Patent ID: 7827040
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: A61B,G01N,G06F,G06Q,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A networked health-monitoring system comprising: a plurality of remote patient sites, each remote patient site associated with a respective patient and including a respective patient device comprising (i) at least one display, (ii) a data management unit configured to facilitate collection of patient health-related data, (iii) a memory, and (iv) stored program instructions for collecting said health-related data of said respective patient and generating health-monitoring related information on the at least one display of the respective patient device; and at least one central server connectable for communication with the respective patient device at each of the remote patient sites, wherein (i) each of the data management units is configured to establish a respective communication link with the central server to enter a communications mode, (ii) the central server is configured to send the stored program instructions to the remote patient sites of the respective patient in response to establishing the respective communication link, and (iii) the stored program instructions are received by the respective patient device from the at least one central server and when executed allow the respective patient at a respective remote patient site to control presentation of the health-monitoring related information to the respective patient on the at least one display of the respective patient device.