CN115225658A

CN115225658A - Communication module, medical equipment, monitoring system and monitoring method

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Publication number: CN115225658A
Application number: CN202210399318.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈长根; 聂鹏鹏; 汪胜平; 梅建锋; 徐利
Original assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio Medical Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio Medical Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-04-15
Filing date: 2022-04-15
Publication date: 2022-10-21
Also published as: CN218633991U

Abstract

The application provides a communication module, medical equipment, monitoring system and monitoring method, wherein, the communication module can set up in the plug-in box of medical equipment with pluging-in, wherein, the plug-in box still is used for setting up one or more physiological parameter module with pluging-in, medical equipment passes through one or more physiological parameter module, monitor with the physiological parameter information of the object that medical equipment is connected to obtain physiological parameter data, and wherein, work as the communication module set up in when the plug-in box, the communication module is used for the communication to connect medical equipment and remote equipment, in order to follow medical equipment acquires include first data information of physiological parameter data send to the remote equipment. Through the method and the device, the pre-hospital/out-of-hospital seamless switching can be realized, and the real-time transmission of medical equipment data in the transferring process of the patient is realized.

Description

Communication module, medical equipment, monitoring system and monitoring method

Technical Field

The present invention generally relates to the technical field of medical devices, and more particularly to a communication module, a medical device, a monitoring system and a monitoring method.

Background

In order to promote the rapid development of medical health, realize 'remote first aid, remote monitoring, remote consultation, remote diagnosis, remote operation' and the like, break medical resource imbalance and barriers of hospitals/departments, realize the health management and treatment of the whole people,

with the development of communication technology, a new generation of communication technology is often superior to an old communication technology in performance, and in order to improve the level of informatization, many online medical devices are usually modified from the communication module of the existing online medical device, and the modification is usually performed in the following manner: the independent module is used, power is supplied independently, the independent module is fixed and cannot be moved, the use is very troublesome, the real-time transmission of medical equipment data in the transfer process of patients cannot be realized, the monitored data of the patients are kept continuous, and the inconvenience is brought to clinical diagnosis.

In view of the above problems, the present application provides a new communication module, a medical device, a monitoring system and a monitoring method.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention has been made to solve at least one of the above problems. Specifically, this application provides one aspect communication module of medical equipment, communication module pluggable set up in medical equipment's plug-in box, wherein, plug-in box still is used for pluggable set up one or more physiological parameter module, medical equipment pass through one or more physiological parameter module, monitor with the physiological parameter information of the object that medical equipment is connected to obtain physiological parameter data, and wherein, when communication module set up in when plug-in box, communication module is used for the communication connection medical equipment and remote equipment, with follow medical equipment acquires physiological parameter data send to remote equipment.

In some embodiments, the communication module is disposed in any location in the medical device's card cage that can be used to set the one or more physiological parameter modules.

In some embodiments, the communication module includes a first wireless interface through which the communication module is communicatively coupled to the medical device.

In some embodiments, the first wireless interface comprises at least a short-range wireless communication interface.

In some embodiments, the close range wireless communication interface comprises at least one of: the system comprises an infrared interface, a radio frequency identification RFID interface, a Bluetooth interface, a wifi interface, a near field communication interface, an ultra wide band interface and a Zigbee interface.

In some embodiments, the communication module comprises a wired interface through which the medical device and the communication module are communicatively connected, wherein the wired interface comprises at least one of: ethernet interface, USB interface, hard connection interface.

In some embodiments, the communication module further comprises a second wireless interface supporting a cellular network connection, wherein the cellular network comprises at least one of: a 3G network interface, a 4G network interface and a 5G network interface.

In some embodiments, the communication module is connected to the internet or a dedicated medical slicing network via the cellular network to establish a communication link between the medical device and the remote device, facilitating the communication module to transmit the physiological parameter data acquired from the medical device to the remote device.

In some embodiments, the communication module includes a power interface, and when the communication module is disposed in the plug-in box, the power interface of the communication module is electrically connected to the medical device so that the medical device supplies power to the communication module.

In some embodiments, the power interface is electrically connected to a power path of the card cage, so that the medical device supplies power to the communication module through the power circuit.

In some embodiments, the remote device includes a central station or server, the medical device is configured to obtain first data information of a target object to be treated when the medical device is applied to a rescue scene, the first data information includes physiological parameter information, and the communication module is configured to obtain the physiological parameter information and transmit the physiological parameter information to the remote device, so that the remote device outputs the physiological parameter information to a user terminal connected to the remote device.

In some embodiments, the communication module is further configured to communicatively connect with one or more other devices to obtain second data information of the target object output by the other devices.

In some embodiments, the remote device includes a central station or a server, and the communication module is further configured to obtain second data information of the target object output by another device, and transmit the first data information and the second data information to the server, so that the remote device forwards the first data information and the second data information to one or more user terminals for display.

In some embodiments, the second data information comprises at least one of 12-lead reports, video data, wherein the video data comprises image information and/or video information.

In some embodiments, the video information comprises at least one of: 4K high definition video or AR high definition video.

In some embodiments, when the medical device is applied to an ambulance, the other device comprises another device within the ambulance, the other device within the ambulance comprising at least one of: the device comprises a breathing machine, an electrocardiogram measuring device, an image acquisition device and a video system.

In some embodiments, when the medical device is used in a hospital, the medical device comprises a monitor, the other device comprises a bedside device, and the communication module is in communication with the bedside device, wherein the bedside device comprises at least one of the following devices: a respirator and an infusion pump.

In some embodiments, the remote device includes a central station, and the communication module is configured to obtain the first data message and the second data message, and transmit the first data message and the second data message to the remote device for storage via a cellular network interface of the communication module.

In some embodiments, the remote device comprises at least one of: the system comprises a cloud server, a mobile server, a central station, a data acquisition gateway and a third-party system.

In some embodiments, the medical device comprises at least one of: monitoring equipment, a breathing machine, an anesthesia machine, a defibrillator and a pump.

One aspect of the present invention provides a medical apparatus comprising:

a medical device body;

the plug-in box is arranged in the medical equipment body or outside the medical equipment body, and is also used for arranging one or more physiological parameter modules in a pluggable manner, and the medical equipment monitors physiological parameter information of a subject connected with the medical equipment through the one or more physiological parameter modules so as to obtain physiological parameter data;

the monitoring module is arranged in the medical equipment body and used for monitoring first data information of a target object;

the communication module is arranged in the plug-in box in a pluggable manner.

In another aspect, the present application provides a monitoring system, comprising:

a medical device and a remote device, the medical device comprising:

a medical device body;

the plug-in box is arranged in the medical equipment body or outside the medical equipment body and is used for arranging one or more physiological parameter modules in a pluggable manner, and the medical equipment monitors physiological parameter information of an object connected with the medical equipment through the one or more physiological parameter modules so as to obtain physiological parameter data;

the communication module is arranged in the plug-in box in a pluggable manner, and the communication module is used for communicating and connecting the medical equipment and the remote equipment so as to send first data information of the target object acquired from the medical equipment to the remote equipment;

the remote equipment is used for being in communication connection with the medical equipment through the communication module and acquiring the first data information sent by the communication module.

In some embodiments, the first wireless interface comprises at least a short-range wireless communication interface comprising at least one of: the system comprises an infrared interface, a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) interface, a Bluetooth interface, a wifi interface, a near field communication interface, an ultra wide band interface and a Zigbee interface;

the communication module comprises a wired interface, and the medical equipment and the communication module are in communication connection through the wired interface, wherein the wired interface comprises at least one of the following interfaces: ethernet interface, USB interface, hard connection interface.

In some embodiments, the communication module further comprises a second wireless interface supporting a cellular network connection, wherein the cellular network comprises at least one of: the communication module is connected to the internet or a special medical slicing network through the cellular network so as to establish communication connection between the medical equipment and the remote equipment, and the communication module is convenient to send the physiological parameter data acquired from the medical equipment to the remote equipment.

In some embodiments, the monitoring system further comprises a user terminal, the remote device comprises a central station or a server, when the medical device is applied to a rescue scene, the monitoring module is used for acquiring first data information of a target object to be treated, the first data information comprises physiological parameter information, and the communication module is used for acquiring the physiological parameter information and transmitting the physiological parameter information to the remote device;

the remote equipment is used for outputting the physiological parameter information to a user terminal connected with the remote equipment;

the user terminal is used for acquiring the physiological parameter information output by the remote equipment and displaying the physiological parameter information.

In some embodiments, the monitoring system further includes a user terminal, the remote device includes a server, and the communication module is further configured to acquire second data information of the target object output by another device, and transmit the first data information and the second data information to the remote device;

the remote equipment is used for forwarding the first data information and the second data information to one or more user terminals;

the user terminal is used for acquiring and displaying the first data information and the second data information.

