TW201701822A - Mobile physiological monitoring system enabling people to be nursed not limited to specific monitoring area - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a mobile physiological monitoring system, which comprises a wearable physiological sensing equipment, a portable mobile equipment, a cloud server, and a care monitoring equipment. The portable mobile equipment is connected with the wearable physiological sensing equipment, and forwards and outputs the physiological signal received through the wireless network to the cloud server. The care monitoring equipment is connected with the cloud server for accessing the physiological information stored therein and displays the physiological information on the care monitoring equipment. By the monitoring of the wearable physiological sensing equipment, the information may be continuously transmitted to the cloud server, so the caregiver may be immediately informed whenever the one to be nursed is in need of help, and the caregiver needs not to stay with the one to be nursed for a long time, so as to greatly reduce the labor cost.

Description

Mobile physiological monitoring system

The present invention relates to a physiological monitoring system, and more particularly to an action physiological monitoring system in which an care recipient can be excluded from a particular monitoring area.

Physiological information is an important indicator used by humans to monitor the normal operation of various parts of the body. The physiological information can include the body temperature, blood pressure, blood oxygen, pulse and heart rate of a monitored person.

In the case of conventional medical operations, if there is a need to continuously monitor the physiological signals of the monitored person, the medical staff must constantly travel back and forth between the monitored person's placement and the medical care room, thus, a considerable amount of manpower will be paid. And the cost of operation, so a remote care monitoring system has been proposed. Currently, the remote care monitoring system places the physiological sensing device in the vicinity of the caregiver (for example, at the bedside) and then through the physiological sensing device. A connected network communication system that transmits physiological signals to a remote location (eg, a nursing room). However, the conventional physiological sensing device is bulky and inconvenient to carry, and the network communication system often uses a wired network or a WiFi network in a specific area, which limits the range in which the caregiver can move.

Therefore, it is necessary to propose an action physiological monitoring system to solve the lack of prior art.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an action physiology monitoring system in which an caregiver can be excluded from a particular monitoring area.

To achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides an action physiology monitoring system for freely active caregivers who are remotely monitored for their physiological condition, not limited to a particular surveillance area, including a wearable Physiological sensing device, a portable mobile device, a cloud server and a care monitoring device. The wearable physiological sensing device is configured to sense at least one physiological information of one of the care recipients, and output a physiological signal including the physiological information and the at least one sensing identifier; the portable action The device is connected to the wearable physiological sensing device, and forwards and receives the received physiological signal through a wireless network; the cloud server receives the physiological signal output by the portable mobile device, and the cloud servo After the physiological information is converted into the physiological information and the sensing identification code, the type of the physiological information is determined according to the sensing identification code, and the physiological information is classified according to the type thereof and stored in the cloud server. And the care monitoring device is connected to the cloud server to access physiological information in the cloud server, and displays the physiological information on the care monitoring device.

In an embodiment of the invention, the physiological sensing device includes at least one physiological sensing module and at least one wireless communication module. The physiological sensing module is configured to sense physiological information of the caregiver; and the wireless communication module is connected between the physiological sensing module and the portable mobile device to The physiological information sensed by the sensing module and the sensing identification code corresponding to the physiological sensing module are converted into the physiological signal and transmitted to the portable mobile device by wireless.

In an embodiment of the invention, the physiological sensing module of the physiological sensing device senses the physiological information of the care recipient in a continuous, periodic or manual manner.

In an embodiment of the invention, the wireless communication module of the physiological sensing device is a Bluetooth module or a Zigbee module.

In an embodiment of the invention, the physiological sensing module of the physiological sensing device is a brain wave sensor, an electrocardiogram sensor, a blood pressure sensor, a blood glucose sensor, a heartbeat pulse sensor, and a blood. At least one of an oxygen saturation sensor or a body temperature sensor.

