WO2013072532A1 - Sistema de comunicación para entornos asistenciales - Google Patents
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- G—PHYSICS
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- G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
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- A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
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- the present invention corresponds to the technical field of the devices and means used to facilitate the stay and improve the conditions of those who are admitted to a care setting, be it a hospital, a nursing home, ... and in particular the media existing so that these people, as well as the professionals in their care, can communicate.
- reference memories ES2349224-B1, ES0228591 -U and ES1030326 can be cited.
- reference memory ES2349224-B1 it comprises a hub with multiple serial communication connections embedded inside a distributor cabinet for its location at the head of the bed.
- ES0228591 -U is a device integrated in the head of the patient's bed, which comprises a rectangular C profile that is attached to the wall and acts as a support for the cables of the device.
- the reference memory ES1030326 it is again an integrated header comprising a series of service elements to be used by the patient or by the healthcare staff.
- Said header is formed by elongate modular sections.
- This device usually includes a button to request help.
- buttons that in practice are not usually used because hospital staff, due to lack of time, do not normally use the presence marking device. This is basically because of carelessness, for comfort or even for simple logic, because if a professional enters a room to attend to a patient and is in an emergency, he will logically focus on the patient and will not be aware of pressing a certain button that shows your presence in the room.
- devices in the state of the art that try to facilitate communication between patients and assistance personnel and add systems with many integrated buttons that create confusion, are complicated and not intuitive at all. They are also quite rigid devices, without the possibility of variation in the buttons that each one includes, which presents an inconvenience, since the same types of warning are not required for all patients equally.
- the communication system for healthcare settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, residences and any other place where a person requires the help and assistance of a number of professionals, presented here, comprises a first control body accessible to the patient and approachable to it that has at least one modular warning button.
- It also comprises said care system, a second control body that is fixed to the wall and comprises at least one modular warning button, the button or buttons that form it being the same or different from the button or buttons that form the first control body
- this communication system for healthcare environments includes an articulated support to support the first control body.
- This articulated support can comprise at least two articulated elements, so that the first end of said support is fixed to the wall at a point with three degrees of freedom of movement, while the distal end of the support with respect to said point Connection to the wall is where the first control body is adjusted so that it can be approximated or away from the patient.
- the communication system comprises an automatic presence detection device comprising a barrier element that has a low frequency emitting antenna and is located inside the room, close to the entrance door to it.
- the communication system comprises an automatic presence marking device.
- This device is movable and has a first low frequency receiver antenna and a second high frequency transmitter antenna. This device should be carried by all professionals in the healthcare center, either in your pocket, held with a clip, ... and, it also serves to unlock the bathroom door.
- the automatic presence detection device sends a low frequency signal, which receives the presence marking device that the professional carries with him.
- This signal which contains information regarding the room number you are entering, is emitted again, now in high frequency signal and next to the information contained in the dialing device, referring to the identity of said professional, up to a receiver connected to a computer system.
- the automatic presence detection device present in addition to the low frequency emitting antenna, a second high frequency receiving antenna connected to the computer system.
- the automatic presence detection device when the professional crosses the door of the room, the automatic presence detection device sends the same as in the previous case, a signal to the automatic presence marking device that said professional carries, but now and unlike what In the other case, the automatic dialing device sends the high frequency signal with information from the room and the professional who has passed through the door to the automatic presence detection device that is the one connected in this case. to the computer system.
- the communication system in turn comprises a light pilot located outside the room, whose function is to signal the existence or not of any warning by a patient of said room and, if there is, indicate if it is being already attended or not by the responsible personnel.
- a light pilot located outside the room, whose function is to signal the existence or not of any warning by a patient of said room and, if there is, indicate if it is being already attended or not by the responsible personnel.
- the computer system that receives the information from the first and second control bodies and the automatic detection device and the automatic presence marking device, which automatically sends the order so that a signal appears on the light pilot Indicator of whether a warning or call is activated inside the room and if it exists, at the same time informs whether it is being attended or not.
- the luminous device outside the room comprises a code of lights so that if the patient's warning is activated, it illuminates with a certain color intermittently, and if it is already being attended by a professional, it continues with the Same color but staying fixed, without blinking. If there is now an emergency call, the color of the previous warning is canceled and the call of a different color corresponding to the emergencies is activated, blinking until someone enters to resolve the emergency, in which case it changes from flashing to fixed.
- each modular button that forms it comprises means for quick connection to them,
- the modular buttons comprising the first and second control bodies can be coupled or uncoupled by means of said quick connection systems, so that said modular buttons of each control body are determined according to the needs of each patient.
- the outermost part of said modular buttons is formed by a translucent material so that they can comprise a point of light behind said translucent zone that illuminates on each button when it is activated, except for the button that functions as a power switch.
- the light which if it exists, is illuminated at night, so that its position is easily identifiable at all times and goes out when there is natural light, as it is sufficiently visible.
- buttons can also present informative inscriptions of the type of warning they carry out in normal language and of Braille language symbols, in order to facilitate a simple use of this assistance system even for those patients with visual disabilities.
- both the first and the second control body can comprise a loudspeaker and a telephone for direct communication with the health personnel who are in the assistance control post.
- a loudspeaker and a telephone for direct communication with the health personnel who are in the assistance control post.
- the existence of these elements generates a much more discreet and reserved communication between the patient and the professional, or between the professionals themselves.
- first and second checkpoint may comprise a button for exclusive communication of the professional with his superior, so that it is not blocked by patients, it is locked.