In some embodiments, when the medical device is applied to an ambulance, the other device comprises another device within the ambulance, the other device within the ambulance comprising at least one of: the remote equipment comprises a breathing machine, an electrocardiogram measuring device, an image acquisition device and a video system.

In some embodiments, the monitoring system further comprises a user terminal, when the medical device is applied to an ambulance, the other device comprises a video system, the video system is in communication connection with the medical device, wherein the video system is used for collecting video information of a target object to be treated in real time;

the communication module is used for acquiring the video information and sending the video information to the remote equipment;

the remote equipment is used for acquiring the video information and sending the video information to the user terminal;

and the user terminal is used for acquiring and displaying the video information in real time.

In some embodiments, the remote device includes a central station, and the communication module is configured to obtain the first data message and the second data message and transmit the first data message and the second data message to the central station via a cellular network interface of the communication module;

the central station is used for acquiring and storing the first data information and the second data information.

In some embodiments, the remote device includes a central station, and the communication module is configured to obtain the first data message and the second data message and transmit the first data message and the second data message to the central station through a cellular network interface of the communication module;

the central station is also used for sending the first data information and the second data information to a hospital information system.

In some embodiments, the first data-information and the second data-information comprise alarm information.

In some embodiments, when the medical device is used in a hospital, the medical device comprises a monitor, the other device comprises a bedside device, and the communication module is in communication with the bedside device, wherein the bedside device comprises at least one of the following devices: a ventilator, an infusion pump, the remote device including a central station.

In some embodiments, the user terminal comprises at least one of: nurse's workstation, computer client, mobile client.

In another aspect, the present application provides a monitoring method, including: acquiring first data information of a target object monitored by medical equipment; and sending the first data information of the target object to a remote device through a communication module so that the remote device can forward the first data information to a user terminal, wherein the user terminal is used for displaying the first data information.

Another aspect of the present application provides a monitoring method, including:

acquiring first data information of a target object monitored by medical equipment;

sending first data information of the target object to a remote device through a communication module;

the remote equipment receives and forwards the first data information to a user terminal;

and the user terminal displays the first data information.

The communication module, the medical equipment, the monitoring system and the monitoring method are characterized in that the plug-in box of the medical equipment is utilized, the communication module is arranged in the plug-in box of the medical equipment, software and hardware of the medical equipment do not need to be changed, special installation is not needed, the communication module can be used after being installed, the cost of hospital informatization transformation is reduced, the informatization of the medical equipment is realized quickly, the communication module can move randomly along with the medical equipment, the seamless switching before and out of a hospital is realized, the real-time transmission of the medical equipment data in the process of transferring patients is realized, the data continuity of patient monitoring is kept, convenience is provided for clinical diagnosis, and when the communication module is applied to an emergency site, the patient data can be output at the emergency site, so that the time point of 'getting on the bus and getting in the hospital' is advanced to the emergency site, and the efficiency of treatment and diagnosis and treatment is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the description below are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1A shows a schematic block diagram of a medical device in one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 1B shows a schematic view of a telecommunications module inserted into a card cage in one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of a medical device card cage in one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a telecommunications module inserted into a card cage in another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 shows a schematic position diagram of a cassette of a medical device in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 shows a schematic block diagram of a communication module in one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 shows a schematic representation of medical devices 5G interconnected in one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 shows a schematic block diagram of a monitoring system in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a transport monitor with a 5G communication module in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic illustration of a medical device based joint remote consultation in one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a monitor with a communication module in a hospital to aggregate data information of a bedside device, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 shows a schematic flow chart of a monitoring method in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 12 shows a schematic flow chart of a monitoring method in another embodiment of the invention;

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, exemplary embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely a subset of embodiments of the invention and not all embodiments of the invention, with the understanding that the invention is not limited to the example embodiments described herein. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the invention described herein without inventive step, shall fall within the scope of protection of the invention.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without one or more of these specific details. In other instances, well-known features have not been described in order to avoid obscuring the invention.

It is to be understood that the present invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.

The current medical equipment generally has modules such as wired, WIFI and 4G, but only carries out information communication through the modules, and has the following defects:

1. wired connection

Some old hospitals reserve wired port inadequately, even have the network port, also can't satisfy patient's real-time guardianship or treatment in the transportation, and data can't in time be transmitted and the storage, therefore medical personnel can't discover patient's transportation abnormal conditions.

2. Wireless WIFI

Most of online equipment does not support WIFI, and even if external USB-to-WIFI equipment is connected, equipment software needs to be upgraded to support data transmission from the USB; the WIFI equipment in the hospital is numerous, uniform management is not available, interference is serious, signals are unstable, the rate cannot meet the requirement of ultra-high definition video, the data of patients are discontinuous, and diagnosis of doctors is influenced; potential safety hazards also exist in the online WIFI equipment, and the potential safety hazards are cracked and attacked by hackers; in the transfer and emergency treatment process outside the institute's institute, seamless coverage can not be supported to the WIFI signal, also can produce the discontinuity of patient's data.

3. Wireless 4G

Most of online equipment does not support 4G, and even if the online equipment is externally connected with a USB-to-4G device, equipment software needs to be upgraded to support data transmission from the USB; the public network that 4G signal walks, the security has risks, the hospital is generally not accepted well; the problems of unsynchronized picture, unsynchronized audio and video and the like exist due to overlarge 4G time delay.

In view of at least one of the above technical problems with the current medical devices, the present application provides a medical device comprising: a medical device body; a plug-in box disposed inside or outside the medical device body; the monitoring module is arranged in the medical equipment body and used for monitoring first data information of a target object; communication module, communication module detachably set up in the plug-in components incasement, communication module with medical equipment communication connection, communication module and remote equipment communication connection for: and acquiring the first data information, and sending the first data information of the target object to the remote equipment.

This application utilizes medical equipment's plug-in components case, arrange communication module in medical equipment's plug-in components case, need not to change medical equipment software and hardware, also need not special installation, the instant messenger, reduce the cost of hospital's information transformation, realize medical equipment informatization fast, and communication module can remove along with medical equipment wantonly, realize the seamless switching before the institute/outside the institute, accomplish medical equipment data real-time transmission in the patient transportation, the data that keep patient's guardianship are continuous, provide convenience for clinical diagnosis, and when being applied to the first aid scene, because just can export patient's data at the first aid scene, the event is arrived the first aid scene in advance to the time point of "getting on the bus and inputing promptly", thereby improve the efficiency of curing and diagnosing.

In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. Alternative embodiments of the invention are described in detail below, however, the invention can be practiced otherwise than as specifically described.

In particular, the medical device and monitoring system of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The features of the following examples and embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

First, a medical apparatus and a communication module of the medical apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1A shows a schematic block diagram of a medical device in one embodiment of the invention; FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram of a telecommunications module inserted into a card cage in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of a cassette for a medical device in one embodiment of the invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a telecommunications module inserted into a card cage in another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 shows a schematic position diagram of a cassette of a medical device in an embodiment of the invention; FIG. 5 shows a schematic block diagram of a communication module in one embodiment of the invention; fig. 6 shows a schematic representation of the medical device 5G when interconnected in one embodiment of the invention.

In the present application, the medical device comprises at least one of the following devices: monitoring equipment, a breathing machine, an anesthesia machine, an infusion pump and a defibrillator. The monitoring equipment can be a bedside monitor, a wearable monitor, a central station, a house-checking machine, a PC (personal computer) provided with monitoring software and the like. In addition to the medical devices listed above, aspects of the present application may also be applicable to other suitable medical devices.

Further, as shown in fig. 1A, the medical device of the present application has a plug-in box 103, where the plug-in box 103 may be disposed inside the medical device body 101 or outside the medical device body 101, optionally, the plug-in box 103 is used to plug in one or more physiological parameter modules, and the physiological parameter modules are used to monitor physiological parameter information of a target subject connected to the medical device, so as to obtain physiological parameter data, where the physiological parameter information includes, but is not limited to, an SpO2 value of the target subject, a CO2 value of the target subject, a vital sign parameter related to hemodynamics, and the like, where the vital sign parameter related to hemodynamics may include: heart Rate (HR), pulse rate, central Venous Pressure (CVP), cardiac Output (CO) (e.g., continuous Cardiac Output (CCO)), invasive arterial pressure and its derived parameters (e.g., mean pressure of invasive arterial pressure (Art-M)), among others. Alternatively, in other examples, the card cage 103 may be a card cage dedicated to plugging the communication module 104. The medical device of the present application may further include a monitoring module 102, where the monitoring module 102 may also be implemented by a physiological parameter module disposed in the plug-in box 103, or the monitoring module 102 may also be implemented by a physiological parameter module disposed in the plug-in box 103 to monitor a part of parameters, or the physiological parameter module in the plug-in box 103 and the monitoring module 102 are two independent measurement modules, and are respectively configured to measure different physiological parameter information.

