TWI685359B - Intravenous drip monitoring system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

An intravenous drip monitoring system is disclosed herein. The system includes a first server, a second server, a drip detecting device and an electronic device. The second server, the drip detecting device, and the electronic device are electrically connected to the first server. The second server is configured to receive a drip information transmitted from the first server. The drip detecting device is configured to detect a drip detecting information, and transmit the drip detecting information to the first server. Wherein, the electronic device is configured to transmit a control information to the first server, and first server is configured to transmit the control information to the drip detecting device.

Description

Drip monitoring system and method

The invention relates to a monitoring technology, and in particular to a drip monitoring system and method.

Medical infusions are mostly gravity drip, that is, the liquid bag or bottle is suspended on a fixed shelf, so that the liquid drops into the blood due to natural gravity. The drip setting needs to have different drip weights according to different medicaments and different brands, so if the drip weight is to be monitored, it will need to be adjusted for different drips. At present, the monitoring method of the drip process is still manual monitoring. When the drip end is found or the drip process is abnormal, you need to manually press the alarm button or notify the caregiver to deal with it.

In addition, except for professional medical personnel, it is difficult for general patients or their families to know the status of drip (how much time is left to drip, drip speed, etc.), so it is necessary to pay attention to the situation of drip at all times, causing inconvenience to patients or their families In the absence of an efficient monitoring method, the caregiver’s workload will also increase. Therefore, how to design a drip monitoring system to solve the above problems is an urgent problem to be solved by the industry.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a drip monitoring system and method, which mainly improves the previous drip monitoring process by adopting manual monitoring, using the drip detection device to sense the weight of the drip in real time, and transmit the weight of the drip to the cloud in real time Servers, patients, family members or caregivers can learn about the status of drip via cloud server or further control drip to achieve real-time monitoring of drip and reduce the burden of caregivers.

To achieve the above object, one aspect of the present invention is to provide a drip monitoring system, including: a first server, a second server, a drip detection device, and an electronic device. The second server, the drip detection device and the electronic device are all in communication connection with the first server. The second server is used to receive the drip information provided by the first server, the drip detection device is used to detect drip monitoring information, and the drip monitoring information is sent to the first server, and the electronic device is used to receive the drip sent by the first server Bits of information. The first server is further used to calculate the drip flow rate based on drip monitoring information. The drip information includes drip monitoring information and drip flow rate. The electronic device is further used to transmit control information to the first server. The first server will transmit the control information To drip detection device.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a drip monitoring method, including: detecting drip monitoring information through a drip detection device, and transmitting the drip monitoring information to the first server; calculating the drip flow rate based on the drip monitoring information; transmitting The drip information is sent to the second server and the electronic device; wherein the drip information includes drip monitoring information and drip flow rate; receiving control information sent by the electronic device; and sending control information to the drip detection device.

The drip monitoring system and method of the present invention is mainly to improve the previous monitoring drip process by using manual monitoring method, using drip detection device to sense the drip weight in real time, and transmit the drip weight to the cloud server in real time. Caregivers can know the status of drip through the cloud server or further control drip, to achieve real-time monitoring drip and reduce the burden of caregivers.

100‧‧‧Drip monitoring system

110‧‧‧First server

120‧‧‧Second server

130‧‧‧The third server

140‧‧‧Drip detection device

150‧‧‧Electronic device

141‧‧‧ processor

142‧‧‧ weight sensing unit

143‧‧‧Communication module

144‧‧‧Alarm module

145‧‧‧Power supply module

300‧‧‧Drip monitoring method

S310~S360‧‧‧Step

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a drip monitoring system according to some embodiments of the case; Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a drip detection device according to some embodiments of the case; and Figure 3 is some of the cases according to the case The flow chart of the drip monitoring method shown in the embodiment.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or illustrations to implement different features of the present invention. The elements and configurations in the specific illustrations are used to simplify this disclosure in the following discussion. Any examples discussed are for illustrative purposes only, and do not limit the scope and meaning of the invention or its examples in any way. In addition, the present disclosure may repeatedly refer to numerical symbols and/or letters in different illustrations. These repetitions are for simplicity and explanation, and do not specify the relationship between different embodiments and/or configurations in the following discussion.

