KR102762232B1 - Smart band and patient monitoring system for medical institutions - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart band for medical institutions and a patient monitoring system. A smart band according to one embodiment of the present invention is a patient smart band that is worn by a patient in a medical institution and is wirelessly connected to at least one of a plurality of embedded-based terminals that are respectively placed at different indoor locations of the medical institution and communicate with a server. The present invention measures patient status data using such a smart band, and based on the measured patient status data, medical staff can monitor and diagnose the patient remotely, and automatically link and record medical data used for diagnosis in an electronic medical record (EMR).

Description

SMART BAND AND PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS

The present invention relates to a technology applicable to the implementation of a smart hospital.

In medical institutions such as hospitals, management of hospitalized patients is necessary. For this purpose, an identification tag with a barcode, patient name, and patient ID is attached to the patient's wrist. This identification tag is used by medical staff to identify patients when providing medical services such as examinations, procedures, and surgeries, and is usually used until the patient is discharged.

In addition, during the patient's hospitalization period, the medical staff uses various medical devices to measure patient condition data (e.g., body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, electrocardiogram, etc.) to observe the patient's condition. This patient condition data is manually recorded in the electronic medical record (EMR) through the nurse's station (computer, etc.).

Meanwhile, when a critically ill patient is discovered, medical staff can loudly announce the emergency situation to those around them and use the telephone to broadcast a request for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The CPR team can be deployed through the broadcast and CPR can be performed. At this time, the shorter the time from the discovery of the critically ill patient to the implementation of CPR, the higher the probability of the patient's survival.

However, as the number of hospitalized patients increases, the number of patients that one nurse has to manage also increases, and the number of patients requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation also increases. In particular, the larger the medical institution, the more severe the occurrence of patients, and the more patient status data that needs to be measured and recorded, and the more often the measurements are made. In other words, the larger the medical institution, the higher the nursing concentration required and the greater the workload.

Such repetitive and frequent measurement of patient status data causes a decrease in nursing concentration, and this decrease in nursing concentration ultimately causes delays and errors in measuring and recording patient status data at an appropriate time.

KR 10-1996-0706637 A

In order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a technology that can measure patient condition data using a smart band, enable medical staff to monitor and diagnose patients remotely based on the measured patient condition data, and automatically link and record medical data used for diagnosis in an electronic medical record (EMR).

However, the problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the problems mentioned above, and other problems not mentioned can be clearly understood by a person having ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention belongs from the description below.

According to one embodiment of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problem, a smart band is a patient smart band that is worn by a patient in a medical institution and is wirelessly connected to at least one of a plurality of embedded-based terminals that are each placed at different indoor locations of the medical institution and communicate with a server, the smart band including: a temperature sensor that measures the body temperature of the patient; a heart rate sensor that measures the heart rate of the patient based on a photoplethysmogram (PPG) of the patient; a touch screen that displays display data based on a touch input, and displays at least one convenient function among time, calendar, text, music control, and SNS (Social Networking Service) according to the touch input of the patient, and provides a user interface for measuring the body temperature and the heart rate; a communication unit that connects to a terminal at an indoor location of the patient based on the wireless communication signal strength of the plurality of terminals and wirelessly communicates with the connected terminal; and a control unit that controls the operations of the touch screen, the display, the temperature sensor, the heart rate sensor, and the communication unit, and transmits patient status data on the measured body temperature and heart rate together with the patient's identification information (ID) to the connected terminal.

A smart band according to one embodiment of the present invention may include a connection terminal for connecting to a first medical device for measuring blood oxygen saturation (SPO ₂ ) of the patient or a second medical device for measuring an electrocardiogram (ECG) of the patient.

The above control unit can control to transmit the SPO ₂ or the ECG measured by the first medical device or the second medical device connected through the above connection terminal together with the patient's identification information (ID) to the terminal of the medical institution.

A smart band according to one embodiment of the present invention may further include a light-emitting diode (LED) module that emits light for use as a night light according to the patient's choice.

The above control unit switches to a sleep mode that turns off the screen display of the touch screen when there is no touch input for a certain period of time, and when the touch input is detected during the sleep mode, the patient's barcode, name, and ID can be displayed as a default screen.

A smart band according to one embodiment of the present invention may further include an input unit for notifying the occurrence of an emergency situation.

The above control unit, when receiving an input signal from the input unit, controls to transmit an emergency signal together with the patient's ID to the connected terminal, and the connected terminal transmits its own ID, the terminal ID, the patient's ID, and the emergency signal to the server, and the server identifies the patient's location based on the terminal ID, and can transmit the identified patient location and the patient's ID to a smart band for medical staff worn by medical staff and connected to at least one of the plurality of terminals.

A smart band according to one embodiment of the present invention may further include a microphone for generating a first sound signal of the patient; and a speaker for playing a second sound signal of the medical staff generated by the microphone of the smart band for medical staff.

The above server can transmit the first and second sound signals between the connected terminal and the terminal connected to the smart band for medical staff.

A smart band according to one embodiment of the present invention may further include a laser measuring device that measures the size of a bedsore of the patient using a laser.

A system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a patient smart band worn by a patient in a medical institution and wirelessly connected to at least one of a plurality of terminals; and a plurality of embedded-based terminals each placed at different indoor locations of the medical institution and communicating with a server, and in the case of a terminal connected to the patient smart band, transmitting data received from the patient smart band to the server.

The smart band for the patient may include: a temperature sensor for measuring the body temperature of the patient; a heart rate sensor for measuring the heart rate of the patient based on a photoplethysmogram (PPG) of the patient; a touch screen for displaying display data based on a touch input, wherein at least one convenient function among time, calendar, text, music control, and SNS (Social Networking Service) is displayed according to the touch input of the patient, and providing a user interface for measuring the body temperature and heart rate; a communication unit for connecting to a terminal at an indoor location of the patient based on the wireless communication signal strength of the plurality of terminals and wirelessly communicating with the connected terminal; and a control unit for controlling operations of the touch screen, the display, the temperature sensor, the heart rate sensor, and the communication unit, and controlling to transmit patient status data regarding the measured body temperature and heart rate to the terminal together with identification information (ID) of the patient.

Each of the above terminals can be simultaneously connected to multiple patient smart bands worn by different patients within the same space.

The above connected terminal can convert data received from the patient smart band into a standard protocol for medical data management and transmission and transmit it to the server.

The above-mentioned connected terminal includes a communication module that is connected to a medical device via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, and receives patient status data other than the body temperature and heart rate measured by the medical device for the patient from the medical device via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, and can convert the received data and the patient's ID according to a standard protocol for medical data management and transmission and transmit them to the server.

