Abstract:
The healthcare system comprises at least one detector and an analyzer. The detector detects physiological parameters of a patient. The detector has a fist wireless module and a first electronic paper display. The first electronic paper display displays the physiological parameters. The analyzer has a second wireless module to communicate with the first wireless module and a second electronic paper display. The analyzer receives the physiological parameters and displays the physiological parameters on the second electronic paper display. The medical and nursing staff can input doctor&#39;s advice in the second electronic paper display based on the physiological parameters and sends the dioctor&#39;s advice to the first electronic paper display.

Description:
RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial Number 99114673, filed May 7, 2010, which is herein incorporated by reference. 
       BACKGROUND 
       [0002]    1. Field of Invention 
         [0003]    The present invention relates to a Healthcare system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a Health system with an electronic paper display. 
         [0004]    2. Description of Related Art 
         [0005]    Typically, healthcare devices, such as blood-pressure meters, oximeters and thermometers, detect physiological parameters, such as blood-pressure, oxygen saturation of a patient&#39;s blood or or body temperature. These devices are always used independently of each other and show the corresponding physiological parameters in their displays. That is, these physiological parameters cannot be integrated together and be sent to a remote recording device where the data is consolidated. Therefore, when medical and nursing staff want to decide a treatment based on these physiological parameters, they need to collect these parameters from different apparatus, which is very inconvenient and inefficient and thereby restricting the speed with which the medical and nursing staff can respond. 
         [0006]    On the other hand, even though these devices can detect physiological parameters automatically, the medical and nursing staff still walk to these detecting apparatuses to read the measurements from the device display. Such devices cannot help the medical and nursing staff to reduce their burden. Moreover, the possiblility that the the medical and nursing staff get infected by a virus is increased when they walk to clear the patient to collect these parameters. 
         [0007]    Moreover, typically, the patient is informed to take medicine by the medical and nursing staff. That is, the patient is passive in taking medicine. Once the medical and nursing staff forget to inform the patient to take medicine, the patient will miss the right time to take medicine. 
         [0008]    Therefore, a new healthcare system is developed to solve the foregoing problems. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0009]    This invention provides a healthcare system to help the medical and nursing staff to remote detector the patient. 
         [0010]    Accordingly, the healthcare system comprises at least one detector and an analyzer. The detector detects physiological parameters of a patient. The detector has a fist wireless module and a first electronic paper display. The first electronic paper display displays the physiological parameters. The analyzer has a second wireless module to communicate with the first wireless module and a second electronic paper display. The analyzer receives the physiological parameters and displays the physiological parameters on the second electronic paper display. The medical and nursing staff can input doctor&#39;s advice in the second electronic paper display based on the physiological parameters and sends the dioctor&#39;s advice to the first electronic paper display. 
         [0011]    In an embodiment, the first wireless module is integrated into or inserted to the detector, and the second wireless module is integrated into or inserted to the analyzer. The first wireless module and the second wireless module are Bluetooth modules or radio frequency transmission modules. 
         [0012]    In an embodiment, the detector is a blood pressure meter, an electrocardiogram meter, a thermometer, a Glucose meter, an oximeter, a body fat meter or a meter that can detect a physiological parameter. The detector further comprises an audio and a memory. The audio can broadcast the doctor&#39;s advice to the patient. The memory stores the time to take the medicine of the patient. The audio can inform the patient to take the medicine based on the time. 
         [0013]    Accordingly, the electronic paper display is used in the healthcare system. Because the electronic paper display has the characteristic of light weight and thin volume, it is easy for the medical and nursing staff to carry. Therefore, such system help the medical and nursing staff to process a remote control for the patient. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0014]    The invention can be more fully understood by reading the following detailed description of the embodiments, with reference made to the accompanying drawings as follows: 
           [0015]      FIG. 1  illustrates a schematic diagram of an electronic paper display. 
           [0016]      FIG. 2  illustrates a healthcare system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0017]      FIG. 3  illustrates a schematic diagram of a healthcare detector according to another embodiment of the present invention. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0018]      FIG. 1  illustrates a schematic diagram of an electronic paper display. The electronic paper display includes two glass substrates  101  and  102  and an electronic ink layer  103  located between the two glass substrates  101  and  102 . A common electrode is formed over the glass substrate  101 . A plurality of electrodes is formed in the glass substrate  102 . The glass substrates  101  and  102  can be replaced by plastic substrates. The electronic ink layer  103  includes a plurality of microcapsules whose diameter is about 50 micrometer-70 micrometer. Each microcapsule includes black particles  108  and white particles  109 . When the electrodes in the glass substrate  102  are charged, the charged electrodes can move up or down the black particles  108  and white particles  109  to display a black-white image in the visual side  106 . 
         [0019]    For example, a white-black-black-white-white-black display  104  is displayed. The black particles  108  are positive electrical charged and the white particles  109  are negative electrical charged. Accordingly, in the first pixel  105 , a white color image is displayed in the visual side  106 . Therefore, an electrode in the first pixel  105  in the glass substrate  102  is charged to form a negative electrode to absorb the positive electrical charged black particles  108  and repulse the negative electrical charged white particles  109 . That is, the white particles  109  are arranged in the visual side  106  to display white color. In the second pixel  107 , a black color image is displayed in the visual side  106 . Therefore, an electrode in the first pixel  105  in the glass substrate  102  is charged to form a positive electrode to absorb the negative electrical charged white particles  109  and repulse the positive electrical charged black particles  108 . That is, the black particles  108  are arranged in the visual side  106  to display black color. The rest may be deduced by analogy. 
