Patent ID: 8727977
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: A61B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for monitoring a patient, comprising: at least one vital sign sensor configured to measure and transmit a time-dependent vital sign waveform; a vital sign monitor configured to be worn on the patient's body and comprising: a housing, a display device on a surface of the housing comprising a touch panel display configured to receive data input and to render a plurality of interfaces, a processing component comprising a microprocessor and a first interface to the vital sign sensor configured to receive the vital sign waveform, and a second interface to the display device configured to receive the data input and to cause the display device to render the plurality of interfaces, the processing component configured to (i) determine from the vital sign waveform a vital sign value, (ii) cause the display device to render a first graphical user interface in a default mode, (iii) cause the display device to render a second graphical user interface which displays the vital sign value in a password-protected mode, (iv) cause the display device to render a third graphical user interface which collects data input characterizing the patient's cognitive ability from the display device, and (v) analyze the data input characterizing the patient's cognitive ability to determine a mentation parameter indicating the level of cognitive ability of the patient, and a wireless transmitter configured to receive the vital sign value and the mentation parameter from the processing component and transmit them over a wireless interface; and a remote computer configured to receive the vital sign value and the mentation parameter from the vital sign monitor.