KR101323709B1 - Hand-held type medical apparatus and method for providing of medical information using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hand-held medical device and a method of providing medical information using the same, wherein the condition information of the body can be rapidly obtained by using an impulse radio, and the hand-held medical device is in the form of a pistol. A body formed of; A trigger installed in the body and manipulated by a user; An impulse radio transmitting / receiving module for generating an impulse radio and transmitting an impulse radio to the body and receiving impulse radio reflected from the body to generate impulse radio reception information; And a hand-held terminal for controlling the impulse radio transmission / reception module according to the operation of the trigger, analyzing the impulse radio reception information provided from the impulse radio transmission / reception module to generate somatic information, and display the information on the display unit. It is characterized in that the configuration.

Description

HAND-HELD TYPE MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OF MEDICAL INFORMATION USING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a medical device, and more particularly, to a hand-held medical device and a method of providing medical information using the same to quickly obtain the condition information of the body using an impulse radio.

BACKGROUND With the development of electronic engineering technology, various kinds of medical devices for acquiring information on the condition of the body have been developed. For example, medical devices include endoscopic devices, X-ray devices, ultra sound devices, computed tomography devices, magnetic resonance imaging devices, angiography devices (ANGIO). ), COLPOSCOPY, cervical imaging apparatus (CERVICOGRAPHY) and the like. These medical devices enable many diagnostics and tests that were not possible in the past, and are helping to make more precise diagnosis.

However, since these general medical devices require a long time to acquire the condition information of the body, particularly in the case of an emergency patient, it is difficult to obtain the prompt information and take action.

In addition, general medical devices are not only selectively used depending on the part of the body, but also have problems in terms of price and volume, and cause problems such as medical expenses.

Disclosure of Invention The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides a hand-held medical device and a method for providing medical information using the same, which can quickly acquire the condition information of a body using an impulse radio. do

Hand-held medical device according to the present invention for achieving the above technical problem is a pistol (Pistol) formed body; A trigger installed in the body and manipulated by a user; An impulse radio transmitting / receiving module for generating an impulse radio and transmitting an impulse radio to the body and receiving impulse radio reflected from the body to generate impulse radio reception information; And a hand-held terminal for controlling the impulse radio transmission / reception module according to the operation of the trigger, analyzing the impulse radio reception information provided from the impulse radio transmission / reception module to generate somatic information, and display the information on the display unit. It is characterized in that the configuration.

The hand-held terminal sets the disease preset information corresponding to the body target site selected by the user, and then controls the impulse radio transmission / reception module according to the operation of the trigger, and receives the set disease preset information and the impulse radio. And generating the somatic information using the information.

The hand-held medical device according to the present invention for achieving the above technical problem generates an impulse radio and transmits the impulse radio to the body to receive impulse radio reflected from the body to generate impulse radio reception information. An impulse radio transceiver module; And a hand-held terminal for controlling the impulse radio transmission / reception module and analyzing the impulse radio reception information provided from the impulse radio transmission / reception module to generate somatic information and display on the display unit. .

The impulse radio transmission / reception module is configured to include a connection connector detachably connected to the hand-held terminal to perform a data interface with the hand-held terminal.

The hand-held medical device according to the present invention for achieving the above technical problem generates an impulse radio and transmits the impulse radio to the body to receive impulse radio reflected from the body to generate impulse radio reception information. An impulse radio transceiver module; A terminal controller configured to control the impulse radio transmission / reception module according to the user's selection after setting disease preset information corresponding to a body target part selected by a user; A camera unit for capturing and displaying a body part to which the impulse radio is to be transmitted; An impulse radio analyzer configured to generate somatic information using the impulse radio reception information provided from the impulse radio transmission / reception module and the set symptom preset information, and to display the generated somatic information on a display unit; A memory unit configured to store a plurality of disease lookup tables for setting the disease preset information and to store the somatic information; And an input unit generating a user input signal corresponding to a user's touch and providing the same to the terminal controller.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing medical information using a hand-held medical device, the method comprising: generating an impulse radio; Transmitting the impulse radio to a body; Receiving impulse radio reflected from the body to generate impulse radio reception information; Analyzing the impulse radio reception information to generate somatic information; And displaying the somatic condition information on a display unit.

The method of providing medical information using the hand-held medical device may further include setting disease preset information corresponding to a body target area selected by a user before generating the impulse radio. The generating of the somatic information includes generating the somatic information using the set symptom preset information and the impulse radio reception information.

As described above, the hand-held medical device and the method of providing medical information using the same according to the present invention have the following effects.

First, by transmitting the impulse radio to the body and receiving the impulse radio reflected by the body, by analyzing the received impulse radio reception information to generate the somatic condition information, it is possible to quickly obtain the symptom information of the body, In particular, it is possible to promptly obtain prompt symptom information for emergency patients and take action on the acquired symptom information.

Second, by applying the disease preset information set differently according to the body target site, it is possible to precisely analyze the impulse radio reception information and improve the reliability of the analysis result.

