Patent ID: 8214043
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: A61N,G16H

Abstract:
1. Medical monitoring and treatment apparatus which allows a person access to a medical professional to monitor and treat the person from a remote site, said apparatus comprising, in combination: (a) an electronic adapter device configured to allow an electronic medical monitoring and treatment device, for treatment of the person, to communicate with a local, first transmitting/receiving (T/R) device which, in turn, is adapted to electronically communicate with a remote, second transmitting/receiving (T/R) device used by the medical professional configured to monitor and control the treatment of the person, said adapter device including: at least one T/R input port configured to receive, from said first T/R device, a first local control signal, representing control information from said remote medical professional, adapted to control a treatment by said monitoring and treatment device; at least one T/R output port configured to transmit, to said first T/R device, a first local data signal, representing medical data of the person received from said monitoring and treatment device; a first data translation device connected to said input port adapted to produce a second local control signal for controlling said monitoring and treatment device in response to said first local control signal received from said first T/R device; wherein an information format of said first local control signal is changed to an information format compatible with that of said monitoring and treatment device; and a second data translation device connected to said output port adapted to produce said first local data signal for transmission to said first T/R device in response to a second local data signal representing said medical data of the person received from said monitoring and treatment device; wherein an information format of said second local data signal is changed to an information format compatible with that of said first T/R device; and (b) a medical monitoring and treatment device comprising: a medical treatment circuit configured to effect a medical treatment, in response to said second local control signal, said treatment circuit comprising a control input for receiving said second local control signal from said first data translation device, and a treatment output adapted to be connected to at least one medical treatment device; and a medical data circuit configured to receive and amplify an electrical medical data signal from the person, said medical data circuit comprising: a medical sensor input adapted to be connected to at least one medical sensor; and a medical data circuit output configured to produce said second local data signal in response to said medical data signal, for communication to said second data translation device; wherein said medical data are transmitted from said monitoring and treatment device sequentially via said adapter and said first T/R device to said second T/R device for evaluation by said remote medical professional; wherein information from said medical professional for controlling the treatment of the person is transmitted from said second T/R device sequentially via said first T/R device and said adapter to said monitoring and treatment device; and wherein in response to said second local control signal representing the control information from said remote medical professional, said monitoring and treatment device treats said person; said adapter configured to allow control of said monitoring and treatment device from said remote second T/R device.