In an embodiment of the invention, the portable mobile device includes a wireless communication module and a network access module. The wireless communication module is connected to the wearable physiological sensing device to receive the physiological signal output by the wearable physiological sensing device; and the network access module is associated with the wireless communication module. Connect and output the physiological signal through the wireless network.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the portable mobile device converts the received physiological signal into the physiological information and the sensing identification code, and stores therein.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the portable mobile device includes a processing module, a storage module, and a display module. The processing module is connected to the wireless communication module, and converts the received physiological information into the physiological information and the sensing identification code, and determines the type of the physiological information according to the sensing identification code; The storage module is connected to the processing module and has at least one physiological information folder, and the physiological information is stored in the corresponding physiological information folder according to the type of the physiological information; and the display module is coupled to the The storage modules are connected to display physiological information stored in the storage module.

In an embodiment of the invention, the portable mobile device is a smart phone or a tablet computer.

In an embodiment of the invention, the cloud server includes a network access module, a processing module, and a physiological information database. The network access module receives the physiological signal output by the portable mobile device; the processing module is connected to the network access module, and the processing module converts the physiological information into the The physiological information and the sensing identification code, and determining the type of the physiological information according to the sensing identification code; and the physiological information database has at least one sub-database, and the physiological information is used according to the type of the physiological information Stored in the corresponding sub-database.

In an embodiment of the invention, the care monitoring device includes a data access module and a display module. The data access module is connected to the cloud server to access physiological information stored in the cloud server; and the display module is connected to the data access module to display the data storage. Take the physiological information accessed by the module.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the care monitoring device further includes a warning module connected to the data access module to issue an alert prompt when the accessed physiological information is abnormal.

Thereby, the mobile physiological monitoring system of the present invention wears the physiological information through the wearable physiological sensing to sense the physiological information, so that the physiological information can be continuously transmitted to the cloud server through the portable mobile device. Stored in the cloud server, when the caregiver is in a situation, the caregiver can immediately know through the care monitoring device; and because the caregiver does not stay with the caregiver for a long time, but when the caregiver needs medical service In order to reduce the labor cost, the information of this system is connected to the cloud server through the wireless network, both on the physiological data sensing end and the care monitoring end. Therefore, as long as any device that can be connected to the network (for example, using a mobile phone via WiFi or 3G/4G Internet access) can be connected to the system to obtain the required services, it is not necessary to limit the effect of a specific monitoring area.

In order to fully understand the objects, features and advantages of the present invention, the present invention will be described in detail by the following specific embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the mobile physiological monitoring system 1 of the present invention. The mobile physiological monitoring system 1 includes a wearable physiological sensing device 10, a portable mobile device 20, a cloud server 30, and a care monitoring device 40.

The wearable physiological sensing device 10 is configured to be placed on an caregiver to sense physiological information of the care recipient. Referring to FIG. 2 , it is a functional block diagram of the wearable physiological sensing device 10 . In the embodiment, the wearable physiological sensing device 10 includes three physiological sensing modules 111 , 112 and 113 . And a wireless communication module 120.

The physiological sensing modules 111, 112 and 113 can be brain wave sensors, electrocardiogram sensors, blood pressure sensors, blood glucose sensors, heartbeat pulse sensors, blood oxygen saturation sensors or At least one of a body temperature sensor for measuring physiological information related to the caregiver, for example, an electrocardiograph sensor can be attached to the chest of the caregiver to sense voltage changes during systole and relaxation The blood oxygen saturation sensor can be placed on the finger of the caregiver, or can be placed on the toe or earlobe, and the arterial oxygen saturation is monitored by infrared light transmission to evaluate the oxygenation of the lung. And the ability of hemoglobin to absorb oxygen.

Furthermore, depending on the needs of the care recipient or the type of physiological information desired to be sensed, the physiological sensing module can sense the physiological information of the care recipient continuously, periodically or manually, for example, when the physiological When the sensing module is an electrocardiogram sensor, it will be sensed by continuous sensing to obtain the electrocardiogram information throughout the day; and when the physiological sensing module is a blood pressure sensor, at intervals of twelve The hourly periodic sensing method is used to obtain the blood pressure information twice a day; and when the physiological sensing module is a body temperature sensor, when the caregiver suspects that he has a fever, the user can manually start the The body temperature sensor measures the body temperature to instantly understand your current body temperature information.