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a hand-held medical device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of an impulse radio transceiver module shown in FIG. 1.
3 is a waveform diagram schematically showing a waveform of an impulse radio transmitted and received to the body according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for schematically describing a configuration of the hand-held terminal illustrated in FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a diagram for schematically describing information displayed on a display area of the display unit illustrated in FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 is a waveform diagram for schematically describing impulse radio analysis information generated by an impulse radio analyzer shown in FIG. 4.
FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating a hand-held medical device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a view schematically showing an internal configuration of the hand-held medical device shown in FIG. 7.
9 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a hand-held medical device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a diagram for schematically describing a configuration of the hand-held terminal illustrated in FIG. 9.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a rotation state of the hand-held terminal shown in FIG. 9.
12 is a flowchart illustrating a step-by-step method of providing medical information using a hand-held medical device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

1 is a view schematically showing a hand-held medical device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

1, a hand-held medical device according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes an impulse radio transmission / reception module 100; And a hand-held terminal 200.

The impulse radio transmission / reception module 100 generates an impulse radio under the control of the hand-held terminal 200 and transmits the impulse radio to a body (not shown), and also receives impulse radio reflected from the body to generate impulse radio reception information. And provide the generated impulse radio reception information to the hand-held terminal 200. To this end, the impulse radio transmitting and receiving module 100, as shown in Figure 2, the first interface unit 110, the impulse control unit 120, the impulse radio generating unit 130, the impulse radio transmitter 140, and Impulse radio receiver 150 is configured to include.

The first interface unit 110 relays the data interface between the hand-held terminal 200 and the impulse control unit 120 using a wired or wireless communication scheme. That is, the first interface unit 110 receives an impulse radio transmission / reception control signal from the hand-held terminal 200 and provides it to the impulse control unit 120, and provides impulse radio reception information from the impulse radio receiver 150. Provided to the hand-held terminal 200.

In one embodiment, the first interface unit 110 of the wired communication method may be a connection connector detachably connected to the hand-held terminal 200. In this case, the connection connector may be a universal serial bus (USB) connector or a TTA connector. Here, the TTA has a pin certified by a standard established by the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA). This connection connector is mounted on the hand-held terminal 200 to relay the data interface between the hand-held terminal 200 and the impulse control unit 120.

In another embodiment, the first interface unit 110 of the wireless communication method relays a data interface between the hand-held terminal 200 and the impulse control unit 120 using wireless communication. Here, the first interface unit 110 may use any one of Bluetooth, Zigbee, Ruby, and IrDA (Infrared Data Association).

The impulse control unit 120 performs overall control of the impulse radio transmission / reception module 100 in response to an impulse radio transmission / reception control signal provided from the hand-held terminal 200 through the first interface unit 110.

The impulse radio generator 130 generates an impulse radio IR under the control of the impulse control unit 120 and provides the impulse radio transmitter 140 to the impulse radio transmitter 140.

The impulse radio transmitter 140 transmits the impulse radio IR generated by the impulse radio generator 130 under the control of the impulse control unit 120 to the body in a predetermined time unit, as shown in FIG. 3. . In this case, the impulse radio transmitter 140 may be implemented by various wireless communication technologies using an antenna (not shown). Preferably, the impulse radio transmitter 140 may transmit an impulse radio (IR) using an ultra wide band wireless communication scheme. Can be. Accordingly, the impulse radio IR is partially absorbed by the body and partially reflected by the impulse radio receiver 150 to be returned to the impulse radio receiver 150.

As shown in FIG. 3, the impulse radio receiver 150 receives an impulse radio RRI reflected by the body and provides the impulse radio to the impulse control unit 120. Accordingly, the impulse control unit 120 generates impulse radio reception information (IRRI) corresponding to the impulse radio (RIR) received by the impulse radio receiver 150, and is hand-held through the first interface unit 110. Provided to the terminal 200.

On the other hand, the impulse radio receiver 150 receives an impulse radio (RIR) reflected back by the body under the control of the impulse control unit 120, the impulse radio reception information (IRRI) corresponding to the received impulse radio (RIR) ) May be generated and provided directly to the hand-held terminal 200 through the first interface unit 110.

As such, the impulse radio transmission and reception module 100 transmits an impulse radio (IR) to the body at predetermined intervals according to the movement of the user with respect to the hand-held terminal 200 to transmit a specific part of the body or the whole body at predetermined intervals. Scan and provide impulse radio reception information (IRRI) to the hand-held terminal 200.

The hand-held terminal 200 includes a cellular phone or a personal communication system, a personal data assistant, an international mobile communication-2000 terminal, a smart phone. It may be a portable information device that may be configured as a phone, a portable multimedia player (PMP), or an ultra mobile PC (UMPC). The hand-held terminal 200 provides various additional functions to the user as well as a call function. For example, the additional function may be a short message service, personal history management, games, mobile banking, the Internet, multimedia playback, or digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) viewing.

In addition, when the impulse radio transmission / reception module 100 is connected, the hand-held terminal 200 is driven in a medical mode for acquiring somatic information using an impulse radio according to the driving of a mounted application (software). In this case, the hand-held terminal 200 controls the impulse radio transmission / reception module 100, analyzes impulse radio reception information (IRRI) provided from the impulse radio transmission / reception module 100 to generate somatic information, and displays the display unit. (210). At this time, the hand-held terminal 200 sets the condition preset information corresponding to the body target region selected by the user, and generates an impulse radio transmission / reception control signal according to the user's operation to generate the impulse radio transmission / reception module 100. It generates control and generates somatic information through analysis of impulse radio reception information (IRRI) using the set symptom preset information. To this end, the hand-held terminal 200, as shown in Figure 4, the display unit 210, the terminal control unit 220, the second interface unit 230, the camera unit 240, the impulse radio analysis unit 250, a memory unit 260, an input unit 270, and a wireless communication unit 280.

