KR20090008532A - Patient management wireless call system - Google Patents

Abstract

A patient surveillance administration radio paging system is provided to previously prevent an accident caused by the secession of patients having a perception ability degradation failure like symptoms of dementia or mental illness. A first transmitter(100) is adhered to a part of a caller's body. According to a request of a first receiver, the first transmitter transmits a generic to the first receiver. The first receiver(200) is adhered to one side of a door. The first receiver receives the requested generic number from the first transmitter, and generates location information and warning signals. The first receiver transmits the location information and warning signal to a main relay(300). The main relay searches and extracts callee information by using the generic number of the warning signal received from the first receiver. The main relay transmits the caller information, the location information and the warning signal to a second receiver(500) of a callee. The second receiver is adhered to a part of a callee's body. The second receiver displays the caller information and the location information received from the main relay. The second receiver outputs the warning signal with lamp, sound, and vibration or automatic on/off to the outside.

Description

Patient Management Wireless Call System

The present invention relates to a patient monitoring radio call system.

More specifically, in the elderly nursing home or psychiatric hospital, if the patient with perceptual impairment disorder such as dementia symptom or mental disorder deviates from a certain range that needs to reside, and leaves the safe area, the unique number and location information given to the patient The present invention relates to a patient surveillance management wireless call system for calling a manager such as a doctor or a nurse by using near field communication, or for easily calling a manager such as a doctor or a nurse in a hospital bed.

With the recent increase in the elderly population due to the development of medical science and the increase of human lifespan, interest in medical welfare benefits for the elderly population is increasing. In proportion, many elderly people and those who are incapable of physical activity are living alone. In this regard, the Silver Industry is developing rapidly, and one of them is the development of a system that can automatically notify first aid centers or relatives in the event of an abnormality through a monitoring system that can monitor patients. It was.

However, the conventional patient surveillance monitoring system is a busy task of the doctor or nurse who spends most of the time to simply monitor the room or send medical information in one direction, so that the blood pressure check, body temperature, pulse, and ringer injection are removed and replaced. Most of them didn't help much.

In particular, unstable elderly / patients who cannot take care of themselves, such as the elderly living alone, long-term care patients, or people with dementia with dementia or mental illness, may be admitted to a separate nursing home or psychiatric hospital. While living with them and taking care of them, if an urgent unemployed person / patient develops an urgent situation that cannot be resolved without a doctor or nurse on his own, he / she should directly contact him using a mobile phone or an emergency contact terminal, but he cannot even operate it directly. There was a problem that occurred frequently.

In addition, when a non-committed elderly / patient deviates from a certain range that should always reside, there is a serious problem of failing to prevent in advance and finding out swiftly and taking immediate action.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems described above, out of a safe area to depart from a certain range that a patient with cognitive impairment disorders such as dementia symptoms or mental illness reside in an elderly nursing hospital or mental hospital, etc. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a patient monitoring management wireless calling system that calls a unique number assigned to the patient and location information that is separated from the doctor or nurse by using short-range wireless communication.

For other purposes, a patient surveillance management wireless call system that allows a patient with a disability impairment, such as dementia or mental illness, to easily call a manager, such as a doctor or a nurse, in a hospital bed in an elderly nursing home or a mental hospital. The purpose is to provide.

As described above, an object of the present invention is to provide a wireless calling system using a short range wireless communication network, comprising: a first transmitter attached to a body part of a caller and transmitting a unique number to a first receiver according to a request of a first receiver; A first receiver attached to one side of the door to detect the first transmitter, receiving the requested unique number, generating a warning signal together with location information, and transmitting the generated warning signal to the main repeater; A main repeater for searching and extracting the called party information using the unique number of the warning signal received from the first receiver and transmitting the caller information, the location information and the warning signal to the called party's second receiver; And a second receiver attached to a body part of the called party, displaying caller information and location information received from the main repeater, and outputting a warning signal to the outside through a lamp, sound, vibration, or automatic lighting; It is achieved by providing a patient monitoring management wireless call system, characterized in that comprises a.

