JPH114811A - Patient monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily know a body movement of a patient even if a doctor and a nurse stay anywhere by monitoring a movement of the patient of a bed of a hospital, receiving motional information on the patient when the patient moves, and giving an alarm by transmitting a request call to a receiver carried by the doctor and the nurse. SOLUTION: A monitoring means 10 is constituted by installing a vibration sensing sensor on a bed 2 so as to sense a movement of a patient by vibration. A camera to photograph a movement of the patient, a band which is attached to the body and cooperates with a magnet, a heat sensing sensor 14 to sense a movement of the patient by heat or the like can be used by the monitoring means 10. A request call is transmitted by receiving motional information on the patient by this monitoring means 10 at a nurse center 22 of a patient monitoring center 20, and the request call is received by a receiver 30 carried by a nurse and a doctor, and an alarm is raised. A display means 21 to display patient specifying information to specify a moved patient is also arranged in the nurse center 22.

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 for monitoring the movement of a patient, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An inpatient makes a call using a button or a microphone when necessary, for example, in a state of lying on a bed, and the call makes a display on a display panel of a nurse center or turns on a hallway light. There are things that light up and inform doctors and nurses.

[0003]

By the way, among hospitalized patients, there are some seriously ill patients who cannot move, and such patients are lying on a bed, but move and fall, for example, from the bed. Sometimes. Such patients cannot use buttons or microphones,
It is dangerous because a call cannot be made.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a patient monitoring system for monitoring and notifying the patient's movement.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and to achieve the object, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a monitoring means for monitoring the movement of a patient in a hospital bed, A patient monitoring system comprising: a patient monitoring center that receives a patient's movement information and transmits a calling call; and a receiver that issues an alarm based on the calling call. To monitor the patient's movement in the hospital bed, receive patient movement information when the patient moves, and send a calling call to the receiver brought by doctors and nurses,
The alarm generated based on the calling call of the receiver makes it easy to know the patient's movements regardless of where the doctor or nurse is.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the patient monitoring system according to the first aspect, wherein the monitoring means is configured to detect a patient's movement by vibration. ], And the movement of the patient can be easily detected by an inexpensive sensor using vibration.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the patient monitoring system according to the first aspect, wherein the monitoring means is configured to detect a patient's movement by a camera. 』
Therefore, the movement of the patient can be reliably detected by the camera.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the patient monitoring system according to the first aspect, wherein the monitoring means is configured to detect a patient's movement by a band and a magnet attached to the body. ], And the movement of the patient can be easily detected by an inexpensive sensor using a band and a magnet attached to the body.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the patient monitoring system according to the first aspect, wherein the monitoring means is configured to detect a patient's movement by heat. ], And the movement of the patient can be easily detected by an inexpensive heat sensor.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the patient monitoring system according to the first aspect, wherein the monitoring means is configured to detect a patient's movement by a radar. ], And the movement of the patient can be reliably detected by the radar.

The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that the patient monitoring center has display means for displaying patient identification information for identifying a patient who has moved, and this display means is installed at a nurse center. The patient monitoring system according to claim 1. By displaying the patient identification information for identifying the moved patient on the display means of the nurse center, it is possible to reliably notify the doctor or nurse of the moved patient.

The invention according to claim 8 is characterized in that the patient monitoring center has a telephone and transmits a receiver number and a message to be called by operating the telephone. 8. The patient monitoring system according to any one of claims 7 to 7. ], And a doctor or nurse can be called by a simple system by making a calling call using a telephone.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the patient monitoring system according to any one of the first to eighth aspects, wherein the alarm of the receiver is a buzzer or vibration. ], And doctors and nurses can be called reliably by buzzer or vibration.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the apparatus according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, wherein the receiver has display means for displaying patient identification information for identifying a patient who has moved. Patient monitoring system. ], And the patient identification information for identifying the patient who has moved can be displayed, so that the patient who has moved can be reliably notified.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, the patient specifying information for specifying the moved patient is at least one of a patient number, a name, a hospital room number, and a bet number. The patient monitoring system according to claim 10. ], And the patient who has moved reliably can be notified by at least one of the patient number, name, hospitalization room number, and bet number.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a patient monitoring system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a patient monitoring system, FIGS. 2 to 6 are diagrams showing monitoring means, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a receiver.

The patient monitoring system 1 comprises a monitoring means 10 for monitoring the movement of a patient on a hospital bed 2, and the monitoring means 1
A patient monitoring center 20 for receiving a patient's movement information from 0 and transmitting a calling call, and a receiver 30 for issuing an alarm based on the calling call, and monitoring the patient's movement of the hospital bed 2; When the patient moves, it receives the patient's movement information and sends a calling call to the receiver brought by the doctor or nurse. You can know.

As shown in FIG. 2, the monitoring means 10 includes a vibration detecting sensor 1 for detecting the movement of the patient by vibration.
1 can be attached to the bed 2, and the movement of the patient can be easily detected by the inexpensive vibration sensor 11 by vibration.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the monitoring means 10 can be configured so that the movement of the patient is sensed by the camera 12, and the movement of the patient can be reliably sensed by the camera 12.

As shown in FIG. 4, the monitoring means 10 can be configured to detect the movement of the patient by the band 13a attached to the body and the magnet 13b. 13a and magnet 13
Due to the change in magnetic force due to b, it can be easily detected with an inexpensive sensor.

