JP2956605B2 - Patient monitoring system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a patient monitoring system, and more particularly to a patient monitoring system for transmitting various biological information of a patient to a portable wireless receiver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a patient monitoring system has been used for the purpose of providing various biological information of a patient to doctors, specialists, and the like. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional patient monitoring system. The operation of the conventional patient monitoring system will be described with reference to FIG. Patient 50a
Is continuously monitored physiologically by the sensor 51a, and the processed biological information of the patient is observed at the bedside station 52a. The information of the bedside station 52a is transmitted to the central station 56 via the communication path 54. At the central office 56, nurses and doctors can centrally observe information on individual bedside offices. The local service 58 supplies past data of the patient and the like. All information received by the central office 56 is transmitted to the consultation office 60. Therefore,
In the consultation bureau 60, a doctor, an expert, and the like can see all information including the past data of the patient and determine the condition of the patient. In FIG. 6, 53a, 55, 57 and 59 are communication interfaces.

[0003]

However, in the conventional patient monitoring system, since the consultation office where the doctor judges the condition of the patient is a fixed station, the doctor in charge is provided when the condition of the patient suddenly changes. If the patient is not in a place where the condition of the patient can be grasped, there is a problem that the doctor in charge cannot perform quick and accurate treatment on the patient. In addition, the counselor's office always displays a lot of information, and even when the patient's condition changes suddenly, more information than necessary is sent. Therefore, the doctor in charge has to select information necessary for grasping the patient's medical condition, and there is a problem that it is difficult to make a quick decision. The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a system capable of transmitting information that enables a physician to accurately determine a patient's condition regardless of the location. is there.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a sensor for receiving various kinds of biological information of a patient, a central station for observing the biological information of the patient output from the sensor, the a wireless transmission unit for transmitting the biometric information of the patient that is output from the central office, possess a portable radio receiver that receives and displays biological information of patients transmitted from the radio transmitter, radio receiver The display on the machine is a place away from the patient
Doctors carrying radio receivers in the office
Things . In addition, a bedside station for observing the patient's biological information output from the sensor is provided, and the patient's biological information is output to the central office. This makes it possible to display the patient's biological information on a portable wireless receiver, so that the doctor can view the patient's information simply by looking at this display, even if he is not at the consultation office or a place where he can grasp the patient's condition. You can know the status.

[0005] Further, the radio transmission section transmits the biological information of the patient only when the condition of the patient is deteriorated. Therefore, when the condition of the patient deteriorates, the biological information of the patient is transmitted to the wireless receiver, so that the doctor can obtain the information of the patient only when urgent treatment is required for the patient. . Further, the central station extracts only information necessary for the doctor carrying the wireless receiver to grasp the state of the patient from the patient's biological information, and outputs the information to the wireless transmission unit. As a result, since only the information necessary for grasping the patient's condition is transmitted from the wireless transmission unit to the wireless receiver carried by the doctor, it is not necessary for the doctor to select information, and the doctor can make quick and accurate decisions. Can be.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a patient monitoring system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the patient monitoring system includes a patient a,
sensors 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d for receiving various biological information of b, c, d (only patient a is shown);
It has bedside stations 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d for observing the biological information output from 1d. Bedside stations 2a to 2d are wired communication interfaces 3a, 3b,
It communicates with at least one central office 6 via 3c, 3d, a wired communication path 4 and a wired communication interface 5.
The biological information transmitted from the bedside stations 2a to 2d to the central station 6 is transmitted to the wireless transmission unit 7, from which the mobile station 8
It is wirelessly transmitted to x, 8y, and 8z.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile station 8x as a radio receiver. As shown in FIG.
Are an antenna 21 and a radio receiving unit 22 for receiving radio waves from the radio transmitting unit 7, an incoming alarm generating unit 24 for notifying the wearer of information of the patients a to d from the central office 6 by an alarm sound or vibration. And a display unit 25 capable of simultaneously displaying physiological numerical information of patients a to d and waveform information such as an electrocardiogram waveform, a memory unit 26 for temporarily storing such information, and controlling operations of these units. And a power supply unit 27 common to each of these units. The mobile stations 8y and 8z have the same configuration as the mobile station 8x.

Next, the operation of the patient monitoring system will be described by taking the patient a and the mobile station 8x as examples. As shown in FIG. 1, patient a is continuously monitored physiologically by a sensor 1a. Various biological information of the patient a is observed at the bedside station 2a. Further, the information is transmitted to the central office 6 via the wired communication path 4. This central office 6
Then, the nurses and doctors are assigned to the individual bedside stations 2a to 2d.
Information can be observed centrally. When the state of the patient a suddenly changes and the numerical value of the measured biological information exceeds a predetermined range preset in the bedside station 2a or the central office 6, the bedside station 2a or the central office 6 issues an alarm. Then, the central office 6 automatically extracts only information necessary for the doctor in charge to grasp the state of the patient a from the biological information including the waveform information of the patient a at the time when the alarm is issued. Then, in addition to the above information, other patient information such as a flag for identification, the name of the patient a, the contact information of the treatment site, and the like are output to the wireless transmission unit 7, and from there, the mobile station 8x carried by the doctor in charge is transmitted. Transmit wirelessly.