A system according to one embodiment of the present invention may further include a medical computer placed in an indoor location different from the plurality of terminals, and a remote monitoring program installed on each of the servers.

The server transmits the transmission data of the patient smart band or the medical device transmitted by the connected terminal, and transmits the data transmitted by the medical computer to the connected terminal, and when the remote monitoring program receives the patient ID and the patient status data from the server, real-time update information on the received patient status data is displayed on the display of the medical computer or the server, thereby providing a real-time monitoring function to the medical staff, and the connected terminal can transmit the transmission data of the remote monitoring program to the patient smart band.

The above remote monitoring program transmits data on settings for the patient smart band to the patient smart band via the server and the access terminal, and the data on settings may include data on the measurement time and number of measurements of the patient status data, and data on time synchronization between the patient smart band, the terminal, and the remote monitoring program.

The above remote monitoring program can record the received patient status data according to the received patient ID in an electronic medical record (EMR) when receiving the patient ID and the patient status data.

When the wireless communication signal strength between the patient smart band and the connected terminal reaches a certain level or lower, the communication connection between the patient smart band and the connected terminal may be disconnected.

The above control unit controls the touch screen to switch to a sleep mode that turns off the screen display when there is no touch input for a certain period of time, and transmits sleep mode notification data notifying the switch to the sleep mode together with the patient's ID to the connected terminal, and the remote monitoring program determines whether the patient is sleeping based on the sleep mode notification data, whether the communication connection is released, and the movement of the patient smart band, and the movement of the patient smart band can be determined depending on whether the connected terminal changes with respect to the patient smart band.

The above remote monitoring program can analyze the patient status data received according to artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to determine the emergency situation of the patient, and generate an alarm signal when it is determined that an emergency situation has occurred.

The above remote monitoring program can analyze the patient condition data received according to AI techniques to determine the patient's suspected disease.

The above remote monitoring program detects whether the patient has left the hospital room based on the location of the connected terminal, and if the patient's leaving the hospital room is detected and medical services are required for the patient, message data for a request for hospital room admission is transmitted to the server, and the control unit can control the message data transmitted via the server and the connected terminal to be displayed on the touch screen.

The above remote monitoring program transmits message data including at least one of a medication time, a medical staff round time, an examination time, and an examination room location to the server, and the control unit can control the message data transmitted via the server and the connected terminal to be displayed on the touch screen.

Each of the above terminals is connected to the lighting or television within the indoor space to which it belongs and can control the corresponding devices.

At least one of the above terminals is installed at the front of the patient room and may include a display that displays the patient room name, patient name, and patient gender.

The above connected terminal may include a WiFi module having a built-in Access Point (AP) function of a wireless LAN for providing wireless Internet access.

The present invention, configured as described above, has the advantage of providing convenience in that it measures patient condition data using a smart band that replaces an identification tag in a medical institution, allows medical staff to monitor and diagnose patients remotely based on the measured patient condition data, and automatically links and records medical data used for diagnosis in an electronic medical record (EMR).

Accordingly, the present invention has the advantage of enabling medical staff to focus more on nursing and treating patients and preventing human errors resulting from manual input of patient condition data.

In addition, the present invention has the advantage of contributing to protecting the life of a patient by detecting an emergency situation of the patient and automatically informing the medical staff of the location information, thereby enabling medical services such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation to be provided to the patient within a short period of time.

In addition, the present invention has the advantage of being able to easily provide various convenient functions necessary for a patient's hospital stay, such as calling medical staff, night lights, and medical service provision notifications, through a smart band.

The effects obtainable from the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs from the description below.

Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a patient monitoring system (10) for a medical institution according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 shows a block diagram of a smart band (100) according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 shows a block diagram of a terminal (200) according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 shows a flowchart of a control method according to one embodiment of the present invention.

The above-described objects, means and effects of the present invention will become more apparent through the following detailed description with reference to the attached drawings, so that those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can easily practice the technical idea of the present invention. In addition, when explaining the present invention, if it is judged that a specific description of a known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing embodiments and is not intended to limit the invention. In this specification, the singular includes the plural as well, unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. In this specification, the terms “include,” “provide,” “provide,” or “have” do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components other than the mentioned components.

In this specification, the terms “or,” “at least one,” etc. can refer to one of the words listed together, or can refer to a combination of two or more. For example, “A or B,” “at least one of A and B” can include only one of A or B, or can include both A and B.

In this specification, the description using the word “for example” or the like should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present invention by any means, including but not limited to, variations in tolerances, measurement errors, limitations of measurement accuracy, and other commonly known factors, as well as the information presented, such as cited characteristics, variables, or values, may not be exact matches.

In this specification, when a component is described as being 'connected' or 'connected' to another component, it should be understood that it may be directly connected or connected to that other component, but there may also be other components in between. On the other hand, when a component is described as being 'directly connected' or 'directly connected' to another component, it should be understood that there are no other components in between.

In this specification, when a component is described as being "on" or "in contact with" another component, it should be understood that it may be in direct contact with or connected to the other component, but that there may be another component in between. On the other hand, when a component is described as being "directly on" or "in direct contact with" another component, it can be understood that there is no another component in between. Other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "directly between", can be interpreted similarly.

In this specification, the terms "first", "second", etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. Also, the terms should not be construed to limit the order of each component, and may be used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, the "first component" may be named the "second component," and similarly, the "second component" may also be named the "first component."

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used in this specification may be used with a meaning that can be commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. In addition, terms defined in commonly used dictionaries shall not be ideally or excessively interpreted unless explicitly specifically defined.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.

Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a patient monitoring system (10) for a medical institution according to one embodiment of the present invention.

A patient monitoring system (10) for a medical institution according to one embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “the system”) is a system for application to the implementation of a smart hospital, which measures patient status data using a smart band worn by a user at a medical institution, allows medical staff to monitor and diagnose patients remotely based on the measured patient status data, and automatically links and records medical data used for diagnosis in an electronic medical record (EMR). As illustrated in FIG. 1, the system (10) includes a smart band (100), a terminal (200), a computer for medical staff (300), and a server (400).

Figure 2 shows a block diagram of a smart band (100) according to one embodiment of the present invention.

A smart band (100) is a smart device worn by a user (patient or medical staff) within a medical institution, and as shown in FIG. 2, may include a sensor unit (110), a communication unit (120), a touch screen (130), an input unit (140), an LED module (150), a memory (160), and a control unit (170). However, the input unit (140) and the LED module (150) may not be essential components.

