Patent ID: 8134459
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A system for communicating information relating to physical attributes of patients, comprising: at least one patient monitoring device associated with a patient having a sensor for detecting at least one physical attribute from the patient and at least a transmitter for transmitting patient data corresponding to the detected physical attribute out to a device transmission area; and a plurality of mobile communicators adapted to be positioned at different locations, each of said communicators having a transceiver for at least receiving data transmitted from said patient monitoring device when located within said device transmission area and to communicate with other communicators within a communicator transceiving area; wherein one of said communicators, when located within said device transmission area, receives the patient data from said patient monitoring device, and wherein after receipt of the patient data from said patient monitoring device, said one communicator broadcasts the patient data to other communicators that are located within its communicator transceiving area; wherein each of said plurality of communicators includes a memory for storing patient data of the patient, said each communicator receiving the patient data broadcast by said one communicator when moved to within the transceiving area of said one communicator, and wherein if there is patient data of the patient previously stored in the memory and if the received patient data is more recent than the stored patient data, the memory is updated with the received patient data so that the patient data stored in the memory of said each communicator is the most recent patient data.