Nihon Kohden Corporation

Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.

Norihito Konno

Hirohiko Ikeya

Fumiyuki Matsumura

Minori Hosoi

Tomoharu Fujii

Yoshihiro Ihara

Tatsuaki Denda

Kazuyuki Kubota

Shigehiro Nishiwaki

Hirokazu Ogino

Yosuke Nagasawa

Junichi Mogi

Junichi Sato

Makoto Hajiri

Jun Sakai

A physiological information transmission method includes: by an information processing apparatus: acquiring sensor identification information of a physiological information detection sensor which is adapted to be attached to a living body, and living body identification information of the living body; and transmitting first association information associating the acquired sensor identification information and the acquired living body identification information, with each other; and by the physiological information detection sensor: receiving the first association information; determining whether or not the received first association information contains sensor identification information of the own sensor; and when the received first association information contains the sensor identification information of the own sensor, transmitting second association information associating the living body identification information in the received first association information, and physiological information which is detected by the physiological information detection sensor, with each other, to an outside of the own sensor.

Physiological information transmission system, physiological information detection sensor, information processing apparatus, and physiological information transmission method

To improve convenience of a biopotential detector. A support includes a lower surface and an upper surface. A first detection electrode is exposed on the lower surface. A first signal terminal is exposed on the upper surface and is electrically connected to the first detection electrode. A secondary battery and a charging circuit are supported in the support. A positive electrode terminal is exposed on the upper surface and is electrically connected to the secondary battery. A gel member covering the first detection electrode is attachable/detachable to/from the lower surface. A signal processing device having a connecting part is attachable/detachable to/from the upper surface. When the signal processing device is attached to the upper surface, the first signal terminal and the positive electrode terminal are connected to the connecting part.

Pad for detecting biopotentials and biopotential detector

A first electrode and a second electrode are attached to a subject. A processor module acquires physiological information of the subject based on biopotential that are detected by the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively. A housing has a battery housing member for housing a primary battery which supplies an electric power to the processor module. The processor module is attachable to and detachable from the housing.

Sensor, sensor module, and sensor housing

Examples described herein include sensor devices for measuring a parameter of a user. The sensor devices may include a reusable portion (e.g., a sensor). The sensor devices may include one or more weakened portions that may fracture on removal of a portion of the sensor device from the user. Fracturing the weakened portions may expose the reusable portion (e.g., the sensor). Accordingly, the reusable portion may be more readily observed and collected for reuse.

Sensor devices having weakened portions and methods for using same

A monitoring system monitoring health conditions of multiple many users wearing sensor devices. Each of the sensor devices includes a first measurement section attached to a user and measuring first biological information of the user, a storage section storing information for identifying the user, an analysis section analyzing a measurement result of the first measurement section to determine that the measurement result matches with a first condition and a communication section transmitting a determination result indicating the match with the first condition received from the analysis section and information for identifying the user to communication devices located at equal intervals.

Sensor device and monitoring system

A sensor system including: a wristband () which has a storage unit storing patient identification information so that a patient can be identified by the patient identification information; and a sensor () which can measure vital information of the patient; wherein: the wristband () can transmit the patient identification information to the sensor () by human body communication through a surface of a body of the patient in a state in which the wristband () and the sensor () are attached to the patient; and the sensor () associates the patient identification information with the vital information and then transmits the vital information including the patient identification information to a bedside monitor

Sensor system

A pulse photometry probe which is to be attached to a living tissue of a subject includes a light emitter that emits a light beam toward the living tissue of the patient, a light detector that receives the light beam emitted from the light emitter and passing through the living tissue, to produce a vital signal, a vital data acquiring section that acquires vital data of the patient based on the vital signal, and a wireless communicating section that wirelessly transmits the vital data.

Pulse photometry probe

A physiological information management system includes sensors to be attached to patients to acquire physiological information of the patients and a mobile device. The mobile device includes a patient information acquiring section configured to acquire patient IDs identifying the patients, a sensor information acquiring section configured to acquire sensor IDs identifying the sensors, a controller configured to associate the patient IDs and the sensor IDs with each other, a wireless communicating section configured to receive sensor signals corresponding to the physiological information, from the sensors identified by the sensor IDs associated with the patient IDs, and a displaying section configured to display the physiological information based on the sensor signals.

Mobile device, sensor, physiological information management method, and computer readable medium storing physiological information processing program

Examples described herein include detection devices and systems which may provide monitoring in accordance with an analysis mode which may be selected in accordance with a severity of disease of the user. Analysis modes used by detection devices described herein may further be changed in accordance with user and/or environmental conditions.

Detection devices and monitoring systems including detection devices

To increase convenience of centralized management of biological information acquired from plural subjects. A wireless communication device receives plural sensor signals corresponding to biological information of plural subjects. A display displays biological information of the subject in a display area generated for each subject based on association between plural subjects and plural sensor signals.

Information terminal, biological information management method, biological information management program and computer-readable storage medium

A sensor () including: an acquisition unit () which can acquire patient identification information so that a patient can be identified by the acquired patient identification information; a storage unit () which stores the patient identification information acquired by the acquisition unit (); a detection unit () which can detect vital information of the patient; an association unit () which associates the patient identification information stored in the storage unit (), with the vital information; and a transmission unit () which can transmit the vital information including the associated patient identification information, to a bedside monitor.

Sensor

To assist work of checking information by a user when biological information is displayed in a relatively small display area of a portable information terminal. A portable information terminal receives sensor signals corresponding to biological information of a subject from sensors attached to the subject. Waveforms indicating variations with time in biological information of the subject are displayed on a display based on the sensor signals. When a user interface receives a given operation, part of the waveform displayed on the display is designated and a trimmed image of the part of the waveform is displayed on the display.

Portable information terminal, biological information management method, biological information management program and computer-readable storage medium

A first vital signs information detecting sensor and a second vital signs information sensor are attached to a living body. The first vital signs information detecting sensor detects over time first vital signs information and first motion information of the living body. The first vital signs information and the first motion information are transmitted from the first vital signs information detecting sensor to a receiver. The second vital signs information detecting sensor detects over time second vital signs information and second motion information of the living body. The second vital signs information and the second motion information are transmitted from the second vital signs information detecting sensor to the receiver. The first vital signs information and the second vital signs information are displayed on a display of the receiver in a synchronized state, on the basis of the first motion information and the second motion information.

Vital signs information synchronization system, vital signs information synchronization method, and vital signs information detecting sensor

Provided is a physiological information detection sensor capable of implementing miniaturization by substantially securing a creepage distance and an air distance (e.g., implementing defibrillation protection). The physiological information detection sensor includes: a plurality of first substrates arranged in multiple tiers; a second substrate; a first connecting portion that electrically connects adjacent first substrates to each other among the plurality of first substrates; and an insulating member. Each of the plurality of first substrates has a defibrillation protection resistor mounted thereon and electrically connected to a physiological information detection unit. The second substrate has a circuit mounted thereon to process physiological information input from the physiological information detection unit via the defibrillation protection resistor. The insulating member is disposed between adjacent first substrates among the plurality of first substrates.

Physiological information detection sensor

A vital signs sensor includes an identifier storage device that stores an identifier of a subject, and a signal processing device that acquires a vital sign from the subject, and that wirelessly transmits the vital sign and the identifier that is stored in the identifier storage device, with correlating the vital sign with the identifier, wherein the identifier storage device has a structure where the identifier storage device is attachable to and detachable from the signal processing device.

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Tokyo, Japan

Norihito Konno