The medical device of the present application may be any device having a plug-in box, for example, medical devices such as a monitor, a ventilator, or an anesthesia machine, which provides an internal or external plug-in box for realizing flexible functions, as shown in fig. 2, fig. 3, and fig. 4, the monitoring function of the medical device may be extended by the plug-in box, the plug-in box may be used to plug in one or more physiological parameter modules, and the physiological parameter modules may have different functions, such as monitoring SpO2 value of a patient, monitoring CO2 value of a patient, monitoring hemodynamics of a patient, and the like. The plug-in box can be conveniently inserted or a module can be removed, and the compatibility is good.

Further, as shown in fig. 1A, the medical device of the present application further includes a communication module 104, the communication module 104 is disposed in the plug-in box 103 in a pluggable manner, the communication module 104 is in communication connection with the medical device, and the communication module 104 is in communication connection with a remote device, and is configured to: and acquiring first data information comprising the physiological parameter information, and sending the first data information of the target object to the remote equipment. Optionally, the remote device comprises at least one of the following devices: a cloud server, a mobile server, a central station, a data collection gateway, a third-party system, or any other device that needs to receive or forward data information sent by the communication module 104.

It should be noted that, in the present application, the communication module 104 may be provided in the plug-in box 103 in a pluggable manner, which means that the communication module 104 can be plugged into the plug-in box 103 and can be pulled out from the plug-in box 103; or alternatively, the communication module 104 may be inserted into the card cage 103 and secured therein without being removable therefrom.

Because the communication module 104 is arranged in the plug-in box 103 in a pluggable manner, the communication module 104 can be installed in the plug-in box 103 when needed, and the communication module 104 can be taken out from the plug-in box 103 when not needed, so that the use is more flexible, and in the scheme of the invention, the expansion slot (namely the plug-in box 103) of the medical equipment (originally prepared for the functions of physiological parameter monitoring and the like) is utilized, so that the software and hardware of the medical equipment do not need to be changed, special installation is not needed, the medical equipment can be used after being installed, and the cost of hospital informatization reconstruction is reduced. In addition, with the rapid development of communication technology, this model can also reserve space for future technology development to smoothly evolve.

The communication module 104 is disposed in any location in the medical device's card cage 103 that can be used to set one or more physiological parameter modules. The communication module 104 of the present application is provided in the card box 103 in an insertable manner, as shown in fig. 1B, the communication module 104 may be inserted into the card box 103 according to a scheme indicated by an arrow, and may be fixed in the card box 104 after insertion to achieve locking and fixing, the communication module 104 is fixed by using an existing fixing device of the card box 103, for example, the card box 103 may have an insertion mounting seat therein, and the communication module 104 has a mounting component matching with the insertion mounting seat, for example, a mounting hole, and the communication module 104 is inserted into the insertion mounting seat in the card box 103 through the mounting component.

In one example, as shown in fig. 6, the communication module includes a power interface, and when the communication module is disposed in the plug-in box, the power interface of the communication module is electrically connected to the medical device, so that the medical device body supplies power to the communication module. Optionally, the power supply type is dc, or other suitable power supply type.

In another example, the communication module may be further fixedly disposed outside the medical device body (i.e., an external communication module such as a 5G module), and the communication module is fixed outside the medical device and uses, for example, a battery power supply mode, or may be further connected to a power supply through a power line, so as to supply power to the communication module.

In one example, the power interface is electrically connected with a power supply path of the plug-in box, so that the medical equipment body supplies power to the communication module through the power supply circuit. The power supply to the communication module is realized by using the existing connection mode, no power line needs to be additionally arranged, and no external power supply needs to be independently connected with the communication module.

The communication module may have an interface of any presently known communication protocol, such as a wired interface or a wireless interface, wherein, in one example, as shown in fig. 5, the communication module includes a first wireless interface through which the communication module is communicatively connected with the medical device body. The data of the medical device may be transmitted to the communication module via a first wireless interface, which optionally comprises at least a short-range wireless communication interface, for example. Optionally, the short-range wireless communication interface comprises at least one of the following: an infrared interface, a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) interface, a Bluetooth interface, a near field communication interface, a wifi interface, an ultra wide band interface, a Zigbee interface, or any other suitable wireless interface.

For example, the communication module may also utilize WiFi technology, and if the medical device is already built-in with WiFi support, the medical device is connected to the communication module via WiFi, and the communication module is connected to the internet via a communication technology such as 4G/5G.

In one example, as shown in fig. 5, the communication module includes a wired interface through which the medical device and the communication module are communicatively connected, wherein the wired interface includes at least one of: ethernet interface, USB interface, hard connection interface. The communication module can utilize the wired network technology to connect the medical equipment with the communication module through a cable, and the change and the upgrade of the existing medical equipment are not needed.

In one example, the communication module further comprises a second wireless interface supporting a cellular network connection, wherein the cellular network comprises at least one of: a 3G network, a 4G network, a 5G network or a future communication network, in which case the communication module has a 4G network and/or a 5G network.

When the communication module is arranged in the plug-in box, for example, the communication module is inserted into the plug-in box, the communication module supplies power through the plug-in box, first data information of the medical equipment can be connected with the communication module through a wired interface, a wireless interface and the like, and finally data of the medical equipment is sent to a designated server of a hospital through the communication module, for example, a 5G module of the communication module, so that real-time transmission and storage of the data are met. For example, as shown in fig. 6, the communication module is connected to the internet or a dedicated medical slicing network (e.g. 5G dedicated medical slicing network) through a wireless interface such as a cellular network (e.g. 4G/5G network) to communicatively connect the medical device and a remote device (e.g. a central station or a data acquisition gateway or any other device that needs to communicate with the medical device) for real-time data transmission and storage, for example, the remote device is a central station, and the central station can forward the data to the user terminal through the gateway. Further, the communication module can connect itself to the internet or a 5G dedicated medical slicing network by using the latest 4G/5G communication technology, thereby realizing communication connection between the medical equipment and remote equipment, such as interconnection with a remote central station or a data acquisition gateway.

In other examples, the communication module 104 may also utilize a data path (e.g., infrared, USB, hard connection, etc.) existing in the plug-in box 103, that is, the communication module 104 is in communication connection with the data path existing in the plug-in box 103, so as to directly communicate with the medical device host, obtain data of the medical device host, and send the data to a remote device, such as a remote central station (also referred to as a cloud central station) or a data acquisition gateway, through a communication technology, such as a 4G/5G network.

In an example, the communication module 104 is further configured to communicatively connect with one or more other devices to obtain the second data information of the target object output by the other devices, and optionally, the remote device includes a server, and the communication module 104 is further configured to obtain the second data information of the target object output by the other devices and transmit the first data information monitored by the medical device itself and the second data information monitored by the other devices to the server, so that the server forwards the first data information and the second data information to one or more user terminals for display.

Optionally, the second data information includes at least one of an electrocardiogram, such as a 12-lead electrocardiogram report (the 12-lead electrocardiogram report includes, but is not limited to, at least one of a 12-lead electrocardiogram analysis report, a 12-lead electrocardiogram PDF report, etc.), and image data, wherein the image data includes image information and/or video information. The video information includes at least one of the following information: 4K high definition video or AR high definition video. The second data information may be any data information acquired by other devices, for example, information related to respiration acquired by the ventilator, medication information output by the output pump, data information related to defibrillation output by the defibrillator, and the like. The remote doctor can obtain the data information of the patient through terminal equipment (also called as a user terminal) such as a workstation, a computer terminal, a mobile terminal and the like to analyze and preliminarily diagnose, guide the on-site treatment and then send the patient to an ambulance.

In one example, when the medical device is applied to an ambulance, the other devices include other devices within the ambulance, including at least one of the following devices: the device comprises a breathing machine, an electrocardiogram measuring device, an image acquisition device and a high-definition video system.

In another example, when the medical device is used in a hospital, the medical device comprises a monitor, the other device comprises a bedside device, and the communication module 104 is communicatively connected to the bedside device, wherein the bedside device comprises at least one of: a breathing machine and an infusion pump. Alternatively, the medical device may be a ventilator or infusion pump, and the other device may be a monitor, ventilator or infusion pump, etc.

In an example, the remote device includes a central station, and the communication module 104 is configured to acquire the first data information and the second data information, and transmit the first data information and the second data information to the central station through a cellular network interface of the communication module 104 for storage, so as to conveniently implement aggregation of multiple data information, and facilitate a user to view multiple data information at the same time.

For example, in a hospital (i.e., a hospital), other devices, such as a bedside device (e.g., a ventilator, an infusion pump, etc.), are connected to an internet of things (IoT) module through a network cable (the IoT module is placed in an empty slot of a medical device, such as a monitor (e.g., an empty slot in the plug-in box 103) to realize docking), the monitor aggregates second data information of the bedside device and first data information collected by the monitor itself, and then sends the second data information and the first data information to a cloud central station through a communication module 104, such as a 5G system, and the cloud central station realizes docking with a hospital information system (i.e., a system including one or more user terminals for displaying information) through a gateway.

