KR102360374B1 - Home monitoring apparatus and method for patients undergoing multiple surgeries - Google Patents

Abstract

A home monitoring device and method for a patient undergoing multiple surgeries are disclosed. The home monitoring method includes: determining a normal range of biometric information of a patient based on the patient's surgical order and structural abnormalities of the patient who must undergo a plurality of surgeries at regular intervals; receiving biometric information of the patient; and outputting a warning according to whether the value of the received biometric information is within the normal range.

Description

HOME MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING MULTIPLE SURGERIES

The present invention relates to a home monitoring device and method, and more particularly, to a home monitoring device and method for a patient who has undergone surgery for a period before the next surgery.

In the case of diseases that cannot be cured with a single operation, such as congenital heart disease, multiple surgeries are performed on the patient at regular intervals. However, it is impossible for a patient who has undergone surgery to be admitted to the hospital until the next operation due to the number of patients the hospital can admit and the cost of admission. Therefore, after receiving surgery, the patient is discharged from the hospital after recovery to some extent, and is re-hospitalized for the next operation.

However, since suffering from a disease requiring multiple surgeries means that the patient's condition is not good, it is necessary to manage the patient's condition even after being discharged from the hospital before undergoing the next operation.

Conventionally, the medical staff remotely monitors the patient's condition using a phone call, but the remote monitoring method by phone has the inconvenience of consuming more than a certain amount of time for the medical staff and the patient's guardian. In addition, the value of biometric information recognized as a problem is different depending on the patient, but in remote monitoring by phone, the medical staff inquires the guardian about whether the patient's condition is normal, so that the patient's condition is deteriorating If the condition of the patient does not change externally even though it appears as information, it is difficult for the guardian to recognize that a problem has occurred in the patient.

Accordingly, there is a demand for a home monitoring method optimized for the patient's condition while reducing the burden on guardians and medical staff.

The present invention optimizes the patient even at home by setting a normal range for a patient who needs to undergo multiple surgeries according to the surgical order and structural abnormality of the patient, and outputting a warning when the biometric information input by the user is out of the normal range An apparatus and method for performing home monitoring are provided.

A home monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: determining a normal range of biometric information of a patient based on a patient's surgical order and structural abnormality of a patient who needs to undergo a plurality of surgeries at regular intervals; receiving biometric information of the patient; and outputting a warning according to whether the value of the received biometric information is within the normal range.

The step of determining the normal range of the home monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises estimating the degree of correction of the patient's body according to the surgical order of the patient, and correcting the default normal range according to the estimated degree of correction to improve the patient's condition. A normal range of biometric information is determined, and the default normal range may be determined according to the patient's biometric information measured before or after surgery.

The step of outputting a warning of the home monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention may include transmitting the value of the received biometric information to the medical staff, and receiving and displaying information about the action that the user should perform with respect to the patient from the medical staff. have.

The home monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include the step of providing the user with a change in the patient's body according to the order of surgery and notices according to the change in the body.

The step of providing a notice to the user of the home monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes requesting the user to generate an organ image of a patient changed according to surgery, and providing the organ image of the patient received from the user to a medical practitioner. It can be corrected and provided to users.

The step of providing the cautions of the home monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention to the user may include creating an animation representing a change in the patient's body according to a plurality of surgeries and providing the animation to the user.

A home monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: when a patient who has undergone surgery requires a next operation, informing a user of a selectable option for the next operation; receiving an option determined by a user from among the options; and determining an operation schedule according to the received option, and providing instructions for operation according to the option.

The step of guiding the option of the home monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention to the user is expected to change depending on the number of additional surgeries, the additional surgery interval, the cost, and the surgery to which the option is applied as the option is applied to the next surgery. At least one of a change in the patient's body to be changed and a caution required for monitoring the patient after the surgery to which the option is applied is completed may be guided to the user.

The home monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention determines the normal range of the patient's biometric information based on the patient's surgical order and structural abnormality of the patient who needs to undergo a plurality of surgeries at regular intervals, and collects the patient's biometric information. and a processor configured to receive and output a warning according to whether the value of the received biometric information is within the normal range.

A home monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention further comprises a communicator for transmitting the received biometric information value to a remote nursing server and receiving information on an action that a user should perform with respect to a patient from the remote nursing server, , the processor may display information on an action to be performed by the user with respect to the patient.

