JPH09187432A - Remote medical diagnosis method an apparatus therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable diagnosis at home and obtain information from medical instituctions optimal for the condition of a disease based on the result of inspection by a method wherein exhaled gas components are detected and undergoes a signal processing according to the gas components and the results are inputted into a host computer having a disease condition analysis means through a signal line. SOLUTION: Exhaled gas blown from a person to be examined is outputted as electric signal 2a by an exhaled gas detection means 2 and the signal is processed by a signal processing circuit 3 to be outputted to a host computer 9 through a signal line 8. The host computer 9 compares the outputted data signal with a stored information and provides the data signal identical or almost equivalent to the stored information as medical information. At the same time, associated information such as the name of the disease, the nearest medical institutions and the names of physicians is provided. The signal data sent from the host computer 9 is inputted into a signal processing circuit 3 of a diagnosing device 1 through the signal line 8 and outputted to an information display means 4 as a signal assigned to an information display device such as a monitor or printer.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote medical diagnosis method and apparatus for obtaining medical information from a remote place.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to have a health condition or medical condition diagnosis, it has been necessary to visit a medical institution and receive a medical examination. In addition, depending on the hospital or case closest to my home, it has been very difficult to find the most suitable medical institution to treat the patient's medical condition nationwide.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Even when diagnosing a health condition or having a slight physical condition sickness, it is necessary to take time to visit a medical institution to easily know the physical condition diagnosis and medical condition diagnosis. There was no means. In addition, it is difficult to find the nearest medical institution due to a medical condition and it is difficult to find a reliable medical institution. Moreover, depending on the medical condition, it was almost impossible to find the most suitable medical institution to treat the medical condition in the whole country.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a patient can be diagnosed for a medical condition while staying at home, and the medical condition according to the results of the examination determines whether the patient is near the hospital or the medical condition. Provides a telemedicine diagnostic method and apparatus for obtaining information in an unmanned medical institution that is most suitable for treatment throughout the country.

[0005]

A remote medical diagnosis method according to the present invention detects an expiratory gas component by an expiratory gas detecting means, processes an electrical signal in a signal processing circuit according to the expiratory gas component, and outputs the electrical signal. The processed exhaled gas component is input via a signal line to a host computer having a medical condition analysis means that previously stores accumulated information related to the medical condition according to the exhaled gas component, and the exhaled gas component detected by the expiratory gas detecting means It is a method of diagnosing a patient's health condition or disease by comparing information stored in the host computer.

The telemedicine diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention comprises an expiratory gas detecting means, a signal processing circuit for converting an expiratory gas component detected by the expiratory gas detecting means into an electric signal, and a storage relating to a medical condition according to the expiratory gas component in advance. It is composed of a host computer having a medical condition analyzing means for accumulating information and an information displaying means for displaying medical information from the medical condition analyzing means.

More specifically, the expiratory gas detecting means is light.

More specifically, the expiratory gas detecting means is a mass spectrometer.

More specifically, the expiratory gas detecting means is built in a telephone.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The preferred embodiments of the telemedicine diagnosis method and apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a telemedicine diagnosis system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a diagnostic device, which is an expiratory gas detecting means 2 for detecting various gases of exhaled breath, and a signal processing of signals of various gases detected by the expiratory gas detecting means 2, that is, exhaled gas components. The signal is processed by the circuit 3 and is input to the host computer 9 having the health condition and medical condition analysis means 9a via the signal line 8. It should be noted that the medical condition analysis means 9a previously stores the built-in accumulated information regarding the medical condition corresponding to the exhaled gas component. Output from the host computer 9 side to the signal processing circuit 3 of the diagnostic device 1 on the patient side as the result of comparison between the accumulated information input to the host computer 9 and the medical information stored in advance in the host computer 9 as diagnostic result information. To do. The signal data sent from the host computer 9 is input to the signal processing circuit 3 of the diagnostic device 1 via the signal line 8 and output to the information display means 4 as a signal according to an information display device such as a monitor or a printer. . The latest medical information 10a is constantly sent to the host computer 9 from the medical institution 10 from inside and outside the country, and updated to the latest medical information 10a at any time.

