Data processing and communication unit for recording patient data in therapy-free intervals

Abstract

A patient data monitoring system is disclosed for central monitoring of vital parameters of at least one dialysis patient in a therapy-free interval. The system includes a central patient database for storing patient data, at least one measuring device carried along or kept at home by a patient during the therapy-free interval, and a portable data processing and communication device carried along or kept at home by the patient in the therapy-free interval that assigns a corresponding patient ID to each measured vital parameter received from the at least one measuring device via data communication, automatically sets up a remote data connection to the central patient database and, once the connection to the central patient database is set up, automatically transmits a data set including patient ID and the at least one measured vital parameter to the central patient database.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of medical devices, in particular to a patient data monitoring system according to claim 1 for the central monitoring of at least one vital parameter of at least one dialysis patient during a therapy-free interval, and a system according to claim 8 Method for central monitoring of at least one vital parameter of at least one dialysis patient during therapy-free intervals. Background technique [0002] It is important for the physician to know the course of the patient's vital parameters so that he / she can offer the patient the best possible dialysis therapy. Physicians, however, typically only have the vital parameters of the patient (eg, at a dialysis center) as they undergo treatment. Physicians therefore need information in the interval that the patient is at home or on vacation in order to be able to provide the patient with the best therapy. [0003] Technology Status [0004] Currently, nephrologists are not ...

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This means that measuring devices from different manufacturers that are available on the market cannot easily cooperate with different systems because, for example, the protocols used between transmitter and receiver do not match, or require specific interfaces or peripherals

Typically, those systems are also stationary, not portable, only record data during therapy (during dialysis) and do not provide advice on treatment to the attending physician

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