The display unit 210 displays various kinds of information and medical information according to the operation of the hand-held terminal 200. In this case, in the medical mode, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the display unit 210 includes first to fifth display areas 211, 213, 215, 217, and 219 for displaying different information. .

The body part photographed by the camera unit 240 is displayed in the first display area 211.

Myopathy information generated by the impulse radio analyzer 250 is annotated in a graph or text form in the second display area 213. In this case, the somatic information includes at least one of the distance between the impulse radio transceiver module 100 and the body, body movement information, blood flow information in the body, air volume in the body, and tumor size in the body.

The third display area 215 includes a body model, a plurality of target touch pads (TTPs) for setting a body target part according to a user's selection of a plurality of body parts obtained by dividing the body model, a plurality of body parts, and a plurality of body parts. A matching line for matching the target touch pad TTP may be displayed, but is not limited thereto. Only a plurality of target touch pads TTP may be displayed. Here, the plurality of target touch pads TTP may be represented as a head, a chest, an abdomen, a buttock, a leg, and a foot.

In the fourth display area 217, the set symptom preset information is displayed and a plurality of symptom lookup tables for adjusting the set symptom preset information may be displayed in the form of text (eg, erosion, polyps, etc.). , In the form of an icon indicating the condition. Here, the plurality of symptom lookup tables consist of impulse radio characteristic information corresponding to each body target portion of the body. That is, the body may be composed of tissues such as skin, fat, muscle, cartilage, lung, heart, and the like. Each one is different. Accordingly, even if the same impulse radio is transmitted to each body target part, the reception characteristic of the impulse radio reflected and received is changed by the tissue configuration of each body target part. Accordingly, the plurality of disease lookup tables are created in advance through preliminary experiments on the impulse radio reception characteristics corresponding to the respective body target sites, and are stored in the memory unit 260 and displayed on the fourth display area 217. As a result, the disease preset information is composed of impulse radio reception characteristics, that is, impulse radio characteristic information obtained through a preliminary experiment on the body target site where the disease occurs.

The fifth display area 219 displays a plurality of input touch pads B1, B2, B3, and B4 for generating a user input signal according to a user's touch. In this case, the plurality of input touch pads may include a first input touch pad B1 for transmitting an impulse radio, a second input touch pad B2 for storing somatic information in the memory unit 260, and stored somatic information. A third input touch pad B3 for transmission to an external picture archiving communication system (not shown), and a fourth for receiving new disease preset information from the medical information system and storing it in the memory unit 260. The input touch pad B4 may be configured to be included.

The terminal controller 220 performs overall control of the hand-held terminal 200 and the impulse radio transmission / reception module 100.

In addition, the terminal controller 220 sets a body part corresponding to any one of the target touch pads TTP selected by the user from among the plurality of target touch pads TTP displayed on the third display area 215 as the body target part. The at least one disease lookup table corresponding to the set body target site is loaded from among the plurality of disease lookup tables stored in the memory unit 260 and set as disease preset information.

In addition, the terminal controller 220 generates an impulse radio transmission / reception control signal for transmitting an impulse radio to the body in response to a user's touch on the first input touch pad B1 to control the impulse radio transmission / reception module 100. .

The second interface unit 230 relays the data interface between the impulse radio transmission / reception module 100 and the terminal controller 220 using a general scheme corresponding to the communication method of the first interface unit 110. That is, the second interface unit 230 provides an impulse radio transmission / reception control signal from the terminal controller 220 to the first interface unit 110 and impulse radio reception information IRRI from the first interface unit 110. Receives and provides to the terminal control unit 220 or impulse radio analysis unit 250.

In one embodiment, when the first interface unit 110 is configured as a connection connector to use a wired communication method, the second interface unit 230 is the first interface unit 110 of the impulse radio transmission and reception module 100. Is configured as a connection port detachably connected to perform a data interface with the first interface unit 110.

In another embodiment, when the first interface unit 110 uses a wireless communication scheme, the second interface unit 230 may also be configured through a wireless communication scheme corresponding to the wireless communication scheme of the first interface unit 110. 1 performs a data interface with the interface unit 110.

The camera unit 240 captures a body part to which an impulse radio IR is to be transmitted under the control of the terminal controller 220 and displays it on the first display area 211 of the display unit 210. Accordingly, after the user confirms the body part captured by the camera unit 240 and displayed on the first display area 211, the user may check the body part among the plurality of target touch pads TTP displayed on the third display area 215. The target touch pad TTP corresponding to the portion is selected. When the user selects the target touch pad TTP, the terminal controller 220 sets a body part corresponding to the target touch pad TTP selected by the user as the body target part, and stores the plurality of body parts in the memory unit 260. The at least one disease lookup table corresponding to the set body target site in the disease lookup table of the apparatus is set as disease preset information.