The wireless communication module 120 is connected to the physiological sensing modules 111, 112 and 113. The wireless communication module 120 is physiological information sensed by the physiological sensing modules 111, 112 and 113 respectively. And sensing the identification code corresponding to the physiological sensing module is converted into a physiological signal and transmitted to the portable mobile device 20 by wireless. Since a physiological signal may include physiological information generated by a plurality of physiological sensing modules, when the other device receives the physiological signal, the physiological information that can be identified by the sensing identification code belongs to The physiological sensing module generates the correct interpretation of the physiological information. It should be noted that the physiological signal can be outputted by using the physical information and the sensing identification code in a package form.

The wireless communication module 120 can be a Bluetooth module or a Zigbee module. The common advantages of the two wireless transmission protocols of Bluetooth and Zigbee are low power, low electromagnetic wave and low cost. In the embodiment, the wireless communication module The group 120 is based on the Bluetooth module. The Bluetooth system transmits signals in the 2.4 GHz band. The transmission capacity is up to 1 MB per second and the encryption protection can be set at the same time. It can also allow two or more devices to be 100 meters in circumference. The obstacles are transmitted within the range for transmission, and compared with other communication protocols, Bluetooth is relatively immune to electromagnetic interference. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the physiological sensing modules 111, 112, and 113 are integrally connected to a single wireless communication module 120 to output the physiological signals. However, the wireless communication module may be singular. The plurality of physiological sensing modules are respectively connected to the physiological sensing modules by one-to-many or one-to-one methods to respectively transmit the physiological signals generated by the connected physiological sensing modules.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a functional block diagram of the portable mobile device 20 . The portable mobile device 20 includes a wireless communication module 210 , a processing module 220 , and a network access module . 230. A storage module 240 and a display module 250. The portable mobile device 20 can be a smart phone or a tablet.

The portable mobile device 20 is connected to the wearable physiological sensing device 10 through the wireless communication module 210 to receive the physiological signal outputted by the wearable physiological sensing device. In this embodiment, The wireless communication module 210 is also a Bluetooth module, corresponding to the wireless communication module 120 of the wearable physiological sensing device 10. For example, when the wireless communication module 120 of the wearable physiological sensing device 10 is activated for the first time, wireless Bluetooth pairing and connection with the portable mobile device 20 is first performed to obtain a media access control address (Media Access). Control, MAC) and the password approval certificate; starting from the second use, after the wearable physiological sensing device 10 is turned on, the wireless communication module 210 of the portable mobile device 20 is actively identified and connected to the portable The mobile device 20 starts to sense physiological information of the human body and transmits to the portable mobile device 20.

The processing module 220 is connected to the wireless communication module 210, and the processing module 220 can convert the received physiological signal into the physiological information through data parsing. Sensing the identification code, and the processing module 220 determines and classifies the type of the physiological information according to the sensing identification code. For example, the processing module 220 sends the physiological signal having the first information and the second information. Performing an analysis process to extract the first information second information respectively having a sensing identification code, and using the sensing identification codes to determine that the first information system is electrocardiogram information, and the second information is blood sugar information . It can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that data analysis refers to unprocessed physiological signals, and according to the sensing identification code, the physiological information is analyzed at the position of the packet, and is taken out from the package and removed. Information that does not meet the requirements, for example, incomplete information, or data values are unreasonable.

The network access module 230 is connected to the wireless communication module 210 through the processing module 220, and outputs the physiological signal through the wireless network by using unprocessed physiological information. The network access module 230 is a wireless module or a mobile network module, and is wirelessly connected to the wireless network (eg, WiFi network, WCDMA network, GSM network, WiMax). Network or LTE/LTE-A network, etc.) to output physiological signals.

