Patent ID: 6290646
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: A61B,G01G,G06Q,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for monitoring a ambulatory patient and establishing communication to a caregiver regarding the wellness parameters of such an ambulatory patient between a first location and a remote central office location, said system comprising:a monitoring apparatus at said first location comprising:(a) a physiological parameter transducing device, said device generating an electronic signal representative of the value of the physiological parameter being monitored;(b) a central processor device, said central processor operatively coupled to said parameter transducing device and processing said physiological parameter electronic signals;(c) an electronic recciver/transmitter communication device, said communication device having one end operatively coupled to said processor and another end operatively coupled to a communication network;(d) an output device operatively coupled to said processor and providing a series of queries to the ambulatory patient, each query of the series of queries is representative of symptoms the ambulatory patient may be experiencing;(e) an input device operatively coupled to said processor and configured to receive inputs from the ambulatory patient in response to the series of queries,a processing computer at a remote central office location in communication with said remote monitoring apparatus for exchanging information with said monitoring apparatus wherein the processor receives the electronic signal generated by the transducing device and inputs from the input device wherein each input is assigned a score representing the severity of the symptom and the processing computer tallies the score from each input and, if the tallied score exceeds a predetermined value, an exception is issued notifying a remote healthcare professional that the ambulatory patient requires immediate attention.