The processor of the home monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may provide a user with a change in the patient's body according to the order of surgery and a notice according to the change in the body.

The processor of the home monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention, when a patient who has undergone surgery requires the next operation, guides the user to selectable options for the next operation, receives the option determined by the user from among the options, , it is possible to determine an operation schedule according to the received option, and provide notes for the operation according to the option.

The processor of the home monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of additional surgeries according to the application of the option to the next surgery, the additional surgery interval, the cost, changes in the patient's body expected to be changed according to the surgery to which the option is applied, After the surgery to which the option is applied is completed, at least one of cautions necessary for monitoring the patient may be guided to the user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a normal range is set for a patient who needs to undergo a plurality of surgeries according to the order of surgery and a structural abnormality of the patient, and when the biometric information input by the user is out of the normal range, a warning is output. , it is possible to perform home monitoring optimized for patients even at home.

1 is a diagram illustrating a home monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an example of a process in which the home monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention displays a change in a patient.
3 is another example of a process of displaying a change in a patient by the home monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an example of a screen for inputting a normal range of a patient's biometric information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an example of a screen displayed by the home monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an example of information provided to medical staff by the remote nursing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a home monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation according to whether a value of biometric information is within a normal range in a home monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, since various changes may be made to the embodiments, the scope of the patent application is not limited or limited by these embodiments. It should be understood that all modifications, equivalents and substitutes for the embodiments are included in the scope of the rights.

The terms used in the examples are used for the purpose of description only, and should not be construed as limiting. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, terms such as "comprise" or "have" are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or a combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It should be understood that this does not preclude the existence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

In addition, in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same components are given the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and the overlapping description thereof will be omitted. In describing the embodiment, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the embodiment, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

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

1 is a diagram illustrating a home monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The home monitoring system may include the remote nursing server 110 and the home monitoring device 100 .

The remote nursing server 110 may transmit the normal range of the biometric information of the patient 102 to the home monitoring apparatus 100 according to an input from a medical staff. Also, the remote nursing server 110 may receive biometric information or a warning of the patient 102 from the home monitoring device 100 . The remote nursing server 110 may be a server that medical staff can access using a mobile terminal or PC.

The home monitoring apparatus 100 may be a terminal including a processor for performing the home monitoring method, a remote nursing server 110 , and a communicator for communicating with a sensor for measuring biometric information of a patient. For example, as shown in FIG. 1 , the home monitoring apparatus 100 may be a mobile terminal in which the user 101 is portable and an application for performing the home monitoring method is installed. Also, the home monitoring device 100 may be a tablet computer or a PC. In addition, the user 101 may be a caregiver or a protector of the patient who measures the patient's biometric information using at least one sensor at regular time intervals.

The home monitoring apparatus 100 may receive the normal range of biometric information of the patient 102 from the remote nursing server 110 . In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may determine the normal range of the biometric information of the patient 102 based on the surgical order of the patient 102 and the structural abnormality of the patient 102 . In this case, the structural abnormality of the patient 102 may be a congenital abnormality or acquired abnormality of an internal structure such as the heart of the patient 102 .

In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may estimate the degree of correction of the body of the patient 102 according to the surgical order of the patient 102 . If the difference between the internal structure of the patient 102 and the internal structure of a general person is more than a certain level, if the internal structure of the patient 102 is changed to that of a general human internal organs with one operation, the internal structure of the internal organs is rapidly changed. The change may not be tolerated by the patient 102 . Accordingly, a plurality of surgeries are used to gradually correct the internal structure of the patient 102 to be similar to that of a general human. And, the degree of correction of the body of the patient 102 may be information indicating to what extent the internal structure of the patient 102 has been corrected compared to that of a general human internal organs. For example, when the diagnosis name of the patient 102 is congenital heart disease, the degree of correction of the body of the patient 102 may be a state of change in the patient's hemodynamics following surgery.

In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may determine the normal range of the biometric information of the current patient in which surgery is performed by correcting the default normal range according to the estimated degree of correction. In this case, the default normal range may be determined according to the biometric information of the patient 102 measured before or after surgery. For example, the normal range of the biometric information of the patient 102 received by the home monitoring device 100 from the remote care server 110 may be a default normal range. In addition, the home monitoring device 100 corrects the default normal range according to the surgical result received from the remote nursing server 110 and the patient's hemodynamic change state according to the operation whenever an operation is performed on the patient 102 . A normal range of biometric information optimized for the current patient 102 may be determined.

