KR20010019660A - Network for medical examination and apparatus for examinating patient - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A remote medical examination network is provided, which can provide patient's state to a remote hospital by using a portable supervisory device in the remote medical examination network. CONSTITUTION: The remote medical examination network comprises the portable supervisory device(1) put on the patient to supervise the patient's state and then to output bioinformation, a portable terminal(2) to transfer the patient's bioinformation to a moving communication network(3), a protocol converting device(5) to convert the bioinformation and then to supply the converted bioinformation to a medical examination system(7) through internet(6).

Description

NETWORK FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND APPARATUS FOR EXAMINATING PATIENT}

The present invention relates to a system for diagnosing a patient, and more particularly, to a remote medical diagnosis network capable of remotely receiving and examining a patient's condition.

In diseases such as heart disease or diabetes, medical personnel constantly monitor biometric information such as electrocardiogram or sugar of a patient, and thus, it is necessary to prepare for an emergency. However, in order to constantly monitor the patient's biometric information, the patient has to be hospitalized. In particular, in a disease such as diabetes, it is practically impossible for a patient to be hospitalized at all times in order to prepare for an emergency because a patient can have a daily life. Therefore, a portable monitoring device has been developed in which a patient can monitor his or her own condition while living a daily life.

The portable monitoring device allows the patient to have a normal daily life and monitor the patient's condition for 24 hours continuously. However, in the conventional portable monitoring apparatus, since only the monitoring result is stored in the internal cassette tape or the semiconductor storage device, the examination of the patient's condition according to the monitoring result is performed in the hospital. In other words, the hospital's medical staff can only diagnose the patient's condition if the patient submits a cassette tape or semiconductor storage device in which the monitoring result of the portable monitoring device is stored. none. Therefore, even if the patient's condition changes suddenly, that is, even if an emergency situation occurs in the patient there is a problem that the medical staff can not know at all. In addition, even when an emergency patient wearing a portable monitoring device arrives at the hospital, in order to diagnose the accurate state of the patient, a monitoring result in the portable monitoring device needs to be read and analyzed again, so that a rapid diagnosis cannot be made. There is.

In addition, even if an emergency patient wears a portable monitoring device, only a hospital equipped with a device capable of reading the contents of the portable monitoring device has a utility of the portable monitoring device. there is a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve this problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a remote medical diagnosis network capable of diagnosing a patient at all times by receiving a patient condition monitoring result of a portable monitoring device at a remote hospital.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a remote medical diagnosis network that can remotely receive and diagnose a patient condition monitoring result of a portable monitoring device and share the diagnosis result with a plurality of hospitals.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a portable monitoring device capable of providing patient status information to a telemedicine diagnosis network.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a remote medical diagnosis network for diagnosing a patient's condition in a remote hospital, comprising: a portable monitoring device which is worn on a patient and monitors the patient's condition and outputs it as biometric information; A mobile terminal for transmitting the biometric information of the patient from the portable monitoring device to the mobile communication network; A protocol conversion device for converting the biometric information received through the mobile communication network to enable internet communication, and then providing the biometric information through the internet network; It is provided with a medical diagnostic system for diagnosing a patient in accordance with the biometric information of the patient provided through the Internet network.

The present invention also provides a remote medical diagnosis system using a mobile communication network, comprising: a portable monitoring device that is worn on a patient and monitors a patient's condition and outputs the biometric information; A mobile terminal for transmitting biometric information from a portable monitoring device to a mobile communication network; And a diagnosis server for diagnosing a patient's condition according to the biometric information received through the mobile communication network and providing the diagnosis result to the Internet network.

The present invention also provides a portable monitoring device connected to a mobile terminal, comprising: a plurality of sensors for detecting a state of a body and outputting a bio signal; A biosignal processing module configured to generate biosignal information detected by a sensor as ecological information of a patient by a diagnostic algorithm; And a control and communication processing unit for providing the ecological information to the mobile terminal and controlling the mobile terminal to transmit the ecological information to a predetermined called party.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a portable monitoring apparatus configured in a telemedicine diagnosis network according to the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating a remote medical diagnosis network according to the present invention;

3 illustrates another embodiment of a telemedicine diagnostic network in accordance with the present invention.

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1: portable monitoring device 2: mobile terminal

3: mobile communication network 4: network interlocking device

5: protocol conversion device 6: Internet network

7: medical diagnostic system 9: server device

11: biosignal processing module 12: control and communication processing unit

13 GPS receiver 14 user input and output

15: display unit

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 shows a schematic block diagram of a portable monitoring device 1 used in the present invention. As shown, the portable monitoring device 1 includes a plurality of sensors S1-Sn, and the number and types of the sensors S1-Sn are adjusted as necessary. Examples of the sensors S1-Sn include an electrocardiogram sensor for monitoring an electrocardiogram of a patient, a blood pressure sensor for measuring blood pressure, a blood sugar sensor for measuring blood sugar, a heart rate sensor for measuring a heartbeat, and the like.