The impulse radio analyzer 250 analyzes impulse radio reception information (IRRI) provided through the second interface unit 230 under the control of the terminal controller 220 to generate myopathy information, and generates the somatic information Is displayed on the display unit 210. That is, the impulse radio analyzer 250 performs Fourier analysis on the impulse radio reception information IRRI, and as shown in FIG. 6, corresponding to the frequency response of the impulse radio reception information IRRI according to time. The impulse radio analysis information is generated, and the symptom preset information set by the terminal controller 220 is compared and analyzed to generate the somatic information.

In detail, the impulse radio (RIR) reflected by the body is reflected in the sync function in which the intensity (or magnitude) of the signal is reduced according to the time and the reflected medium. The characteristics will be different. Accordingly, the impulse radio analyzer 250 analyzes each of a plurality of impulse radios included in the received impulse radio reception information (IRRI) to generate impulse radio analysis information, and generates impulse radio analysis from the set disease preset information. Myopathy information corresponding to the strength (or size) of the information is extracted. Herein, the intensity of the impulse radio analysis information may include skin, fat, muscle, cartilage, lung, and heart of the body target area that reflects the impulse radio (RIR). It depends on your organization. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 6, the impulse radio analyzer 250 includes a plurality of impulse radios included in the impulse radio reception information IRRI received using the strength of the impulse radio analysis information and the set disease preset information. Will generate somatic information for.

On the other hand, the impulse radio analyzer 250 propagation delay (Propagation Delay) through the transmission time Ts of each of the plurality of impulse radios and the reception time Tr of each of the plurality of impulse radios included in the impulse radio reception information IRRI. ) The time Tpd is calculated, and the distance ((speed of light (c) x propagation delay between the impulse radio transmitting / receiving module 100 and the body target portion where the impulse radio is reflected using the calculated propagation delay time Tpd)). Calculate the time Tpd) / 2).

As such, the impulse radio analyzer 250 analyzes a plurality of impulse radio reception information IRRIs transmitted and received to the body at predetermined intervals according to a scan of the body, and at least one current impulse radio reception information IRRI. Integral comparative analysis of the previous impulse radio reception information (IRRI) of will generate somatopathy information for the body target site selected by the user. Accordingly, in the second display area 213 of the display unit 210, the distance between the impulse radio transceiver module 100 and body tissues, body movement information, blood flow flow information in the body, air volume in the body, and tumor size in the body Myopathy information including at least one of is displayed.

In FIG. 4, the memory unit 260 receives the somatic information generated by the impulse radio analyzer 250 in response to the control of the terminal controller 220 according to the user's touch on the second input touch pad B2. Save it. In addition, the memory unit 260 may provide new disease preset information provided from the medical information system through the wireless communication unit 280 in response to the control of the terminal controller 220 according to the user's touch on the fourth input touch pad B4. Save it.

The input unit 270 includes a touch screen formed on the display unit 210 to display a plurality of target touch pads (TTPs) displayed on the third display area 215 of the display unit 210 or a fifth display of the display unit 210. A user input signal corresponding to a user's touch on the plurality of input touch pads B1, B2, B3, and B4 displayed in the region 219 is generated and provided to the terminal controller 220.

The wireless communication unit 280 connects to the communication network in response to the control of the terminal control unit 220 according to a user selection of the third input touch pad B3 displayed on the fifth display area 219 of the display unit 210. The terminal controller 220 according to a user's selection of the fourth input touch pad B4 displayed on the fifth display area 219 of the display unit 210 or transmitted to the medical information system stored in the unit 260. In response to the control of the control panel) receives new disease preset information provided from the medical information system through the communication network. To this end, the wireless communication unit 280 is connected to the medical information system through wireless data communication, or connected to a wireless access device (AP) through short-range wireless communication, and then through the wireless data communication using the wireless access device medical information system Can be accessed.

As described above, the hand-held medical device according to the first embodiment of the present invention transmits an impulse radio (IR) to the body using the impulse radio transmission / reception module 100 and also reflects the impulse radio (RIR) by the body. ), And by analyzing the received impulse radio reception information (IRRI) to generate the somatic condition information, it is possible to quickly obtain the symptom information of the body, in particular, the rapid symptom information acquisition and acquired symptoms for emergency patients Take action on information quickly.

In addition, the hand-held medical device according to the first embodiment of the present invention and the hand-held terminal 200 equipped with an application (or software) for controlling the impulse radio transmission and reception module 100 for transmitting and receiving an impulse radio; Since the data interfacing between the impulse radio transmission and reception module 100 is made can be used anytime and anywhere can solve all the problems of the conventional medical device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating a hand-held medical device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration of the hand-held medical device shown in FIG. 7. .

7 and 8, the hand-held medical device according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes an impulse radio transmission / reception module 100, a display unit 210, a terminal control unit 220, a camera unit 240, An impulse radio analyzer 250, a memory unit 260, an input unit 270, and a wireless communication unit 280 are configured. The second embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration is the same except that the impulse radio transmitting / receiving module 100 of the first embodiment of the present invention described above is integrated inside and integrated with the hand-held terminal 300. Therefore, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As such, the hand-held medical device according to the second embodiment of the present invention is a hand-held terminal 300 in which an impulse radio transmission / reception module 100 for transmitting and receiving an impulse radio is included, and an impulse radio transmission / reception module embedded therein By using the 100 to transmit an impulse radio (IR) to the body, and also receives an impulse radio (RIR) reflected by the body, and analyzes the received impulse radio reception information (IRRI) to generate somatic information In addition, it is possible to promptly obtain the symptom information of the body, and in particular, it is possible to promptly acquire the symptom information for the emergency patient and to take the action on the acquired symptom information.

