JP2850022B2 - Medical electronic devices - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a medical electronic device in which a signal sampling unit such as an ECG monitor, a heartbeat (arrhythmia) monitor, a respiratory monitor, or the like is brought into close contact with a patient's body. The present invention relates to a medical electronic device improved so as to make a user feel familiar.

(Prior art) ECG monitors, heart rate (arrhythmia) monitors, respiratory monitors, etc. (hereinafter referred to as ECG monitors) are used as medical electronic devices for monitoring. Therefore, it can be said that the monitoring device is extremely useful in that the condition of the patient and the state of the change can be constantly monitored.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Incidentally, in these medical electronic devices for monitoring, a signal sampling unit such as an electrode is always attached to a patient's body, which is troublesome and troublesome for the patient. On the other hand, commercially available video game machines or entertainment electronic devices have a single function used only for games. In addition, home-use televisions and VTR systems, as well as word processors and personal computers, are expedient and highly specialized, and could hardly be used for other purposes. In recent years, efforts have been made to organically slowly combine these in home automation systems and the like to use them for versatile uses, but they have not been practically useful.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to reduce the heaviness of a subject caused by using a monitor visible to the subject only for display of biological information of the subject. It is to provide a medical electronic device capable of performing the above.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention for solving the above problems monitors patient signals from a transducer that collects a biological signal of a patient, and software for patient monitoring that determines the state of the signals. A game software for performing entertainment or business display based on a signal from a keyboard for inputting a required signal; managing the patient monitor software and the game software to obtain information from the respective software; An operating system having a function of determining a display priority and displaying a signal with a higher priority preferentially, a device body integrating the respective units, and an image display means for displaying information from the respective units. It is characterized by having.

(Operation) The game software and the patient monitoring software are connected by an operating system, and the operating system preferentially displays abnormal information from the patient monitoring software that constantly monitors a biological signal from the patient. In such a case, the signal from the game software is displayed preferentially to make the patient friendly and forget the troublesomeness.

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a TV game machine body as a game dedicated machine,
Reference numeral 2 denotes a game cassette inserted into the TV game machine main body 1. Reference numeral 3 denotes a TV set for displaying a game software screen 4 by the game cassette 2, and a VHF
Is supplied and displayed. Reference numeral 5 denotes a telemeter receiving unit which is inserted and attached (or permanently connected) to the upper portion of the game cassette 2 and has a receiving antenna 6. This telemeter receiving unit 5 is an EC sent from a patient 8 lying on a bed 7.
The signal from the G monitor is constantly monitored and evaluated.
This monitor is executed as the highest priority job. Therefore, although the NES software is executed between these monitors, the monitor job is processed in a short period of time, so that the patient 8 can barely notice the game unless there is an abnormality corresponding to the biological signal of the patient 8. Is going. Reference numeral 9 denotes an ECG monitor electrode attached to the patient 8, whose signal is converted into a high-frequency signal by a telemeter transmission unit 10 and transmitted from a transmission antenna 11. 12 is a game keyboard, the input signal is a telemeter transmission unit
The signal is transmitted as a high-frequency signal at 10, but in the case of a wired system, it is connected to the TV game machine main body 1 by an electric wire and the signal is transmitted. The biological signal collected by the electrode 9, received by the receiving antenna 6, and processed by the telemeter receiving unit 5 is, for example, a patient monitor monitoring display unit 13 at the upper right of the screen of the TV set 3.
Is displayed in.

Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described. Insert the game cassette 2 into the TV game machine body 1,
Display on TV set 3. The patient 8 can operate the keyboard 12 to enjoy a game using the software stored in the game cassette. The signal input to the keyboard 12 is converted into a high-frequency signal by the telemeter transmitting unit 10 and transmitted to the telemeter receiving unit 5 via the transmitting antenna 11 and the receiving antenna 6. When the TV game machine is a wired type, a signal input to the keyboard 12 is sent to the TV game machine main body 1 by wire. In this way, the patient 8
The information on the game to be input to 12 is displayed on the TV set 3 as the screen 4 of the game software, and the patient 8 can forget the heaviness of the ECG monitor by enjoying the game.