In addition, the remote nursing server 110 may receive a normal range determined according to the biometric information of the patient 102 measured after surgery from the medical staff and transmit it to the home monitoring apparatus 100 . In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may update the normal range of the biometric information of the patient 102 according to the most recently received normal range.

Also, according to an embodiment, the medical staff may input the normal range of the patient's biometric information determined according to the degree of correction estimated according to the surgical order of the patient to the remote nursing server 110 . In this case, the home monitoring device 100 determines the normal range of the biometric information of the patient 102 received from the remote nursing server 110 based on the surgical order of the patient 102 and the structural abnormality of the patient 102 . 102) can be set to the normal range of biometric information.

In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may receive biometric information of the patient 102 . In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may receive the biometric information of the patient 102 measured by the sensor through wired or wireless communication with the sensor measuring the biometric information of the patient 102 . Also, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may receive biometric information of the patient 102 from the user 101 who has measured the biometric information of the patient 102 using a sensor.

In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may output a warning according to whether the value of the received biometric information is within a normal range. Specifically, when the value of the received biometric information is out of a normal range, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may output a warning.

Also, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may transmit the received biometric information value to the remote nursing server 110 . In addition, the medical staff accessing the remote nursing server 110 can identify the value of the biometric information. In this case, the medical staff may determine information about the action to be performed by the user 101 with respect to the patient 102 and input the information to the remote care server 110 . In addition, the remote nursing server 110 may transmit information on the action to be performed by the user 101 with respect to the patient 102 to the home monitoring device 100 . In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display information on an action to be performed by the user 101 with respect to the patient 102 on the screen to provide the information to the user 101 .

In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may provide the user 101 with a change in the body of the patient 102 according to the order of surgery and a notice according to the change in the body. In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may request the user 101 to generate a long-term image of the patient 102 changed according to the operation. For example, when the diagnosis name of the patient 102 is congenital heart disease, the organ image of the patient 102 changed according to the operation is the changed heart structure according to the surgery, and the change in the hemodynamic state according to the change of the heart structure. can

In addition, the organ image may be an image generated by the user 101 predicting the state of the internal organs of the patient 102 changed by surgery, and drawing the predicted internal state by an image generating program or by hand. For example, the home monitoring device 100 is an image of the internal organs to be operated on the patient 102 among the images of the internal organs of a general person, or the image and images of the internal organs of the patient 102 taken before surgery to correct the image. An input interface for the user can be displayed on the screen. In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may generate a long-term image of the patient 102 by correcting the image of the internal organs according to the user's request input into the input interface.

In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may transmit the long-term image of the patient 102 received from the user 101 to the remote nursing server 110 . In this case, the medical staff accessing the remote nursing server 110 may receive the organ image of the patient 102 generated by the user 101 . Next, the medical staff may correct the patient's organ image generated by the user 101 according to the actual physical condition of the patient 102 and input it to the remote nursing server 110 . In addition, the remote care server 110 may transmit the corrected long-term image of the patient 102 to the home monitoring device 100 . In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display the corrected organ image of the patient 102 and provide it to the user 101 .

Also, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may generate an animation representing a body change process of the patient 102 according to a plurality of surgeries and provide it to the user 101 . For example, when the diagnosis of the patient 102 is congenital heart disease requiring 2 surgeries, the home monitoring device 100 or the tele-nursing server 110 determines the pre-operative state of the patient's 102 heart and surgical options. Based on , the state of the heart of the patient 102 expected after the first operation and the state of the heart of the patient 102 expected after the second operation may be estimated. Next, the home monitoring device 100 or the remote nursing server 110 indicates a process in which the heart of the patient 102 changes from the pre-operative state to the expected state after the primary operation and the state expected after the secondary operation. You can create animations. When the remote care server 110 generates the animation, the remote care server 110 transmits the generated animation to the home monitoring device 100 , and the home monitoring device 100 may reproduce the received animation on the screen. . Also, when the home monitoring device 100 generates an animation, the home monitoring device 100 may reproduce the generated animation on the screen.