In addition, the hand-held medical device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, since the impulse radio transmission and reception module 100 for transmitting and receiving an impulse radio in the hand-held terminal 300 is embedded impulse radio transmission and reception module 100 ) Can be used anytime and anywhere through an application (or software) that controls all of the problems of conventional medical devices.

9 is a view for schematically explaining a hand-held medical device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

9, a hand-held medical device according to a third embodiment of the present invention includes a body 400, a trigger 410, an impulse radio transmission / reception module 500, and a hand-held terminal 600. It is configured to include. In the hand-held medical device according to the third embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration, the impulse radio transmitting / receiving module 500 and the hand-held terminal 600 are housed in a body 400 having a pistol form. According to the first or second embodiment of the present invention described above, except that some components are omitted by the impulse radio transmission / reception module 500 and the hand-held terminal 600 according to the integration. It has the same configuration as the hand-held medical device. Accordingly, only a schematic configuration will be described in the following description of the hand-held medical device according to the third embodiment.

Body 400 is formed in the form of a pistol to receive the impulse radio transmitting and receiving module 500 and the hand-held terminal 600. To this end, the body 400 includes an upper surface 402 on which the impulse radio transceiver module 500 and the hand-held terminal 600 are accommodated, and a handle 404 formed perpendicular to the upper surface 402. do.

Trigger 410 is formed on the handle 404 of the body 400 is manipulated by the user.

The impulse radio transmission / reception module 500 transmits an impulse radio to the body in response to an impulse radio transmission / reception control signal supplied according to a user's manipulation of the trigger 410, and receives an impulse radio reflected by the body. The impulse radio transmission / reception module 500 generates impulse radio reception information corresponding to the received impulse radio and provides it to the hand-held terminal 600. To this end, the impulse radio transmission / reception module 500 includes an impulse radio generator (not shown), an impulse radio transmitter 510, and an impulse radio receiver 520.

The impulse radio generator generates an impulse radio and provides the impulse radio transmitter 510.

The impulse radio transmitter 510 is installed on the front surface of the upper surface 402 corresponding to the muzzle of the pistol, and transmits the impulse radio generated by the impulse radio generator to the body in a predetermined time unit as shown in FIG. 3. do. In this case, the impulse radio transmitter 510 may be implemented by various wireless communication technologies using an antenna (not shown). Preferably, the impulse radio transmitter 510 may transmit an impulse radio using an ultra-wideband wireless communication technology. Accordingly, the impulse radio IR is partially absorbed by the body and partially reflected by the impulse radio receiver 520 according to the tissue characteristics of the body.

The impulse radio receiver 520 is installed to be adjacent to the impulse radio transmitter 510, and as shown in FIG. 3, receives an impulse radio (RIR) reflected by the body and returns to the hand-held terminal 600. To provide.

As shown in FIG. 10, the hand-held terminal 600 includes a display unit 210, a terminal control unit 220, a camera unit 240, an impulse radio analyzer 250, a memory unit 260, and an input unit. 270, and a wireless communication unit 280. The hand-held terminal 600 having such a configuration is the hand-held terminal 200 described above except that the second interface 230 is omitted from the hand-held terminal 200 illustrated in FIG. 4. Since the configuration is the same as), only the schematic functions thereof will be described below.

The display unit 210 is formed to be exposed on the upper surface of the upper surface of the body 400 to display various information of the hand-held terminal 600. The display unit 210 includes the first to fifth display areas 211, 213, 215, 217, and 219 described above, and the description thereof will be replaced with the above description. In this case, except for the first to third input touch pads B1, B2, and B3 that are displayed on the fifth display area 219, the display is displayed on each of the first to fourth display areas 211, 213, 215, and 217. The information is the same as in the first embodiment described above.

The first input touch pad B1 displayed on the fifth display area 219 is a button for storing somatic information in the memory unit 260, and the second input touch pad B2 shows stored somatic information. The third input touch pad B3 may be a button for receiving new disease preset information from the medical information system and storing it in the memory unit 260.

The terminal controller 220 performs overall control of the hand-held terminal 600 and the impulse radio transmission / reception module 500.

In addition, the terminal controller 220 sets a body part corresponding to one target touch pad selected by a user from among a plurality of target touch pads displayed on the third display area 215 of the display unit 210 as a body target part. The at least one symptom lookup table corresponding to the set body target site is loaded from the plurality of symptom lookup tables stored in the memory unit 260 and set as the symptom preset information.

In addition, the terminal controller 220 generates an impulse radio transmission / reception control signal for transmitting the impulse radio to the body target site in response to the user's manipulation of the trigger 410 to control the impulse radio transmission / reception module 100.

The camera unit 240 is installed in front of the upper surface of the body 400 so as to be adjacent to the impulse radio transmitting unit 510 to capture an image of a body part to which the impulse radio is to be transmitted and display it on the first display area 211 of the display unit 210. do.

As described above, the impulse radio analyzer 250 generates somatic information using the impulse radio reception information and the disease preset information set by the terminal controller 220, and displays the generated somatic information on the display unit 210. It is displayed on the second display area 213.