The terms used throughout the specification and the scope of patent application, unless otherwise specified, usually have the ordinary meaning that each term is used in this field, in the content disclosed here, and in the special content. Certain terms used to describe this disclosure will be discussed below or elsewhere in this specification to provide additional guidance to those skilled in the art in the description of this disclosure.

With regard to "coupling" or "connection" used in this article, it can mean that two or more components directly make physical or electrical contact with each other, or indirectly make physical or electrical contact with each other, while "coupled" or "connected" "Connected" may also refer to the interoperation or movement of two or more elements.

In this document, the terms first, second, third, etc. are used to describe various elements, components, regions, layers, and/or blocks that can be understood. But these elements, components, regions, layers and/or blocks should not be limited by these terms. These words are only used to identify a single element, component, region, layer and/or block. Therefore, in the following, a first element, component, region, layer and/or block may also be referred to as a second element, component, region, layer and/or block without departing from the original intention of the present invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any combination of one or more of the associated items listed. The "and/or" mentioned in the document of this case refers to any, all or at least one combination of the listed elements.

Please refer to Figure 1. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the drip monitoring system 100 according to some embodiments of the present case. As shown in FIG. 1, the drip monitoring system 100 includes a first server 110, a second server 120, a third server 130, a drip detection device 140, and an electronic device 150, the first server 110 and the second Server 120, third server 130, drip The detection device 140 and the electronic device 150 are in communication connection. The drip detection device 140 is used to detect drip monitoring information and transmit the drip monitoring information to the first server 110. The first server 110 transmits the drip information to the second server 120, the third server 130, and the electronic device 150. The third server 130 is used to send monitoring information to the first server 110. The first server 110 is used to calculate the drip flow rate according to drip monitoring information. The drip information includes drip monitoring information and drip flow rate. The electronic device 150 is used to transmit control information to the first server 110, and the first server 110 transmits the control information to the drip detection device 140.

In this embodiment, the second server 120 may be implemented as a server inside the hospital, the third server 130 may be implemented as a medical cloud server of other vendors, and the electronic device 150 may be implemented as a patient, family member, or medical personnel. Smart phone, tablet or wearable device.

Please refer to figure 2. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the drip detection device 140 according to some embodiments of the present case. As shown in FIG. 2, the drip detection device 140 includes a processor 141, a weight sensing unit 142, a communication module 143, an alarm module 144 and a power supply module 145. The processor 141 is electrically connected to the weight sensing unit 142, the communication module 143, the alarm module 144, and the power supply module 145, and the power supply module 145 is electrically connected to the weight sensing unit 142, the communication module 143, and the alarm module 144 connection. The weight sensing unit 142 is used to detect the weight information of the drip and transmit the weight information to the processor 141. The communication module 143 is used to receive the control information and the alarm value sent by the first server 110, the alarm module 144 is used to issue a warning signal, and the power supply module 145 is used to provide the processor 141, the weight sensing unit 142, and the communication module 143 and alarm mode Group 144 required power. The processor 141 is used to determine whether the weight information is less than or equal to the alarm value. If the determination is yes, the alarm module 144 is controlled to issue a warning signal. The processor is further used to enable or disable the alarm module 144 according to the control information.

In an embodiment, the processing unit 141 may be implemented as an integrated circuit such as a microcontroller, microprocessor, digital signal processor, or application specific integrated circuit , ASIC), logic circuits or other similar elements or a combination of the above elements. The communication module 143 can be implemented as a global system for mobile communication (GSM), a personal handy-phone system (PHS), a long term evolution (LTE), and a global interoperable microwave storage Access system (worldwide interoperability for microwave access, WiMAX), wireless fidelity system (wireless fidelity, Wi-Fi), Bluetooth wireless technology (bluetooth), etc. The alarm module 144 may be implemented as a buzzer, a light emitting element, or a combination thereof, which can emit a warning sound or flash. The power supply module 145 may be implemented as a battery or a power supply line.