When the patient 102 who has undergone surgery needs the next operation, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may guide the user 101 with selectable options for the next operation. At this time, the home monitoring device 100 determines the number of additional surgeries according to the application of the option to the next surgery, the additional surgery interval, the cost, the patient's body change expected to change according to the surgery to which the option is applied, and the operation to which the option is applied is completed. Afterwards, at least one of precautions necessary for monitoring the patient may be guided to the user 101 . In addition, the option that the home monitoring device 100 guides to the user 101 may be automatically set according to the diagnosis name of the patient 102 , and at least one option presented by the medical staff according to the result of the operation is provided to the remote nursing server. It may be received through (110).

For example, the patient 102 may suffer from heart disease in which the valve is abnormal. In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may provide the user with a surgery using an artificial valve and a surgery using a tissue valve as selectable options. And, when the user 101 selects the surgery using the artificial valve, the home monitoring device 100 may display on the screen the reduction in the number of reoperations, which is an advantage of the operation, and the intake of the anticoagulant, which is a disadvantage of the operation. In addition, when the user 101 selects a surgery using a tissue valve, the home monitoring device 100 can display on the screen that there is no need to administer an anticoagulant, which is an advantage of the operation, and that the number of reoperations, which is a disadvantage of the operation, is large. have. That is, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may provide a criterion for the user 101 to select an option for the operation of the patient 102 by displaying the pros and cons of selecting the corresponding option to the user 101 .

In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may receive an option determined by the user 101 from among the options from the user 101 . In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may receive an option input to the remote care server 110 by a medical team who has consulted with the user 101 . In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display instructions for surgery according to the option on the screen and provide it to the user 101 . In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may transmit the received option to the remote nursing server 110 to request to determine the operation schedule. In this case, when the medical staff connected to the remote nursing server 110 confirms and inputs the surgery schedule, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may receive the surgery schedule from the remote nursing server 110 and provide it to the user 101 . .

In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 receives the medical staff's surgical schedule in advance from the remote nursing server 110 , and determines the surgical schedule according to the options received from the user 101 and the medical staff's operating schedule, thereby determining the surgical schedule for the remote nursing server. It may be transmitted to 110 .

The home monitoring system sets the normal range according to the order of surgery and the structural abnormality of the patient for a patient who needs to undergo multiple surgeries, and outputs a warning when the biometric information input by the user is out of the normal range Optimized home monitoring can be performed.

2 is an example of a process in which the home monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention displays a change in a patient.

If the patient 102 is connected to both ventricles with the tricuspid valve crossing the ventricular septal defect in the complete great-vessel dislocation with ventricular septal defect, or is completely connected to the left ventricle and the right ventricle is small, the home monitoring device 100 may also As shown in 2 , the preoperative heart image 210 of the patient 102 may be displayed on the screen.

In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display the heart image 220 of the patient 102 after the first operation on the screen as shown in FIG. 2 . In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display an animation indicating a process of changing from the heart image 210 to the heart image 220 . Then, the home monitoring device 100 highlights the Gore-tex tube 221 inserted between the subclavian artery and the pulmonary artery as the first operation, thereby giving the user 101 the patient 102 due to the first operation. may provide a state change of

In addition, the home monitoring device 100 displays the pre-operative heart image 210 on the screen, and requests the user 101 to display a portion changed from the heart of the patient 102 to the surgery, so that the user 101 can It is also possible to recognize a change in the state of the patient 102 due to surgery.

In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display the heart image 230 after the second operation of the patient 102 after the heart image 220 on the screen. In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display an animation indicating a process of sequentially changing from the heart image 210 to the heart image 220 and the heart image 230 . Then, the home monitoring device 100 highlights the end-to-side (231) connected between the superior vein and the pulmonary artery in the second operation, thereby giving the user 101 the patient 102 due to the second operation. may provide a state change of

In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display the heart image 240 after the third operation of the patient 102 after the heart image 230 on the screen. In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display an animation indicating a process of sequentially changing from the heart image 210 to the heart image 220 , the heart image 230 , and the heart image 240 . Then, the home monitoring device 100 puts the tube 241 between the inferior vena cava and the main pulmonary artery in the third operation so that all venous blood enters only the pulmonary circulation, and highlights the connected part, thereby giving the user 101 the third It may also provide for a change in condition of the patient 102 due to surgery.

