| 摘要 |
A portable health data tool permits a health care provider to assimilate and display a plurality of health care data from a patient and to associate the data with patient identifying information all stored in a memory contained in the tool. The tool includes a code reader for reading patient information into the tool from a bar code or other coded tag. The tool is associated with a plurality of different data assimilation devices stored with the tool's housing, including but not limited to, instruments for measuring, temperature, blood pressure, two-finger or lead wire ECG data, pulse oximetry data, sound data and picture data obtained from an optional digital camera integrated within the housing. The tool further includes data receiver and/or transmitter ports, which may be wireless or cable ports, for transferring data between the health data tool and a separate computer system that stores patient records. |
| 主权项 |
1. A health data tool for use by a healthcare provider, comprising:
a housing configured to be of a shape, size and weight to permit an area of the housing to be held in a hand of a human healthcare provider, wherein said housing comprises a data display portion and a handle portion, wherein the handle portion is distinct from said data display portion and extends outward from said data display portion to provide said area to be held in the hand of the human healthcare provider, wherein said handle portion has a bottom side surface, and wherein said data display portion has an upper surface, a right side edge and a left side edge; a code reader associated with the housing configured to read at least one of information pertaining to the patient's identity and information pertaining to at least one of a drug or device used by the patient; a plurality of input ports for different data assimilation devices associated with the housing for inputting different health care data obtained from a patient into the health data tool; a first storage compartment located on the upper surface of the data display portion, wherein the first storage compartment comprises a sliding door; a second storage compartment located on the right side edge of the data display portion, wherein the second storage compartment comprises a swinging door; a third storage compartment located on the left side edge of the data display portion, wherein the third storage compartment comprises a swinging door; a fourth storage compartment located on the bottom side surface of the handle portion, wherein the fourth storage compartment comprises a swinging door and wherein:
said first, second, and third storage compartments are configured to store the plurality of data assimilation devices associated with the housing;each door of said first, second, and third storage compartments provides access to its storage compartment through which at least one of said plurality of data assimilation devices can be removed and replaced from the storage compartment; andsaid plurality of data assimilation devices includes at least one of blood pressure sleeve, a self contained microprocessor to convert signal data obtained from the data assimilation devices into the health care data, a thermometer, a pulse meter, an oximeter, a blood pressure measurement device, a stethoscope, a finger electrocardiogram unit, a lead wire electrocardiogram wire set, a digital camera, a microphone, or a hand pump configured for operating a blood pressure cuff; a display screen integrated into said data display portion of the housing, wherein the display screen is configured to display the health care data obtained from the data assimilation devices; and at least one of a data transmitter and a data receiver port configured to at least one of transmit and receive, respectively, the health care data between the health data tool and a remote device separate from the health data tool. |