As described above, the present inventors monitor and manage the wireless call system, which may cause accidents that may occur due to departure of patients with impaired cognitive impairment, such as dementia symptoms or mental illness, in an elderly nursing hospital or a mental hospital. It is effective to prevent in advance

Another effect is that anywhere in a nursing or psychiatric hospital, managers can immediately see the departure of a patient and have the ability to take action quickly,

Another effect is that the manager can control the departure of the patient to be able to perform more efficient work than before, and to ensure the safety of patients more effectively.

The present invention provides a wireless call system using a short range wireless communication network, comprising: a first transmitter attached to a body part of a caller and transmitting a unique number to a first receiver according to a request of a first receiver; A first receiver attached to one side of the door to detect the first transmitter, receiving the requested unique number, generating a warning signal together with location information, and transmitting the generated warning signal to the main repeater; A main repeater for searching and extracting the called party information using the unique number of the warning signal received from the first receiver and transmitting the caller information, the location information and the warning signal to the called party's second receiver; And a second receiver attached to a body part of the called party, displaying caller information and location information received from the main repeater, and outputting a warning signal to the outside through a lamp, sound, vibration, or automatic lighting; It is achieved by providing a patient monitoring radio call system, characterized in that it comprises a, below, with reference to the drawings will be described in more detail the organic coupling relationship between components and components of the patient monitoring radio call system .

1 is a view showing the overall configuration of a patient monitoring radio call system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a block diagram showing the detailed block configuration of the patient monitoring management wireless call system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figures 1 and 2 in more detail,

As described above, the present invention monitors the patient monitoring wireless call system, including the first transmitter 100, the first receiver 200, the main repeater 300, the second transmitter 400 and the second receiver 500. It is composed.

The first transmitter 100 is a necklace, a bracelet on a body part of an elderly person / patient living alone in an elderly nursing hospital or a psychiatric hospital or a patient who has a perceptual impairment disorder such as dementia symptoms or mental illness (hereinafter referred to as “caller”). It is a portable transmitter attached in the form of a belt, ankle strap, or the like.

The first transmitter 100 is attached to the body part of the caller to transmit the unique number of the first transmitter to the first receiver 200 in response to the request of the first receiver 200, wherein the first transmitter It is preferable to use an RFID tag and the first receiver requests and receives information on the caller's personal ID using an RFID reader.

Of course, the present invention is not limited thereto, and short-range wireless communication may be performed using any one or more of radio frequency identification (RFID), Bluetooth, ZIGBEE, Z-WAVE, or wireless USB communication.

The first receiver 200 is attached to a door of a specific region installed in a restricted or prevented escape area in a nursing hospital or a mental hospital, and when the first transmitter 100 is close to the first transmitter 100. The unique number is requested, and when the requested unique number is received, a warning signal is generated by combining the received unique number and location information of the first receiver, and then the warning signal is transmitted to the main repeater 300.

In particular, the first receiver 200 is characterized by generating a warning signal for each grade divided into upper, middle, lower according to the reception sensitivity through the short-range wireless communication of the first transmitter (100). That is, a warning signal such as a blue warning for a long distance, a yellow warning for a medium distance, and a red warning for a short distance is generated.

The second transmitter 400 is provided with one or more call buttons to call the callee, is attached to one side of the bed of the caller generates a call signal including the bed number and position information according to the caller button operation of the caller It performs a function for transmitting to the main repeater 300, and further comprises a control unit 410, an input unit 420, a transmitter 430 and a power supply unit 440 as shown in FIG.

The input unit 420 is provided as a call button or an emergency button for each function so as to easily generate a call signal by a simple operation of a caller, and generates a corresponding signal according to a caller's button operation and outputs it to the control unit 410, The control unit 410 receives a signal from the input unit 420 generates a call signal consisting of at least one of caller bed number, caller information, callee information, caller family information or location information and outputs it to the transmitter 430. Done.

The transmitter 430 receives a call signal from the controller 410 and transmits the call signal to the main repeater 300. In this case, in the wireless communication of the transmitter 430, it is preferable to increase the transmission rate by using a frequency shift method (FSK).