The storage module 240 can be a built-in memory of a smart phone or a tablet, or an external memory card. The storage module 240 is connected to the processing module 220. The storage module 240 can have six The physiological information folders 241, 242, 243, 244, 245 and 246 respectively store the physiological information in the corresponding physiological information folder according to the type of the physiological information, for example, the physiological information folder 241 is used for storing the electrocardiogram. Information, the physiological information folder 242 is used for storing blood pressure information, the physiological information folder 243 is used for storing blood sugar information, the physiological information folder 244 is used for storing blood oxygen information, and the physiological information folder 245 is used for storing heart rhythm information. The physiological information folder 246 is used to store body temperature information. It is worth noting that the number of physiological information folders can be adjusted according to the needs of use.

The display module 250 can be a display of a smart phone or a tablet. The display module 250 is connected to the storage module 240 through the processing module 220. The display module 250 is configured to display and store in the storage. The physiological information in the module 240 allows the caregiver to understand the condition through the display module 250.

Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a functional block diagram of the cloud server 30 . The cloud server 30 includes a network access module 310 , a processing module 320 , and a physiological information database 330 .

The network access module 310 receives the physiological signal output by the portable mobile device 20; the processing module 320 is connected to the network access module 310, similar to the portable mobile device 20 The processing module 320, the processing module 320 of the cloud server 30 converts the physiological information into the physiological information and the sensing identification code, and determines the type of the physiological information according to the sensing identification code; the physiological The information database 330 has at least one sub-database (not shown), and the physiological information database 330 stores the physiological information in the corresponding sub-database according to the type of the physiological information.

Referring to FIG. 5, it is a functional block diagram of the care monitoring device 40. The care monitoring device 40 includes a data access module 410, a display module 420, and a warning module 430.

The data access module 410 is connected to the cloud server 30 to access the physiological information stored in the cloud server 30. The display module 420 is connected to the data access module 410. The physiological information accessed by the data access module 410 is displayed for a medical staff to monitor the physical condition of the care recipient. Furthermore, the care monitoring device 40 further includes the alert module 430, which is connected to the data access module 410. When the alert module 430 determines that the physiological information accessed by the data access module 410 has An alert will be issued during abnormal conditions, such as when the accessed blood pressure information is above or below a normal range to alert the health care provider to the physical condition of the care recipient. The warning prompt may be a warning pattern displayed on the display module 420 or a warning sound sent through a speaker (not shown).

Thereby, the mobile physiological monitoring system of the present invention wears the physiological information through the wearable physiological sensing to sense the physiological information, so that the physiological information can be continuously transmitted to the cloud server through the portable mobile device. Stored in the cloud server, when the caregiver is in a situation, the caregiver can immediately know through the care monitoring device; and because the caregiver does not stay with the caregiver for a long time, but only when the caregiver needs medical service By assisting, the cost of labor can be greatly reduced. Moreover, the information of this system is connected to the cloud server through the wireless network, both on the physiological data sensing end and the care monitoring end. Therefore, as long as any device that can be connected to the network (for example, using a mobile phone via WiFi or 3G/4G Internet access) can be connected to the system to obtain the required services, it is not necessary to limit the effect of a specific monitoring area.

The invention has been described above in terms of the preferred embodiments, and it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It should be noted that variations and permutations equivalent to those of the embodiments are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention is defined by the scope of the patent application.

1‧‧‧Action Physiological Monitoring System
10‧‧‧Wearing physiological sensing equipment
111, 112, 113‧‧‧ Physiological sensing module
120‧‧‧Wireless communication module
20‧‧‧ portable mobile devices
210‧‧‧Wireless communication module
220‧‧‧Processing module
230‧‧‧Network Access Module
240‧‧‧ storage module
241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246‧‧‧ physiological information folder
250‧‧‧ display module
30‧‧‧Cloud Server
310‧‧‧Network Access Module
320‧‧‧Processing module
330‧‧‧Physical Information Database
40‧‧‧ care monitoring equipment
410‧‧‧ Data Access Module
420‧‧‧ display module
430‧‧‧ Warning Module

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an action physiological monitoring system of the present invention. 2 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of a wearable physiological sensing device of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of a portable mobile device of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of a cloud server of the present invention. Fig. 5 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the care monitoring device of the present invention.

