Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G16—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
  • G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
  • G16H40/00—ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices
  • G16H40/60—ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices
  • G16H40/67—ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for remote operation
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
  • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
  • A61B5/0002—Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
  • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
  • A61B5/68—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient
  • A61B5/6887—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient mounted on external non-worn devices, e.g. non-medical devices
  • A61B5/6888—Cabins
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G16—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
  • G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
  • G16H20/00—ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G16—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
  • G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
  • G16H50/00—ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics
  • G16H50/80—ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
  • A61B2560/00—Constructional details of operational features of apparatus; Accessories for medical measuring apparatus
  • A61B2560/02—Operational features
  • A61B2560/0242—Operational features adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution

Definitions

• the invention relates to a health booth for obtaining measurements for establishing a health check of a user or a population.
• the main obstacle to establishing large-scale individual or collective health check-ups is the relatively high cost involved in the presence of the above-mentioned health personnel.
• US 5 544 649 discloses so-called "telemedicine" methods in which patients communicate with a doctor or health personnel remotely, via a telecommunications network, the patients. performing a number of measurements themselves transmitted to the doctor via the network.
• the present invention aims primarily at solving the aforementioned drawbacks.
• the invention relates to a health booth comprising a shell, at least one chair and at least one means for measuring a data relating to the health of a user.
• This cabin comprises:
• the term "health booth” should be interpreted broadly, and refers to any premises delimited by a shell, in which a user can practice by himself a number of measures relating to his health. without the need for medical personnel, even from a distance.
• a health booth in the sense of the invention may for example be transportable to be temporarily installed at a given location.
• Health booths within the meaning of the invention may in particular be materialized by "mobile homes” or by health trucks of the type known for the collection of blood.
• a health booth within the meaning of the invention may also be constituted by a fixed structure intended to be installed in places of passage, for example in airports or in hotels.
• the aforementioned determination means are able to measure at least one of:
• the position of the user strongly influences the measurement of his blood pressure. It is recommended to perform these measurements in a seated position, with the arm resting on a table and the inflatable cuff positioned on this arm at the level of the heart. It is also known that blood pressure measurements are strongly influenced by events that favor an increase in blood pressure figures, namely in particular exposure to cold, noise and physical exertion.
• the determination means capable of measuring the aforementioned data may be constituted by appropriate sensors associated with calculation means,
• sensors placed on the seat and on the backrest of the cabin chair.
• sensors can be positioned on the armrest of the cabin chair.
• thermometer To measure the temperature, the sound level, the humidity level and the brightness level inside or outside the shell, a thermometer, a microphone, a hygrometer and a photocell can be used.
• the health booth comprises means for controlling that the health measure is performed when a condition meets at least one predetermined criterion. This characteristic makes it possible to carry out the health measurements in optimal conditions.
• control means may be systematically implemented.
• the hull of the health booth according to the invention comprises at least one opening for connecting this health booth to at least one other health booth.
• a "hospital” is thus formed consisting of a plurality of health booths that communicate with one another.
• This feature is particularly advantageous when it comes to guarantee certain predetermined conditions within several health booths installed in the same area. For example, in a particularly hot area, it is easier to lower the temperature in several health booths that communicate with each other than in the same number of individual health booths.
• the health booth according to the invention comprises means for transmitting the data structure to a remote center. This feature advantageously facilitates the collection of the data structures found in a plurality of health booths or in a hospital within the meaning of the invention.
• the health booth according to the invention comprises energy supply means.
• These energy supply means may for example operate based on solar energy, or open thermodynamic cycles / and / or closed. They provide power to the health booth and regulate the temperature inside the cabin.
• power supply means those skilled in the art will be able to refer to patent documents FR 2 462 584 and FR 2 588 645.
• FIG. 1 shows a health booth according to the invention in a particular embodiment
• FIG. 2 represents the connections of a computer used in the health booth of FIG. 1;
• FIG. 3 shows several health booths according to the invention interconnected to form a hospital; and - Appendix 1 represents an example of a data structure generated by the health booth of Figure 1.
• Figure 1 shows a health booth 10 according to the invention in a particular embodiment.
• the health booth 10 mainly comprises a shell 20 and an armchair 30.
• the health booth 10 may comprise several seats 30.
• the health booth 10 comprises several means for measuring data relating to the health of a user. In the embodiment described here, these measuring means consist of:
• an inflatable cuff 31 for measuring the blood pressure at the level of a user's arm, this cuff furthermore comprising heart pulse sensors, not shown;
• a scale 32 for measuring the weight of the user when he is seated on the chair 30;
• a saturometer 34 for measuring the saturometry of the user by blood oxygenation.