In addition, when there is an abnormality in the waveform of the biological information of the patient a, for example, when an abnormality is recognized in the electrocardiogram waveform, and when the arrhythmia is diagnosed by the bedside station 2a or the central station 6, the central station 6 Sends the name of the arrhythmia diagnosis and its identification flag, the name of the patient a, the contact information, and the like to the wireless transmission unit 7, and from there sends it to the mobile station 8x carried by the doctor in charge. In this case, among the biological information including the waveform information, information necessary for the doctor in charge to grasp the state of the patient a can also be transmitted. In this way, only when the condition of the patient a is deteriorated, the necessary minimum information is transmitted from the wireless transmission unit 7 to the mobile station 8x. As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile station 8x receives the transmission from the wireless transmission unit 7 with the antenna 21 and the wireless reception unit 22. Then, an alarm or vibration is generated by the incoming call alarm generation unit 24, and the patient a
Notify your doctor that your condition has worsened. at the same time,
The information of the patient a transmitted from the central office 6 is displayed on the display unit 25.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a display on the display unit 25 of the mobile station 8x. The display unit 25 displays, in addition to the name of the patient a, the measurement value or the arrhythmia diagnosis name that caused the alarm to call attention, waveform information such as an electrocardiogram waveform at the time of occurrence of the alarm, a heart rate, a blood pressure value, and the like. At the same time as the contact information of the treatment site to be handled by the doctor carrying the mobile station 8x. Therefore, the doctor can grasp the condition of the patient a by looking at the display unit 25 of the mobile station 8x without being at the consultation office or a place where the condition of the patient a can be grasped. Can be instructed by telephone or wirelessly.

If necessary, the memory unit 2 shown in FIG.
Since it is possible to refer to the information of the patient a at the time of the previous alarm recorded in 6, the doctor carrying the mobile station 8 x can instruct the treatment site to perform more detailed treatment. As described above, the patient a and the mobile station 8x have been described as examples.
The same is true even if z is replaced. The bedside stations 2a to 2d in FIG. 1 have a video system and an audio system. Further, it goes without saying that the patient monitoring apparatus shown in FIG. 1 can perform not only communication from the bedside stations 2a to 2d to the central office 6 but also communication in the opposite direction.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the patient monitoring system according to the present invention. In the present embodiment, the wired communication path 4 connecting the bedside stations 2a to 2d and the central office 6 in FIG.
This is replaced by a wireless communication path 10 as shown in FIG. Therefore, the description of the same parts as in the first embodiment will be omitted here. As shown in FIG. 4, the plurality of bedside stations 2a to 2d and at least one central office 6 are connected to wireless communication interfaces 9a, 9b, 9c, 9
d, wireless communication path 10 and wireless communication interface 11
Connected through. In this system, two-way communication is possible between the bedside stations 2a to 2d and the central office 6.

(Third Embodiment) FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the patient monitoring system according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the bedside stations 2a to 2d in FIG. 4 are omitted. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the biological information of the patients a to d received by the sensors 1a to 1d
d, transmitted to at least one central office 6 via the wireless communication path 10 and the wireless communication interface 11. In this patient monitoring system, the bedside station 2a in FIG.
2d and what was done at the central office 6
Only done with. Since the patient monitoring system does not have the bedside stations 2a to 2d as described above, the cost of the system can be reduced. Such an inexpensive patient monitoring system is a useful system for a relatively small-scale hospital.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, the doctor can display the patient's biological information on the portable wireless receiver, so that the doctor can be located at a consultation office or a place where the patient's condition can be grasped. Even if you do not, you can know the condition of the patient just by looking at this display. Further, only when the condition of the patient is deteriorated, the biological information of the patient is transmitted to the wireless receiver, so that the doctor can obtain the information of the patient only when urgent treatment is required for the patient. be able to. Also, of the patient's biological information, only the information necessary for the doctor to understand the condition of the patient is transmitted to the wireless receiver, so that the doctor does not need to select information, and the doctor can make quick and accurate decisions. Can be made.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a patient monitoring system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile station in one embodiment of the patient monitoring system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a display on a display unit of a mobile station in the embodiment of the patient monitoring system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of another embodiment of the patient monitoring system according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of another embodiment of the patient monitoring system according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional patient monitoring system.

[Explanation of symbols]

a: Patient, 1a to 1d: Sensor, 2a to 2d: Bedside station, 3a to 3d, 5: Wired communication interface, 4
... Wired communication path, 6 ... Central office, 7 ... Wireless transmission unit, 8x-8
z: mobile station, 9a to 9d, 11: wireless communication interface, 10: wireless communication path, 21: antenna, 22: wireless receiving unit, 23: control unit, 24: incoming alarm generating unit, 25
... display unit, 26 ... memory unit, 27 ... power supply unit.

Continuation of the front page (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A61B 5/00 102 H04B 7/00 H04Q 9/00 301 H04Q 9/00 311 H04Q 9/00 321

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sensor for receiving various biological information of a patient, a central station for observing the biological information of the patient output from the sensor, and a wireless transmission for wirelessly transmitting the biological information of the patient output from the central station possess a part, and the wireless biometric information of the patient which is wirelessly transmitted from the transmitting unit to the radio receiving and displaying portable radio receiver, the display of the radio receiver, Mu said at a location remote from the patient
A patient monitoring system characterized by allowing a doctor carrying a line receiver to grasp the state of a patient. 2. A sensor for receiving various biological information of a patient, a bedside station for observing the biological information of the patient output from the sensor, and a central unit for observing the biological information of the patient output from the bedside station. A radio transmitting unit that wirelessly transmits the biological information of the patient output from the central station; and a portable wireless receiver that wirelessly receives and displays the biological information of the patient wirelessly transmitted from the wireless transmitting unit. have a display of the radio receiver, Mu said at a location remote from the patient
A patient monitoring system characterized by allowing a doctor carrying a line receiver to grasp the state of a patient. 3. The patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless transmission unit wirelessly transmits the biological information of the patient only when the condition of the patient is deteriorated. 4. The medical information system according to claim 1, wherein the central station is configured to provide information necessary for a physician carrying the wireless receiver to ascertain the state of the patient among the biological information of the patient. A patient monitoring system that extracts only the extracted data and outputs the extracted data to the wireless transmission unit.