In addition, the method of the second surgery and the third surgery or the scheduled cardiac image of the patient 102 may be changed according to the state of the first surgery.

Accordingly, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display the heart image 210 before the first operation and the heart image 220 expected according to the first operation. And, after the first operation is finished, the home monitoring device 100 displays a heart image 220 according to the first operation result and a heart image 230 corresponding to the second operation determined according to the first operation result. ) can be displayed. In this case, the heart image 220 according to the result of the first operation may be the same as or different from the heart image 220 expected according to the first operation. And, after the second operation is finished, the home monitoring device 100 displays a heart image 230 according to the second operation result and a heart image 240 corresponding to the third operation determined according to the second operation result. can be displayed.

3 is another example of a process in which the home monitoring device displays a change in a patient according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the patient 102 has tricuspid occlusion at the modified great vessel potential and the right ventricle is very small, the home monitoring device 100 displays the preoperative heart image 310 of the patient 102 on the screen as shown in FIG. 3 . can do.

In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display the heart image 320 after the first operation of the patient 102 on the screen as shown in FIG. 3 . In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display an animation indicating a process of changing from the heart image 310 to the heart image 320 . Then, the home monitoring device 100 reduces the pulmonary blood flow and reduces the pulmonary artery pressure by highlighting the portion 321 that is tightened like a tape wrapped around the outside of the main pulmonary artery in the first operation to give the user 101 the first step. It may also provide for a change in condition of the patient 102 due to surgery.

In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display the heart image 330 after the second operation of the patient 102 after the heart image 320 on the screen. In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display an animation indicating a process of sequentially changing from the heart image 310 to the heart image 320 and the heart image 330 . Then, the home monitoring device 100 gives the user 101 a second operation by highlighting the part 331 that completely binds the pulmonary artery and the part 332 that connects the superior vein to the pulmonary artery on the same side. It may also provide a change in the condition of the patient 102 due to the secondary surgery.

In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display the heart image 340 after the third operation of the patient 102 after the heart image 330 on the screen. In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display an animation indicating a process of sequentially changing from the heart image 310 to the heart image 320 , the heart image 330 , and the heart image 340 . And, the home monitoring device 100 highlights the part 341 connecting the inferior vena cava and the main pulmonary artery and the part 342 separating the inferior vena cava from the heart in the third operation so that all venous blood enters the pulmonary circulation only. , it is also possible to provide the user 101 with a change in the state of the patient 102 due to the tertiary operation.

4 is an example of a screen for inputting a normal range of a patient's biometric information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The medical staff may determine the normal range of the biometric information of the patient 102 according to the patient's surgical order and structural abnormality of the patient, and may input it to the remote nursing server 110 . For example, the remote nursing server 110 may receive a normal range of biometric information of the patient 102 through the interface shown in FIG. 4 . In this case, the biometric information to which the normal range is input may include a heart rate 410 and oxygen saturation 420 .

5 is an example of a screen displayed by the home monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display an input interface 510 for receiving a heart rate and an input interface 520 for receiving an input of oxygen saturation on the screen. Also, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may include an interface 530 for outputting a warning when the biometric information of the patient 102 input through the input interface is out of a normal range.

For example, when the patient 102 is a child suffering from congenital heart disease, and the input biometric information satisfies at least one of the following conditions, the home monitoring device 100 determines that the value of the biometric information of the patient 102 is within a normal range. It is judged that the value of is out of range, and a warning can be output.

[Condition]

Oxygen saturation less than 70%;

Compared to the existing oxygen saturation, a certain percentage or more sharply decreased,

Heart rate less than 100 beats on the oxygen saturation monitor;

Oxygen saturation greater than 90%;

Weight loss of 30 g or more within 24 hours, and the same decrease the next day,

no weight gain of more than 20 g in 3 days;

Water intake less than 100 ml per body weight for 24 hours;

fever of 38°C or higher;

an increase in the rate of breathing greater than or equal to 60 breaths per minute;

Increased chest depression and flatulence

In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may transmit the received value of the biometric information to the medical staff, and may receive and display information about an action that the user should perform with respect to the patient from the medical staff. For example, if the patient 102 has consumed less than 100 mL of water per body weight for 24 hours, the home monitoring device 100 informs the medical staff that the patient 102 has consumed less than 100 mL of water per body weight for 24 hours. can inform In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 receives a message from the medical staff to increase the water intake and provides it to the user 101 , so that the user 101 can induce the patient 102 to drink water. In this case, the remote nursing server 110 may transmit the message input by the medical staff to the home monitoring apparatus 100 , and may manage a history of the message transmitted to the home monitoring apparatus 100 .