The memory unit 260 stores the somatic condition information generated by the impulse radio analyzer 250 under the control of the terminal controller 220 in response to a user's touch on the first input touch pad B1. In addition, the memory unit 260, in response to a user's touch on the third input touch pad B3, under the control of the terminal controller 220, the new disease preset information provided from the medical information system through the wireless communication unit 280. Save it.

The input unit 270 is configured as a touch screen formed on the display unit 210 to display the plurality of target touch pads or the fifth display area 219 of the display unit 210 displayed on the third display area 215 of the display unit 210. A user input signal corresponding to a user's touch with respect to the first to third input touch pads B1, B2, and B3 displayed on the second touch panel is generated and provided to the terminal controller 220.

The wireless communication unit 280 connects to a communication network according to a control of the terminal controller 220 according to a user selection for the second input touch pad B2 displayed on the fifth display area 219 of the display unit 210, and then stores the memory unit. The terminal control unit 220 according to the user's selection of the third input touch pad B3 displayed on the fifth display area 219 of the display unit 210 or transmitted to the medical information system stored in 260. Receive new disease preset information provided from a medical information system through a communication network under control of the control unit. To this end, the wireless communication unit 280 is connected to the medical information system through wireless data communication, or connected to a wireless access device (AP) through short-range wireless communication, and then through the wireless data communication using the wireless access device medical information system Can be accessed.

On the other hand, in the hand-held medical device according to the third embodiment of the present invention described above, the hand-held terminal 600 is rotated on the upper surface 402 of the body 400, as shown in FIG. It may be stored as possible. In this case, a receiving groove 406 in which the hand-held terminal 600 is received is formed in the upper surface 402 of the body 400. When the hand-held terminal 600 is rotatably installed in the body 400, the user can rotate the hand-held terminal 600 vertically to the body 400 so that the user can transmit the impulse radio. It is possible to select a body target portion of the body or to easily set the disease preset information.

As described above, the hand-held medical device according to the third embodiment of the present invention is constructed by integrating the impulse radio transmitting / receiving module 500 and the hand-held terminal 600 in the body 400 in the form of a pistol. Since is the same as the first or second embodiment of the present invention described above can provide the same effects as the first or second embodiment of the present invention described above. Such a hand-held medical device according to the third embodiment of the present invention is more preferably used in an emergency room of a hospital.

12 is a flowchart illustrating a step-by-step method of providing medical information using a hand-held medical device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

12, the method of providing medical information using the hand-held medical device according to an embodiment of the present invention in conjunction with FIG.

First, an image of a body part to which an impulse radio is to be transmitted is captured and displayed on the display unit 210 (S1).

Subsequently, the body part corresponding to the target touch pad selected by the user among the plurality of target touch pads displayed on the display unit 210 is set as the body target part to which the impulse radio is transmitted and received (S2). Here, the body target site may be set to any one of a head, a chest, an abdomen, a buttock, a leg, and a foot.

Subsequently, at least one symptom lookup table corresponding to the set body target site is loaded from the plurality of symptom lookup tables to set symptom preset information for the set body target site (S3).

Subsequently, in response to the user's selection or manipulation, the impulse radio is transmitted to the body target portion in predetermined time units (S4). In this case, the user's selection or manipulation may be a user's touch on the first input touch pad (B1 of FIG. 5) displayed on the display unit 210 or a user's manipulation on the trigger 310 (FIG. 7).

Subsequently, the impulse radio received by the body target portion is received to generate impulse radio reception information (S5).

Subsequently, the disease preset information for the body target site set in step S3 is loaded (S6).

Subsequently, Fourier analyzes each of the plurality of impulse radios included in the received impulse radio reception information to generate impulse radio analysis information, and the body corresponding to the intensity of each impulse radio of the impulse radio analysis information generated from the loaded disease preset information. The symptom information is extracted to generate somatopathy information for each of the received impulse radios (S7). At this time, the somatic information on the body target area analyzes a plurality of impulse radio reception information transmitted and received to the body at predetermined intervals according to the scan of the body, and also the current impulse radio reception information and at least one previous impulse radio reception information. Can be generated through comparative analysis. Accordingly, the somatic information is generated to include at least one of the distance between the hand-held medical device and the tissue, the movement information of the body, the flow of blood flow in the body, the amount of air in the body, and the size of the tumor in the body. Here, the distance between the hand-held medical device and the body tissue is calculated by multiplying the propagation delay time calculated according to the transmission / reception point of each of the plurality of impulse radios by the speed c of light and dividing the result by two.

Subsequently, the generated somatic information is displayed on the display unit 210 to provide the somatic information on the acquired body target site to the user and to store the somatic information (S9). Here, the somatic condition information may be stored according to a user's selection.

Such a method of providing medical information using a hand-held medical device according to an embodiment of the present invention transmits an impulse radio to the body, receives an impulse radio reflected by the body, and receives the received impulse radio reception information. By analyzing and generating the symptom information, it is possible to quickly acquire the symptom information of the body, and in particular, it is possible to promptly acquire the symptom information for the emergency patient and take the action on the acquired symptom information.

In addition, the medical information providing method using the hand-held medical device according to an embodiment of the present invention can precisely analyze the impulse radio reception information by applying disease preset information differently set according to the body target area. Improve the reliability of the analysis results.