On the other hand, during this time, the ECG signal collected by the electrode 9 and converted into a high-frequency signal by the telemeter transmitting unit 10 and transmitted by the transmitting antenna 11 is received by the receiving antenna 6 and transmitted to the telemeter receiving unit 5. The telemeter receiving unit 5 continues to execute this ECG signal as a top priority job. The software of the TV game is executed only during the processing of the ECG signal, but is hardly understood by the patient 8 who is playing the game. That is, as long as the biological signal from the patient 8 is normal, or as long as it is determined that no special treatment is necessary even if there is some abnormality, the result is displayed on the patient monitor at the upper right of the screen of the TV set 3. Displayed small or not displayed at all on the monitoring display unit 13. In other words, while the patient 8 is allowed to play the video game without worrying about such a situation, it can be an indirect expression that the patient 8 does not need any special treatment. .

The telemeter transmission unit 10 is attached to the body of the patient 8, receives signals from necessary sensors such as the electrodes 9, and continues to send signals to the telemeter reception unit 5 with normal equipment and signal specifications. Telemeter transmission unit
As described above, the keyboard 12 attached to the keyboard 10 receives the key input signal for piggybacking on the telemeter channel and accessing the video game via the telemeter receiving unit 5 and the game cassette 2 and the main body 1 of the video game machine. It is configured to send to. This is not a telemeter type but can be carried out by a wired type without any problem and can be easily implemented.

FIG. 2 shows a connection relationship of execution of software centering on an OS (Operating System), which is the basis of the operation of the above embodiment. In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. In the figure, reference numeral 20 denotes a program that manages the patient software 21 and the game software 22 and sends a signal to the TV by managing the game software 22 while processing the request of the patient monitor software 21 with priority. OS. Reference numeral 23 denotes a telemeter keyboard interface that converts a keyboard signal from the telemeter received by the telemeter receiving unit 5 into a format that can be managed by the OS 20, and 24 inputs and outputs an analog input signal such as an ECG signal or a signal such as a command to an ECG monitor. Is a display interface for displaying signals to the TV set 3. or,
Reference numeral 26 denotes an RF modulator for transmitting a signal to the TV set 3. In the case of a wired device, the keyboard 27 is connected to the OS 20 via the keyboard interface 28.

Next, the operation of the above system will be described. Under the control of OS20, processes such as decoding the interrupt signal, responding to it, creating patient status data indicated by the input signal, and promoting the creation of a signal file, etc., evaluate the patient's biological signal with high priority. It is configured to be executed by software 21 for patient monitoring, which is software to be performed, and to execute an execution command to the software 22 for games at a place where the software has passed once without a sword.

If the monitoring signal from the patient is suspicious in the patient monitoring software 21 and there is a problem in processing, the time period for controlling the game software 22 is reduced,
Further, if the state is worse, the time allocated to the game software 22 eventually runs out. It goes without saying that the same can be achieved by directly exchanging between software modules via a state table or a message board.

The patient's condition changes and the patient monitoring software 21
OS20 when it is determined that the
Receives the information, forcibly switches the contents of the display screen of the TV set 3, temporarily suppresses the screen 4 of the game software, and displays a message such as "Please drink a pill A and rest." Give an alarm by issuing This alarm may be sent to a doctor's office or a nurse's office via another communication line (not shown) as in the case of a normal single-purpose patient monitor. Further, an instruction from a doctor may be forcibly displayed via such a communication line.

In addition, for example, sending a regular message such as "Medicine time", watching a TV program, doing business with a word processor or personal computer, making a telephone call with a hand-free telephone, turning on the cooling device And various other tasks such as controlling other devices.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment in which a commercially available NES software (ROM cassette) can be used as it is. In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. In the figure, reference numeral 31 denotes a NES main body as a TV game machine, into which an ECG monitor equipped adapter unit 32 is inserted. The execution of the game by the NES main body 1 is performed by the connected keyboard 12. Reference numeral 33 denotes a general-purpose game cassette inserted into an insertion hole provided in the adapter unit 32 with an ECG monitor, and reference numeral 34 denotes a game content in the general-purpose game cassette 33.
PROM. Numeral 35 is an intervening logic circuit including a bus switch and the like placed in the adapter unit 32 with an ECG monitor, which does not receive any interference between the general-purpose game cassette 33 and the NES main body 31 at all times with respect to any related logic signals. And transmit without delay. A telemeter receiving unit 36 is provided in the adapter unit 32 with an ECG monitor, receives a signal received by the receiving antenna 6, and sends a signal to the adapter unit 32 with an ECG monitor via an intervening logic circuit 35. And software. 37 is an AC adapter for supplying 9V DC power to the NES.