Also, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may further display a contact information and an address of a hospital that can be contacted in case of an emergency with a warning through the interface 530 .

6 is an example of information provided to medical staff by the remote nursing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The remote nursing server 110 may list 610 values of biometric information such as heart rate, oxygen saturation, and body weight intake of the patient 102 received from the home monitoring device 100 and manage them. In addition, the remote nursing server 110 may display the values of the biometric information as a graph 620 , so that the medical staff can easily recognize the change in the biometric information of the patient 102 .

7 is a flowchart illustrating a home monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step 710, the telecare server 110 may identify the patient's order of surgery. Specifically, the remote nursing server 110 may receive a patient's surgical result from a medical person who performed the patient's surgery. In this case, the remote nursing server 110 may identify the number of operations performed on the patient according to the preset patient's surgery schedule and the received patient's surgical result. In addition, the remote nursing server 110 may transmit the surgical result and the patient's surgery order to the home monitoring device 100 .

In step 720, the home monitoring device 100 provides the user 101 with the body change of the patient 102 according to the surgical order and the surgical order received in the step 710 and the precautions according to the body change according to the surgical result. can be provided to

In step 730 , the home monitoring device 100 or the remote nursing server 110 determines the normal range of the biometric information of the patient 102 based on the surgical order of the patient 102 and the structural abnormality of the patient 102 . can For example, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may estimate the degree of correction of the body of the patient 102 according to the surgical order of the patient 102 . In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may determine the normal range of the patient's biometric information by correcting the default normal range according to the estimated degree of correction. In this case, the default normal range may be determined according to the biometric information of the patient 102 measured before or after surgery. Also, a normal range of the patient's biometric information determined by the medical staff according to the degree of correction estimated according to the patient's surgical order may be input to the remote nursing server 110 . In this case, the home monitoring device 100 determines the normal range of the biometric information of the patient 102 received from the remote nursing server 110 based on the surgical order of the patient 102 and the structural abnormality of the patient 102 . 102) can be set to the normal range of biometric information.

In step 740 , the home monitoring device 100 may receive biometric information of the patient 102 . In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may receive the biometric information of the patient 102 measured by the sensor through wired or wireless communication with the sensor measuring the biometric information of the patient 102 . Also, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may receive biometric information of the patient 102 from the user 101 who has measured the biometric information of the patient 102 using a sensor.

In step 750 , the home monitoring apparatus 100 may check whether the value of the biometric information received in step 740 is within a normal range. When the value of the biometric information received in step 740 is out of the normal range, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may perform step 760 . When the value of the biometric information received in step 740 is within the normal range, the home monitoring device 100 transmits the value of the biometric information received in step 740 to the remote nursing server 110 without outputting a warning. can

In operation 760 , the home monitoring apparatus 100 may output a warning and transmit the value of the biometric information received in operation 740 to the remote nursing server 110 . In this case, the medical staff accessing the remote nursing server 110 may identify the value of the biometric information. In this case, the medical staff may determine information about the action to be performed by the user 101 with respect to the patient 102 and input the information to the remote care server 110 . In addition, the remote nursing server 110 may transmit information on the action to be performed by the user 101 with respect to the patient 102 to the home monitoring device 100 . In this case, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display information on an action to be performed by the user 101 with respect to the patient 102 on the screen to provide the information to the user 101 .

8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation according to whether a value of biometric information is within a normal range in a home monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Steps 820 to 850 of FIG. 8 may be included in step 760 of FIG. 7 .

In step 750 , the home monitoring apparatus 100 may check whether the value of the biometric information received in step 740 is within a normal range. When the value of the biometric information received in step 740 is out of the normal range, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may perform step 760 . When the value of the biometric information received in step 740 is within a normal range, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may perform step 810 .