The operation of the drip monitoring system 100 will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. Please refer to Figure 3. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a drip monitoring method 300 according to some embodiments of the present case. The drip monitoring method 300 can be applied to the drip monitoring system 100 in FIG. 1 and the drip detection device 140 in FIG. 2. The drip real-time monitoring method 300 includes the following steps (shall be It is understood that the steps mentioned in this embodiment can be adjusted according to actual needs except for those whose sequences are specifically stated, and can even be executed simultaneously or partially).

In step S310, the drip detection device 140 detects the drip monitoring information, and transmits the drip monitoring information to the first server 110. In one embodiment, the weight sensing unit 142 in the drip detection device 140 detects the drip weight information, and the processor 141 determines whether the weight information is less than or equal to the alarm value. If the judgment is negative, the drip detection device 140 The status of is monitoring; if the judgment is yes, the status of the drip detection device 140 will be switched to alarm, and the processor 141 will control the alarm module 144 to issue a warning signal, the warning signal may be a prompt sound or a prompt light, this Disclosure is not limited to this.

In one embodiment, if the caregiver replaces the drip, the drip detection device 140 will automatically detect whether the drip weight is the same as the previous drip weight. If the weight is the same, it means that the drip weight changed this time is the same as the previous drip. If the alarm value is not the same, it means that the replacement bit is not the same as the previous one. You need to re-enter the alarm value. In another embodiment, if replacement of different items is needed, the alarm value needs to be adjusted, and the caregiver can also reset the alarm value.

According to the above, the processor 141 is used to transmit drip monitoring information to the first server 110 through the communication module 143. The drip monitoring information includes the drip detection device identification number, the drip detection device name, the drip detection device status, the alarm value and Information such as weight information. The name of the drip detection device can be the name set by the user, such as Daddy’s drip, and the status of the drip detection device is the current state of the drip detection device, such as monitoring, alarming, pause, standby In the state of clearing the sky. The weight information is the information sensed by the weight sensing unit 142, which has been described in the previous paragraph and will not be repeated here.

In step S320, the drip flow rate is calculated according to drip monitoring information. In one embodiment, the first server 110 is further used to calculate the drip flow rate based on the drip monitoring information, which is included in the drip monitoring information. For example, the first server 110 may calculate the flow rate (weight information/time) of the drip over a period of time, which may be 20 seconds or 30 seconds, which is not limited in this disclosure. In another embodiment, the first server 110 is further used to calculate the remaining time of the drip according to the weight information. For example, the first server 110 can calculate that the drip still has 50 minutes to complete. As can be seen from the above, the drip flow rate and the remaining time are information obtained through calculation by the server 110, and the drip information includes drip monitoring information, drip flow rate, and remaining time from the drip detection device 140.

According to the above, the processor 141 is further used to detect the power of the power supply module 145 and transmit the power information to the first server 110 through the communication module 143. For example, when the power supply module 145 is implemented as a battery, the processor 141 can detect the remaining power in the period and transmit the power information and the drip information to the first server 110. The power information is used to alert the patient or The battery status of the caregiver's drip detection device 140 can remind the relevant personnel to replace the battery before the battery runs out.

In one embodiment, the first server 110 is further used to record the weight information over a period of time, and calculate the weight difference between the current weight information and the previous weight information to determine whether the weight difference is greater than the threshold. For example, the initial weight of the drip is 500 grams, the drip continues to flow for 3 minutes and the weight is 480 grams, and the continuous flow for 5 minutes is 10 grams. At this time, the processor 141 It will be detected that the drip weight change is -470 grams, and the weight change is greater than the threshold value. Therefore, the first server 110 determines that the current situation is drip abnormality. The abnormal condition may be that a person pulls on the drip detection device 140 to cause its weight to change too much, or it may be that the drip tube is blocked, causing the drip weight to not change for a period of time. When an abnormal condition occurs, the first server 110 can detect whether the abnormal condition continues to occur (the weight change continues to exceed the drop or below the threshold), and if the abnormal condition is removed, the first server 110 notifies the processor 141 to control the alarm module 144 No warning signal is issued, but if the abnormal condition is not resolved within a certain period of time, the first server 110 notifies the processor 141 that it will control the alarm module 144 to issue a warning signal to remind the relevant person that the drip detection device 140 has an abnormal condition.