1‧‧‧Action Physiological Monitoring System

10‧‧‧Wearing physiological sensing equipment

20‧‧‧ portable mobile devices

30‧‧‧Cloud Server

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Claims (12)

An action physiological monitoring system for a remotely monitored caregiver whose physical condition is not restricted to a specific surveillance area, the action physiological monitoring system comprising: a wearable physiological sensing device for sensing Detecting at least one physiological information of the care recipient, and outputting a physiological signal containing the physiological information and the at least one sensing identification code; a portable mobile device is associated with the wearable physiological sensing device Connecting and transmitting the received physiological signal through the wireless network; a cloud server receives the physiological signal output by the portable mobile device, and the cloud server converts the physiological information into the physiological information And after sensing the identification code, determining the type of the physiological information according to the sensing identification code, classifying the physiological information according to the type thereof and storing the information in the cloud server; and a monitoring device, The cloud server is connected to access physiological information in the cloud server, and displays the physiological information on the care monitoring device. The action physiological monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the physiological sensing device comprises: at least one physiological sensing module for sensing physiological information of the care recipient; and at least one wireless communication module, Connected between the physiological sensing module and the portable mobile device to convert the physiological information sensed by the physiological sensing module and the sensing identification code corresponding to the physiological sensing module into the physiological signal And wirelessly transmitted to the portable mobile device. The action physiological monitoring system of claim 2, wherein the physiological sensing module of the physiological sensing device senses physiological information of the care recipient in a continuous, periodic or manual manner. The mobile physiological monitoring system of claim 2, wherein the wireless communication module of the physiological sensing device is a Bluetooth module or a Zigbee module. The action physiological monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein the physiological sensing module of the physiological sensing device is a brain wave sensor, an electrocardiogram sensor, a blood pressure sensor, a blood glucose sensor, and a heartbeat pulse sense. At least one of a detector, a blood oxygen saturation sensor, or a body temperature sensor. The mobile physiology monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the portable mobile device comprises: a wireless communication module coupled to the wearable physiological sensing device to receive the wearable physiological sensing device The physiological signal outputted; and a network access module connected to the wireless communication module and outputting the physiological signal through the wireless network. The mobile physiological monitoring system of claim 6, wherein the portable mobile device converts the received physiological signal into the physiological information and the sensing identification code and stores therein. The mobile physiology monitoring system of claim 7, wherein the portable mobile device comprises: a processing module coupled to the wireless communication module, configured to convert the received physiological information into the physiological information And sensing the identification code, and determining the type of the physiological information according to the sensing identification code; a storage module connected to the processing module and having at least one physiological information folder, according to the type of the physiological information The physiological information is stored in the corresponding physiological information folder; and a display module is connected to the storage module to display the physiological information stored in the storage module. The mobile physiological monitoring system of claim 8, wherein the portable mobile device is a smart phone or a tablet. The mobile physiological monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the cloud server comprises: a network access module, which receives the physiological signal output by the portable mobile device; a processing module, and the The network access module is connected, the processing module converts the physiological information into the physiological information and the sensing identification code, and determines the type of the physiological information according to the sensing identification code; and a physiological information material The library has at least one sub-database, and the physiological information is stored in the corresponding sub-database according to the type of the physiological information. The action physiological monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the care monitoring device comprises: a data access module connected to the cloud server to access physiological information stored in the cloud server; And a display module connected to the data access module to display physiological information accessed by the data access module. The action physiological monitoring system of claim 11, wherein the care monitoring device further comprises a warning module connected to the data access module, and an alert prompt is issued when the accessed physiological information is abnormal.