Next, a remote medical diagnosis method will be described. The examiner blows his / her own exhaled air to the exhaled gas detecting means 2 of the diagnostic device 1. The exhaled gas of the examiner detected by the exhaled gas detecting means 2 is output as an electric signal 2a from the exhaled gas detecting means 2, and the electric signal 2a is processed by the signal processing circuit 3 into a signal which can be processed by the host computer 9 side. Then, the signal is output to the host computer 9 via a signal line 8 such as an electric wire or an optical fiber. In the host computer 9, the data signal output from the signal processing circuit 3 is compared with the stored information stored in the host computer 9, and a data signal identical to or close to the stored information in the host computer 9 is used as medical information. At the same time, provide the name of the diagnosis result and information on the name of the nearest medical institution and doctor. In addition, information on medical institutions that are most suitable for diseases throughout the country will be provided as necessary. Those medical institutions provided by the host computer 9 are connected to the signal line 8 from the host computer 9.
To the signal processing circuit 3 of the diagnostic device 1 via. The data signal sent from the host computer 9 is output by the signal processing circuit 2 of the diagnostic device 1 to the information display means 4 side such as a monitor television, a printer, a fax machine, and a speaker. Thereby, the subject can obtain various medical information. The expiratory gas detecting means 2 may be a light detector using a well-known laser, LED or other light source, or may be a well-known mass spectrometer. As the expiratory gas detecting means 2, any detector can be used as long as it can detect expiratory gas. In addition, the temperature sensor 5 is connected to the signal processing circuit 3 of the diagnostic device 1.
By providing the body temperature, it becomes possible to send the body temperature to the host computer 9 as data. The diagnostic device 1 may be connected to the telephone or may be built in the telephone in advance. When it is built in the telephone, the size can be reduced by combining the microphone part of the handset of the telephone with the expiratory gas detecting means. further,
In addition to the information of the body temperature sensor 5 described above, the blood pressure sensor 5
The information of A and the pulse sensor 5B can be taken into the signal processing circuit 3.

[0012]

Since the telemedicine diagnosis method and the apparatus therefor according to the present invention are configured as described above, the examiner can check his / her own health condition, disease name, medical condition, the nearest medical institution or the It is possible to easily obtain various types of medical information such as introduction of medical institutions on the national internet or the world's internet, which is optimal for treating medical conditions. Therefore, it is possible to immediately know information such as a health condition and a medical condition without visiting a medical institution. Moreover, the difficulty of finding the most suitable medical institution due to the medical condition is eliminated, and prompt response to the medical institution becomes possible. In addition, it is possible to save time and have a comfortable physical examination in a busy businessman and a rapidly increasing aging society.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a telemedicine diagnostic device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Diagnostic device 2 Exhaled gas detection means 3 Signal processing circuit 4 Information display means 5 Body temperature sensor 8 Signal line 9 Host computer 9a Medical condition analysis means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An expiratory gas component is detected by an expiratory gas detecting means (2), and a signal processing circuit according to the expiratory gas component.
(3) electrical signal processing, the host computer having a pathological condition analysis means that stores the accumulated information related to the pathological condition according to the expiratory gas component in advance via the signal line (8) It is characterized in that the patient's health condition or disease is diagnosed by comparing the accumulated information of the exhaled gas component detected by the exhaled gas detection means (2) with the host computer (9) by inputting to (9). Telemedicine diagnosis method. 2. An expiratory gas detecting means (2), a signal processing circuit (3) for converting an expiratory gas component detected by the expiratory gas detecting means (2) into an electric signal, and an expiratory gas component according to the expiratory gas component in advance. Medical condition analysis means for accumulating accumulated information about medical conditions
A host computer (9) having (9a), and information display means for displaying medical information from the medical condition analysis means (9a)
(4) A telemedicine diagnostic device comprising: 3. The telemedicine diagnostic device according to claim 2, wherein the expiratory gas detecting means (2) is light. 4. The telemedicine diagnostic device according to claim 2, wherein the expiratory gas detecting means (2) is a mass spectrometer. 5. The telemedicine diagnostic device according to claim 2, wherein the exhaled gas detecting means (2) is built in a telephone.