In step 810 , the home monitoring apparatus 100 may determine that there is no problem in the patient 102 , and inform the user 101 of a preset outpatient schedule for the patient 102 . And, when the user 101 and the patient 102 visit the hospital according to the outpatient schedule, the home monitoring device 100 diagnoses the patient 102 who visited the hospital by the medical staff from the remote nursing server 110, and A normal range determined according to the diagnosis may be received. In this case, the normal range received by the home monitoring device 100 may be the same as the normal range determined in step 730 or may be different from each other. Specifically, when the condition of the patient 102 improves over time after surgery, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may receive the normal range corrected by the medical staff according to the improved condition of the patient 102 . In addition, when the state of the patient 102 maintains the state at the time when step 730 is performed, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may receive the same normal range as the normal range received in step 730 .

In step 820 , the home monitoring apparatus 100 may determine that a problem has occurred in the patient 102 , and report that the problem has occurred to the patient 102 to the medical staff. In addition, the home monitoring apparatus 100 may display the contact information of the medical staff to the user 101 to induce the user 101 to contact the medical personnel, or may automatically transmit a message to the medical staff or connect a phone call to the user 101 .

In step 830 , the home monitoring device 100 may provide information about the patient 102 to the user 101 . At this time, the information about the problem of the patient 102 is provided to the patient 102 by including at least one of a method for coping with the problem occurring in the patient 102 or an action to be taken by the user 101 for the patient 102 . It is possible to reassure the user 101 who has become anxious due to a problem.

In step 840 , the home monitoring device 100 may perform a procedure related to a visit to an emergency room of a hospital where a medical staff works, or a hospital closest to the residence of the user 101 and the patient 102 . For example, the home monitoring device 100 requests an ambulance for transport of the patient 102 to the emergency room of the hospital where the medical staff works, or the user 101, and the hospital closest to the residence of the patient 102, You can apply for emergency care remotely.

In step 850 , the home monitoring apparatus 100 may receive a diagnosis result for the problem of the patient 102 from the hospital visited according to the procedure performed in step 840 . When the visited hospital is a hospital where the medical staff who performed the operation on the patient 102 worked, the home monitoring 100 may receive the outpatient schedule adjusted by the medical staff according to the diagnosis result from the remote nursing server 110 .

In addition, when the visited hospital is not the hospital where the medical staff worked, the home monitoring device 100 transmits the diagnosis result received from the hospital to the remote nursing server 110 , and adjusts the outpatient schedule to the medical staff in charge of the patient 102 . can request In addition, the home monitoring 100 may receive the outpatient schedule adjusted by the medical staff according to the diagnosis result from the remote nursing server 110 .

The present invention optimizes the patient even at home by setting a normal range for a patient who needs to undergo multiple surgeries according to the surgical order and structural abnormality of the patient, and outputting a warning when the biometric information input by the user is out of the normal range home monitoring can be performed.

Meanwhile, the home monitoring device or home monitoring method according to the present invention is written as a program that can be executed on a computer and can be implemented in various recording media such as a magnetic storage medium, an optical reading medium, and a digital storage medium.

Implementations of the various techniques described herein may be implemented in digital electronic circuitry, or in computer hardware, firmware, software, or combinations thereof. Implementations may be implemented for processing by, or controlling the operation of, a data processing device, eg, a programmable processor, computer, or number of computers, in a computer program product, eg, a machine readable storage device (computer readable capable medium) may be implemented as a computer program tangibly embodied in a computer program. A computer program, such as the computer program(s) described above, may be written in any form of programming language, including compiled or interpreted languages, as a standalone program or in a module, component, subroutine, or computing environment. It can be deployed in any form, including as other units suitable for use in A computer program may be deployed to be processed on one computer or multiple computers at one site or distributed across multiple sites and interconnected by a communications network.

Processors suitable for processing a computer program include, by way of example, both general and special purpose microprocessors, and any one or more processors of any kind of digital computer. In general, a processor will receive instructions and data from either read-only memory or random access memory or both. Elements of a computer may include at least one processor that executes instructions and one or more memory devices that store instructions and data. In general, a computer may include, receive data from, transmit data to, or both, one or more mass storage devices for storing data, for example magnetic, magneto-optical disks, or optical disks. may be combined to become Information carriers suitable for embodying computer program instructions and data are, for example, semiconductor memory devices, for example, magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, Compact Disk Read Only Memory (CD-ROM). ), an optical recording medium such as a DVD (Digital Video Disk), a magneto-optical medium such as an optical disk, ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (RAM) , Random Access Memory), flash memory, EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), and the like. Processors and memories may be supplemented by, or included in, special purpose logic circuitry.