Further, a medical device provided herein, which may have the aforementioned communication module, is described with continued reference to fig. 1A through 6.

As an example, as shown in fig. 1A, the medical apparatus includes a medical apparatus body 101. The medical device body 101 may be provided with components for implementing various functions of the medical device 100, for example, the medical device body 101 may be provided with a monitoring module 102, and the monitoring module 102 may be at least partially disposed outside the medical device body 101 and electrically connected to other components in the medical device body 101 for monitoring first data information of a target object.

The type of data included in the first data information depends on the type of the medical device, for example, when the medical device is a monitoring device, the first data information may be physiological parameter information of the target subject monitored by the monitoring module 102, optionally, the physiological parameter information includes, but is not limited to, monitoring information of one or more of electroencephalogram, electrocardio, heart rate, blood pressure, central Venous Pressure (CVP), blood oxygen, body temperature, respiratory rate, and the like, and the physiological parameter information includes waveform and/or numerical value, trend graph, and the like of the physiological parameter.

When the medical device is a ventilator, then the first data information may include ventilation parameter information relating to breathing acquired from the ventilator, such as a pressure waveform, a volume waveform or flow rate waveform, a tidal volume, PEEP, or the like.

When the medical device is a defibrillator, then the first data information may include, but is not limited to, defibrillation therapy parameter information, such as defibrillation time, electrocardiographic parameters, and the like.

When the medical device is an infusion pump, then the first data information may include medication information, such as a medication dose, an infusion flow rate, and the like.

The composition of the monitoring module 102 may be different for different types of medical devices or may be partially equivalent to enable monitoring of different types of first data information.

The medical device body 101 may include one or more processors, one or more sensors, displays, memory, and the like. These components are interconnected by a bus system and/or other form of connection mechanism (not shown). It should be noted that the components and configurations of the medical device are exemplary only, and not limiting, and that the medical device may have other components and configurations as desired.

Taking a medical device as an example of a monitoring device, the medical device body 101 may have a separate housing, and a sensor interface area is provided on a panel of the housing, in which a plurality of sensor interfaces are integrated for connecting with external physiological parameter sensor accessories (not shown). The sensor is used for detecting physiological parameters (also called vital sign parameters) of a subject (i.e. a target subject) to which the monitoring device is connected, for example, the physiological parameters include at least one of the following parameters: blood pressure, respiration rate, heart rate, body temperature, pulse rate, blood oxygen saturation, cardiac output, end-expiratory carbon dioxide, electroencephalogram, electrocardiogram and the like. Physiological parameter information includes, but is not limited to, holographic waveforms, trend graphs, events, alarms, and the like.

The monitoring device further comprises a signal acquisition circuit, a front-end signal processing circuit (not shown) and the like corresponding to each physiological parameter. The signal acquisition circuit is used for acquiring the vital sign signal of the target object. The signal acquisition circuit can be selected from an electrocardio circuit, a respiration circuit, a body temperature circuit, a blood oxygen circuit, a noninvasive blood pressure circuit, an invasive blood pressure circuit and the like, the signal acquisition circuits are respectively and electrically connected with corresponding sensor interfaces and used for being electrically connected to sensor accessories corresponding to different physiological parameters, the output end of the signal acquisition circuit is coupled to a front-end signal processor, the communication port of the front-end signal processor is coupled to a processor, and the processor is electrically connected with an external communication and power interface. The processor may be configured to process the vital sign signals acquired by the signal acquisition circuit to obtain vital sign parameters of the target subject.

The various physiological parameter measuring circuits can adopt a universal circuit in the prior art, and a front-end signal processor finishes the sampling and analog-to-digital conversion of the output signal of the signal acquisition circuit and outputs a control signal to control the measuring process of the physiological signal. In one possible implementation, the sensors may be separate from each other or integrated into one piece, or some of the sensors may be separate from each other and some of the sensors may be integrated into one piece. The integration may be that a plurality of different sensing modules are integrated on the same circuit board, or a plurality of sensing functions are integrated into one circuit, and the disclosure does not limit this. When the medical device is a monitoring device, the monitoring module 102 may include a signal acquisition circuit connected to each sensor, or the monitoring module 102 may include the above-mentioned sensor and the signal acquisition circuit connected to each sensor.

The memory of the medical device 100 is used for storing various data and executable programs, such as for storing a system program of the monitoring device, various application programs or algorithms implementing various specific functions. May include one or more computer program products that may include various forms of computer-readable storage media, such as volatile memory and/or non-volatile memory. Volatile memory can include, for example, random Access Memory (RAM), cache memory (or the like). The non-volatile memory may include, for example, read Only Memory (ROM), hard disk, flash memory, etc. Data stored locally, if desired, may be stored in memory during monitoring or treatment of a target object by medical device 100.

The processor of the medical device 100 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or other form of processing unit having data processing capabilities and/or instruction execution capabilities, and may control other components in the monitor to perform desired functions. For example, a processor can include one or more embedded processors, processor cores, microprocessors, logic circuits, hardware Finite State Machines (FSMs), digital Signal Processors (DSPs), image processing units (GPUs), or a combination thereof.

Further, as shown in fig. 1A, the medical device of the present application further includes a plug-in box 103, where the plug-in box 103 may be disposed inside the medical device body 101 or outside the medical device body 101, optionally, the plug-in box 103 is configured to plug in one or more physiological parameter modules, the physiological parameter modules are configured to monitor physiological parameter information of a target subject connected to the medical device, so as to obtain physiological parameter data, the physiological parameter information includes, but is not limited to, an SpO2 value of the target subject, a CO2 value of the target subject, a vital sign parameter related to hemodynamics, and the like, where the vital sign parameter related to hemodynamics may include: heart Rate (HR), pulse rate, central Venous Pressure (CVP), cardiac Output (CO) (e.g., continuous cardiac output, CCO), invasive arterial pressure and derived parameters thereof (e.g., mean pressure of invasive arterial pressure (Art-M)), among others. Alternatively, in other examples, the card cage 103 may also be a card cage dedicated to plugging in the communication module 104. The monitoring module 102 may also be implemented by a physiological parameter module disposed in the plug-in box 103, or the monitoring module 102 may also implement monitoring of a part of parameters by the physiological parameter module disposed in the plug-in box 103, or the physiological parameter module in the plug-in box 103 and the monitoring module 102 are two independent measurement modules, and are respectively used for measuring different physiological parameter information.

Further, as shown in fig. 1A, the medical device of the present application further includes a communication module 104, the communication module 104 is disposed in the plug-in box 103 in a pluggable manner, the communication module 104 is in communication connection with the medical device, and the communication module 104 is in communication connection with a remote device, and is configured to: and acquiring the first data information, and sending the first data information of the target object to the remote equipment. Optionally, the remote device comprises at least one of: a cloud server, a mobile server, a central station, a data collection gateway, a third-party system, or any other device that needs to receive or forward data information sent by the communication module 104.

It should be noted that, in the present application, the communication module 104 may be provided in the plug-in box 103 in a pluggable manner, which means that the communication module 104 can be plugged into the plug-in box 103 and can be pulled out from the plug-in box 103; or the communication module 104 can be inserted into the card cage 103 and fixed in the card cage without being pulled out.

Because the communication module 104 is arranged in the plug-in box 103 in a pluggable manner, the communication module 104 can be installed in the plug-in box 103 when needed, and the communication module 104 can be taken out from the plug-in box 103 when not needed, so that the use is more flexible, and in the scheme of the invention, the expansion slot (namely the plug-in box 103) of the medical equipment (originally prepared for physiological parameter monitoring and other functions) is utilized, so that the software and hardware of the medical equipment do not need to be changed, special installation is not needed, the plug-in box can be used after being installed, and the cost of hospital informatization transformation is reduced. In addition, with the rapid development of communication technology, this model can also reserve space for future technology development to smoothly evolve.

The communication module 104 is disposed in any location in the medical device's card cage 103 that can be used to set one or more physiological parameter modules. The communication module 104 of the present application is provided in the card cage 103 in a pluggable manner, as shown in fig. 1B, the communication module 104 can be inserted into the card cage 103 according to a scheme indicated by an arrow, and can be fixed in the card cage 104 after being inserted to achieve locking and fixing, the communication module 104 is fixed by using a fixing device existing in the card cage 103, for example, the card cage 103 may have a plug-in mounting seat, and the communication module 104 has a mounting component matching with the plug-in mounting seat, for example, a mounting hole, and the communication module 104 is plug-in mounted to the plug-in mounting seat in the card cage 103 through the mounting component.

The communication module may have an interface of any presently known communication protocol, such as a wired interface or a wireless interface, wherein, in one example, as shown in fig. 5, the communication module includes a first wireless interface through which the communication module is communicatively connected with the medical device body. The data of the medical device may be sent to the communication module via a first wireless interface, which optionally comprises at least a short-range wireless communication interface, for example. Optionally, the short-range wireless communication interface comprises at least one of the following: an infrared interface, a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) interface, a Bluetooth interface, a near field communication interface, a wifi interface, an ultra wide band interface, a Zigbee interface, or any other suitable wireless interface.