The main repeater 300 is installed in a management room of a nursing hospital or a mental hospital, and when a warning signal is received from the first receiver 200, a doctor or nurse in charge of a caller previously stored using a unique number of the received warning signal. After retrieving and extracting information (hereinafter referred to as the "callee"), the callee's second receiver 500 sends a warning signal according to the current caller's information, the location information and the grade in the nursing or mental hospital, and the callee's second receiver. Transmitting to the receiver 500, and displaying the warning signal to inform the outside,

In addition, when a call signal is received from the second transmitter 200, the caller's doctor or nurse (hereinafter referred to as “callee”) of the caller previously stored is searched and extracted by using the received call signal, The second receiver 500 transmits current caller information, bed position information, and a call signal, and displays the call signal to inform the outside.

As shown in FIG. 2, the main repeater 300 includes a controller 310, a receiver 320, a storage 330, a display 340, a warning unit 350, a transceiver 360, and a power supply unit ( 370 is further included.

The receiver 320 receives a warning signal or a call signal transmitted from the first receiver 200 and outputs the warning signal or the call signal to the controller 310, and the controller 310 receives the warning signal or the call input from the receiver 320. After searching and extracting the information of the called party stored in the storage unit using the signal, and transmitting the caller information, location information and warning signal or call signal to the second receiver of the called party through the transceiver 360, the display unit 340, and controls the overall function to receive and display a response signal according to a warning signal or a call signal from the second receiver 500 of the called party and store the response signal in the storage unit 330. do.

The transceiver 360 transmits the caller information, the location information and the warning signal or the call signal to the called party's second receiver 500 under the control of the controller, and receives the warning signal from the called party's second receiver 500. Alternatively, the response signal for the call signal is received and output to the control unit 310, and the storage unit 330 is the caller unique number, the caller bed number, the location information of the first receiver or the second transmitter, the caller information, the callee. Information or caller pre-stores family information, and receives and stores a response signal according to a warning signal or a call signal from the second receiver 500 of the called party.

In particular, through the warning unit 350, which further comprises the warning lamp, warning bell, vibration module, the warning signal and the call signal according to the grade is characterized in that the output to the outside as a lamp, sound, vibration or automatic lighting. In the wireless communication of the transceiver 3600, it is preferable to increase the transmission rate by using a frequency shift method (FSK).

The second receiver 500 is attached to a body part of the called doctor or nurse, such as a necklace, bracelet, belt, etc. to display the caller information and location information received from the main repeater 300, the warning according to the grade Signal and call signal are output to lamp, sound, vibration or auto lighting.

As shown in FIG. 2, the second receiver 500 includes a controller 510, a transceiver 520, a warning unit 530, a display unit 540, a storage unit 550, an input unit 560, and a power supply unit. 570 may be further included.

The transceiver 520 receives the caller information, the location information and the warning signal or the call signal received from the main repeater 300, outputs the signal to the controller 510, and outputs a response signal input from the controller to the main repeater 300. The controller 510 displays the caller information and the location information through the display unit 540 according to the caller information, the location information and the warning signal or the call signal input through the transceiver 520. The warning unit 530 controls to output a warning signal or a call signal to the outside by lamp, sound, vibration or automatic lighting for each grade, and receives a response signal from the called party through the input unit 560 to receive the main relay 300. To control the overall function.

In the wireless communication unit, the transmission and reception unit 520 may also increase the transmission rate by using a frequency shift method (FSK).

The warning unit 530 is configured to further include a warning lamp, warning bell or vibration module, and outputs a warning signal or a call signal to the outside by the lamp, sound, vibration or automatic lighting for each grade under the control of the controller. The storage unit 550 stores the caller information, the location information and the warning signal or the call signal received under the control of the controller, and stores and provides a response signal input from the called party. The display unit 540 Displays the caller information and the location information received under the control of the controller, and the input unit 560 provides a response button to the called party, and the callee information, the callee location information or A response signal composed of any one or more of the response time is generated and output to the controller 510.

In this case, the input response signal may be used to confirm the response processing result for the doctor or nurse in charge of the caller.

Hereinafter, the operation principle of the patient monitoring radio call system as described above will be described in more detail.