In addition, the computer-readable medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer, and may include any computer storage medium.

While this specification contains numerous specific implementation details, they should not be construed as limitations on the scope of any invention or claim, but rather as descriptions of features that may be specific to particular embodiments of particular inventions. should be understood Certain features that are described herein in the context of separate embodiments may be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment may also be implemented in multiple embodiments, either individually or in any suitable subcombination. Further, although features operate in a particular combination and may be initially depicted as claimed as such, one or more features from a claimed combination may in some cases be excluded from the combination, the claimed combination being a sub-combination. or a variant of a sub-combination.

Likewise, although acts are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, it should not be construed that all acts shown must be performed or that such acts must be performed in the specific order or sequential order shown to obtain desirable results. In certain cases, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Further, the separation of the various device components of the above-described embodiments should not be construed as requiring such separation in all embodiments, and the program components and devices described may generally be integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products. You have to understand that you can.

On the other hand, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are merely presented as specific examples to aid understanding, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains that other modifications based on the technical spirit of the present invention can be implemented in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

100: home monitoring device
101: user
102: patient
110: telemedicine server

Claims (14)

determining a normal range of the patient's biometric information based on the patient's surgical order and structural abnormalities of the patient who must undergo a plurality of surgeries at regular intervals;
receiving biometric information of the patient;
outputting a warning according to whether the received biometric information value is within the normal range;
informing a user of selectable options for the next operation when a patient who has undergone surgery requires a next operation;
receiving an option determined by a user from among the options; and
Determining the surgery schedule according to the received option, and providing instructions for the operation according to the option
A home monitoring method comprising a. According to claim 1,
Determining the normal range comprises:
Estimate the degree of correction of the patient's body according to the patient's surgical order, and determine the normal range of the patient's biometric information by correcting the default normal range according to the estimated degree of correction,
The default normal range is,
A home monitoring method that is determined according to the patient's biometric information measured before or after surgery. According to claim 1,
The step of outputting the warning is
When the received biometric information value is out of the normal range, a warning is output, the received biometric information value is transmitted to the medical staff, and information about the actions that the user should take toward the patient from the medical staff is received and displayed. How to monitor your home. According to claim 1,
Before determining the normal range, providing the user with a notice according to the change of the patient's body according to the surgical order and body changes;
A home monitoring method further comprising a. delete 5. The method of claim 4,
The step of providing the above notice to the user is
A home monitoring method for generating an animation representing a change in a patient's body according to a plurality of surgeries and providing it to a user. delete According to claim 1,
Informing the user of the option includes:
Among the precautions necessary for monitoring the patient after the option is applied, the number of additional surgeries due to applying the option to the next surgery, the additional surgery interval, cost, the patient's body changes expected to change depending on the surgery to which the option is applied, and the option applied surgery A home monitoring method for guiding at least one to the user. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 4, 6, and 8 is recorded. Determining a normal range of the patient's biometric information based on the patient's surgical order and structural abnormality of the patient who must undergo a plurality of surgeries at regular intervals, receiving the patient's biometric information, and determining that the value of the received biometric information is normal A processor that outputs a warning based on whether a value is in a range or not.
including,
The processor is
When a patient who has undergone surgery needs the next operation, the user is informed of the options available for the next operation, receives the option determined by the user from among the options, determines the operation schedule according to the received option, and according to the option A home monitoring device that provides instructions for surgery. 11. The method of claim 10,
A communicator that transmits the received biometric information value to a remote nursing server and receives information on an action that a user should perform with respect to a patient from the remote nursing server
further comprising,
The processor is
A home monitoring device for displaying information on an action to be performed by the user with respect to the patient. 11. The method of claim 10,
The processor is
A home monitoring device that provides a user with notices regarding changes in the patient's body according to the number of surgeries and body changes. delete 11. The method of claim 10,
The processor is
Among the precautions necessary for monitoring the patient after the option is applied, the number of additional surgeries due to applying the option to the next surgery, the additional surgery interval, cost, the patient's body changes expected to change depending on the surgery to which the option is applied, and the option applied surgery A home monitoring device for guiding at least one to the user.

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