BG3020U1 - Remote monitoring and communication system between patients and consulting experts - Google Patents

Abstract

This utility model relates to a remote monitoring and communication system between patients and consulting experts that will find application in the community's medical and social services, in particular by servicing of nursing homes and hospices. The designed remote monitoring and communication system between patients and consulting experts includes a router (2), which via a WiFi, Bluetooth or LAN network is unidirectionally connected to user devices (1.1, 1.2 ... 1.n) and bidirectionally connected to a multimedia communication server (3) and to consulting expert's computers (4.1, 4.2 ... 4.m). The user devices (1.1, 1.2 ... 1.n) are connected to sensory devices (9.1, 9.2 ... 9.n). The multimedia server (3) is bidirectionally connected to the database server (5) and is unidirectionally connected to a mobile phone (6) connected via a VPN connection to a remote control module and schedules (8). The consulting expert's computers (4.1, 4.2 ... 4.m) via a VPN connection are connected to remote consulting expert's computers (7.1, 7.2 ... 7.p). In the system designed, the user devices (1.1, 1.2 … 1.n), consulting expert's computers (4.1, 4.2 … 4.m) and remote consulting expert's computers (7.1, 7.2 … 7.p) include additional peripheral equipment such as cameras, microphones, speakers and headsets.

Description

Field of technology

This utility model refers to a system for remote monitoring and communication between patients and counselors, which will find application in medical and social services to the population and in particular in the care of nursing homes and hospices.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Specialized institutions provide a range of social services for people with disabilities, the elderly and children. An important feature of this type of social services is that it is a form of care in which users are permanently separated from their home environment, and this type of service is provided after the exhaustion of opportunities to use other services in the community.

In the existing social homes and hospices there is no interaction between social and health services, including the development of innovative services. Moreover, long-term care in these homes is based on creating conditions for an independent and dignified life for the elderly and people with disabilities, while respecting their rights, taking into account their capabilities and specific needs.

There is no known innovative system for remote monitoring and communication that provides two-way communication between a user (patient) and a consultation service (doctor or other staff) in accordance with pre-defined call priorities and filing of all incoming signals.

Technical essence of the utility model

The task of the utility model is to create a system for remote monitoring and communication between patients and consultants, which in real time provides two-way communication between the user (patient) and monitoring staff in accordance with pre-defined priorities.

The established system for remote monitoring and communication between patients and consultants includes a router, which via WiFi, Bluetooth or LAN is unidirectionally connected to user devices and bidirectionally connected to a multimedia communication server and consulting computers. Consumer devices are connected to sensor devices. The multimedia server is bidirectionally connected to a database server and is unidirectionally connected to a mobile phone connected via a VPN connection to a remote control and scheduling module. Consulting computers over a VPN connection are connected to remote consulting computers.

Consumer devices, consulting computers, and remote consulting computers include additional peripherals in the form of cameras, microphones, speakers, and headphones.

The current system provides easy two-way communication between patients and supervising staff, providing the ability to call, audio connection, video communication and transmission of disparate digital data. The system has additional capabilities for filing and managing databases with structured information in different categories - customers, staff, work schedules, list of communication sessions and status of the system itself. There is an opportunity for data storage, archiving of local and remote media, as well as an opportunity for dynamic reports in real time and for a chronology of past events.

In addition, the system has the ability to enter the work schedules of specialists, thus managing the correct distribution of tasks. At the same time, the system can automatically redirect a request to a specialist, even if he is not currently on site. The entry of schedules is carried out on a time basis - month, week, day and hour and can be set as a set of recurring events.

Explanation of the attached figures

This utility model is illustrated in the attached figures, where:

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the system for remote monitoring and communication between patients and counselors, according to the utility model;

6270 Descriptions to utility model registration certificates № 11.2 / 30.11.2018 Figure 2 is an image of a user device screen from the system shown in Figure 1.

Examples of implementation of the utility model

The established system for remote monitoring and communication between patients and consultants, shown in Figure 1, includes a router 2, which via WiFi, Bluetooth or LAN is unidirectionally connected to user devices 1.1, 1.2 ... Ln and bidirectionally connected to a multimedia communication server 3 and with consulting computers 4.1, 4.2 ... 4.sh. The consumer devices 1.1, 1.2 ... Ln are connected to sensor devices 9.1, 9.2 ... 9.p. The multimedia server 3 is bidirectionally connected to a database server 5 and is unidirectionally connected to a mobile phone 6 connected via a VPN connection to a remote control module and schedules 8. The consulting computers 4.1, 4.2 ... 4.sh via a VPN connection are connected to remote consulting computers 7.1, 7.2 ... 7.p.

In the created system the consumer devices 1.1, 1.2 ... Ln, the consulting computers 4.1, 4.2 ... 4.sh and the remote consulting computers 7.1, 7.2 ... 7.p include additional peripheral devices in the form of cameras, microphones, speakers and headphones.