For example, the communication module may also utilize WiFi technology, and if the medical device already has WiFi built in, the medical device is connected to the communication module via WiFi, and the communication module is connected to the internet via a communication technology such as 4G/5G.

When the communication module is arranged in the plug-in box, for example, the communication module is inserted into the plug-in box, the communication module supplies power through the plug-in box, first data information of the medical equipment can be connected with the communication module through a wired interface, a wireless interface and the like, and finally data of the medical equipment is sent to a designated server of a hospital through the communication module, for example, a 5G module of the communication module, so that real-time transmission and storage of the data are met. For example, as shown in fig. 6, the communication module is connected to the internet or a dedicated medical slice network (e.g., a 5G dedicated medical slice network) through a wireless interface, such as a cellular network (e.g., a 4G/5G network), to communicatively connect the medical device and a remote device (e.g., a central station or a data acquisition gateway or any other device that needs to communicate with the medical device) for real-time data transmission and storage, such as the remote device is the central station, and the central station may also forward the data to the user terminal through the gateway. Further, the communication module can connect itself to the internet or a 5G dedicated medical slicing network by using the latest 4G/5G communication technology, thereby realizing communication connection between the medical equipment and remote equipment, such as interconnection with a remote central station or a data acquisition gateway.

In an example, the communication module 104 is further configured to be in communication connection with one or more other devices to acquire second data information of the target object output by the other devices, and optionally, the remote device includes a server, and the communication module 104 is further configured to acquire the second data information of the target object output by the other devices and transmit first data information monitored by the medical device itself and the second data information monitored by the other devices to the server, so that the server forwards the first data information and the second data information to one or more user terminals for display.

Optionally, the second data information includes at least one of an electrocardiogram, such as a 12 lead electrocardiogram report (the 12 lead electrocardiogram report includes, but is not limited to, at least one of a 12 lead electrocardiogram analysis report, a 12 lead electrocardiogram PDF report, etc.), and image data, wherein the image data includes image information and/or video information. The video information includes at least one of the following information: 4K high definition video or AR high definition video. The second data information may also be any data information collected by other devices, for example, information related to respiration collected by the ventilator, medication information output by the output pump, data information related to defibrillation output by the defibrillator, and the like. The remote doctor can obtain the data information of the patient through terminal equipment (also called as a user terminal) such as a workstation, a computer terminal, a mobile terminal and the like to analyze and preliminarily diagnose, guide the on-site treatment and then send the patient to an ambulance.

In another example, when the medical device is used in a hospital, the medical device comprises a monitor, the other device comprises a bedside device, and the communication module 104 is communicatively connected to the bedside device, wherein the bedside device comprises at least one of: a respirator and an infusion pump. Or the medical device may be a ventilator or infusion pump, while the other device is a monitor, ventilator or infusion pump, etc.

In one example, the remote device includes a central station, and the communication module 104 is configured to obtain the first data information and the second data information, and transmit the first data information and the second data information to the central station through a cellular network interface of the communication module 104 for storage, so as to conveniently realize aggregation of multiple data information, and facilitate a user to view multiple data information at the same time.

In summary, the communication module according to the present invention is pluggable to the plug-in box of the medical device, and the plug-in box (also called an expansion slot) of the existing medical device is used to implement device informatization, so that the communication module is compatible with the existing device, does not need to change software and hardware and special installation, is plug-and-play, can be moved at will, implements pre-hospital/out-hospital seamless switching, quickly implements medical device informatization, improves treatment and diagnosis efficiency, and benefits people.

Although the configuration of the prior ambulance is complete, the 'getting on and getting in hospital' is realized, but the ambulance has a distance with the accident site of the patient, particularly, the ambulance is difficult to get in and out in some accident site areas, and even if the ambulance personnel carry common equipment to arrive at the site, the vital sign information of the patient cannot be sent to the on-duty doctor of a treatment center in the hospital at the first time, and in addition, the number of emergency doctors is insufficient, the treatment level is uneven, and the gold rescue time is also restricted.

"the time is the life", the high-efficient rescue of very first time is especially crucial to saving the life, even under the circumstances that there is not specialized medical personnel at the rescue scene, if can pass through wireless network transmission, in time transmit patient's vital sign and critical alarm information to the remote expert hand to obtain expert's remote guidance, it is vital to saving patient's life, and remote guardianship also can make the hospital master the patient's state of an illness in the very first time, formulate the first aid scheme in advance and carry out the resource preparation, can realize the seamless butt joint of pre-hospital first aid and nosocomial rescue.

Therefore, some disadvantages exist for the current first aid, such as: the patient accident site and the ambulance have a dead zone of monitoring, long pre-hospital transportation time, incomplete pre-hospital monitoring parameters, lack of effective information communication in the pre-hospital/hospital, and no information sharing between the emergency treatment and each department, and the like, and the monitoring system comprises the medical equipment, can realize continuous pre-hospital and intra-hospital monitoring of the patient, and is described with reference to fig. 7 to 10, wherein fig. 7 shows a schematic block diagram of the monitoring system in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a transport monitor with a 5G communication module in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 9 is a schematic illustration of a medical device based joint remote consultation in one embodiment of the present invention; fig. 10 is a diagram illustrating a monitor with a communication module in a hospital to aggregate data information of a bedside device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As an example, as shown in fig. 7, the monitoring system comprises: a medical device 100 and a remote device 701, the medical device 100 comprising: a medical device body 101; a plug-in box 103 provided inside the medical device main body 101 or outside the medical device main body 101; the monitoring module 102 is arranged in the medical equipment body 101 and used for monitoring first data information of a target object; a communication module 104, wherein the communication module 104 is removably disposed in the plug-in box 103, that is, the communication module 104 is used for communicatively connecting the medical device 100 and the remote device 701, and the communication module 104 is used for: transmitting first data information of the target object acquired from a medical device to a remote device 701; the remote device 701 is configured to communicate with the medical device 100 through the communication module 104, and acquire the first data information sent by the communication module 104.

The monitoring system has the medical equipment 100 and has the same advantages as the medical equipment 100, the plug-in box 103 of the medical equipment 100 is utilized, the communication module 104 is arranged in the plug-in box 103 of the medical equipment 100, software and hardware of the medical equipment 100 do not need to be changed, special installation is not needed, the monitoring system can be used after being installed, the cost of hospital information transformation is reduced, the information of the medical equipment 100 is quickly realized, the communication module 104 can move freely along with the medical equipment 100, the pre-hospital/out-hospital seamless switching is realized, the real-time data transmission of the medical equipment 100 in the transferring process of a patient is realized, the monitored data of the patient is kept continuous, the clinical diagnosis is facilitated, and when the monitoring system is applied to an emergency site, the data of the patient can be output at the emergency site, the time point of 'getting on the bus and getting in the hospital' is advanced to the emergency site, and the treatment and diagnosis and treatment efficiency are improved.

The plug-in box 103 of the medical device 100 is used for inserting one or more physiological parameter modules for monitoring physiological parameter information of a target object connected with the physiological parameter modules, wherein some details of the plug-in box 103 can refer to the foregoing description and are not repeated here.

Optionally, the communication module 104 includes a wireless interface, through which the communication module 104 is communicatively connected to the medical device body 101, and the wireless interface includes at least one of the following interfaces: a near field communication interface, wifi, wherein the near field communication interface comprises at least one of the following: infrared, bluetooth; the communication module 104 comprises a wired interface, and the medical device body 101 and the communication module 104 are communicatively connected through the wired interface, wherein the wired interface comprises at least one of the following interfaces: ethernet interface, USB interface, hard connection.

Optionally, the wireless interface further comprises a cellular network interface, wherein the cellular network interface comprises at least one of the following network interfaces: a GSM network interface, a GPRS network interface, an LTE network interface, a 2G network interface, a 3G network interface, a 4G network interface, and a 5G network interface, and the communication module 104 is connected to the internet or a dedicated medical slice network through the cellular network interface to communicatively connect the medical device 100 and the remote device 701.

For further details of the communication module 104, reference may be made to the description of the communication module 104 above, and the description will not be repeated here.

In one example, the monitoring system further comprises a user terminal, the remote device 701 comprises a server, when the medical device 100 is applied to an ambulance, the monitoring module 102 is configured to obtain first data information of a target subject to be rescued, the first data information comprises physiological parameter information, and the communication module 104 is configured to obtain the physiological parameter information and transmit the physiological parameter information to the server; the server is used for outputting the physiological parameter information to a user terminal connected with the server; the user terminal is used for acquiring the physiological parameter information output by the server and displaying the physiological parameter information. By the mode, a remote user can conveniently and quickly acquire the physiological parameter information of the patient at the rescue scene, and the data of the patient can be output at the rescue scene, so that the time point of 'getting on the bus and getting in hospital' is advanced to the rescue scene, and the treatment and diagnosis efficiency is improved.