For example, the smart band (100) may be implemented in a form that can be worn on the wrist, ankle, neck, etc. of a patient or medical staff. That is, the smart band (100) may be implemented to include a main body housing a sensor unit (110), a communication unit (120), a touch screen (130), an input unit (140), an LED module (150), a memory (160), and a control unit (170), and a connection unit for wearing the main body on a user.

These smart bands (100) can be divided into those for patients to be worn by patients and those for medical staff to be worn by medical staff. In this case, the smart band (100) for patients can be worn by each patient, and the smart band (100) for medical staff can be worn only by specific nurses or doctors on duty or emergency duty among all medical staff.

The sensor unit (110) is a configuration that includes various sensors for measuring patient status data, and may be included only in the patient smart band (100). At this time, the patient status data is data related to the patient's vital signs, and may be measured using each sensor. For example, the patient status data may include, but is not limited to, body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, electrocardiogram, etc.

However, in the case of patient status data of body temperature and heart rate (hereinafter referred to as “first patient status data”), the tolerance limit of measurement error is wide, the sensor is inexpensive, and the measurement cycle is relatively short, so it may be desirable to include it in the patient smart band (100). Accordingly, the sensor unit (110) may include a temperature sensor for measuring the body temperature of the patient and a heart rate sensor for measuring the heart rate of the patient. For example, the heart rate sensor may measure the heart rate of the patient based on the patient’s photoplethysmogram (PPG).

On the other hand, in the case of patient status data such as blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and electrocardiogram (hereinafter, “second patient status data”), more precise measurements are required, so the sensors are expensive and the measurement cycle is relatively long, so it may be desirable to measure through a separate medical device (not shown). The patient smart band (100) can be connected to the medical device through a separate connection terminal (e.g., micro USB terminal) and receive the second patient status data measured by the medical device.

In particular, blood oxygen saturation ( _SPO2 ) and electrocardiogram (ECG) are very important secondary patient status data for assessing the patient's status in an emergency, so the medical device measuring them must be able to be connected to the patient smart band (100) via a connection terminal. That is, it may be desirable for the patient smart band (100) to include a connection terminal that can be connected to a first medical device measuring the patient's blood oxygen saturation and a second medical device measuring the patient's electrocardiogram.

The communication unit (120) is a component that performs communication with other devices, and in particular, can perform wireless communication with the terminal (200). For example, the communication unit (120) may include a wireless communication module for 5G (5th generation communication), LTE-A (long term evolution-advanced), LTE (long term evolution), Bluetooth, NFC (near field communication), WiFi, etc., but is not limited thereto.

However, for a single terminal (200), multiple smart bands (100) should be able to be connected simultaneously, and should be able to be connected in a universal manner using the ISM frequency band to reduce costs, and should be able to be connected even in a range other than an ultra-short distance (e.g., 20 cm, etc.) to ensure user activity. Accordingly, it may be desirable for the communication unit (120) to communicate wirelessly with the terminal (200) in a Bluetooth or WiFi manner.

In particular, the communication unit (120) can connect to one of the multiple terminals (200) (hereinafter, one terminal (200) connected to the smart band (100) is referred to as a “connected terminal”). At this time, the communication unit (120) can connect to the terminal (200) at the patient’s indoor location based on the strength of the wireless communication signal transmitted from the multiple terminals (200). For example, the communication unit (120) can connect to the terminal (200) having the strongest wireless communication signal strength among the multiple wireless communication signals received from the multiple terminals (200).

The communication unit (120) can transmit patient status data, emergency situation signals, sound signals generated from its own microphone (not shown), or sleep mode notification data to the connection terminal (200). In this case, the communication unit (120) can wirelessly transmit the patient's identification information (ID) together with the corresponding transmission data to the connection terminal (200).

In addition, the communication unit (120) may wirelessly receive various data from the connection terminal (200). For example, the data that the communication unit (120) wirelessly receives from the connection terminal (200) may be a sound signal generated and transmitted from another smart band (100), message data generated and transmitted from a remote monitoring program of a medical computer (300) or server (400), etc.

A touch screen (130) is a display that displays various image data on a screen and is combined with an input means that detects a user's touch. That is, the touch screen (130) can display image data based on a touch input. For example, the touch screen (130) may include, but is not limited to, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, a micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) display, or an electronic paper display.

The touch screen (130) can provide a user interface (UI) for measuring the first patient status data. The first patient status data can be measured by the sensor unit (110) according to the user's touch input in the UI.

In addition, the touch screen (130) can display a screen for providing a convenient function to the user. For example, the touch screen (130) provides a UI for at least one convenient function among time, calendar, text, music control, and SNS (Social Networking Service), and the convenient function can be provided according to the user's touch input.

The input unit (140) is configured to generate input data in response to various user inputs. In particular, the input unit (140) may include an input means for notifying the occurrence of an emergency situation. For example, the input unit may be in the form of a dome switch or a button, but is not limited thereto.

A light-emitting diode (LED) module (150) is configured to emit light for use as a night light. Whether or not to emit such light can be determined based on a user's selection input through an input unit (140) or a touch screen (130).

The memory (160) stores various data required for the operation of the smart band (100). The stored data may include, but is not limited to, patient status data, program information related to the control method to be described later, etc. For example, the memory (160) may include, but is not limited to, a hard disk type, a magnetic media type, a CD-ROM (compact disc read only memory), an optical media type, a magneto-optical media type, a multimedia card micro type, a flash memory type, a ROM type (read only memory type), or a RAM type (random access memory type), depending on its type. In addition, the memory (160) may include, but is not limited to, a cache, a buffer, a main memory, or an auxiliary memory, depending on its use/location.

Additionally, the smart band (100) may further include a microphone (not shown) and a speaker (not shown) to enable audio conversation between the patient and medical staff.

At this time, the microphone generates a signal for the user's sound (i.e., a sound signal), and the speaker can reproduce as sound the sound related to the operation of the smart band (100) or the user's sound signal of another smart band (100) transmitted through the generation or communication unit (120).

In addition, the smart band (100) may further include a laser measuring device (not shown). In this case, the laser measuring device may be used to measure the size of a patient's bedsore using a laser.

The control unit (170) can perform various control operations of the smart band (100). That is, the control unit (170) can control the execution of the control method to be described later, and can control the operations of the remaining components of the smart band (100), that is, the sensor unit (110), the communication unit (120), the touch screen (130), the input unit (140, the LED module (150), the memory (160), the microphone (not shown), the speaker (not shown), the laser measuring device (not shown), etc. For example, the control unit (170) may include a hardware processor or a software process executed in the processor, but is not limited thereto.

