring unit A, displays the biometric data on the biosignal display device 106, and stores the biosignal data in the biosignal storage device 110. In response to a request of the biosignal retrieval unit C located at a remote location, the biometric data stored in the biosignal storage device 110 is searched and transmitted, and the result is read or transmitted, or the broadcasting is performed. can do.

The biosignal retrieval unit C is composed of various types of biosignal retrieval devices 1101 to 110M distributed to a user who continuously manages a patient's condition, such as a doctor, such as a PDA or a mobile communication terminal.

The biosignal search apparatuses 1101 to 110M request a search for biometric data for a patient preset in correspondence with a corresponding user, receive a search result according to a search request for the biometric data, and guide the user to the search result, or the search result A request is made to read biometric data corresponding to the request, and the user is informed when the biometric data is received according to the request.

The configuration and operation of any one of the biosignal retrieval apparatuses 1101 to 110M will be further described with reference to FIG. 7.

The biosignal retrieval apparatus 1101 is largely comprised of a communication unit 700, a data processing unit 706, a control unit 712, a memory unit 714, an operation panel 716, and a display device 718.

The communication unit 700 is responsible for establishing a communication path with the monitoring server system B, and the data transmission / reception unit 704 performs data transmission and reception through the formed communication path.

The data processing unit 706 restores the compression of the search result or the biometric data, broadcasting data, and the like received from the monitoring server system B, and decodes the data recovery unit 708 and the data decoding unit 710. It is provided.

The control unit 712 not only controls the biosignal search apparatus 1101 as a whole, but also communicates the search request or read request command data through the operation panel 716 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. It transmits to the monitoring server system (B) through, and guides the search results or biometric data, broadcasting data, etc. received from the monitoring server system (B) through the display device 718.

In particular, the controller 712 includes a software module corresponding to the biosignal display device for displaying the biometric data in a graph.

In particular, the control unit 712 undergoes a predetermined authentication process for establishing a communication path with the monitoring server system B, and the biometric data that can be guided through the corresponding biosignal retrieval device 1101 during the authentication process. Setting information may be provided to the monitoring server system (B).

It stores various information including the processing program of the controller 712, and stores the search results, biometric data, broadcasting data, etc. received from the monitoring server system (B).

The operation panel 716 provides the controller 712 with various types of information according to a user's key input.

The display device 718 displays a variety of information according to the control of the controller 712 to guide the user.

As described above, the present invention can continuously monitor the biosignal of the patient, and has the advantage of protecting by encrypting and compressing personal information including the biosignal for the patient.

In addition, the present invention has the advantage of enabling the continuous and convenient monitoring of the patient by guiding the patient's bio-signal or search the state of the patient's bio-signal through the terminal distributed to the doctor.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of minimizing the case of not detecting the abnormal state of the patient by the error of the monitoring personnel by broadcasting the same bio-signal to a plurality of various terminals.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of enabling the monitoring of the bio-signals from the various bio-signal detection apparatus by converting the bio-signals from the various bio-signal detection apparatus into a predetermined format.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Modifications are possible.

Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

Claims (22)

In the biological signal monitoring system, A biosignal measuring unit configured to measure and transmit a biosignal to be encoded; The monitoring server system restores and stores the encrypted biosignal, displays and performs a search according to a search command for the stored biosignal, guides the result, and reads and guides the searched biosignal. Biological signal monitoring system comprising a. The method of claim 1, At least one biosignal search apparatus for requesting a search for the stored biosignal, receiving and displaying the search result, requesting reading of the found biosignal, and receiving and displaying the read biosignal for guidance. Biological signal monitoring system characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 2, The monitoring server system and the biosignal retrieval apparatus are biosignal monitoring system, characterized in that the communication path is formed through a mobile communication network. The method of claim 2, And the monitoring server system broadcasts the biosignal or the search result or predetermined broadcasting information to the at least one biosignal retrieval device. The method of claim 2, The bio signal is stored corresponding to keyword data, The biosignal search apparatus requests a search through the keyword data, The monitoring server system searches for a bio-signal corresponding to the searched keyword data and guides the result. The method of claim 2, The monitoring server system, for each of the one or more bio-signal search apparatus, the bio-signal monitoring system for guiding a bio-signal for a patient set corresponding to each bio-signal search apparatus to the corresponding bio-signal search apparatus. The method of claim 2, The monitoring server system encrypts and transmits data provided to the biosignal retrieval apparatus, The biosignal search apparatus receives and decodes the data. The method of claim 1, The bio signal measuring unit, A biosignal measuring apparatus for measuring a biosignal of a patient; And a biosignal transmission device configured to encrypt the measured biosignal and transmit the encrypted biosignal to the monitoring server system. The method of claim 2, And a communication path is formed between the monitoring server system and the biosignal retrieval device through a predetermined authentication procedure. The method of claim 1, The monitoring server system is a biosignal monitoring system, characterized in that for displaying the received biometric data in a graph of a predetermined time unit. The method of claim 1, The monitoring server system generates an alarm or transmits a warning message to a predetermined destination when the received biometric data exceeds a predetermined normal range. The method of claim 1, The biosignal measuring unit or the monitoring server system converts the biosignal into a predetermined standard format. In the biological signal monitoring method, Measuring, encrypting, and transmitting a biosignal to a monitoring server system; The monitoring server system restores and stores the encrypted biosignal, displays it, performs a search according to a search command for the stored biosignal, and reads the result and the searched biosignal through one or more biosignal search apparatuses. Guiding steps Biological signal monitoring method comprising a. The method of claim 13, And a communication path between the monitoring server system and the biosignal retrieval device through a mobile communication network. The method of claim 13, And monitoring, by the monitoring server system, the at least one biosignal retrieval device to broadcast a biosignal or a biosignal search result and predetermined broadcasting information. The method of claim 13, The bio signal is stored corresponding to keyword data, The biosignal search apparatus requests a search through the keyword data, The monitoring server system searches for a bio-signal corresponding to the searched keyword data and guides the result. The method of claim 13, And the monitoring server system guides each of the one or more biosignal retrieval apparatuses to a corresponding biosignal retrieval apparatus. The method of claim 13, The monitoring server system encrypts and transmits data provided to the biosignal retrieval apparatus, The biosignal retrieval apparatus receives and decodes the data. The method of claim 13, And a communication path is formed between the monitoring server system and the biosignal retrieval device through a predetermined authentication procedure. The method of claim 13, The monitoring server system displays the received biometric data in a graph of a predetermined time unit. The method of claim 13, The monitoring server system generates an alarm or transmits a warning message to a predetermined destination when the received biometric data exceeds a predetermined normal range. The method of claim 13, The biosignal measuring unit or the monitoring server system converts the biosignal into a predetermined standard format.

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