In an example, the communication module 104 is further configured to communicatively connect with one or more other devices to obtain second data information of the target object output by the other devices.

Optionally, the monitoring system further includes a user terminal, the remote device 701 includes a central station or a server (e.g., a cloud server), and the communication module 104 is further configured to obtain second data information of the target object output by another device, and transmit the first data information and the second data information to the remote device 701; the remote device 701 is configured to forward the first data information and the second data information to one or more of the user terminals; the user terminal is used for acquiring and displaying the first data information and the second data information, so that the function of displaying various medical equipment 100 data by the user terminal is realized. Optionally, the first data information and the second data information may further include various alarm events, so as to implement a function of synchronizing alarm information at various terminals.

Alternatively, the user terminal includes, but is not limited to, a PC client, a nurse workstation, a mobile client, and the like, wherein the mobile client includes, but is not limited to, a cell phone, a tablet, a wearable device, and the like. The monitoring system can display data of all devices beside a bed at a nurse workstation, a PC client, a mobile phone client and other user terminals, and supports alarming. In addition, all the terminals not only support use in departments, but also support cross-department and cross-institution access through network connection, and meet various different clinical application requirements.

Optionally, the second data information includes at least one of an electrocardiogram, such as a 12-lead electrocardiogram report (the 12-lead electrocardiogram report includes, but is not limited to, at least one of a 12-lead electrocardiogram analysis report, a 12-lead electrocardiogram PDF report, etc.), and image data, wherein the image data includes image information and/or video information. The video information includes at least one of the following information: 4K high definition video or AR high definition video. The second data information may also be any data information collected by other devices, for example, information related to respiration collected by the ventilator, medication information output by the output pump, data information related to defibrillation output by the defibrillator, and the like.

In one example, when the medical device 100 is applied in an ambulance, the other devices include other devices within the ambulance, including at least one of the following devices: the device comprises a breathing machine, an electrocardiogram measuring device, an image acquisition device and a high-definition video system.

For example, in a specific embodiment, the monitoring system further comprises a user terminal, and the other device comprises a video system, the video system is communicatively connected to the medical device, wherein the video system is configured to collect video information of a target object to be treated in real time; the communication module is used for acquiring the video information and sending the video information to the remote equipment; the remote equipment is used for acquiring the video information and sending the video information to the user terminal; and the user terminal is used for acquiring and displaying the video information in real time. Alternatively, the video system may be a high-definition video system, and the high-definition video system may also be a video system supporting 5G communication connection and enhanced display (AR). When the video system is the video system in the ambulance, the in-hospital rescue doctor, the pre-hospital first-aid personnel and other experts in and out of the hospital can check the state information of the patient in time to carry out the combined remote consultation.

In one example, the remote device 701 includes a central station, and the communication module 104 is configured to obtain the first data information and the second data information, and transmit the first data information and the second data information to the central station through a cellular network interface of the communication module 104; the central station is used for acquiring and storing the first data information and the second data information, so that the data information of various devices can be integrated and summarized, and a user can acquire the information and review historical information in real time. The central station (e.g., a cloud central station) is further configured to send the first data information and the second data information to a hospital information system, for example, the cloud central station is configured to interface with the hospital information system and transmit information through a gateway.

Specifically, the following describes an application of the monitoring system of the present application in each link with reference to an actual scene. For example, as shown in fig. 8, in an accident scene, an ambulance man carries a medical device, such as a 5G defibrillator or a 5G transfer monitor, to arrive at the rescue scene, wherein the 5G defibrillator or the 5G transfer monitor may be implemented based on the medical device, a communication module supporting 5G network communication is disposed in a plug-in box of the 5G defibrillator or the 5G transfer monitor, to rescue the patient, and monitor the patient by using the medical device, and transmit physiological parameter information, such as vital sign data, to a cloud central station of a rescue center through the communication module of the medical device, such as 5G, at the same time, a remote doctor may obtain data information of the patient through a workstation, a mobile phone, a PC, and other terminal devices to analyze and primarily diagnose, guide the scene rescue, and then send the patient to an ambulance. By using a medical device (e.g., defibrillator) with a communication module, such as a 5G module, to achieve "seamless linking" of vital sign data, the point in time of "getting on the bus and in hospital" is advanced to the emergency scene since patient data can be output at the emergency scene.

Further, the monitoring system of the present application may also include other devices, for example, other devices within the ambulance may include at least one of the following: the system comprises a breathing machine, an electrocardiogram measuring device, an image acquisition device and a high-definition video system (for example, a 5G + AR high-definition video system), as shown in fig. 9, in an ambulance, other devices in the ambulance are connected with a 5G CPE or other devices are connected with a communication module in a medical device such as a 5G defibrillator or a 5G transfer monitor, so that the compatibility of the devices is improved, wherein the 5G CPE is a 5G terminal device which can receive a 5G signal sent by a base station and convert the 5G signal into a Wi-Fi signal or a wired signal, so that the medical device in the ambulance is connected with a network through the 5G CPE. Real-time physiological parameter data of a patient in an ambulance, such as vital sign data, an electrocardiogram (including but not limited to a 12-lead electrocardiogram analysis report, a 12-lead electrocardiogram (PDF) report and the like), image data, treatment information such as 4k high-definition video and the like are acquired, recorded and uploaded to a hospital emergency center (namely a server of the hospital emergency center) in real time through a 5G CPE or a communication module (which can support 5G network communication) in a medical device, such as a 5G defibrillator or a 5G transfer monitor, and information such as holographic waveforms, trends, events, alarms and the like can also be uploaded to the hospital emergency center; meanwhile, high-definition video information capable of reflecting patient state information can be sent to a server such as a BeneViSion CMS server through a 5g + ar high-definition video system, the server can be a server arranged in a 120 first-aid command center, emergency shunting can be achieved through the server, for example, received data information is forwarded to a user terminal through the server, the user terminal can display the data information so that a user can check the patient state information in time, the user terminal can be multiple, the multiple user terminals can correspond to different users, for example, the user terminal can be used by remote experts inside and outside a hospital, the user terminal can be used by an aid doctor inside the hospital and outside the hospital, and the user terminal can be used by a user in a primary hospital, so that the user terminal (also can be called a client) provided with an application program (for example, svwer) for checking the information can check the patient state information in time by aid doctors inside the hospital, first-aid workers before the hospital, and other experts inside and outside the hospital, and the data information can be distributed to user terminals of hospitals with different levels such as a cmwer hospital and a hospital which is convenient for forwarding to patients at a primary hospital and a primary hospital.

Further, as shown in fig. 10, in a hospital (i.e., in a hospital), bedside devices (e.g., a ventilator, an infusion pump, etc.) are connected to an internet of things (IoT) module through a network cable (the IoT module is placed in a vacant slot of a monitor, and the internet of things module may be a part of a communication module) to realize docking, aggregation and integration of data of the bedside monitor, the ventilator, the infusion pump, etc. are realized through the IoT module, and then the data are transmitted to a cloud central station through the communication module, such as a 5G network, in a plug-in box of the monitor to perform centralized storage, the cloud central station may also realize docking with a Hospital Information System (HIS) through a gateway (e.g., an eGateway data gateway) (i.e., realize data transmission with the Hospital Information System (HIS)), and also may realize docking with a Clinical Information System (CIS) (i.e., realize data transmission with the Clinical Information System (CIS)), so that a medical worker may check PC information through a PC machine, a PC, or a mobile terminal, etc. in a workstation, according to the data information, and improve treatment efficiency.

Therefore, in a hospital, a medical device such as a monitor has the following functions and functions:

1. bedside device data integration

The integration of data of a bedside monitor, a breathing machine, an infusion pump and other equipment is realized through an IoT module, and the integrated data is centrally stored in a cloud central station through 5G;

2. multiple terminal display device data

The data of all the devices beside the bed are displayed at a nurse workstation, a PC client and a mobile phone client, and the alarm is supported. All the terminals not only support the use in departments, but also support the access of cross-department and cross-institution areas through network connection, thereby meeting various clinical application requirements;

3. remote monitoring

By means of a scheme of data integration of bedside equipment and multi-equipment data display, an isolation ward is established in a special period, medical personnel can remotely obtain real-time equipment information of a patient, and cross infection and waste of medical protection resources are reduced;

4. informationized integration

And all equipment data are accessed to the information system by adopting a uniform interface through the data gateway, so that the automatic acquisition of all equipment data beside the bed is realized.

5. Device database

The cloud central station is used as a data storage center of all equipment beside a bed, can be in butt joint with hospital data to form big data of patients, and can be used for scientific research.