The control unit (170) can control the communication unit (170) to connect to the terminal (200) having the strongest signal strength among the plurality of wireless communication signals received from the plurality of terminals (200). Thereafter, the control unit (170) can control the communication unit (120) to transmit patient status data together with the patient's identification information (ID) to the connection terminal (200). In addition, the control unit (170) can control message data generated from a remote monitoring program of a medical staff computer (300) or server (400) and received by the communication unit (120) through the connection terminal (200) via the network of the medical institution to be displayed on the touch screen (130).

At this time, the network of the medical institution is a communication channel installed within the medical institution. That is, the network of the medical institution is a communication channel between the terminal (200), the server (400), and the computer for medical staff (300), and is basically an internal network of the medical institution, and can be connected to an external Internet network. At this time, a gateway may be separately provided at the connection point between the network of the medical institution and the network of the external Internet, and the gateway may act as a firewall for the network of the medical institution.

In addition, the control unit (170) can control to switch to a sleep mode that turns off the screen display of the touch screen (130) if there is no user touch input to the touch screen (130) for a certain period of time. If a touch input is detected during this sleep mode, the control unit (170) can control the touch screen (130) to display a specific screen as a default screen. For example, the specific screen may be a screen that displays information to enable identification of the patient, and may include a barcode, name, and ID of the patient. At this time, the control unit (170) can control the communication unit (120) to transmit sleep mode notification data notifying of this sleep mode switch to the access terminal (200) together with the patient's ID.

In addition, when an input signal is received from the input unit (140) to notify the occurrence of an emergency situation, the control unit (170) can control the generation of an emergency situation signal and transmit it to the connection terminal (200) through the communication unit (120) together with the patient's ID.

Meanwhile, sound transmission may be possible between the patient smart band (100) and the medical smart band (100). To this end, when a first sound signal of the patient is generated from the microphone of the patient smart band (100), the control unit (170) of the patient smart band (100) may control the first sound signal and the patient ID to be wirelessly transmitted to the connection terminal (200) of the patient smart band (100) through the communication unit (120) of the patient smart band (100).

The first sound signal transmitted in this manner can be sequentially transmitted to the connection terminal (200) of the patient smart band (100), the server (400), and the connection terminal (200) of the medical staff smart band (100) through the network of the medical institution. Thereafter, the connection terminal (200) of the medical staff smart band (100) wirelessly transmits the first sound signal to the communication unit (120) of the medical staff smart band (100), and the control unit (170) of the medical staff smart band (100) can control the first sound signal to be played from the speaker of the patient smart band (100).

Likewise, the microphone of the smart band (100) for medical staff can also generate a second sound signal for the medical staff. In this case, the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) for medical staff can control the second sound signal and the medical staff ID to be wirelessly transmitted to the connection terminal (200) of the smart band (100) for medical staff through the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100) for medical staff.

The second sound signal transmitted in this manner can be sequentially transmitted to the connection terminal (200) of the smart band (100) for medical staff, the server (400), and the connection terminal (200) of the smart band (100) for patients via the network of the medical institution. Thereafter, the connection terminal (200) of the smart band (100) for patients wirelessly transmits the second sound signal to the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100) for patients, and the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) for patients can control the second sound signal to be played from the speaker of the smart band (100) for medical staff.

Figure 3 shows a block diagram of a terminal (200) according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a terminal (200) communicates wirelessly with a smart band (100) and communicates with a server (400) through a network of a medical institution, thereby acting as a relay between the smart band (100) and the server (400). A plurality of such terminals (200) may be provided, and may be placed in different indoor locations within the medical institution (for example, locations where patients enter and exit, such as wards, examination rooms, and hallways). That is, the terminal (200) may connect to a smart band (100) in any indoor location, and relay between the connected smart band (100) and the server (400).

For example, in the case of a connection terminal (200) connected to a smart band (100), data received from the smart band (100) can be transmitted to a server (400), and data received from the server (400) can be transmitted to the smart band (100).

In particular, since the terminal (200) must be installed in each of a number of indoor locations within a medical institution, it may be desirable to implement it as a low-cost and low-spec electronic device. Accordingly, it may be desirable to implement the terminal (200) as a dedicated embedded system based on Embedded Linux, etc., rather than a general-purpose computing device such as a desktop personal computer, a laptop personal computer, a tablet personal computer, etc.

Referring to FIG. 3, the terminal (200) may include a communication unit (210), a display (220), a memory (230), and a control unit (240).

The communication unit (210) is a component that performs communication with other devices. That is, the communication unit (210) can perform wireless communication with the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100) or a medical device. At this time, the communication unit (210) can be connected simultaneously with multiple smart bands (100) worn by different users in the same space. In addition, the communication unit (210) can perform wired/wireless communication through the network of the server (400) and the medical institution. At this time, the communication unit (210) includes a WiFi module or an Ethernet module, and can perform wired/wireless communication with the server (400) through the module.

For example, the communication unit (210) may include a module for wirelessly communicating with the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100) via Bluetooth or WiFi. At this time, the communication unit (210) may wirelessly receive patient status data, emergency situation signals, sound signals generated from its own microphone (not shown), or sleep mode notification data, along with the user ID of the corresponding smart band (100).

Meanwhile, the medical device may communicate wirelessly with the communication unit (210) of the terminal (200) via Bluetooth or WIFI without being connected to the connection terminal of the patient smart band (100). In this case, the communication unit (210) may wirelessly receive the second patient status data measured by the medical device together with the ID of the corresponding patient.

As described above, the communication unit (210) can transmit data wirelessly received from the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100) or the medical device to the server (400) via the network of the medical institution. At this time, for data compatibility, the communication unit (210) can convert the received data into a standard protocol method (e.g., HL 7, etc.) for medical data management and transmission and transmit the converted data to the server (400).

In addition, the communication unit (210) can wirelessly transmit sound signals generated from another smart band (100) and transmitted through the network of a medical institution, message data generated from a remote monitoring program of a medical staff computer (300) or server (400) and transmitted through the network of a medical institution, etc., to the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100).

In particular, the communication unit (210) may include a WiFi module having a built-in access point (AP) function of a wireless LAN for providing wireless Internet access to a smart band (100) or other electronic devices of the user (smartphone, laptop, etc.).

Additionally, the communication unit (210) may be connected to lighting or a television within the indoor space to which the terminal (2100) belongs. In this case, the communication unit (210) may transmit control data for the corresponding device.

The display (220) displays various image data on a screen and may be composed of a non-luminous panel or a luminous panel. For example, the display may include, but is not limited to, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, a micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) display, or an electronic paper display. In addition, the display may be implemented as a touch screen or the like by being combined with an input unit (not shown).