Consumer devices 1.1,1.2 ... Ln can be tablets with Android operating system. Figure 2 shows an image of the screen of the user device 1.1, 1.2 ... Ln, which screen has four main buttons, distributed in accordance with the priorities for calling a specialist, namely:

- general call without priority, where when the users are bored, they can initiate a conversation with a specialist through the consulting computers 4.1, 4.2 ... 4.t. This button is blue;

- low priority call using the green button;

- call with medium priority using a yellow button;

- high priority call via red button.

When you press the buttons (without the high priority button), a selection for quick selection of the topic of the call appears on the screen, and the data is transmitted to a consultant via the respective consulting computer 4.1, 4.2 ... 4.p. As a result, a connection is made with the specialist through a different channel - audio or video. When making the connection, a call can be made through the standard capabilities of the user device 1.1,1.2 ... Ln - microphone, speaker, headphones or camcorder. During this call, an entry is created in the database server 5.

The system is used as follows.

After switching on the user device 1.1, the connection to the router 2 is checked via a WiFi connection. The device 1.1 then reads its identifier, which determines its location and through the router 2 via WiFi connection is made contact with the server 3, where a communication channel is created between the server 3 and the device 1.1. Through this channel, the device 1.1 can transmit calls, text, video and audio messages. This is registered in the database server 5 via ODBC protocol and a separate SQL server.

The user devices 1.1, 1.2 ... Ln allow connection to them of the individual sensor devices 9.1, 9.2 ... 9.n, which in the same way transmit the data to the multimedia server for communication 3. This data can be stored in the database server 5 or to be transmitted via a remote channel to a mobile phone 6 through the public mobile infrastructure to the remote control module and schedules 8.

In case of a call or other action of a user of the device 1.1, a call to the server 3 is sent via the already built WiFi channel through the router 2, which in turn again transmits a message or video stream through the router 2 to the consulting computer 4.1. server 3 an event is fixed in the database server 5 and a record is created with the actions of the user of device 1.1 and of the consulting computer 4.1.

Consulting computers 4.1, 4.2 ... 4.t can be connected via a secure VPN channel to remote consulting computers 7.1, 7.2 ... 7.p to use the services of external specialists.

6271 Descriptions to certificates for registration of utility models № 11.2 / 30.11.2018

If a consulting specialist from computer 4.1 requests a reference, the request is transmitted through the router 2 to the server 3, which in turn retrieves the data from the server 5, processes them and transmits them back through the router 2 to the consulting computer 4.1. The remote connection via VPN works in the same way.

The protocols between the devices 1.1, 1.2 ... Ln, the server 3 and the consulting computers 4.1, 4.2 ... 4.sh are built on a direct connection TSRLR socket in client / server mode and standard Ethernet transmission environment.

The data exchange between the server 3 and the database server 5 is via an ODBC connector, and the SQL Server Native Client can also be applied.

Between the consulting computers 4.1, 4.2 ... 4.sh and the server 3 a Web connection is built according to the https protocol with the exchange of private encryption keys of the Self-Signed Security Keys type, which are stored on the server 3.

The VPN channel is built on a standard PPPoE protocol, through two-way data encryption for maximum protection.

For devices 1.1, 1.2 ... Ln, server 3 and consulting computers 4.1, 4.2 ... 4.sh, data compression technologies can be used in order to increase the capacity of the devices and the possibility for higher load of the data. the system for simultaneous operation of several separate channels for communication of users with consultants.

Server 3 systems - database server 5 have a data backup system that allows the creation of a local or cloud archive on independent media.

The video signals move on the same communication channel, as the video information is transcoded by the user devices 1.1, 1.2 ... Ln, passes through the router 2, after which the server 3 retransmits it to the consulting computers 4.1, 4.2 ... 4.sh without additional processing and is decoded and visualized by the consulting computers 4.1, 4.2 ... 4.sh.

Claims (2)

Claims A system for remote monitoring and communication between patients and counselors, characterized in that it includes a router (2) which is connected to user devices (1.1, 1.2 ... Ln) and bidirectionally via WiFi, Bluetooth or LAN. connected to a multimedia communication server (3) and to consulting computers (4.1, 4.2 ... 4.sh), as the user devices (1.1,1.2 ... 1.p) are connected to sensor devices (9.1,9.2 ... 9.p) ); the multimedia server (3) is bidirectionally connected to a database server (5) and is unidirectionally connected to a mobile phone (6) connected via VPN connection to a remote control module and schedules (8), and the consulting computers (4.1, 4.2 .. 4.c) are connected via a VPN connection to remote consulting computers (7.1, 7.2 ... 7.p). A system for remote monitoring and communication between patients and consultants according to claim 1, characterized in that the user devices (1.1, 1.2 ... Ln), the consulting computers (4.1, 4.2 ... 4.y) and the remote consulting computers (7.1, 7.2 ... 7.p) include additional peripherals in the form of cameras, microphones, speakers and headphones.