Patent ID: 8823490

Claim:
A system to monitor a plurality of patients, the system comprising: a plurality of adherent patient devices, each adherent patient device comprising a unique patient device identifier, an adhesive and wireless communication circuitry, said each device configured to adhere to a skin of one of the plurality of patients to measure patient data and support the wireless communication circuitry, the wireless communication circuitry configured to transmit the patient data; a local processor system comprising a tangible medium and at least one display disposed at a monitoring station, the local processor system configured to receive the patient data and display the patient data to a user at the monitoring station; and a plurality of gateways configured to receive the patient data from the wireless communication circuitry and transmit the patient data to the local processor system, wherein each gateway is positioned at a unique location and wherein each gateway of the plurality of gateways comprises a unique gateway identifier and wherein each gateway of the plurality of gateways is configured to transmit the unique gateway identifier, the unique patient device identifier and the patient data to the local processor system and wherein the local processor system is configured to determine the location of each patient in response to the unique gateway identifier and the unique patient device identifier.