Method and device for connecting medical device with sensor to communication network

Abstract

The invention provides a method for connecting an existing medical instrument with a sensor to a network, and a related communication accessory. The sensor is connected to the communication accessory;the communication accessory processes a sensing signal generated by the sensor and then sends the processed sensing signal to the network; and meanwhile, the sensing signal generated by the sensor istransmitted, especially, synchronously transmitted to the medical instrument to be processed. Therefore, on the premise that the use of the existing medical instrument is not affected, a network communication function is additionally added to the existing medical instrument with the sensor.

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technical field [0001] Generally speaking, the present invention relates to a method and a device for connecting existing medical devices with sensors to a communication network, especially a method and a device for connecting devices such as ECG or EEG to a communication network. Background technique [0002] Many medical devices have sensors that are in contact with the human body, such as electroencephalographs or electrocardiographs. Various physiological vital sign signals are obtained through the sensors. Monitoring, analyzing or diagnosing results. Taking the monitoring or measurement of ECG signals as an example, various medical devices or equipment including cardiac function information monitoring or measurement place sensors such as ECG electrodes on appropriate parts of the subject such as the chest, limbs, back, etc. The tester's body surface obtains the ECG signal and transmits it to the medical device for various processing such as amplification, analog-to-dig...

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Problems solved by technology

However, wired networks, such as various wired telephones based on Modem, CableModem, ISDN, DSL, CATV, cable TV and even fiber optic cable wide area networks (WAN) are still not available in many places, or although wired WANs are equipped with wired communication module, or configured with wireless communication modules such as 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, etc. based on various technologies such as GPRS, CDMA, LTE, and CA, etc. The remote communication function is only used, and due to economic and other factors, the online account may not be maintained for a long time, resulting in the fact that medical devices with wired and / or wireless communication functions often cannot achieve remote communication when needed

It can be seen that, regardless of the manufacturing cost, even if a wired or wireless communication module is configured for each such medical device such as an electrocardiogram device, there is still a technical problem that sometimes it is difficult to realize remote communication conveniently.

For those medical devices that are not equipped with wired or wireless communication modules, based on the finalization of the hardware and software of the device and the space inside the housing, it is necessary to configure such modules for each such medical device to upgrade such medical devices. Uneconomical and sometimes technically difficult to achieve

[0005] On the other hand, although it is achievable to configure or externally connect such as ECG or EEG sensors on mobile terminals that can facilitate remote communication, such mobile terminals generally do not have the ability to display such as electrocardiograms due to portability and other considerations. Large-size display screens and electroencephalograms or professional printing devices such as electrocardiograms and electroencephalograms, but most of the time, subjects such as patients hope to obtain information that can be saved for easy reference at any time or provided to doctors for on-site diagnosis For large-scale images, the person being tested and / or the location of the test may also require test receipts that can be archived in medical records, so this type of portable mobile terminal is often not suitable

In addition, even though these mobile terminals may generally be equipped with various short-distance communication communication modules, such as Bluetooth communication modules, based on the same reason as above, it is necessary to realize short-distance communication with existing medical devices with sensors. It is not always easy or achievable. For example, these medical devices may not be equipped with such matching communication modules, which makes it impossible to synchronize the signals of local and remote diagnosis, although such mobile terminals can realize remote diagnosis. This is extremely disadvantageous in many fields, such as the field of electrocardiogram diagnosis

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