In particular, in the case of a terminal (200) placed in a hospital room, it may be installed in front of the corresponding hospital room. In this case, the display (220) may also play a role in informing patient information about the corresponding hospital room. For example, the display (220) of the terminal (200) placed in front of the hospital room may display the name of the corresponding hospital room, and the name and gender of the patient admitted to the corresponding hospital room.

The memory (230) stores various data required for the operation of the terminal (200). The stored data may include, but is not limited to, data received from a smart band (100), a medical device, or a server (400), program information related to a control method to be described later, etc. For example, the memory (230) may include, but is not limited to, a hard disk type, a magnetic media type, a CD-ROM (compact disc read only memory), an optical media type, a magneto-optical media type, a multimedia card micro type, a flash memory type, a ROM type (read only memory type), or a RAM type (random access memory type), depending on its type. In addition, the memory (320) may be, but is not limited to, a cache, a buffer, a main memory, or an auxiliary memory, or a separately provided storage system, depending on its use/location.

The control unit (240) can perform various control operations of the terminal (200). That is, the control unit (240) can control the execution of the control method to be described later, and can control the operations of the remaining components of the terminal (200), such as the communication unit (210), the display (220), and the memory (230). For example, the control unit (240) can include a hardware processor or a software process executed in the processor, but is not limited thereto.

That is, the control unit (240) can control data transmitted from a smart band (100) or a medical device to be transmitted to a server (400) via the communication unit (210). In addition, the control unit (240) can control data generated from a remote monitoring program of a medical staff computer (300) or server (400) and transmitted via a network of a medical institution to be transmitted to a smart band (100) connected to the communication unit (210). In particular, the control unit (240) can control a WiFi module of the communication unit (210) to function as an Access Point (AP) of a wireless LAN. In addition, the control unit (240) of a terminal (200) placed in a sickroom can control patient information for the corresponding sickroom to be displayed via a display (220).

The medical computer (300) is a computer used by medical staff, and may be placed in an indoor location different from a number of terminals (200), such as a ward nurse's office or a separate examination room. In addition, the server (400) is a computing device that transmits and receives data with the terminal (200) or the medical computer (300) through the network of the medical institution. For example, the medical computer (300) may be a general-purpose computing device, such as a desktop personal computer, a laptop personal computer, or a tablet personal computer.

These medical computer (300) and server (400) may be installed with a dedicated program (i.e., a remote monitoring program) for managing and monitoring patients based on patient condition data measured by a smart band (100) or medical device. Hereinafter, the program installed in the medical computer (300) is referred to as the “first remote monitoring program,” and the program installed in the server (400) is referred to as the “second remote monitoring program.”

These remote monitoring programs are installed in the memory (not shown) of the medical computer (300) and the server (400), and can be performed through their respective control units (not shown). For example, the control units of the medical computer (300) and the server (400) may include a hardware processor or a process performed on the processor.

Hereinafter, a control method according to one embodiment of the present invention, including detailed operations of such a remote monitoring program, will be described.

Figure 4 shows a flowchart of a control method according to one embodiment of the present invention.

A control method according to one embodiment of the present invention is controlled and operated by each control unit of a smart band (100), a terminal (200), a medical computer (300), and a server (400), and may include S210 to S230 as illustrated in FIG. 4.

In S210, the smart band (100) wirelessly connects to at least one terminal (200). That is, the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) can control the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100) to connect to the communication unit (210) of the terminal (200) having the strongest signal strength among a plurality of wireless communication signals transmitted from the communication units (210) of the multiple terminals (200).

In particular, the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) can control whether to release the communication connection based on the current wireless communication signal strength of the current connected terminal (200). That is, the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) can control to release the wireless communication connection with the connected terminal (200) when the wireless communication signal strength reaches a certain level or lower. Thereafter, the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) can control the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100) to connect with another terminal (200) having the strongest signal strength.

Thereafter, in S220, the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) can control the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100) so that various data (e.g., patient status data, emergency situation signals, sound signals generated from its own microphone (not shown), or sleep mode notification data, etc.) are transmitted to the access terminal (200).

Of course, regardless of the performance of S210, in S220, the medical device may be wirelessly connected to the communication unit (210) of the terminal (200) via Bluetooth to transmit the second patient status data to the terminal (200).

At this time, data transmitted to the connection terminal (200) is converted into a standard protocol method (e.g., HL 7, etc.) for medical data management and transmission, and then transmitted to the server (400) through the network of the medical institution, and if necessary, may be transmitted to a computer (300) for medical staff through the network of the medical institution by the server (400).

Thereafter, in S230, the server (400) or computer (300) for medical staff performs various management and monitoring on the transmitted data using a remote monitoring program. As a result of this management and monitoring, the server (400) or computer (300) for medical staff can transmit data to the smart band (100) if necessary.

That is, the server (400) transmits the corresponding data to the access terminal (200) through the network of the medical institution using the second remote monitoring program, and the access terminal (200) wirelessly transmits the corresponding data to the smart band (100). Alternatively, the medical staff computer (300) sequentially transmits the corresponding data to the server (400) and the access terminal (200) through the network of the medical institution using the first remote monitoring program, and the access terminal (200) wirelessly transmits the corresponding data to the smart band (100).

As described above, as the result data of management and monitoring is transmitted to the smart band (100), the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) can perform various controls on the smart band (100). For example, the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) can control the corresponding data to be displayed on the touch screen (130) or to be played as a sound signal through the speaker of the smart band (100). In addition, when the data of the setting items is received as the result data, the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) can perform measurement settings or time synchronization of the patient status data for the smart band (100).

Below, various embodiments are described in more detail with respect to S220 and S230.

<Example 1>

In S220, the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) controls the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100) so that patient status data measured by the connection terminal (200) is wirelessly transmitted. At this time, the patient status data is first patient status data measured based on the sensor unit (110) of the smart band (100), or second patient status data measured by the medical device and transmitted through the connection terminal of the smart band (100).

Alternatively, the control unit (240) of the terminal (200) may be wirelessly connected to a medical device via Bluetooth and control the communication unit (210) of the terminal (200) to receive second patient status data.

Thereafter, the control unit (240) of the connection terminal (200) controls the received patient status data to be converted into a standard protocol method (e.g., HL 7, etc.) for medical data management and transmission. In addition, the control unit (240) of the connection terminal (200) controls the communication unit (210) of the connection terminal (200) so that the patient ID and the converted patient status data are transmitted to the server (400) through the network of the medical institution.

Thereafter, the patient status data may be transmitted to a medical staff computer (300) through the medical institution's network by the server (400).