First, when a patient who attaches a first transmitter 100 including an RFID tag to a wrist approaches a door to leave the departure area, the first receiver 200 including an RFID reader includes a first transmitter 100. ) And apply an inductive current to the RFID tag of the first transmitter 100 and then request a unique number of the first transmitter.

The RFID tag of the first transmitter 100 transmits a unique number of the first transmitter 100 to the first receiver 200 according to a request, and the first receiver 200 is provided with the received unique number. According to the sensitivity of the wireless communication with the first transmitter generates a warning signal including a warning signal and position information for each of the upper, middle, lower grades and then transmits to the main repeater (300).

The main repeater 300 searches for and extracts a callee who is a doctor or nurse who is pre-stored in the storage unit 330 by using a unique number among the received warning signals, and then sends a warning signal to the second receiver 500 of the callee. And transmits a warning signal to the outside through the display unit 340. At this time, using the warning lamp, warning bell or vibration module of the warning unit 350 according to the level of the warning signal to inform the outside by lamps, sounds, vibration or automatic lighting.

That is, the warning signal for each grade can be output to the outside through the display of the blue lamp, the yellow lamp, the red lamp, etc. according to the caller's door access degree, the classification of the sound level and the like.

The second receiver 500 of the called party receiving the warning signal from the main repeater 300 displays the caller information, the location information and the warning signal for each class, and also warns the warning unit 530 according to the class of the warning signal. The lamp, warning bell or vibration module is used to notify the called physician, nurse or nurse, by lamp, sound, vibration, or automatic lighting.

The called doctor who is a doctor or nurse checks that the patient wants to leave the departure area, and then manipulates the response button. The input unit 560 generates a response signal indicating that the user recognizes the fact according to the operation of the response button. The main relay 300 is transmitted through the 510. In this case, the response signal preferably includes information of the called party, location information, time information, and the like.

The main repeater 300 receives the response signal including the received callee information, location information or time information, and stores the response signal in the storage unit 330 to provide the processing result data according to a warning signal later.

On the other hand, when the patient calls the callee or the emergency call button of the second transmitter 400 attached to one side of the bed for the action according to the emergency or the doctor or nurse, the second transmitter 400 Generates a call signal composed of at least one of a couch number, caller information, callee information, location information, or caller family information and transmits the call signal to the main repeater 300.

The main repeater 300 retrieves and extracts a callee who is a doctor or nurse who is pre-stored in the storage unit 330 by using the couch number among the received call signals, and then calls the call signal to the second receiver 500 of the callee. In addition, the call signal is notified to the outside through the display unit 340. At this time, using a warning lamp, a warning bell or a vibration module of the warning unit 350 according to whether a simple call or an emergency call is notified to the outside by a lamp, sound, vibration or automatic lighting.

The second receiver 500 of the called party receiving the call signal from the main repeater 300 displays the call signal, and also displays a warning lamp, warning bell or the like of the warning unit 530 depending on whether the call is a simple call or an emergency call. The vibrating module is used to notify the callee who is the doctor or nurse with a lamp, sound, vibration or automatic lighting.

The called doctor who is a doctor or nurse checks the call of the patient and then operates the response button. The input unit 560 generates a response signal indicating that the user has recognized the facts according to the operation of the response button to control the controller 510. It is transmitted to the main repeater 300 through. The main repeater 300 receives the response signal including the received callee information, location information or time information, and stores the response signal in the storage unit 330 to provide the processing result data according to the subsequent call signal.

Although one preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, it is clear that the present invention may use various changes, modifications, and equivalents, and may be applied in the same manner by appropriately modifying the embodiment. Accordingly, the above description does not limit the scope of the invention as defined by the limitations of the following claims.