- the first control body may in turn comprise a superior support on which objects such as a book, a computer screen ...
- the cable with the control used in the state of the art is dispensed with and the possible ones are eliminated involuntary drives by having it on the bed. Therefore, in addition to avoiding discomfort to the patient who will no longer climb between the sheets with any command, avoid involuntary activations of the system that generated false warning calls at the care checkpoint.
- the wiring of the first body is preferably placed internally to the articulated support that supports it, it does not present any visible cables, which eliminates the possibility that the patient is involuntarily incommunicado as in the state of the technique when a patient without realizing it can unplug the command and if by mistake the alarm does not go off, it remains without communication until one of the professionals becomes aware of the problem by chance, being able to spend the entire night incommunicado.
- the loudspeaker and the telephone it presents generate a much more discreet communication between the patient and the healthcare staff, having it fully at hand and not being forced to give voice to communicate any problem.
- a system is therefore achieved that will fulfill the effective and real-time marking of the location of the assistance staff and at the same time leaves to increase the productivity of this staff when everything is done automatically and they do not have to waste time on these issues.
- Figure 1 Shows a perspective view of a modular button comprising the first and second control bodies.
- Figure 2. Shows a perspective view of a control body formed by several modular buttons.
- Figure 3. Shows a perspective view of the first control body fixed to the articulated support.
- Figure 4.- Shows a perspective view of the first control body attached to the articulated support, in its location close to the patient.
- Figure 5. Shows a perspective view of the automatic presence detection device in its location next to the door.
- Figure 6. Shows a view of all the devices that make up the communication system for healthcare environments.
- the communication system for healthcare settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, residences and any other place where a person requires the help and
- the assistance of a number of professionals, which is proposed here includes a first control body (1) accessible to the patient (10), which can approximate the same.
- the first control body (1) has several modular warning buttons (3) and the second control body (2) also has several modular buttons (3), which in this example Preferred according to the invention are the same except for one more button (17) that has the second control body (2) and is intended for direct communication between the professional (1 1) and his superior, and should not be used by the patient (10), so it is locked.
- the communication system in turn comprises an articulated support (4) to support the first control body (1) and be able to bring it closer to the patient (10).
- This articulated support (4) as shown in Figures 3, 4 and 6, comprises in this preferred example of the invention two elements (4.1, 4.2) articulated together.
- the first end (4.1) of the support (4) is fixed to the wall at a point (6) with three degrees of movement, while the distal end (7) of the support with respect to said connection to the wall is where it fits the first control body (1) so that it can be approximated or removed from the patient.
- an automatic presence detection device (5) which can be seen in Figures 5 and 6, which comprises a barrier element that has a low frequency emitting antenna.
- This automatic detection device (5) is located inside the room, in a place close to the entrance door (15).
- the communication system comprises an automatic presence marking device (8). This is movable and each of the professionals (1 1) of the healthcare center must carry one, as shown in Figure 5, in which their identification data is stored.
- the professional carries it attached to the pocket by means of a clip.
- This automatic dialing device (8) has a first low frequency receiver antenna and a second high frequency transmitter antenna
- the automatic presence detection device (5) sends a signal with the data of the room, which captures the automatic presence marking device (8) on it the professional (1 1) and the latter sends a signal with the data of the professional and those of the room in which he has entered, to a receiver (not shown in the Figures) connected to a computer system.
- the communication system includes a light pilot (9) located outside the room, which will be signaled by means of a light code and a blinking or not of the light, if any of the patients of the same has made any warning, in which case a light of a certain color is flashing, and if so, if it is already being treated or not.
- the automatic presence marking device (8) receives the signal from the automatic detection device (5) and sends the data to the computer system. This sends an order to the pilot light (9) that automatically changes from the flashing light to a fixed light, indicating that the warning or call is being answered.
- This indicator light (9) also has a hierarchy of colors so that no more than one indicator can remain on simultaneously. Thus, if there is a warning to a professional, a nurse for example and, subsequently, a warning to his superior, to the doctor is activated, the indicator of the nurse in the pilot light is canceled to show activated the indicator of the doctor who is major importance.
- the modular buttons (3) that have the first and second control bodies (1, 2), are coupled and decoupled according to the needs of each patient, because each modular button (3) comprises means for quick connection to them.
- buttons (3) also helps the identification by the patient of the function of each of them, at least from a minimum distance equal to that existing from the patient's bed to the wall where the first body is folded on the articulated support (4).
- the outermost part of the modular buttons is formed by a translucent material so that after said area there is a point of light, preferably LED type, which illuminates from the back the button (3) when it is activated.
- the button corresponding to the lighting of the light (18), represents a particular case in which at night, it is kept on for an easy location of said button that acts as a switch and, during the day it is kept off, because it does not Light is necessary to make it visible.
- buttons (3) are printed with an informative inscription (19) of their function and in addition another inscription (20) of the equivalent in Braille language, thus making their identification accessible even to patients with visual disabilities.
- both the first and the second control body (1, 2) in turn comprise a loudspeaker (12) and a telephone (13) that improve communication with the assistance personnel.
- this system has the advantage of being easily understood and identifiable by patients of all ages, including those with visual disabilities. This is thanks to the shape, size, volume and colors of the warning activation buttons, which are easily and perfectly understandable and intuitively identifiable.
- the productivity of the assistance personnel is significantly increased, who should not worry about activating or not activating a button but can fully devote themselves to the assistance functions of the people to his position, because the activation of his presence is carried out completely automatically.
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