As shown in FIG. 5, the monitoring means 10 includes a heat detecting sensor 14 for detecting the movement of the patient by heat.
Can be attached to the bed 2, and the movement of the patient can be easily detected by the inexpensive heat detection sensor 14 using heat.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the monitoring means 10 can be configured so that the movement of the patient is detected by the radar 15, and the movement of the patient can be reliably detected by the radar 15.

The patient monitoring center 20 has display means 21 for displaying patient identification information for identifying a patient who has moved, and this display means 21 is installed at a nurse center 22.
The nurse center 22 is installed, for example, in each building of the hospital,
Alternatively, it is installed on a predetermined floor of the ridge. The patient identification information for identifying the moved patient is displayed on the display means 21 of the nurse center 22. The patient identification information for identifying a patient who has moved is at least one of a patient number, a name, a hospital room number, and a bet number, and a patient who has surely moved according to at least one of the patient number, name, hospital room number, and bet number Can be notified. Thus, the nurse center 22
Then, it is possible to surely inform the doctor or nurse of the patient who has moved.

Information from each nurse center 22 is sent to a control device 25 via an interface 23 and a concentrator 24.

The patient monitoring center 20 is provided with a telephone 26, and the telephone 26 can be used in a dial type or a push type. If there is no doctor or nurse in charge of the patient at the nurse center 22,
Using the telephone 26 installed in the telephone set, a receiver number and a message to be called by a one- or two-digit number input operation of the telephone 26 are transmitted from each transmitter 28 via the control device 25 and the extension unit 27. . Thus, the telephone 26
By making a calling call using, a doctor or nurse in charge can be called by a simple system.

The receiver 30 is configured as shown in FIG. 7, and receives a calling call and outputs an alarm. This alarm is a buzzer or vibration, and the doctor or nurse can be reliably called by the buzzer or vibration. Switching between the buzzer and the vibration is performed by a switching button 32. The buzzer or vibration stops when the stop button 33 on the side is pressed.

The receiver 30 has display means 31 for displaying patient identification information for identifying a patient who has moved.
The display means 31 is composed of a liquid crystal display, and can display patient identification information for identifying a patient who has moved, so that the patient who has moved can be reliably notified. The patient identification information for identifying a patient who has moved is at least one of a patient number, a name, a hospital room number, and a bet number, and a patient who has surely moved according to at least one of the patient number, name, hospital room number, and bet number Can be notified.

When the doctor or nurse goes out of the hospital, the absence registration can be performed using a telephone. This absence registration is carried out by inputting a one- or two-digit number on the telephone, followed by the absence registration dedicated number.
When the number 0 is entered, it is registered. When returning to the hospital from outside, the registration is canceled by inputting the number of the receiver 30 to be brought after the number for exclusive use of the absence registration cancellation.

[0030]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the movement of the patient in the hospital bed is monitored, and when the patient moves, the movement information of the patient is received. Since the paging call is transmitted, the movement of the patient can be easily known from whereabouts of the doctor and the nurse by the alarm generated based on the paging call of the receiver.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the movement of the patient can be easily detected by an inexpensive sensor using vibration.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the movement of the patient can be reliably detected by the camera.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the movement of the patient can be easily detected by an inexpensive sensor using a band and a magnet attached to the body.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the movement of the patient can be easily detected by an inexpensive heat sensor.

According to the invention, the movement of the patient can be reliably detected by the radar.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, by displaying the patient identification information for identifying the moved patient on the display means of the nurse center, it is possible to reliably inform the doctor or the nurse of the moved patient.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, a doctor or a nurse can be called by a simple system by making a calling call using a telephone.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, a doctor or a nurse can be reliably called by a buzzer or vibration.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to display the patient specifying information for specifying the patient who has moved and to notify the patient who has moved reliably.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, a patient who has moved reliably can be notified by at least one of the patient number, name, hospital room number, and bet number.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a patient monitoring system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing monitoring means for sensing by vibration.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing monitoring means that senses with a camera.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a band attached to the body and monitoring means for sensing with a magnet.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing monitoring means for sensing by heat.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a monitoring unit that senses with a radar.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a receiver.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Patient monitoring system 2 Bed 10 Monitoring means 20 Patient monitoring center 30 Receiver

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A monitoring means for monitoring the movement of a patient in a hospital bed, a patient monitoring center for receiving the movement information of the patient from the monitoring means and transmitting a calling call, and issuing an alarm based on the calling call. A patient monitoring system comprising: a receiver. 2. The patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said monitoring means is configured to sense the movement of the patient by vibration. 3. The patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said monitoring means is configured to detect a patient's movement by a camera. 4. The patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said monitoring means is configured to detect the movement of the patient by a band and a magnet attached to the body. 5. The patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said monitoring means is configured to detect a patient's movement by heat. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said monitoring means is configured to detect a patient's movement by radar.
A patient monitoring system as described. 7. The patient monitoring center according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying patient identification information for identifying a patient who has moved, wherein said display means is provided at a nurse center. A patient monitoring system according to any one of the above. 8. The patient monitoring center includes a telephone,
The patient monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the operation of the telephone transmits a receiver number and a message to be called. 9. The patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the alarm of the receiver is a buzzer or vibration. 10. The patient monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said receiver has display means for displaying patient identification information for identifying a patient who has moved. 11. The patient monitor according to claim 7, wherein the patient specifying information for specifying the moved patient is at least one of a patient number, a name, a hospital room number, and a bet number. system.