Patent ID: 8348840

Claim:
An arrangement for monitoring a patient's sleep activity, comprising: at least one environmental sensor configured to sense a condition within an environment for sleeping; at least one body-worn sensor configured to be worn by the patient during the sleep activity and configured to sense a condition of the patient during the sleep activity; a first communication apparatus including a first camera, first microphone, first audio speaker and a first video display disposed proximate at least one of the sensors; a second communication apparatus including a second camera, second microphone, second audio speaker and second video display disposed at a location remote from the first communication apparatus; a first processing means communicatively coupled to the environmental sensor, the body-worn sensor, and to the first communication apparatus, the first processing means being for: collecting and aggregating sensor readings from the environmental sensor and from the body-worn sensor; deriving conditions of the patient and the environment based on the sensor readings; preparing a report based on the aggregated sensor readings; receiving output signals from the first microphone and the first camera; providing a first audio signal played on the second audio speaker and at least partially based on the output signal from the first microphone; and providing a first video signal displayed on the second video display and at least partially based on the output signal from the first camera and on the report; first means for transmitting the report, the first audio signal and the first video signal to a database at the remote location, the first transmitting means being communicatively coupled to the first processing means, the database being accessible by a clinician; and a second processing means communicatively coupled to the second communication apparatus, the second processing means being for: receiving output signals from the second microphone and the second camera; providing a second audio signal played on the first audio speaker and at least partially based on the output signal from the second microphone; and providing a second video signal displayed on the first video display and at least partially based on the output signal from the second camera; and second means for transmitting the second audio signal and the second video signal to the first processing means, the second transmitting means being communicatively coupled to the second processing means.