On the other hand, if the user's symptom information displayed on the display unit 210 includes suspicious information for detecting the symptom, the user transmits the acquired somatic information to an external medical information system, and the symptom of the somatic information from the medical information system. It may be provided in the analysis results. This process is described in detail as follows.

First, when the user selects transmission of the somatic information (YES in S9), the somatic information is transmitted to an external medical information system through a communication network (S10).

Subsequently, the condition analysis result provided from the medical information system is received, and the received condition analysis result is displayed on the display unit 210 (S11). Here, the medical information system analyzes the somatic information transmitted from the hand-held terminal, generates a symptom analysis result corresponding to the analysis result, and transmits the generated symptom analysis result to the hand-held terminal.

On the other hand, if the user does not select the transmission of the somatic information (No in S9), the method of providing medical information using the hand-held medical device ends.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

100: impulse radio transceiver module 110: a first interface unit
120: impulse control unit 130: impulse radio generating unit
140: impulse radio transmitter 150: impulse radio receiver
200: hand-held terminal 210: display unit
220: control unit 230: second interface unit
240: camera unit 250: impulse radio analysis unit
260: memory unit 270: input unit
280: wireless communication unit

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Body formed in the form of pistol (Pistol);
A trigger installed in the body and manipulated by a user;
By generating an impulse radio and transmitting the impulse radio to the inside of the body of the body target site and receiving the impulse radio reflected by the body tissue inside the body, the time of the impulse radio received while scanning the body tissue An impulse radio transmission and reception module for generating impulse radio reception information using only the intensity; And
Controlling the impulse radio transmission / reception module according to the operation of the trigger, analyzing disease preset information set according to the body target site, and the impulse radio reception information provided from the impulse radio transmission / reception module to analyze the body tissue of the body target site. It comprises a hand-held terminal for generating the somatic condition information to display on the display unit,
The hand-held terminal displays a plurality of target touch pads corresponding to body parts of a plurality of divided body models on the display unit to set body target parts to be scanned according to the user's selection of the target touch pad. Setting the disease preset information of the body target site to be scanned in the disease lookup table corresponding to the set body target site in a plurality of stored disease lookup tables, and then controlling the impulse radio transmission / reception module according to the operation of the trigger. Hand-held medical device characterized in that. delete The method of claim 1,
The hand-held terminal,
A camera unit for photographing a body part to which the impulse radio is to be transmitted;
An impulse radio analyzer configured to analyze the set disease preset information and the impulse radio reception information provided from the impulse transmitting / receiving module to generate the somatic condition information, and to display the generated somatic information on the display unit;
A memory unit which stores the plurality of disease lookup tables and stores the somatic information;
An input unit generating a user input signal corresponding to the touch of the user; And
Displaying the body part photographed by the camera unit on the display unit, setting the disease preset information according to a disease lookup table of the body target part corresponding to the target touch pad touched by the user, and then And a terminal control unit for controlling the impulse radio transmission / reception module according to an operation. By generating an impulse radio and transmitting the impulse radio to the inside of the body of the body target site and receiving the impulse radio reflected by the body tissue inside the body, the time of the impulse radio received while scanning the body tissue An impulse radio transmission and reception module for generating impulse radio reception information using only the intensity; And
By controlling the impulse radio transmission and reception module, analyzing the disease preset information set according to the body target site and the impulse radio reception information provided from the impulse radio transmission and reception module to generate somatic information on the body tissue of the body target site It includes a hand-held terminal to display on the display,
The hand-held terminal displays a plurality of target touch pads corresponding to body parts of a plurality of divided body models on the display unit to set and store body target parts to be scanned according to a user's selection of the target touch pad. Setting the disease preset information of the body target portion to be scanned in the disease lookup table corresponding to the set body target region in a plurality of disease lookup tables, and controlling the impulse radio transmission / reception module according to the user's selection Hand-held medical device. 5. The method of claim 4,
And the impulse radio transmission / reception module comprises a connection connector detachably connected to the hand-held terminal to perform a data interface with the hand-held terminal. delete 5. The method of claim 4,
The hand-held terminal,
A camera unit for photographing a body part to which the impulse radio is to be transmitted;
An impulse radio analyzer configured to analyze the set disease preset information and the impulse radio reception information provided from the impulse transmitting / receiving module to generate the somatic condition information, and to display the generated somatic information on the display unit;
A memory unit which stores the plurality of disease lookup tables and stores the somatic information;
An input unit generating a user input signal corresponding to the touch of the user; And
And displaying the body part photographed by the camera unit on the display unit, setting the disease preset information according to the disease lookup table of the body target part corresponding to the target touch pad touched by the user, and then performing the impulse radio. Hand-held medical device comprising a terminal control unit for controlling the transmission and reception module. The method of claim 7, wherein
The hand-held terminal further comprises a wireless communication unit for transmitting the physical condition information to a medical information system using a communication network and receiving the condition analysis information analyzed by the medical information system.
And the terminal controller displays the condition analysis information received through the wireless communication unit on the display unit. The method of claim 8,
The terminal controller accesses the medical information system through the wireless communication unit to receive a new disease lookup table from the medical information system, and stores and adds the received new disease lookup table to the memory unit, or receives the new disease And updating the symptom lookup table corresponding to the lookup table to the new symptom lookup table. By generating an impulse radio and transmitting the impulse radio to the inside of the body of the body target site and receiving the impulse radio reflected by the body tissue inside the body, the time of the impulse radio received while scanning the body tissue An impulse radio transmission and reception module for generating impulse radio reception information using only the intensity; And
