método de transferência de um grupo de sensores para monitoramento do paciente entre od modos fixos e móveis de comunicação com uma rede de saúde com fio, meio de leitura por computador e sistema que facilita a transferência de um grupo de sensores de monitoramento de paciente entre modos fixos e móveis de comunicação com uma rede de saúde com fio

摘要

When monitoring a patient in a healthcare environment, a location of a battery-powered mobile aggregator (MA) sensor (22), which is mounted on a patient with one or more other patient-mounted sensors (12, S1, S2, S3), is monitored. The MA (22) maintains a personal area network (PAN) (24) for the sensors (12, S1, S2, S3) and wirelessly transmits signals from patient mounted sensors (12, S1, S2, S3) to a wired network (18). When the MA (22) comes within range of a mains-powered fixed aggregator (FA) (16), the MA (22) is informed of the availability of the FA (16), transfers patient data communication duties to the FA (16), and shuts down its PAN to conserve battery power. If the patient moves out of range of the FA (16), then the MA (22) regenerates the PAN (24) and resumes wireless patient data transmission.