Patent ID: 6160481
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: A61B,G08B,G16H

Abstract:
A monitoring system to provide for monitoring a plurality of monitored persons, the monitoring system comprising:a) a portable monitoring device for each of the monitored persons, each portable monitoring device comprising:1) securing means to provide for secure attachment of the portable monitoring device to a respective monitored person;2) monitoring means to provide for detecting a bodily signal produced by the monitored person;3) transmitting means to provide for transmission of a signal;4) tamper detection means to provide for detecting tampering with the portable monitoring device attached to the respective monitored person;5) receiving means to provide for receiving a distinct signal generated by a detached sending unit;6) intervention means to provide for a mechanical intervention to physically dissuade the respective monitored person from a specific course of action;b) transmission acquisition means to provide for receiving the signals sent out by each of the portable monitoring devices;c) bodily signal reference creation means to provide for creation of a bodily signal reference as detected by the monitoring means; andd) storage means to provide for an archival retention within a database of at least a series of bodily signal references of each of the portable monitoring devices of the monitoring system.