The biosignal of the patient monitored by the sensors S1-Sn is provided to the biosignal processing module 11 in an analog state. The biosignal processing module 11 amplifies and filters the biosignals detected by the sensors S1-Sn, converts the biosignals into digital signals, and generates biometric information of the patient in real time by an internal diagnostic algorithm.

The biometric information from the biosignal processing module 11 is provided to the control and communication processing unit 12, and the control and communication processing unit 12 is provided with the position information of the global positioning system (GPS) receiver 13 in addition to the biometric information. . The GPS receiver 14 decodes each coordinate data received from four satellites of the low-orbit satellite and the transmission time of the signal to detect the current longitude and latitude, the coordinate data of the altitude and the absolute time. Detect.

The control and communication processor 12 processes the biometric information of the biosignal processing module 11 and the position information of the GPS receiver 13 in accordance with a wireless application protocol (WAP) and then provides it to the mobile terminal 2. And control the driving of the mobile terminal 2 according to an internal program. That is, the control and communication processing unit 12 is connected through a diagnostic monitor port of the mobile terminal 2, and provides biometric information and location information to the mobile terminal 2 using the diagnostic monitor port. On the other hand, the mobile terminal 2 is controlled to transmit this information to a predetermined preset called number. The method of transmitting information using the diagnostic monitor port and controlling the driving of the mobile terminal is an easy technique for those skilled in the art, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.

In addition, the control and communication processing unit 12 may be configured to always transmit the biometric information and location information using the mobile terminal 2, or may be configured to transmit at a predetermined time interval in the technical field of the present invention Those of ordinary skill will readily know.

On the other hand, the control and communication processing unit 12 can communicate with a separate user device, that is, a diagnostic device (for example, a general personal computer) that can be diagnosed as biometric information through the user input / output unit 14. In addition, the control and communication processing unit 12 is configured to display the operation state of the portable monitoring device 1, the biometric information of the patient (for example, blood pressure, etc.) through a separate display device 15, and is necessary. In some cases, it may be configured to indicate that an abnormal state of the patient, that is, the value of the biometric information is above or below a predetermined reference value and to warn it.

2 shows a remote medical diagnosis network of the present invention for providing the biomedical information detected by the portable monitoring device 1 to the medical diagnosis system 7 of a hospital.

The mobile terminal 2 transmits the biometric information and the location information from the control and communication processing unit 12 together with the preset called number (or by the control of the control and communication processing unit 12), and the mobile communication network 3 The called party number is interpreted and sent to the called party. In the present invention, the called party is a protocol conversion device 5 connected to the Internet network. Here, when data is transmitted from the mobile communication network 3 to the wired network, the mobile communication network 3 is configured to pass through the Inter Working Function device 4 due to a difference in data structure and protocol from voice information. The information of the mobile terminal 2 through is provided to the protocol conversion device 5 via the network interlocking device 4.

The protocol conversion device 5 adapts the information of the mobile terminal 2 provided through the network interlocking device 4, that is, the biometric information and the location information by the WAP, to the Internet network 6, that is, the TCP / IP protocol. After the conversion, the data is transmitted to the subscriber through the Internet network 6. Here, the subscriber will be a designated in-hospital medical diagnosis system 7 of a patient wearing the portable monitoring device 1.

The medical diagnosis system 7 in the designated hospital receives the patient biometric information of the protocol conversion device 5 provided through the internet network 6 primarily by having a communication function through the internet network 6, and receives the received biometric information. Diagnose the patient accordingly. That is, the medical diagnosis system 7 includes a program for diagnosing a patient's condition using biometric information, and the diagnosis result and the patient's history of the patient's condition are stored in an internal database 71. In addition, the medical diagnostic system 7 includes a program capable of analyzing position information by GPS, so that the current position at which the portable monitoring device 1 is located can be accurately determined.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the biometric information of the patient monitored by the portable monitoring device 1 is provided to the medical diagnosis system 7 in the designated hospital, the designated hospital can check the condition of the patient in real time. In addition, as a result of the determination of the patient's biometric information, even in an emergency state, it is possible to determine the current position of the patient, thereby enabling rapid emergency treatment. It will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that the medical diagnostic system 7 should issue a separate alarm in an emergency state of the patient.

In addition, in the above-described configuration, when the patient is treated at a hospital other than the designated hospital, a communication device such as a personal computer 8 of the hospital accesses the medical diagnosis system 7 in the designated hospital through the Internet network 6. (access), it is possible to easily obtain the data in the designated hospital, that is, the current state and history of the patient.

However, in the above-described configuration, a burden arises that the medical diagnosis system 7 must be provided in designated hospitals. That is, a considerable cost is required to diagnose the patient from the information of the portable monitoring device 1 or to configure the medical diagnosis system 7 which grasps the current position of the patient. This is difficult to equip.