A camera unit for photographing a body part to which the impulse radio is to be transmitted;
Analyze the condition preset information set according to the body target site and the impulse radio reception information provided from the impulse transmitting / receiving module to generate somatic information on body tissue of the body target site, and display the generated somatic information on the display unit. Displaying an impulse radio analyzer;
A memory unit which stores a plurality of symptom lookup tables and stores the somatic information;
An input unit generating a user input signal corresponding to a user's touch; And
A terminal controller which displays a body part photographed by the camera unit on the display unit and controls the impulse radio transceiver module;
The terminal controller may display a plurality of target touch pads corresponding to body parts of a plurality of divided body models on the display unit to set a body target part to be scanned according to the user's selection of the target touch pad, and the memory unit And setting the disease preset information of the body target portion to be scanned in a disease lookup table corresponding to the set body target portion in the plurality of disease lookup tables stored in the apparatus. 11. The method according to any one of claims 3, 7, and 10,
The impulse radio transmission and reception module,
An impulse radio generator for generating the impulse radio in response to a control of the terminal controller;
An impulse radio transmitter for transmitting an impulse radio generated by the impulse radio generator to the body target part; And
And an impulse radio receiver configured to receive the impulse radio reflected from the body tissue inside the body target area and generate impulse radio reception information using only the intensity according to the time of the received impulse radio. -Held medical device. 11. The method according to any one of claims 3, 7, and 10,
The display unit includes:
A first display area for displaying the body part picked up by the camera unit;
A second display area for displaying the somatic condition information;
A third display area for displaying a plurality of target touch pads corresponding to body parts of a plurality of divided body models and setting the body target parts according to the user's selection of the target touch pad;
A fourth display area for displaying the disease preset information and adjusting the disease preset information; And
And a fifth display area displaying a plurality of input touch pads for generating a user input signal including the impulse radio transmission and reception control signal according to the user's selection. delete 11. The method according to any one of claims 3, 7, and 10,
The impulse radio analyzer analyzes the impulse radio reception information by Fourier (Fourier) to generate impulse radio analysis information, and compares the set disease preset information and the impulse radio analysis information to generate the somatic information Hand-held medical device. The method according to any one of claims 1, 4, and 10,
The somatic information includes at least one of a distance between the impulse radio transceiver module and the body, movement information of the body, blood flow information in the body, air volume in the body, and tumor size in the body. Hand-held medical device. 11. The method of claim 10,
And a wireless communication unit for transmitting the physical condition information to a medical information system using a communication network, and receiving the condition analysis information analyzed by the medical information system.
And the terminal controller displays the condition analysis information received through the wireless communication unit on the display unit. 17. The method of claim 16,
The terminal controller accesses the medical information system through the wireless communication unit to receive a new disease lookup table from the medical information system, and stores and adds the received new disease lookup table to the memory unit, or receives the new disease And updating the symptom lookup table corresponding to the lookup table to the new symptom lookup table. A plurality of target touch pads corresponding to the body parts of the plurality of divided body models are displayed on the display unit to set body target parts to be scanned according to a user's selection of the target touch pads, and the plurality of target look pads are stored in the plurality of disease lookup tables. Setting the disease preset information of the body target region to be scanned in a disease lookup table corresponding to a set body target region;
Generating an impulse radio (B);
Use only the intensity over time of the impulse radio received while scanning the body tissue by transmitting the impulse radio into the body of the set body target site and then receiving the impulse radio reflected by body tissue inside the body. Generating impulse radio reception information (C);
Analyzing the disease preset information set according to the body target site and the impulse radio reception information to generate somatic information on body tissue of the body target site; And
And displaying (E) the physiological condition information on the display unit. delete The method of claim 18,
The step (A)
Displaying a plurality of target touch pads corresponding to body parts of the plurality of divided body models on the display unit;
Photographing a body part to which the impulse radio is to be transmitted and displaying it on the display unit;
Setting a body part corresponding to the target touch pad selected according to the user's selection as the body target part; And
And setting at least one symptom lookup table corresponding to the set body target site as the symptom preset information among the plurality of symptom lookup tables stored in a memory unit. How to Provide Medical Information. The method of claim 18,
The step (D),
Fourier analysis of the impulse radio reception information to generate impulse radio analysis information; And
And comparing and analyzing the set symptom preset information and the impulse radio analysis information to generate the somatic symptom information. The method of claim 18,
Wherein the somatic information includes at least one of a distance between the hand-held medical device and the body, movement information of the body, blood flow information in the body, air volume in the body, and tumor size in the body. Method of providing medical information using a hand-held medical device characterized in that. The method of claim 18,
Transmitting the somatic information to a medical information system using a communication network;
Receiving condition analysis information analyzed by the medical information system; And
And displaying the received condition analysis information on the display unit. 21. The method of claim 20,
Accessing a medical information system using a communication network;
Receiving a new symptom lookup table from the medical information system; And
And storing and adding the received new disease lookup table to the memory unit, or updating the disease lookup table corresponding to the received new disease lookup table with the new disease lookup table. Method of providing medical information using a hand-held medical device.

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