Patent ID: 6840904

Claim:
A medical monitoring system comprising: a plurality of portable electronics units each sized to be carried by a person being monitored and each comprising: an electronic controller; at least one memory coupled to the electronic controller that at least temporarily stores data provided by at least one sensor associated with the monitored person related to at least one physiological characteristic of the monitored person; a communications unit coupled to the electronic controller that wirelessly transmits first data provided by or related to data provided by a first sensor and wirelessly receives statistical data including statistical data based on or related to first data transmitted by the communications unit and other statistical data not based on or related to first data transmitted by the communications unit, the statistical data received by the communications unit being stored at least temporarily in the at least one memory; and a display device that displays at least statistical data received by the communications unit; and the system including a remote computer and associated memory that at least temporarily stores first data transmitted by the communications unit and statistical data including statistical data based on or related to first data transmitted by the communications unit and other statistical data not based on or related to first transmitted by the communications unit, the communications unit of the electronics unit transmitting first data for receipt by a remote computer and receiving statistical data provided by a remote computer; the display device displaying statistical data provided by a remote computer, including statistical data based on or related to first data transmitted by the communications unit and other statistical data not based on or related to first data transmitted by the communications unit.