30 results about "Medical surveillance" patented technology

A wireless medical monitoring system and medical monitoring devices adapted to communicate using a plurality of wireless protocols and networks. For each transmission of data, a wireless protocol or network is selected based on the properties of the available protocols and networks and the nature of the data that is to be transmitted. Thus, the medical system and devices can move seamlessly from one context and location to another. The medical devices may also include additional features, such as detection of improperly positioned or disconnected sensors and auditory and/or visual prompting of the patient to correct the problem. In some embodiments, the medical monitoring devices may comprise body area networks of individual sensors communicating and cooperating with one another wirelessly.

Video image data is received in the form of a sequence of images representative of a subject performing one or more predetermined tasks within a new environment (FIG. 3 element 31). A plurality of silhouettes is generated from the video image data and combined to provide a motion portrait (FIG. 6). Motion characteristics are then calculated based on the motion portrait and may be compared with normal or previous motion characteristics as part of diagnostic analysis (38).

Decades of investigations were focused on finding “gold standard” for evaluation of plasma dilution and osmolality, blood loss evaluation and prediction of bleeding or transfusion induced changes in hematocrit and hemoglobin concentration. Addressing deficiencies of existing methods, the current invention created new combined mathematical-physiological model applicable to manually operated nomograms and software in medical monitors. The mathematical model HBS Trends is used in blood transfusion and infusion therapy nomogram—HBS Nomogram—which is based on blood hemoglobin concentration and hematocrit. It is also an easy and practical tool for recording and dynamical interpretation of plasma osmolality, blood hemoglobin concentration, hematocrit and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration. The HBS Nomogram is a practical system for organizing blood test results in a patient's medical records. It can be used alone or, in line with existing guidelines for infusion and transfusion therapy making them more practical, cost effective and time saving in decision making.

The invention relates to a remote communication system, in particular to an acquisition and transmission system of family remote surveillance information. A family remote surveillance system based on a digital set top box, provided in the invention, comprises a family surveillance terminal, a surveillance platform, a surveillance center and a transmission network, wherein the family surveillance terminal, the surveillance platform and the surveillance center are respectively connected with the transmission network. The invention has highly-intelligent characteristic and technical advantages in the aspects of automatic medical surveillance, remote viewing, and the like. With the arrival of aging society, the growth in the living standard of people and the reduction of industrialization cost and network communication cost, the family remote surveillance system is further popularized and generalized to common families and has very wide market application prospect.

A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes at least one hard disk drive. A transmitter and receiver produces and receives signals. The medical monitor is in communication with the sensors, by which information on biological activity and states is stored on the at least one disk drive. An enclosure surrounds the at least one hard disk drive. An alert mechanism which is used to signal the user of medical and maintenance conditions is included.

The invention discloses an optical fiber based monitoring system for multiple physiological parameters and belongs to the field of medical health surveillance. The monitoring system comprises a lightreceiving and transmitting terminal and sensing optical fiber, wherein the sensing optical fiber is used for transmitting a sensing optical signal carrying vibration information to the light receivingand transmitting terminal; the light receiving and transmitting terminal converts an interference optical signal obtained by coupling the sensing optical signal with a reference optical signal into adigital signal and distinguishes objects by the digital signal; short-time Fourier transform and average filtering processing are performed on the digital signal, and the respiratory rate is acquiredby frequency domain peek seeking; after heartbeat waveform is obtained through high-pass filtering of the digital signal, behavior identification is performed by calculating frequency spectrum energy; systolic pressure is obtained after the heartbeat waveform is subjected to time domain energy signal extraction and average filtering processing; the heartbeat waveform is subjected to FFT frequencydomain peek seeking to obtain the heartbeat. The optical fiber based monitoring system is applicable to family medical surveillance and higher in comfort degree.

Systems and techniques for remote medical monitoring. In one implementation, a method includes monitoring a first medical condition of an individual, the monitoring being initiated remotely by a monitoring service, receiving a query relating to a second medical condition of the individual, transmitting a response to the query to the monitoring service, receiving a prompt from the monitoring service, and transmitting a response to the prompt to the monitoring service. The query is received from the monitoring service. The prompt is designed to provoke a particular action.

A method and associated systems for generic data compression. A mobile device receives realtime data from a medical-monitoring device, such as a heart monitor, worn by a patient. The invention compresses and encodes this data into ASCII text characters, which are transmitted via a commonly available low-bandwidth text-messaging service, such as the SMS service supported by most cell phones. The text messages are received by a second mobile device, which decodes the text characters into their original form and displays them to a healthcare practitioner. More critical portions of the data are encoded by a high-precision lossless compression mechanism. In some embodiments, the two mobile devices may be cell phones and the second device may have the ability to interpret the decoded information in order to determine whether to directly or indirectly alert the practitioner or other parties of an exceptional condition detected by the medical monitor.

The invention discloses a minimally invasive surgery video system with a surgery process video recorder and the limiting function. The minimally invasive surgery video system comprises a camera, a video processing unit, a management module, a monitor and the surgery process video recorder. The camera transmits surgery process image signals to the video processing unit to be processed, and the surgery process image signals are encrypted and then are transmitted to the surgery process video recorder to be stored and the monitor to achieve synchronized broadcast through the management module. When medical disputes exist, a specialized agency (a third-party medical surveillance department or agency or a superior department or a court) decodes the video data, and the authenticity of the data is ensured. When the system is not connected with the surgery process video recorder, the management module is prevented from transmitting video signals to the monitor, and it is ensured that surgery process video information is recorded.

A medical monitor is provided. The medical monitor may include a plurality of sheets and a power source electrically connected in series with an alarm and an open circuit. The plurality of sheets may include a distal side and a proximal side. The open circuit may be sandwiched between distal sides of adjacent sheets. A user may mount either proximal side to a bleed site on a patient where bleeding can occur, for example, entry points for intravenous applications. The plurality of sheets may allow blood to flow from the bleed site through the proximal side and through distal side so that the blood may close the open circuit, so that the alarm is powered.