         [0020]    Accordingly, the electronic paper display can reflect the environmental light. Therefore, it is not necessary for the electronic paper display to use the back light source. Moreover, an Electrophoretic principle is used in the electronic paper display to display the black-white image. Therefore, the electronic paper display has a bistable characteristic. That is, the electrodes in the glass substrate  102  are charged only when the image is refreshed. In other words, when the image is not refreshed, it is not necessary to charge the electrodes in the glass substrate  102 . Therefore, the electronic paper display almost does not consume any power when a same image is displayed. Moreover, the electronic paper display can be wound. Therefore, the electronic paper display can be used in any environment. The electronic paper display is used in the healthcare system of the present invention. 
         [0021]      FIG. 2  illustrates a healthcare system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The healthcare system  200  includes a plurality of healthcare detectors  201 , an analyzer  202  and a database server  206 . Each of the healthcare detector  201  and the analyzer  202  have the electronic paper display. The database server  206  stores the history anamnesis of patient. The healthcare detector  201  communicates with the analyzer  202  by wireless. In other words, wireless modules  204  and  205  are equipped in the healthcare detector  201  and the analyzer  202  respectively. In an embodiment, the wireless modules  204  and  205  are Bluetooth modules or radio frequency transmission modules. The wireless modules  204  and  205  are integrated into or inserted to the healthcare detector  201  and the analyzer  202  respectively to communicate with them. Accordingly, the data, such as a detecting time, a detecting result, a patient name and so on, detected by the healthcare detector  201  are transmitted to the analyzer  202  by wireless modules  204  and  205 . Similarly, the medical and nursing staff also can send the prescription or the doctor&#39;s advice from the analyzer  202  to the healthcare detector  201  by wireless modules  204  and  205 . 
         [0022]    The healthcare detector  201 , in an embodiment, is a blood pressure meter, an electrocardiogram meter, a thermometer, a Glucose meter, an oximeter, a body fat meter or a meter that can detect a physiological parameter. In another embodiment, some of these meters can be integrated together to form a healthcare detector  201 . According to the present invention, the healthcare detector  201  has an electronic paper display. Because the electronic paper display is wound, the healthcare detector  201  can be located more close to the detected region of the body of the patient to get an accurate detect result. The detect result is transmitted from the healthcare detector  201  to the analyzer  202  by wireless modules  204  and  205 . 
         [0023]      FIG. 3  illustrates a schematic diagram of a healthcare detector according to another embodiment of the present invention. In an embodiment, the healthcare detector  210  includes a detector  301  and a display  302  separated from the detector  301 . The wireless module  204  is integrated into or inserted to the display  302 . The display  302  is disposed in the hand of the patient. Because the display  302  is an electronic paper display and is wound, the display  302  is located more close to the hand to get an accurate detect result. The detector  301  is a blood pressure meter, an electrocardiogram meter, a thermometer, a Glucose meter, an oximeter, a body fat meter or a meter that can detect a physiological parameter. In another embodiment, some of these meters can be integrated together to form the detector  301 . The data, such as a detecting time, a detecting result, a patient name and so on, detected by the detector  301  is transmitted to the display  302  to display. Then, the data is transmitted to the analyzer  202  from the display  302  by wireless modules  204  and  205 . On the other hand, the display  302  further comprises an audio apparatus  303  and a memory  304 . The memory  304  stores the time to take medicine of the patient and the information of the medicine. In an embodiment, the audio apparatus  303  can inform the patient the information of the medicine and to take medicine based on the time stored in the memory  304 . In another embodiment, the audio apparatus further inform the patient the detect result detected by the detector  301 . 
         [0024]    The analyzer  202  includes an electronic paper display with a wireless module  205  to communicate with the database server  206  and the healthcare detector  201 . In an embodiment, the data detected by the healthcare detector  201  is transmitted to the analyzer  202  by wireless modules  204  and  205 . The medical and nursing staff can set the prescription or the doctor&#39;s advice on the electronic paper display of the analyzer  202 . Then, the set prescription or the doctor&#39;s advice is sent back to the healthcare detector  201  to display by wireless modules  204  and  205 . The prescription or the doctor&#39;s advice is displayed in the display of the analyzer  202  to inform the patient. Such system can help the medical and nursing staff to remote monitor the patient in real time. 
         [0025]    Moreover, the analyzer  202  also communicates with the database server  206 . Accordingly, the medical and nursing staff can upload the data received by the analyzer  202  to the database server  206  to update the information of the patient. Or, the medical and nursing staff can download the history anamnesis from the database server  206  to the analyzer  202 . Therefore, it is not necessary for the medical and nursing staff to carry anamnesis. Moreover, it is not a heavy burden for the medical and nursing staff to carry the analyzer  202  because the electronic paper display is used in the analyzer  202  and the electronic paper is light and thin. On the other hand, the electronic paper display almost does not consume any power when a same image is displayed. Therefore, the analyzer  202  can be used for a long time. The medical and nursing staff can set the time for the patient to take the medicine in the healthcare detector  201 . Then, the audio  303  can inform the patient to take the medicine based on the set schedule. 
         [0026]    Accordingly, the electronic paper display is used in the healthcare system. Because the electronic paper display is light and thin, it is easy for the medical and nursing staff to carry. Therefore, such a system helps the medical and nursing staff to process a remote control for the patient. Moreover, the physiological parameters can be sent to the medical and nursing staff in real time. Then, the medical and nursing staff can make a response based on the physiology parameter, which improve the healthcare quality. 
         [0027]    Although the present invention has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain embodiments thereof, other embodiments are possible. Therefore, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims.