Patent Application
20230114666
The invention relates to real-time systems for monitoring and analysis and more particularly to a real-time system for monitoring and analyzing volume of substance introduced into the body of a patient and volume of metabolic waste expelled from the body of the patient.
Conventionally, a nurse may regularly record food consumed by a patient, volume of urine released from the patient, feces of the patient, and sweat state of the patient every day. The nurse thus can know the health of the patient. Also, the nurse may increase or decrease volume of substance introduced into the body through an intravenous (IV) line if a need arises. Regarding food energy, for example protein contains 4 kcal/g and fat contains 9 kcal/g, Breathing consumes energy. It is possible to calculate energy consumed by a human being based on the times of breathing per minute.
It is reasonable to evaluate functions of the heart and the kidneys of a patient based on volume of substance introduced into the body of the patient and volume of metabolic waste expelled from the body of the patient. For example, a nurse may use IV therapy to deliver fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a patient's vein and use a tube to collect urine released from the patient for examination.
However, a nurse may forget to check the remaining substance to be introduced into the body due to busyness. Also, the patient may be bothered if the nurse turns on light to check the remaining substance. The nurse may bend the waist to see graduation on the weighting scale to collect urine or collect volume of liquid excreted from the peritoneum. The nurse may pour the collected urine into a measuring cup prior to examination. AH of above jobs done by the nurse is labor intensive and time consuming. Also, the measurement is prone to error. Further, for measuring the volume of the collected urine, the originally closed urine excretion system may be hurt. And in turn, it increases the risk of infecting the urine excretion path. Furthermore, the risk of occupational injury to the nurse is greatly increased.
Thus, the need for improvement still exists.
It is therefore one object of the invention to provide a real-time system for monitoring and analysis, comprising an input measurement device, an output measurement device, a cloud medical system, and at least one intelligent device wherein the input measurement device includes a first microprocessor and a first measurement unit electrically connected to the first microprocessor and configured to measure a volume of substance introduced into the body of a patient, the first microprocessor having a first wireless module for transmitting a signal of the measured volume of substance introduced into the body of the patient to the cloud medical system; the output measurement device includes a second microprocessor and a second measurement unit electrically connected to the second microprocessor and configured to measure a volume of metabolic waste expelled from the body of the patient, the second microprocessor having a second wireless module for transmitting a signal of the measured volume of metabolic waste expelled from the body of the patient to the cloud medical system; the cloud medical system is configured to receive the signal of the measured volume of substance introduced into the body of the patient from the first wireless module and receive the signal of the measured volume of metabolic waste expelled from the body of the patient from the second wireless module respectively, the cloud medical system including a doctor's orders system and an automatic notification system connected to the doctor's orders system wherein the doctor's orders system provides a suggestion of quantity adjustment of administered medicine to a physician in real time based on changes of the measured volume of substance introduced into the body of the patient and the measured volume of metabolic waste expelled from the body of the patient; and the at least one intelligent device configured to wirelessly connect to the cloud medical system; wherein a signal of doctor's orders is transmitted from the doctor's orders system to the at least one intelligent device.
The invention has the following advantages and benefits in comparison with the conventional art: since the input measurement device can transmit a signal of the measured volume of substance introduced into the body of a patient to the cloud medical system, and the output measurement device can transmit a signal of the measured volume of metabolic waste expelled from the body of the patient to the cloud medical system respectively, a medical employee may remotely operate an intelligent device to know both the volume of substance introduced into the body of a patient and the volume of metabolic waste expelled from the body of the patient in real time. Manual recording and calculation are not involved. The medical employee can remotely know and monitor conditions of the patient in real time. Thus, the medical employee can precisely determine when to introduce medication to a patient, when to increase or decrease liquid medicine introduced into the body, when to increase or decrease the volume of substance introduced into the body, and when to increase or decrease the flow rate of substance introduced into the body. It is possible to adjust the flow rate of substance introduced into the body or the total volume of substance to be administered. This makes remote diagnosis and remote therapy come true. Both time and times of visiting the patient by the medical employee are greatly decreased. Errors caused by manual calculation are decreased to a minimum.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings
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The input measurement device 10 includes a first microprocessor 12 and a first measurement unit 14 electrically connected to the first microprocessor 12 and configured to measure a volume of substance introduced into the body of a patient. The first microprocessor 12 includes a first wireless module 121 for transmitting a signal of the measured volume of substance introduced into the body of the patient to the cloud medical system 30. The output measurement device 20 includes a second microprocessor 22 and a second measurement unit 24 electrically connected to the second microprocessor 22 and configured to measure a volume of metabolic waste expelled from the body of the patient. The second microprocessor 22 includes a second wireless module 221 for transmitting a signal of the measured volume of metabolic waste expelled from the body of the patient to the cloud medical system 30. The cloud medical system 30 includes a doctors orders system 32 and an automatic notification system 34. The doctors orders system 32 provides a suggestion of quantity adjustment (i.e., increase or decrease) of administered medicine to a physician in real time based on changes of the measured volume of substance introduced into the body of the patient and the measured volume of metabolic waste expelled from the body of the patient. The intelligent device 40 is wirelessly connected to the cloud medical system 30 so that a signal of doctor's orders can be transmitted from the doctor's orders system 32 to the intelligent device 40. Further, the intelligent device 40 may monitor and notify the patient based on the measured volume of substance introduced into the body of the patient or the measured volume of metabolic waste expelled from the body of the patient.
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The doctor's orders system 32 is connected to the automatic notification system 34 and includes a high level warning unit 321 and a low level warning unit 322. The high level warning unit 321 can receive a signal transmitted from the second wireless module 221 and the low level warning unit 322 can receive a signal transmitted form the first wireless module 121. An alert value represented in percentage is set by each of the high level warning unit 321 and the low level warning unit 322. For example, a user may manually set or scroll a scrollbar to set a high alert value of 80% for the high level warning unit 321 and set a low alert value of 10% for the low level warning unit 322. In response to the number of pills of the prescription bag 50 decreases to a value less than 10% (i.e., the low alert value), the low level warning unit 322 transmits an alert signal to the automatic notification system 34 which in turn transmits the alert signal to the intelligent device 40. In response to the number of pills of the prescription bag 50 increases to a value more than 80% (i.e., the high alert value), the high level warning unit 321 transmits an alert signal to the automatic notification system 34 which in turn transmits the alert signal to the intelligent device 40.
Preferably, the input measurement device 10 is an intelligent pump for substance introduction, a suspension wireless electronic scale, or a measurement mattress.
Preferably, the output measurement device 20 is a measurement mattress, an intelligent piece of clothing, or a suspension wireless electronic scale.
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The second measurement unit 24 of the output measurement device 20 can measure the volume of metabolic waste expelled from the body of the patient. The output measurement device 20 is implemented as a measurement mattress, an intelligent piece of clothing, or a suspension wireless electronic scale. The measurement mattress can measure a change of weight of the patient in real time. The intelligent piece of clothing can monitor physiological and sweat states of the patient. The suspension wireless electronic scale can measure volume of urine expelled from the patient. Alternatively, the suspension wireless electronic scale can measure volume of fluid expelled from a catheter connected to the stomach, the brain, the chest or the abdomen of the patient. A signal of the measured volume of fluid is sent to the second wireless module 221 which in turn transmits the received signal to the cloud medical system 30.
A physician may use the intelligent device 40 to access a medical record of a patient over the cloud medical system 30. The physician can determine whether to adjust the total volume of substance to be administered based on the calculated net weight in real time. If the total volume of substance adjustment is required, the physician may use the intelligent device 40 to amend the total volume of substance to be administered or the flow rate of the input measurement device 10 through the doctor's orders system 32. Also, data such as the total volume of substance to be administered or the flow rate of substance introduced into the body stored in the doctor's orders system 32 is updated over a wireless intranet of the hospital. The updated data is downloaded to the intelligent pump for substance introduction. Next, a medical employee checks the data and presses a “confirm” key of the intelligent pump for substance introduction if the data is correct. Alternatively, the medical employee many amend the flow rate of substance introduced into the body or the total volume of substance to be administered set by the intelligent pump for substance introduction based on data sent from the doctor's orders system 32. Next, the medical employee presses the “confirm” key of the intelligent pump for substance introduction and verify data stored in the doctor's orders system 32. As an end, the purpose of adjusting the flow rate of substance introduced into the body or the total volume of substance to be administered is achieved. Preferably, the intelligent device 40 is a computer in an office of the hospital, a smartphone, a computer on a medical cart, or a white board in a nurse office.
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Following is envisaged by the invention. A medical employee may remotely operate the intelligent device 40 to know both the volume of substance introduced into the body of a patient and the volume of metabolic waste expelled from the body of the patient in real time. Thus, the medical employee can precisely determine when to introduce medication to a patient, when to increase or decrease liquid medicine introduced into the body, when to increase or decrease the volume of substance introduced into the body, and when to increase or decrease the flow rate of substance introduced into the body. In other words, it is possible to adjust the flow rate of substance introduced into the body or the total volume of substance to be administered set by the doctor's orders system 32 through the intelligent device 40. Therefore, the medical employee can remotely know and monitor conditions of a patient in real time. This makes remote diagnosis and remote therapy come true. The medical employee can know conditions of a patient in real time. Finally, the medical employee can know health of the patient by analyzing the obtained data.
While the invention has been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention can be practiced with modifications within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 110211857 | Oct 2021 | TW | national |
