Patent ID: 8827930
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A system for use with an external device and a patient monitoring device worn on a limb of a patient, at least one of the external device and the patient monitoring device comprising a display device, the external device and the patient monitoring device each being connected to the system by at least one network, the patient monitoring device being operable to collect at least one measurement of a distance around the patient's limb and transmit the at least one measurement of the distance around the patient's limb to the system via the at least one network, the system comprising: one or more processors; one or more storage devices connected to the one or more processors, each of the one or more storage devices storing at least one of data and instructions, the data comprising a threshold amount and a first model of the patient's limb comprising a first circumference measurement associated with a selected location along the patient's limb, the instructions being executable by the one or more processors and when executed thereby implementing a method comprising: comparing the at least one measurement of the distance around the patient's limb with the first model of the patient's limb, determining whether the distance around the patient's limb has increased based on the comparison, if the one or more processors determine the distance around the patient's limb has increased, the method further comprising: determining a second circumference measurement associated with the selected location along the patient's limb based on the at least one measurement of the distance around the patient's limb, determining whether the second circumference measurement is greater than the first circumference measurement by more than the threshold amount, and sending a first message over the at least one network to at least one of the external device and the patient monitoring device for display thereby on the display device when the one or more processors determine the second circumference measurement is greater than the first circumference measurement by more than the threshold amount.