1 is a view showing the overall configuration of a patient monitoring radio call system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the detailed block configuration of the patient monitoring management wireless call system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

**** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ****

100: first transmitter 110: control unit

120 input unit 130 transmission unit

200: first receiver 300: main repeater

310: control unit 320: receiving unit

330: storage unit 340: display unit

350: warning unit 360: transceiver

400: second transmitter 410: control unit

420: input unit 430: transmitter

500: second receiver 510: control unit

520: transceiver unit 530: warning unit

540: display unit 550: power supply unit

Claims (8)

In a wireless call system using a local area wireless communication network, A first transmitter attached to a body part of the caller and transmitting a unique number to the first receiver according to a request of the first receiver; A first receiver attached to one side of the door to detect the first transmitter, receiving the requested unique number, generating a warning signal together with location information, and transmitting the generated warning signal to the main repeater; A main repeater for searching and extracting the called party information using the unique number of the warning signal received from the first receiver and transmitting the caller information, the location information and the warning signal to the called party's second receiver; And A second receiver attached to a body part of the called party and displaying caller information and location information received from the main repeater, and outputting a warning signal to the outside through a lamp, sound, vibration or automatic lighting; Patient monitoring management wireless call system, characterized in that comprises a. The method of claim 1, A second transmitter attached to one side of the couch of the caller and generating a call signal according to a caller's call button operation and transmitting the call signal to the main repeater; Patient monitoring management wireless paging system, characterized in that further comprises. The method of claim 2, wherein the second transmitter is An input unit providing a call button or an emergency button to generate a signal according to a caller's operation and output the signal to a controller; A controller configured to receive the signal and generate a call signal including at least one of a caller couch number, caller information, callee information, location information, and caller family information, and output the call signal to a transmitter; And A transmitter for receiving a call signal from the controller and transmitting the call signal to a main repeater; Patient monitoring management wireless calling system, characterized in that further comprises. According to claim 1 or 2, wherein the warning signal or call signal is And a caller identification number, caller bed number, location information of the first receiver or second transmitter, caller information, called party information, or caller family information. The method of claim 1, wherein the near field communication is Patient monitoring management, characterized in that performing short-range wireless communication using any one or more of an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) module, a Bluetooth module, a ZIGBEE module, a Z-WAVE module or a wireless USB communication module. Wireless paging system. The method of claim 1, wherein the first receiver Patient call management wireless call system, characterized in that for transmitting the warning signal by adding a warning signal for each of the upper, middle or lower class according to the sensitivity of the short-range wireless communication with the first transmitter. The method of claim 1, wherein the main repeater A receiver which receives a warning signal or a call signal transmitted from the first receiver and outputs the warning signal to the controller; After searching and extracting the called party information stored in the storage unit using the warning signal or the calling signal inputted from the receiving unit, the caller information, the location information and the warning signal or the calling signal are transmitted to the called party's second receiver through the transceiver unit. A control unit configured to receive, display, and store a response signal according to a warning signal or a call signal from a second receiver of the called party; A transmitter / receiver for transmitting caller information, location information and warning signal or call signal to a second receiver under the control of the controller, receiving a response signal from the second receiver and outputting the response signal to the controller; And Caller's unique number, caller's bed number, location information of first receiver or second transmitter, caller information, callee information or caller family information are pre-stored, and according to warning signal or call signal from second callee's receiver A storage unit for receiving, storing, and providing a response signal; Patient monitoring management wireless calling system, characterized in that further comprises. The method of claim 1, wherein the second receiver A transmitter / receiver for receiving caller information, location information and warning signals or call signals received from the main repeater and outputting them to the controller, and transmitting a response signal input from the controller to the main repeater; Display caller information and location information according to caller information, location information and warning signal or call signal input through the transceiver, and control to output warning signal or call signal to the outside by lamp, sound, vibration or auto lighting by grade A control unit which controls an overall function to receive a response signal from the called party and transmit the response signal to the main repeater; And a warning lamp, a warning bell or a vibration module, the warning unit outputting a warning signal or a call signal to the outside by lamp, sound, vibration, or automatic lighting for each grade under the control of the controller; A storage unit for storing the caller information, the location information and the warning signal or the call signal received under the control of the controller, and storing and providing a response signal input from the called party; A display unit configured to display caller information and location information received under the control of the controller; And An input unit for providing a response button and generating a response signal including at least one of called information, called location information, or response time according to an operation of the response button and outputting the response signal to the controller; Patient monitoring management wireless calling system, characterized in that further comprises.

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