Tura Andrea, Santini Paolo, Longo Davide, Quareni Luca
Istituto di Ingegneria Biomedica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padova, Italy.
Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2007;43(1):101-9.
We developed a telemedicine instrument for home monitoring of subjects with respiratory diseases. The instrument directly measures blood oxygen saturation and pulse rate, but the most relevant aspect is that it also acts as digital recorder of parameters coming from several external instruments (spirometer, capnometer, NIBP device, etc.). It also connects to all pulmonary ventilators. The instrument main board includes five slots, which are used to insert the measuring boards (saturation and ventilation boards) and the interface boards (connecting the external instruments). Depending on patient's needs, only the proper measuring/interface boards are mounted, thus allowing maximum flexibility and cost saving. The instrument has several I/O units, and especially an internal modem for direct connection to the Internet through TCP/IP protocol. The instrument was extensively tested, and preliminary trials were performed over fifteen patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
我们开发了一种用于居家监测呼吸系统疾病患者的远程医疗仪器。该仪器可直接测量血氧饱和度和脉搏率，但最关键的是，它还能作为数字记录仪，记录来自多种外部仪器（肺活量计、二氧化碳监测仪、无创血压测量设备等）的参数。它还能连接所有的肺通气机。仪器主板有五个插槽，用于插入测量板（饱和度和通气板）以及接口板（连接外部仪器）。根据患者需求，仅安装合适的测量/接口板，从而实现最大程度的灵活性并节省成本。该仪器有多个输入/输出单元，特别是有一个内置调制解调器，可通过TCP/IP协议直接连接到互联网。该仪器经过了广泛测试，并对15名肌萎缩侧索硬化症患者进行了初步试验。