6. Early warning of patients

The critical care screening and early warning of the patients in the epidemic situation area are realized by early warning score (EWS for short) or defining a score standard according to the characteristics of epidemic situation symptoms and carrying out real-time centralized score management on the patients;

7. combined consultation

And by means of a data platform of a cloud central station of a hospital, centralized monitoring and combined diagnosis and treatment of patients in multiple courtyards and among multiple hospitals are realized.

In the following, referring to fig. 11, a monitoring method in another embodiment of the present application will be described, where the monitoring method 1100 in this embodiment of the present application may use the aforementioned medical device as an execution subject or may also use any suitable device having the aforementioned communication module as an execution subject or use the communication module of the foregoing embodiment as an execution subject, and some details of this embodiment of the present application may refer to the related descriptions of the communication module and the medical device in the foregoing embodiments.

As an example, the monitoring method of the present application includes steps S1110 to S1120: in step S1110, first data information of a target object monitored by a medical device is acquired; in step S1120, the first data information of the target object is sent to a remote device, so that the remote device can forward the first data information to a user terminal, where the user terminal is configured to display the first data information.

In step S1110, the method for acquiring the first data information of the target object monitored by the medical device may be based on the aforementioned monitoring module of the medical device, or may also be based on one or more physiological parameter modules in the plug-in box, or may be based on both of them, and specific details may refer to the aforementioned related description of the medical device, and are not repeated here. The first data information may be obtained based on a medical device with a communication module located at an ambulance site, or based on a medical device with a communication module located in a hospital, or based on a medical device with a communication module located in an ambulance, wherein the medical devices with communication modules at the ambulance site and the ambulance may be the same or different.

The communication module may acquire the first data information of the target object from the medical device when the communication module is the executing body, and may acquire the first data information from a processor or a memory of the medical device when the medical device is the executing body. The transmission of the first data information may be based on a wired communication method or a wireless communication method.

In some embodiments, the first data information includes physiological parameter information, and acquiring the first data information of the target object monitored by the medical device includes: the first data information of a target object to be treated in a rescue scene is acquired, the first data information of the rescue scene is acquired, and the first data information is forwarded out through the communication module, so that a far-end doctor can acquire the data information of a patient through terminal equipment (also called as a user terminal) such as a workstation, a computer terminal and a mobile terminal to analyze and primarily diagnose, and guide the scene treatment.

In some embodiments, the communication module is further configured to be in communication connection with one or more other devices to acquire second data information of the target object output by the other devices, so that data integration and output of the first data information and the second data information can be achieved. In one example, when the medical device is applied to an ambulance, the other devices include other devices within the ambulance, including at least one of the following devices: the device comprises a breathing machine, an electrocardiogram measuring device, an image acquisition device and a video system.

In some embodiments, when the medical device is used in a hospital, the medical device comprises a monitor, the other device comprises a bedside device, and the communication module is in communication connection with the bedside device, wherein the bedside device comprises at least one of: a ventilator, an infusion pump, the remote device including a central station.

In some embodiments, the method of the present application further comprises: and acquiring second data information of the target object output by the other equipment, and transmitting the first data information and the second data information to remote equipment so that the remote equipment can forward the first data information and the second data information to one or more user terminals, wherein the user terminals are used for acquiring and displaying the first data information and the second data information. The second data information includes at least one of an electrocardiogram, such as a 12 lead electrocardiogram report (the 12 lead electrocardiogram report includes, but is not limited to, at least one of a 12 lead electrocardiogram analysis report, a 12 lead electrocardiogram PDF report, etc.), and image data, wherein the image data includes image information and/or video information. The video information includes at least one of the following information: 4K high definition video or AR high definition video. The second data information may be any data information acquired by other devices, for example, information related to respiration acquired by the ventilator, medication information output by the output pump, data information related to defibrillation output by the defibrillator, and the like. The remote doctor can obtain the data information of the patient through terminal equipment (also called as a user terminal) such as a workstation, a computer terminal, a mobile terminal and the like to analyze and preliminarily diagnose, guide the on-site treatment and then send the patient to an ambulance.

In a specific embodiment, the method of the embodiment of the present application further includes: acquiring video information of a target object to be treated, which is acquired by a video system in real time; and sending the video information to the remote equipment so that the remote equipment can forward the video information to the user terminal, and the user terminal is used for acquiring and displaying the video information in real time, so that the user terminal can acquire the video information of the target object in real time, and the body surface information and the like of the target object can be observed conveniently through the video information.

In a particular embodiment, the remote device includes a central station, the method further comprising: the first data information and the second data information are obtained through the communication module and transmitted to the central station through a cellular network interface of the communication module, so that the central station obtains and stores the first data information and the second data information, the central station is further used for sending the first data information and the second data information to a hospital information system, and the central station can be a cloud central station or can be realized based on a server with a data storage function. By storing the first data information and the second data information at the central station, a user may be facilitated to retrieve historical data of the first data information and the second data information as needed to review the information of the patient.

Next, referring to fig. 12, a monitoring method in a further embodiment of the present application is described, wherein the monitoring method in the present embodiment may use the monitoring system in the foregoing embodiment as an execution subject, and some details in the embodiment of the present application may refer to the communication module, the medical device, the monitoring system, and the monitoring method in the foregoing embodiment.

As an example, as shown in fig. 12, a monitoring method 1200 according to an embodiment of the present application includes the following steps:

in step S1210, first data information of a target object monitored by a medical device is acquired;

in step S1220, transmitting first data information of the target object to a remote device through a communication module;

in step S1230, the remote device receives and forwards the first data information to the user terminal;

in step S1240, the user terminal displays the first data information.

In step S1210, acquiring first data information of a target object monitored by a medical device includes: the first data information of a target object to be treated in a rescue scene is acquired, the first data information comprises physiological parameter information, and a far-end doctor can acquire the data information of a patient through terminal equipment (also called a user terminal) such as a workstation, a computer terminal and a mobile terminal to analyze and primarily diagnose, so as to guide the scene treatment.

In some embodiments, the communication module is further configured to communicatively connect with one or more other devices to obtain second data information of the target object output by the other devices. In some embodiments, when the medical device is applied to an ambulance, the other devices comprise other devices within the ambulance, including at least one of the following devices: the remote equipment comprises a breathing machine, an electrocardiogram measuring device, an image acquisition device and a video system. In other embodiments, when the medical device is used in a hospital, the medical device comprises a monitor, the other device comprises a bedside device, and the communication module is in communication with the bedside device, wherein the bedside device comprises at least one of the following devices: a ventilator, an infusion pump, the remote device including a central station.

In some embodiments, the monitoring method of the present application further comprises: acquiring second data information of the target object output by the other equipment; transmitting the first data information and the second data information to a remote device through the communication module; the remote equipment forwards the first data information and the second data information to one or more user terminals; and the user terminal acquires and displays the first data information and the second data information.

In some embodiments, the monitoring method of the present application further comprises: acquiring video information of a target object to be treated, which is acquired by a video system in real time; sending the video information to the remote equipment through the communication module; the remote equipment forwards the video information to a user terminal; the user terminal acquires and displays the video information in real time, so that the user terminal can acquire the video information of the target object in real time, and the body surface information of the target object and the like can be observed conveniently through the video information.

In some embodiments, the remote device includes a central station, and the monitoring method further includes: acquiring the first data information and the second data information through the communication module, and transmitting the first data information and the second data information to the central station through a cellular network interface of the communication module; the central station acquires and stores the first data information and the second data information, and sends the first data information and the second data information to the user terminal, so that a user can conveniently call historical data of the first data information and the second data information when needed to review information of a patient, and can acquire real-time data in time to observe the condition of the patient according to the real-time data.

In summary, the monitoring system has the medical equipment, so that the monitoring system has the same advantages as the medical equipment, the monitoring system can be used after being installed, the cost of hospital information transformation is reduced, the medical equipment information is quickly realized, the communication module can move freely along with the medical equipment, the pre-hospital/out-hospital seamless switching is realized, the real-time transmission of the medical equipment data in the patient transferring process is realized, the monitored data of the patient is kept continuous, and convenience is provided for clinical diagnosis. The monitoring method of the present application has substantially the same advantages as the medical device described above.

Although the illustrative embodiments have been described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the foregoing illustrative embodiments are merely exemplary and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention thereto. Various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one of ordinary skill in the pertinent art without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention. All such changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the technical solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the above-described device embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical functional division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another device, or some features may be omitted, or not executed.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. It is understood, however, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the invention and aiding in the understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects. However, the method of the present invention should not be construed to reflect the intent: rather, the invention as claimed requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the detailed description are hereby expressly incorporated into this detailed description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this invention.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and all of the processes or elements of any method or apparatus so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where such features are mutually exclusive. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Furthermore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that while some embodiments described herein include some features included in other embodiments, rather than other features, combinations of features of different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention and form different embodiments. For example, in the claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.