In steps S330 and S340, the first server 110 transmits the drip information to the second server 120, the third server 130, and the electronic device 150, and the first server 110 receives the monitoring information transmitted by the third server 130. In one embodiment, after receiving the drip information, the first server 110 transmits the drip information to the second server 120, the third server 130, and the electronic device 150. The third server 130 also sends monitoring information to the first server 110. The monitoring information may be blood pressure information, heartbeat information, and body temperature information. For example, the first server 110 and the third server 130 can send information to each other, and the third server 130 can be a cloud server that collects information such as heart rate, blood pressure, or body temperature, and thus can communicate with the first server The device 110 exchanges data. In another embodiment, the first server 110 transmits the drip information to the third server 130. The third server 130 can use the drip information for subsequent operations. For example, the drip information can be provided to the third server 130 service User. The second server 120 is a server inside the hospital. Due to the confidentiality of the patient's personal data, the second server 120 may not necessarily be able to send messages with the patient's personal information to the first server 110, and can only receive messages from Bit by bit information of the first server 110.

In another embodiment, the first server 110 may also send the power information to the electronic device 150 when sending the drip information to remind the patient or caregiver of the current power of the battery of the drip detection device 140.

In steps S350 and S360, the control information transmitted by the electronic device 150 is received, and the first server 110 transmits the control information to the drip detection device 140. In one embodiment, the electronic device 150 is used to send control information to the first server 110, the first server 110 will send the control information to the drip detection device 140, and then the drip detection device 140 is used to Enable or disable the alarm module 144. For example, the first server 110 can open permissions to the caregiver, allowing the caregiver to use the electronic device 150 to send control messages to the first server 110, thereby controlling the drip detection device 140 to be enabled or disabled at a specific time The alarm module 144 can thus control multiple drip detection devices 140 to reduce the burden of caregivers setting the drip detection devices 140.

According to the above, for example, the caregiver can use the electronic device 150 to set 0 to 6 am as a rest time, the alarm module 144 is maintained in a disabled state, so when the drip weight is less than or equal to the alarm value, the alarm module 144 does not A sound or light will be emitted to remind the caregiver, but the drip detection device 140 will still send a warning message to the electronic device 150 to remind the caregiver to check the drip.

According to the above, the drip detection device 140 may have an identification barcode, and the electronic device 150 is used to view the drip information and the power resource according to the identification barcode News. The identification barcode can be implemented as a one-dimensional barcode or a two-dimensional barcode, which is not limited in this disclosure. For example, the patient or caregiver can directly scan the identification barcode with the electronic device 150 to view the drip information and power information of the drip detection device 140, so that the relevant personnel can quickly learn the current status of the drip (remaining time of drip, drip) Flow rate and current weight, etc.). The caregiver may have higher authority to modify the drip information of the drip detection device 140, for example, to modify the alarm value.

According to the above, after the electronic device 150 has checked the drip information and the power information using the identification barcode, the first server 110 will record the identification information of the electronic device 150 and the drip detection device identification number of the drip detection device 140 that has been viewed. A server 110 will automatically transmit the drip information and power information of the drip detection device 140 to the electronic device 150 without re-scanning the identification barcode. For example, the caregiver has 3 patients who need to be taken care of. The drip of the 3 patients are drip detection device A, drip detection device B and drip detection device C. When the caregiver's electronic device 150 scans the drip After the identification codes corresponding to the detection device A, the drip detection device B and the drip detection device C, the caregiver's electronic device 150 can automatically receive the drip detection device A, the drip detection device B and the drip detection device C Information and battery information.

It can be seen from the implementation of the above case that it is mainly to improve the previous monitoring drip process by using manual monitoring, using the drip detection device to sense the weight of the drip in real time, and to transmit the weight of the drip to the cloud server in real time. The person can know the status of the drip through the cloud server or further control the drip, and can detect abnormal conditions to achieve real-time monitoring of the drip and reduce the burden of caregivers and caregivers.

In addition, the above example includes exemplary steps in order, but the steps need not be performed in the order shown. Performing these steps in different orders is within the scope of this disclosure. Within the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the order may be added, replaced, changed, and/or omitted as appropriate.

Although this case has been disclosed as above by way of implementation, it is not intended to limit this case. Anyone who is familiar with this skill can make various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of this case, so the scope of protection of this case should be considered The scope of the attached patent application shall prevail.