<Example 2>

In S220, the control unit (240) of the terminal (200) can control the communication unit (210) of the terminal (200) so that when the smart band (100) is connected, the terminal ID, which is its own ID, the user ID of the smart band (100), and the data of the connection notification are transmitted to the server (400) through the network of the medical institution.

In addition, when the connection of the connected smart band (100) is disconnected, the control unit (240) of the terminal (200) can control the communication unit (210) of the terminal (200) so that the terminal ID, which is its own ID, the user ID of the smart band (100), and the notification data of the connection disconnection are transmitted to the server (400) via the network of the medical institution.

Meanwhile, since each terminal (200) is placed in a different indoor location, data on the location of each terminal (200) is already stored in the server (400) or the medical staff computer (300).

Accordingly, in S230, the remote monitoring program of the server (400) or the medical computer (300) can identify the current location of the smart band (100) based on the received data. In particular, the remote monitoring program can identify which terminal (200) the smart band (100) is currently connected to based on the received data. For example, the remote monitoring program can identify that the terminal (200) that transmitted the terminal ID, user ID, and connection notification data corresponds to the current connected terminal (200) of the corresponding smart band (100).

In addition, the remote monitoring program can analyze the current indoor location of the smart band (100) using the pre-stored location data for the identified connection terminal (200). That is, since the connection terminal (200) corresponds to a terminal (200) located within the same space as the current indoor location of the smart band (100), the remote monitoring program can analyze the current location of the smart band (100) connected to it based on the pre-stored location data of the connection terminal (200).

<Example 3>

According to the first embodiment, after the patient's ID and patient status data are received, at S230, the remote monitoring program of the server (400) or the medical staff computer (300) controls the display (not shown) of the server (400) or the medical staff computer (300) to display real-time update information on the received patient status data, thereby providing a real-time monitoring function to the medical staff.

In addition, in S230, the remote monitoring program of the server (400) or the medical computer (300) can be linked to an electronic medical record (EMR) based on the patient's ID and patient status data. That is, the remote monitoring program can automatically record the received patient status data according to the received patient ID in the EMR.

<Example 4>

According to the first embodiment, after the patient's ID and patient status data are received, at S230, the remote monitoring program of the server (400) or the medical staff computer (300) can analyze the received patient status data to determine whether the patient is in an emergency situation or has a suspected disease.

For example, a remote monitoring program can determine that a patient is in an emergency situation if the patient's condition data is outside the normal range. In addition, the remote monitoring program can analyze whether the patient is in an emergency situation or has a specific suspected disease by using a model learned using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques based on the patient's condition data.

If the occurrence of such an emergency situation or suspected disease is determined, the remote monitoring program can identify the location of the patient based on the transmitted terminal ID according to the second embodiment and generate an alarm signal (including the identified patient location and patient ID) for the same. At this time, the remote monitoring program can control the server (400) or the medical staff computer (300) to generate a visual or auditory signal according to the alarm signal.

In addition, the remote monitoring program can control the corresponding alarm signal to be transmitted to a smart band (100) for medical staff designated as an administrator for patients in emergency situations or with suspected diseases. That is, the remote monitoring program can control the corresponding alarm signal to be transmitted to the connection terminal (200) of the corresponding smart band (100) for medical staff identified according to the second embodiment through the network of the medical institution via the server (400).

The control unit (170) of the smart band (100) for medical staff that wirelessly receives the notification signal from the corresponding connection terminal (200) can control the corresponding alarm to be displayed on the touch screen (130) of the smart band (100) for medical staff or the corresponding alarm sound to be generated from the speaker of the smart band (100) for medical staff.

<Example 5>

In S230, the remote monitoring program of the server (400) or the medical computer (300) transmits data on the results of management and monitoring to the smart band (100). That is, the server (400) or the medical computer (300) transmits the corresponding result data to the dedicated terminal (200) via the network of the medical institution, and the control unit (170) of the dedicated terminal (200) controls the communication unit (120) of the dedicated terminal (200) so that the received result data is transmitted to the connected smart band (100).

At this time, the remote monitoring program transmits data on the settings for the patient smart band (100) as the corresponding result data.

For example, the data of the setting items may include data on the measurement time and the number of measurements of the patient status data. In this case, the control unit (170) of the patient smart band (100) may set the measurement time and the number of measurements of the sensor unit (110) according to the received data of the setting items, and control the patient status data to be measured at the set time and number of measurements. Based on the patient status data measured according to these settings, the processes of S220 and S230 of the first, third, and fourth embodiments described above may be repeatedly performed.

In addition, the data of the settings may include data for time synchronization between the patient smart band (100), the terminal (200), and the remote monitoring program (e.g., data for the current time). In this case, the control unit (240) of the terminal (200) and the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) may control the terminal (200) and the smart band (100) to be synchronized with the time of the remote monitoring program of the server (400) or the medical staff computer (300) according to the data of the settings received.

<Example 6>

In S220, the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) controls the touch screen (130) to switch to a sleep mode that turns off the screen display when there is no touch input for a certain period of time. At this time, the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) controls the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100) so that sleep mode notification data notifying the switch to the sleep mode is transmitted to the access terminal (200) together with the patient ID. Of course, when the sleep mode is released according to the touch input, the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) controls the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100) so that sleep mode release notification data notifying the release of the sleep mode is transmitted to the access terminal (200) together with the patient ID.

As a result, the sleep mode notification data or the sleep mode release notification data can be transmitted to the server (400) through the dedicated terminal (200) together with the corresponding patient ID. In addition, if necessary, the data can also be transmitted to the medical staff computer (300) through the server (400).

In S230, the remote monitoring program of the server (400) or the medical computer (300) determines whether the patient is sleeping using the sleep mode notification data and the sleep mode release notification data. That is, if the sleep mode release notification data is not received for a certain period of time after receiving the sleep mode notification data, the remote monitoring program can determine that the patient is in a sleeping state.

However, in order to increase the accuracy of the judgment, the remote monitoring program can determine whether the patient is sleeping based on whether the communication connection is disconnected and the movement of the patient smart band (100), in addition to the sleep mode notification data and the sleep mode release notification data.

At this time, the movement of the patient smart band (100) can be determined by considering the time at which the connection terminal (200) of the patient smart band (100) changes. For example, if the connection terminal (200) of the patient smart band (100) changes, this means that the patient is moving, and thus the remote monitoring program can determine that the patient is in a sleepless state. At this time, whether the connection terminal (200) of the patient smart band (100) changes can be determined according to the second embodiment. In particular, if the connection terminal (200) changes twice or more within a certain period of time (e.g., 5 minutes, etc.), the remote monitoring program can more reliably determine that the patient is in a sleepless state.