The various component embodiments of the invention may be implemented in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that a microprocessor or Digital Signal Processor (DSP) may be used in practice to implement some or all of the functionality of some of the modules according to embodiments of the present invention. The present invention may also be embodied as apparatus programs (e.g., computer programs and computer program products) for performing a portion or all of the methods described herein. Such programs implementing the present invention may be stored on a computer readable medium or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such a signal may be downloaded from an internet website or provided on a carrier signal or in any other form.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the invention, and that those skilled in the art will be able to design alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as limiting the claim. The invention can be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In the unit claims enumerating several means, several of these means can be embodied by one and the same item of hardware. The usage of the words first, second and third, etcetera do not indicate any ordering. These words may be interpreted as names.

Claims

1. A communication module of medical equipment is characterized in that the communication module is arranged in a plug-in box of the medical equipment in a pluggable manner, wherein the plug-in box is also used for arranging one or more physiological parameter modules in a pluggable manner, the medical equipment monitors physiological parameter information of a subject connected with the medical equipment through the one or more physiological parameter modules so as to obtain physiological parameter data, and when the communication module is arranged in the plug-in box, the communication module is used for communicating and connecting the medical equipment and remote equipment so as to send first data information which is obtained from the medical equipment and comprises the physiological parameter data to the remote equipment.

2. The communication module of claim 1, wherein the communication module is disposed in any location in a plug-in box of the medical device that can be used to set the one or more physiological parameter modules.

3. The communication module of claim 1, wherein the communication module comprises a first wireless interface, the communication module communicatively coupled to the medical device via the first wireless interface.

4. The communication module of claim 3, wherein the first wireless interface comprises at least a short-range wireless communication interface.

5. The communication module of claim 3, wherein the short-range wireless communication interface comprises at least one of: the system comprises an infrared interface, a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) interface, a Bluetooth interface, a wifi interface, a near field communication interface, an ultra wide band interface and a Zigbee interface.

6. The communication module of claim 1, wherein the communication module comprises a wired interface through which the medical device and the communication module are communicatively coupled, wherein the wired interface comprises at least one of: ethernet interface, USB interface, hard connection interface.

7. The communication module of any of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a second wireless interface supporting a cellular network connection, wherein the cellular network comprises at least one of: a 3G network interface, a 4G network interface and a 5G network interface.

8. The communication module of claim 7, wherein the communication module is connected to the internet or a dedicated medical slicing network via the cellular network to establish a communication link between the medical device and the remote device, facilitating the communication module to transmit the physiological parameter data obtained from the medical device to the remote device.

9. The communication module of any one of claims 1-8, comprising a power interface that electrically connects the medical device when the communication module is disposed in the plug-in box such that the medical device powers the communication module.

10. The communication module of claim 8, wherein the power interface is electrically connected to a power path of the card cage to enable the medical device to power the communication module via the power circuit.

11. The communication module of any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the remote device comprises a central station or server, the medical device being configured to obtain first data information of a target subject to be treated when the medical device is applied at a rescue scene, the communication module being configured to obtain the physiological parameter information and to transmit the physiological parameter information to the remote device, such that the remote device outputs the physiological parameter information to a user terminal connected to the remote device.

12. The communication module according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the communication module is further configured to communicatively connect with one or more other devices to obtain second data information of the target object output by the other devices.

13. The communication module of claim 12, wherein the remote device comprises a central station or a server, and the communication module is further configured to obtain second data information of the target object output by another device, and transmit the first data information and the second data information to the server, so that the remote device forwards the first data information and the second data information to one or more user terminals for display.

14. The communication module of claim 13, wherein the second data information comprises at least one of 12-lead reports, video data, and wherein the video data comprises image information and/or video information.

15. The communication module of claim 14, wherein the video information comprises at least one of: 4K high definition video or AR high definition video.

16. The communication module of claim 12, wherein the other device comprises another device in an ambulance when the medical device is applied to the ambulance, the other device in the ambulance comprising at least one of: the device comprises a breathing machine, an electrocardiogram measuring device, an image acquisition device and a video system.

17. The communication module of claim 12, wherein the medical device comprises a monitor and the other device comprises a bedside device when the medical device is used in a hospital, the communication module communicatively coupled to the bedside device, wherein the bedside device comprises at least one of: a breathing machine and an infusion pump.

18. The communication module of claim 12, wherein the remote device comprises a central station, and wherein the communication module is configured to obtain the first data message and the second data message and transmit the first data message and the second data message to the remote device for storage via a cellular network interface of the communication module.

19. The communication module of any of claims 1 to 18, wherein the remote device comprises at least one of: the system comprises a cloud server, a mobile server, a central station, a data acquisition gateway and a third-party system.

20. The communication module of any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein the medical device comprises at least one of: monitoring equipment, a breathing machine, an anesthesia machine, a defibrillator and a pump.

21. A medical device, characterized in that it comprises:

a medical device body;

the communication module of any one of claims 1 to 21, which is pluggably arranged within the plug-in box.

22. A monitoring system, comprising:

a medical device and a remote device, the medical device comprising:

a medical device body;

the communication module of any one of claims 1 to 21, wherein the communication module is removably disposed in the plug-in box, and is configured to communicatively connect the medical device and the remote device, so as to transmit the first data information of the target object acquired from the medical device to the remote device;

23. A monitoring method, comprising:

and sending the first data information of the target object to a remote device so that the remote device can forward the first data information to a user terminal, wherein the user terminal is used for displaying the first data information.

24. The monitoring method of claim 23, wherein the first data information includes physiological parameter information, and acquiring the first data information of the target subject monitored by the medical device includes:

first data information of a target object to be treated in a rescue scene is acquired.

25. The monitoring method of claim 23, wherein the communication module is further configured to communicatively couple with one or more other devices to obtain the second data information of the target object output by the other devices.

26. The method of monitoring as set forth in claim 25, wherein the method further includes:

and acquiring second data information of the target object output by the other equipment, and transmitting the first data information and the second data information to remote equipment so that the remote equipment can forward the first data information and the second data information to one or more user terminals, wherein the user terminals are used for acquiring and displaying the first data information and the second data information.

27. The monitoring method of claim 26, wherein the second data information comprises at least one of 12-lead reports, video data, wherein the video data comprises image information and/or video information.

28. The method of monitoring of claim 25 or 26, wherein the other device comprises another device in an ambulance when the medical device is used in the ambulance, the other device in the ambulance comprising at least one of: the remote equipment comprises a breathing machine, an electrocardiogram measuring device, an image acquisition device and a video system.

29. The method of monitoring of claim 23, further comprising:

acquiring video information of a target object to be treated, which is acquired by a video system in real time;

and sending the video information to the remote equipment so that the remote equipment can forward the video information to a user terminal, wherein the user terminal is used for acquiring and displaying the video information in real time.

30. The monitoring method of claim 25, wherein the remote device comprises a central station, the method further comprising:

and acquiring the first data information and the second data information, and transmitting the first data information and the second data information to the central station through a cellular network interface of a communication module, so that the central station acquires and stores the first data information and the second data information, and the central station is further used for transmitting the first data information and the second data information to a user terminal.

31. The monitoring method of claim 25, wherein when the medical device is used in a hospital, the medical device comprises a monitor, the other device comprises a bedside device, and the communication module is communicatively coupled to the bedside device, wherein the bedside device comprises at least one of: a respirator and an infusion pump.

32. A monitoring method, comprising:

and the user terminal displays the first data information.

33. The monitoring method of claim 32, wherein the first data information includes physiological parameter information, and acquiring the first data information of the target subject monitored by the medical device includes:

34. The monitoring method of claim 32, wherein the communication module is further configured to communicatively couple with one or more other devices to obtain second data information of the target object outputted by the other devices.

35. The method for monitoring of claim 33, further comprising:

acquiring second data information of the target object output by the other equipment;

transmitting the first data information and the second data information to a remote device through the communication module;

the remote equipment forwards the first data information and the second data information to one or more user terminals;

and the user terminal acquires and displays the first data information and the second data information.

36. The monitoring method of claim 34 or 35, wherein the other device comprises another device in an ambulance when the medical device is applied to the ambulance, the other device in the ambulance comprising at least one of the following devices: the remote equipment comprises a breathing machine, an electrocardiogram measuring device, an image acquisition device and a video system.

37. The method of monitoring as set forth in claim 32, wherein the method further includes:

sending the video information to the remote equipment through the communication module;

the remote equipment forwards the video information to a user terminal;

and the user terminal acquires and displays the video information in real time.

38. The method of monitoring of claim 34, wherein the remote device comprises a central station, the method further comprising:

acquiring the first data information and the second data information through the communication module, and transmitting the first data information and the second data information to the central station through a cellular network interface of the communication module;

and the central station acquires and stores the first data information and the second data information, and sends the first data information and the second data information to a user terminal.

39. The monitoring method of claim 34 or 38, wherein when the medical device is used in a hospital, the medical device comprises a monitor, the other device comprises a bedside device, and the communication module is communicatively connected to the bedside device, wherein the bedside device comprises at least one of: a respirator and an infusion pump.