Hand-Held Medical-Data Capture-Device Having Determination of a Temperature by a Microprocessor From a Signal From a Digital Infrared Sensor and Having Interoperation with Electronic Medical Record Systems to Transmit the Temperature and Device Information

摘要

In one implementation, an apparatus estimates body core temperature from an infrared measurement of an external source point using a cubic relationship between the body core temperature and the measurement of an external source point is described, estimates temperature from a digital infrared sensor and determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer, or determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer and estimates body core temperature from an infrared measurement of an external source point using a cubic relationship between the body core temperature and the measurement of an external source point; after which the estimated and/or determined information is transmitted to an external database.

主权项

1. A non-touch thermometer to measure a human vital sign, the non-touch thermometer comprising:
a microprocessor; a battery operably coupled to the microprocessor; a single button operably coupled to the microprocessor; a camera operably coupled to the microprocessor and operable to capture at least two images to a memory; wherein the microprocessor includes a pixel-examination-module that is operable to examine pixel values of the at least two images in the memory, a temporal-variation module that is operable to determine temporal variation of the pixel values between the at least two images, a signal processing module that is operable to amplify the temporal variation resulting in amplified temporal variation, and a vital-sign generator that is operably coupled to the signal processing module that generates the human vital sign from the temporal variation; a wireless communication subsystem that is operably coupled to the microprocessor and that is operable to transmit a representation of the human vital sign; and a display device that is operably coupled to the microprocessor that displays the human vital sign, wherein the wireless communication subsystem further comprises a component that is operable to transmit a representation of date and time, operator ID, patient identification and manufacturer, model number and firmware revision of the non-touch thermometer.