Next, the mounting and operation of this embodiment will be described. The ECG monitor-equipped adapter unit 32 is inserted into the NES main body 31, and the general-purpose game cassette 33 is further inserted thereon.
An intervening logic circuit 35 including a bus switch and the like is placed in the adapter unit 32 with an ECG monitor, and always transmits all related logic signals between the general-purpose game cassette 33 and the NES main unit 31 without interruption without delay. We are giving and receiving. However, when it is time to issue an alarm, etc., the telemeter receiving unit 36 in the adapter unit 32 with the ECG monitor
Creates a pause state in the game software via the intervening logic circuit 35, switches the intervening logic to regain control of display (and audio), and displays the content to be displayed. Creating a pause state in the game software can be realized by pressing the start button a second time in the NES. Such display of the contents to be displayed can be performed by saving or saving the state of the video game and then causing the CPU of the NES main body 31 to execute a specific software (such an operation is difficult or difficult). Game software is also possible).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, an ECG monitor or the like that is uncomfortable for a patient can be transformed into a game machine or a convenient personal computer that can have a pleasant feeling. Can be preferred.

(Effects of the Invention) As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the heaviness of a subject caused by using a monitor visible to the subject only for displaying biological information of the subject. It is possible to provide a simple medical electronic device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a connection relationship of software of the embodiment of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a schematic structure of another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... TV game machine main body 2 ... Game cassette 3 ... TV set 4 ... Game software screen 5 ... Telemeter reception unit 6 ... Reception antenna, 9 ... Electrode 10 ... Telemeter transmission unit 11 ... ... Transmitting antennas 12,27 ... Keyboard 13 ... Monitor display unit for patient monitor 21 ... Patient monitor software 22 ... Game software 23 ... Telemeter keyboard interface 24 ... Analog signal interface 25 ... Display interface 26 RF modulator 28 Keyboard interface 31 Famicom body 32 Adapter unit with ECG monitor 33 General-purpose game cassette 34 PROM 35 Interposed logic circuit 36 Telemeter receiving unit

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] The present invention relates to a patient monitoring software for monitoring a signal from a transducer for collecting a biological signal of a patient and judging a state of the signal, and a signal from a keyboard operated by the patient to input a required signal. Game software for providing entertainment or business display; managing the patient monitor software and the game software; and determining the display priority from each of the software running together; An operating system having a function of displaying one of the signals preferentially; a device main body integrating the patient monitor software, the game software, and the operating system; and a device monitor from the patient monitor software, the game software, and the operating system. Image display means for displaying information A medical electronic device comprising: 2. A telemeter transmitting means including a transmitting antenna for modulating and transmitting a high-frequency signal with a signal from a transducer for collecting a biological signal of a patient and a signal from a keyboard, and receiving a signal from the telemeter transmitting means. Telemetry receiving means including a receiving antenna for inputting to the operating system via an interface, and patient monitoring software for monitoring a signal from a transducer for collecting a patient's biological signal and judging its state. A game software for performing entertainment or business display based on a signal from a keyboard operated by a patient to input a required signal, and a software for managing the patient monitor software and the game software, respectively. Determine the display priority from the Operating system having a function of displaying a signal with a higher priority, a device main body integrating the patient monitor software, game software, and operating system; and the patient monitor software, game software, and operating system. A medical electronic device comprising: an image display unit configured to display information from a medical device. 3. The patient monitoring software has a function of displaying necessary instructions to the patient based on the state of the patient determined from the contents of the biological signal from the patient or periodically. The medical electronic device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 4. The game software according to claim 1, wherein the game software can perform not only games but also watching of TV programs, execution of office work, control of communication or other devices, and the like. A medical electronic device as described. 5. The medical electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the software for monitoring the patient has a function of displaying a message from a doctor through another communication means. 6. A receiving means for receiving information on a living body of a subject, a first display data creating means for creating display data on living body information to be shown to the subject based on the received information. A second display data creating means for creating other display data not based on the received information for showing to a subject; and respective display data created by the first and second display data creating means. And displaying the display data of the second display data generating means on the screen, and displaying the display data of the first display data generating means on the second display while the information on the living body is being received. Display means for displaying on the screen smaller than the display of the display data of the data creation means or displaying on the screen only when there is an abnormality in the information on the living body. Electronic devices.