As a method for solving this problem, as shown in FIG. 3, the diagnostic server 9 is connected to the Internet network 6 while the diagnostic server 9 is configured to perform the function of the medical diagnosis system 7. . That is, the biometric information and the location information of the portable monitoring device 1 by the WAP are provided to the diagnostic server 9 via the mobile communication network 3 and the network interlocking device 4, and in the diagnostic server 9 A program 91 for diagnosing the patient's location using the patient's biometric information and location information is embedded, and a database 91 for recording the patient's medical history and the like is provided. When the diagnostic server 9 is configured as described above, the diagnostic server 9 diagnoses the patient according to the information of the portable monitoring device 1, detects the current position of the patient according to the location information, and stores the internal database 91. ).

The diagnosis server 9 also provides the above-mentioned information, that is, the diagnosis result and the location information of the patient to the computer 101 of the predetermined hospital 100 through the Internet network according to the TCP / IP protocol. In the present invention, the patient wearing the portable monitoring device 1 can be monitored in real time.

In addition, since the diagnosis server 9 is connected to the Internet network 6, the patient's medical history and location information can be shared in a hospital other than the designated hospital, so that even when the patient is admitted to a hospital other than the designated hospital, Appropriate treatment is possible.

On the other hand, if an emergency situation occurs in the patient as a result of the diagnosis of the patient by the diagnosis server 9, the computer 201 in the emergency center 200 separately designated with the position information of the patient that the diagnosis server 9 is an emergency situation. It is configured to provide to a communication device, such as, the computer 201 in the emergency center 200 is configured to enable emergency dispatch by generating an alarm sound or the like, when the information indicating that the emergency situation is received. The emergency center 200 may be configured in each region.

On the other hand, in the case of constituting the present invention as described above, since each hospital can know the history and location of the patient, a problem occurs that the privacy of the patient may be violated. In order to prevent this, a separate password should be set for each patient, and the patient should be configured so that his / her history cannot be accessed without the patient's permission. Of course, even in this case, the emergency center 200 for coping with the emergency situation should be configured to access the medical history of the patient without using a password.

As described above, the present invention provides a monitoring result of a portable monitoring device to each hospital through a mobile communication network and an internet network, thereby constantly monitoring a patient's condition, and sharing the monitoring result between hospitals.

Claims (13)

As a telemedicine diagnosis network that can diagnose a patient's condition in a remote hospital, A portable monitoring device which is worn on the patient and monitors the condition of the patient and outputs the biometric information; A mobile terminal for transmitting the biometric information of the patient from the portable monitoring device to a mobile communication network; A protocol conversion device for converting the biometric information received through the mobile communication network to enable internet communication, and then providing the biometric information through the internet network; And a medical diagnosis system for diagnosing the patient according to the biometric information of the patient provided through the internet network. The method of claim 1, And a network interlocking device configured to provide biometric information of the mobile communication network to the protocol conversion device between the mobile communication network and the protocol conversion device. The method of claim 2, And a database configured to store a diagnosis result of the patient in the medical diagnosis system. The method of claim 3, wherein The portable monitoring device detects the current position according to the information from the satellite, and transmits the detected current position information and the biometric information of the patient to the mobile terminal to the mobile communication network, And the medical diagnosis system stores the location information together with the patient's status information in the database. The method of claim 4, wherein The medical diagnosis system is a remote medical diagnosis network capable of communication through the Internet network. A remote medical diagnosis system using a mobile communication network, A portable monitoring device which is worn on the patient and monitors the condition of the patient and outputs the biometric information; A mobile terminal for transmitting biometric information from the portable monitoring device to a mobile communication network; And a diagnosis server for diagnosing the condition of the patient according to the biometric information received through the mobile communication network and providing the diagnosis result to the internet network. The method of claim 6, And a network interlocking device configured to provide information of the mobile communication network to the diagnosis server between the mobile communication network and the diagnosis server. The method of claim 7, wherein And a database for storing a diagnosis state of the patient in the diagnosis server. The method of claim 8, The portable monitoring device detects the current position according to the information from the satellite, and transmits the detected current position information and the biometric information of the patient to the mobile terminal to the mobile communication network, And the diagnostic server stores the location information in the database along with the diagnosis status of the patient. A portable monitoring device connected to a mobile terminal, A plurality of sensors for detecting a state of the body and outputting the biosignal signal; A biosignal processing module configured to generate biosignal information detected by the sensor as ecological information of a patient by a diagnostic algorithm; And a control and communication processing unit for providing the ecological information to the mobile terminal and controlling the mobile terminal to transmit the ecological information to a predetermined called party. The method of claim 10, And a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiving unit for detecting current location information, wherein the control and communication processing unit controls the mobile terminal to transmit the location information together with the biometric information to a predetermined called party. The method of claim 10 or 11, And a display unit for displaying the biometric information under the control of the control and communication processing unit. The method according to claim 11 or 12, The control and communication processing unit is a body detection device capable of wired communication with the diagnostic device through the user input and output unit.