100‧‧‧Drip monitoring system

110‧‧‧First server

120‧‧‧Second server

130‧‧‧The third server

140‧‧‧Drip detection device

150‧‧‧Electronic device

Claims (16)

A drip monitoring system includes: a first server; a second server, in communication with the first server, for receiving drip information provided by the first server; drip detection device, and the The first server is communicatively connected to detect drip monitoring information and transmit the drip monitoring information to the first server, wherein the drip detection device further includes: a processor; and an alarm module, and the The processor is electrically connected to issue a warning signal, wherein the processor is used to enable or disable the alarm module according to a control information transmitted by the first server; and an electronic device and the first servo The communication connection of the device is used to receive the drip information transmitted by the first server; wherein the first server is used to calculate a drip flow rate based on the drip monitoring information, the drip information including the drip monitoring information and the drip flow rate. The drip monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising: a third server, which is connected to the first server in communication, for receiving the drip information provided by the first server, and sending a monitoring information to the The first server; wherein, the monitoring information includes a blood pressure information, a heartbeat information and integrated temperature information. The drip monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the drip detection device further comprises: a weight sensing unit, electrically connected to the processor, for detecting a bit of weight information and transmitting the weight Information to the processor; a communication module electrically connected to the processor for receiving the control information and an alarm value sent by the first server; and a power supply module, the processor and the weight The sensing unit, the communication module and the alarm module are electrically connected to provide power required by the processor, the weight sensing unit, the communication module and the alarm module; wherein, the processor is used to determine Whether the weight information is less than or equal to the alarm value, if it is judged as yes, then the alarm module is controlled to send out the alarm signal. The drip monitoring system according to claim 3, wherein the processor is further used to transmit the drip monitoring information to the first server through the communication module, the drip monitoring information includes a drip detection device identification number, a The name of the drip detection device, the status of the drip detection device, the alarm value and the weight information. The drip monitoring system according to claim 3, wherein the first server is further used to record the weight information and calculate a weight difference between the current weight information and the previous weight information to determine whether the weight difference is greater than A threshold. The drip monitoring system according to claim 3, wherein the processor is further used to detect the power of the power supply module and send a power information to the first server through the communication module. The drip monitoring system according to claim 6, wherein the drip detection device further includes an identification barcode, and the electronic device is used to view the drip information and the power information according to the identification barcode. The drip monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is further used to transmit the control information to the drip detection device through the first server. A drip monitoring method includes: detecting drip monitoring information through a drip detection device, and sending the drip monitoring information to a first server; calculating the drip flow rate based on the drip monitoring information; and sending the drip information to a first Two servers and an electronic device; wherein, the drip information includes the drip monitoring information and the drip flow rate; and transmitting a control information to the drip detection device, wherein a processor of the drip detection device is used according to the The control information sent by a server enables or disables an alarm module of the drip detection device. The drip monitoring method described in claim 9 further includes: Receive a piece of monitoring information sent by a third server, and send the drip information to the third server; wherein, the monitoring information includes a blood pressure information, a heartbeat information and an integrated temperature information. The drip monitoring method according to claim 9, wherein the drip detection device is further used for: receiving the control information and an alarm value sent by the first server; detecting a piece of weight information; and by The processor judges whether the weight information is less than or equal to the alarm value, and if it is judged as yes, it sends out a warning signal. The drip monitoring method according to claim 11, wherein the drip detection device is further used to transmit the drip monitoring information to the first server, and the drip monitoring information includes the drip detection device identification number and the drip detection The device name, the status of the drip detection device, the alarm value and the weight information. The drip monitoring method according to claim 11, wherein the first server is further used to record the weight information and calculate a weight difference between the current weight information and the previous weight information to determine whether the weight difference is greater than A threshold. The drip monitoring method as described in claim 11, wherein the drip detection device is further used to transmit a quantity of power information to the first server. The drip monitoring method according to claim 14, wherein the drip detection device includes an identification barcode, and the electronic device is used to view the drip information and the power information according to the identification barcode. The drip monitoring method according to claim 9, further comprising: the electronic device transmits the control information to the drip detection device through the first server.

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