<Example 7>

There are cases where a patient needs to be provided with medical services (e.g., medication, examination, procedure, or surgery) but the patient is not in the hospital room. In such cases, a method for informing the patient of the need for medical services can be provided in the seventh embodiment.

That is, in S230, the remote monitoring program of the server (400) or the medical staff computer (300) can detect whether the patient is currently leaving the hospital room based on the location of the connection terminal (200) of the patient smart band (100) identified according to the second embodiment.

In particular, when a patient's departure from the sickroom is detected and medical services are currently required for the patient, the remote monitoring program can control message data regarding a request for admission to the sickroom to be transmitted to the patient's smart band (100). That is, the remote monitoring program can control the message data to be transmitted to the connection terminal (200) of the patient's smart band (100) identified according to the second embodiment through the network of the medical institution via the server (400).

The control unit (170) of the patient smart band (100) that wirelessly receives the message data through the corresponding connection terminal (200) can control the message to be displayed on the touch screen (130) of the patient smart band (100) or the sound of the message to be generated from the speaker of the patient smart band (100).

<Example 8>

A service is needed that informs patients in advance of any one of the following: medication time, medical staff round time, examination time, and examination room location, and such a service plan can be provided in the 8th embodiment.

That is, in S230, the remote monitoring program of the server (400) or the medical staff computer (300) identifies the connection terminal (200) of the patient smart band (100) of the corresponding patient according to the second embodiment, if there is a patient who requires transmission of any one of the information messages among the medication time, the medical staff round time, the examination time, and the examination room location. Thereafter, the remote monitoring program can control the corresponding information message data to be transmitted to the patient smart band (100) of the corresponding patient. That is, the remote monitoring program can control the corresponding information message data to be transmitted to the connection terminal (200) of the corresponding patient smart band (100) identified according to the second embodiment through the network of the medical institution via the server (400).

The control unit (170) of the patient smart band (100) that wirelessly receives the information message through the corresponding connection terminal (200) can control the display of the information message on the touch screen (130) of the patient smart band (100) or the sound of the information message to be generated from the speaker of the patient smart band (100).

<Example 9>

In S220, when an input signal is input to the input unit (140) of the patient smart band (100) that notifies the occurrence of an emergency situation, the control unit (170) of the patient smart band (100) controls the communication unit (120) of the patient smart band (100) so that the emergency situation signal is transmitted to the access terminal (200) together with the patient ID.

Thereafter, the control unit (240) of the connection terminal (200) controls the communication unit (210) of the connection terminal (200) so that the terminal ID, which is its own ID, the transmitted patient ID, and the transmitted emergency situation signal are transmitted to the server (400) or the medical staff computer (300) through the network of the medical institution.

In S230, the remote monitoring program of the server (400) or the medical staff computer (300) identifies the location of the corresponding patient based on the transmitted terminal ID according to the second embodiment, and generates a notification signal (including the identified patient location and patient ID) for the same. Thereafter, the remote monitoring program can control the notification signal to be transmitted to the medical staff smart band (100) designated as the administrator. In other words, the remote monitoring program can control the notification signal to be transmitted to the access terminal (200) of the corresponding medical staff smart band (100) identified according to the second embodiment through the network of the medical institution via the server (400).

The control unit (170) of the smart band (100) for medical staff that wirelessly receives the notification signal from the corresponding connection terminal (200) can control the corresponding alarm to be displayed on the touch screen (130) of the smart band (100) for medical staff or the corresponding alarm sound to be generated from the speaker of the smart band (100) for medical staff.

Additionally, the remote monitoring program may control the server (400) or the medical staff computer (300) to generate a visual or auditory signal in response to the corresponding notification signal.

<Example 10>

Sound communication can be implemented between a patient smart band (100) and a medical smart band (100). In this case, in S220, a server (400) can transmit (relay) first and second sound signals between a connection terminal (200) of a patient smart band (100) and a connection terminal (200) of a medical staff smart band (100).

That is, when a first sound signal of a patient is generated from the microphone of the patient smart band (100), the control unit (170) of the patient smart band (100) can control the first sound signal and the patient ID to be wirelessly transmitted to the connection terminal (200) of the patient smart band (100) through the communication unit (120) of the patient smart band (100).

The first sound signal transmitted in this manner can be sequentially transmitted to the connection terminal (200) of the patient smart band (100), the server (400), and the connection terminal (200) of the medical staff smart band (100) through the network of the medical institution. At this time, the medical staff smart band (100) may correspond to the smart band (100) of the medical staff designated as the administrator for the patient of the corresponding patient smart band (100).

Thereafter, the connection terminal (200) of the smart band (100) for medical staff wirelessly transmits the first sound signal to the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100) for medical staff, and the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) for medical staff can control the first sound signal to be played from the speaker of the smart band (100) for patient.

Likewise, the microphone of the smart band (100) for medical staff can also generate a second sound signal for the medical staff. In this case, the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) for medical staff can control the second sound signal and the medical staff ID to be wirelessly transmitted to the connection terminal (200) of the smart band (100) for medical staff through the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100) for medical staff.

The second sound signal transmitted in this manner can be sequentially transmitted to the connection terminal (200) of the smart band (100) for medical staff, the server (400), and the connection terminal (200) of the smart band (100) for patients via the network of the medical institution. Thereafter, the connection terminal (200) of the smart band (100) for patients wirelessly transmits the second sound signal to the communication unit (120) of the smart band (100) for patients, and the control unit (170) of the smart band (100) for patients can control the second sound signal to be played from the speaker of the smart band (100) for medical staff.

In particular, this 10th embodiment can further increase the effects of convenience, etc. according to the 4th embodiment and the 7th to 9th embodiments by additionally implementing them.

The present invention, which is configured as described above, has the advantage of providing convenience in that it measures patient status data using a smart band that replaces an identification tag in a medical institution, allows medical staff to monitor and diagnose patients remotely based on the measured patient status data, and automatically links and records medical data used for diagnosis in an electronic medical record (EMR). Accordingly, the present invention has the advantage of allowing medical staff to focus more on nursing and treating patients, and preventing human errors caused by manual input of patient status data. In addition, the present invention has the advantage of contributing to the protection of patient lives by detecting an emergency situation of a patient and automatically notifying medical staff of location information, thereby enabling medical services such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation to be provided to the patient within a short period of time. In addition, the present invention has the advantage of easily providing various convenient functions necessary for a patient's hospitalization, such as calling a medical staff, a night light, and notification of provision of medical services, through a smart band.

Although the detailed description of the present invention has described specific embodiments, it is obvious that various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined by the claims and equivalents of the claims.

10: Patient monitoring system 100: Smart band
200: Terminal 300: Computer for medical staff
400: Server

Claims (22)

A patient smart band worn by a patient within a medical institution and wirelessly connected to at least one of a number of terminals; and
A plurality of embedded terminals, each of which is placed at different indoor locations of a medical institution and communicates with a server, and in the case of a terminal connected to the patient smart band, transmits data received from the patient smart band to the server;
The above patient smart band comprises: a temperature sensor for measuring the patient's body temperature;
A heart rate sensor that measures the heart rate of a patient based on a photoplethysmogram (PPG) of the patient;
A touch screen that displays display data based on touch input, and provides a user interface for measuring body temperature and heart rate, while displaying at least one convenient function among time, calendar, text, music control, and SNS (Social Networking Service) according to the patient's touch input;
Input section for notifying the occurrence of an emergency;
A communication unit that connects to a terminal at the patient's indoor location based on the wireless communication signal strength of the plurality of terminals and wirelessly communicates with the connected terminal; and
A control unit that controls the operation of the touch screen, the display, the temperature sensor, the heart rate sensor and the communication unit, and transmits the measured patient status data on the body temperature and heart rate together with the patient's identification information (ID) to the connected terminal;
The control unit controls to switch to a sleep mode that turns off the screen display of the touch screen when there is no touch input for a certain period of time, and transmit sleep mode notification data notifying the switching of the sleep mode together with the patient's ID to the connected terminal through the communication unit, and when the touch input is detected during the sleep mode, control to transmit sleep mode release notification data notifying the release of the sleep mode together with the patient's ID to the connected terminal through the communication unit, and control to display the patient's barcode, name, and ID as the default screen of the touch screen.
The above connected terminal transmits the received sleep mode notification data and sleep mode release notification data to the server,
When the wireless communication signal strength between the patient smart band and the connected terminal reaches a certain level or lower, the communication connection between the patient smart band and the connected terminal is disconnected.
The above server determines whether the patient smart band is moving based on whether the connected terminal for the patient smart band has changed, and determines whether the patient is sleeping by considering whether the sleep mode release notification data is received within a certain period of time after receiving the sleep mode notification data, whether the communication connection has been released, and whether the determined patient smart band is moving.
In the first paragraph,
The above-mentioned patient smart band includes a connection terminal for connecting to a first medical device for measuring blood oxygen saturation ( _SPO2 ) of the patient or a second medical device for measuring an electrocardiogram (ECG) of the patient.
The above control unit is a system that controls to transmit the SPO ₂ or the ECG measured by the first medical device or the second medical device connected through the connection terminal together with the patient's identification information (ID) to the terminal of the medical institution.
In the first paragraph,
The above patient smart band is a system further including a light-emitting diode (LED) module that emits light for use as a night light according to the patient's choice.
delete In the first paragraph,
The above patient smart band further includes an input section for notifying the occurrence of an emergency situation.
When the above control unit receives an input signal from the above input unit, it controls to transmit an emergency situation signal together with the patient's ID to the connected terminal,
The above connected terminal transmits its own ID, the patient's ID, and the emergency signal to the server.
The above server identifies the location of the patient based on the terminal ID, and is a system that transmits the identified patient location and the patient ID to a smart band for medical staff that is worn by medical staff and connected to at least one of the multiple terminals.
In paragraph 5,
The above smart band for patients is,
a microphone for generating a first sound signal of said patient; and
It further includes a speaker that plays the second sound signal of the medical staff generated from the microphone of the smart band for the medical staff;
The above server is a system that transmits the first and second sound signals between the connected terminal and the terminal connected to the smart band for medical staff.
In the first paragraph,
The above patient smart band is a system further including a laser measuring device that measures the size of the patient's bedsore using a laser.
delete In the first paragraph,
The above terminal is a system capable of simultaneously connecting to multiple patient smart bands worn by different patients within the same space.
In the first paragraph,
The above connected terminal is a system that converts data received from the patient smart band into a standard protocol for medical data management and transmission and transmits it to the server.

In Article 10,
The above connected terminal includes a communication module that is connected to a medical device via Bluetooth or WIFI, and receives patient status data other than the body temperature and heart rate measured by the medical device for the patient from the medical device via the Bluetooth or WIFI, and converts the received data and the patient's ID according to a standard protocol for medical data management and transmission and transmits them to the server.
In Article 11,
It further includes a remote monitoring program installed on each of the above multiple terminals and medical staff computers placed in different indoor locations and the above server.
The above server transmits the transmission data of the patient smart band or the medical device transmitted by the above connected terminal to the medical staff computer, and transmits the data transmitted by the medical staff computer to the above connected terminal.
The above remote monitoring program provides a real-time monitoring function to medical staff by displaying real-time update information on the received patient status data on the display of the medical staff computer or the server when receiving the patient's ID and the patient status data from the server.
The above connected terminal is a system that transmits transmission data of the above remote monitoring program to the above patient smart band.
In Article 12,
The above remote monitoring program transmits data on the settings for the patient smart band to the patient smart band via the server and the access terminal.
A system in which the data of the above settings includes data on the measurement time and number of measurements of the patient status data, and data on time synchronization between the patient smart band, the terminal, and the remote monitoring program.
In Article 12,
The above remote monitoring program is a system that records the received patient status data according to the received patient ID in an electronic medical record (EMR) when receiving the patient ID and the patient status data.
delete In Article 12,
The above remote monitoring program is a system that analyzes the patient status data received according to artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to determine the emergency situation of the patient, and generates an alarm signal when an emergency situation is determined to have occurred.
In Article 16,
The above remote monitoring program is a system that analyzes the patient status data received according to AI techniques to determine the patient's suspected disease.
In Article 12,
The above remote monitoring program detects whether the patient has left the hospital room based on the location of the connected terminal, and if the patient's leaving the hospital room is detected and medical services are required for the patient, message data for a request for hospital room entry is transmitted to the server.
The above control unit is a system that controls the message data transmitted through the server and the connected terminal to be displayed on the touch screen.
In Article 12,
The above remote monitoring program transmits message data including at least one of the medication time, medical staff round time, examination time, and examination room location to the server.
The above control unit is a system that controls the message data transmitted through the server and the connected terminal to be displayed on the touch screen.
In the first paragraph,
Each of the above terminals is connected to the lighting or television within the indoor space to which it belongs, and is a system capable of controlling the corresponding devices.
In the first paragraph,
A system in which at least one of the above terminals is installed at the front of a hospital room and includes a display that displays the hospital room name, patient name, and patient gender.
In the first paragraph,
The above connected terminal is a system including a WiFi module with a built-in Access Point (AP) function of a wireless LAN for providing wireless Internet access.