• the saturometer 34 is attached to the end of an armrest 35 of the chair 30.
• the health booth 10 comprises a certain number of sensors to determine the conditions under which the taking of health measurements is carried out.
• these sensors are:
• a sensor 41 making it possible to determine whether the door 25 of the cabin is open or closed;
• a pressure sensor 42 placed on the seat of the chair 30 making it possible to detect whether the user is seated or not on the seat;
• a pressure sensor 43 placed in the back of the chair 30, which makes it possible to determine whether the user is leaning against the chair 30;
• thermometer 46 for measuring the temperature outside the shell 20
• thermometer 47 for measuring the temperature inside the shell 20
• a hygrometer 48 for measuring the humidity level outside the shell 20
• a hygrometer 53 for measuring the humidity level inside the shell 20
• a microphone 50 for measuring the noise level inside the cabin 10; and a photoelectric cell 54 for measuring the level of brightness outside the shell 20.
• the health booth 10 comprises a lamp 55 for diffusing, inside the booth 10, a light of predetermined intensity, so that the brightness of the shell 20 is optimal for perform health measurements when the door 25 is closed.
• the conditions under which this measurement has been taken are recorded in a data structure in association with the results of this measurement.
• this data structure is a computer file.
• the health booth 10 comprises a computer 60 to which each of the aforementioned sensors and measuring devices are connected, as shown in FIG. 2.
• This computer 60 is adapted to generate a file as shown in Appendix 1 and to send this file to a remote center 100 via a telecommunications network R.
• this computer 100 is installed in the thickness of the shell 20.
• the computer 60 and all the electrical equipment of the health booth 10 are supplied with energy by a motor 70 placed in the thickness of the shell 20, itself connected to a solar panel. 71.
• the solar panel 71 heats a fluid injected into the engine 70 through a pipe 72, the engine using this heat energy to generate the electrical power necessary for the operation of the electrical instruments of the cabin 10, and to produce electricity. cold by compression of another fluid.
• the engine 70 is therefore particularly adapted to regulate the temperature inside the cabin 20, by injecting hot or medium air from a grid 72.
• the health booth 10 described herein also includes an air vent 29 and a touch pad 80 for interacting with the user.
• a message is displayed on the touch screen, prompting the user to measure its size with the board 33.
• the size is then recorded in the file of Appendix 1. Once the size is measured, the user is encouraged to remain standing on the above-mentioned benchmarks and to perform a blood pressure measurement while standing. Sensors placed in the tension cuff 31 can detect that the cuff is correctly positioned.
• the computer 60 triggers a counter and takes two blood pressure measurements, respectively after one minute and after five minutes, the results of these measurements, respectively 11.8 and 11.6, being memorized. the file in Annex 1.
• the user is then invited to take a position on the chair 30.
• For weight measurement it is ensured that the user is actually seated (sensor 42 active) and that both of his feet are positioned on the foot bar (position of the feet detected by the sensors 44).
• the weight is measured by the balance 32 and recorded in the file of Annex 1 (81 kg).
• a message from the touchpad 80 then prompts the user to reposition the tension cuff 31 to measure his sitting blood pressure.
• the user is in a sitting position (detected by the sensor 42) backed to the chair 30 (detected by the sensor 43) and the arm placed on the armrest 35 (detected by two position sensors 83).
• the measured blood pressure 12.7 is recorded in the data structure, with information representative of the fact that the user was sitting, leaning but his arm was not positioned on the armrest.
• the microphone When measuring the heartbeats of the user using the voltage cuff 31, the microphone detects a very high level of noise, namely a noise level of 120 dB due to a jackhammer. It is known that the noise level strongly influences the number of heartbeats per minute.
• the touch pad 80 prompts the user to close the door 25, which is automatically detected by the sensor 4L
• a noise level of 50 dB is then recorded inside the health cabin 10.
• the light diffused by the lamp 55 is at the optimal level of 120 cd.
• the temperature inside the cabin is 19 ° C.
• the touch pad 80 invites the user to wait 1 minute and heartbeats of 60 ppm are then recorded in the file of Appendix 1.
• a message invites the user to measure his saturometry by placing his index in saturometer 34 positioned at the end of the armrest 35.
• the brightness (120 cd) and hygrometry (4%) measurements are recorded in association with the result of this SpO 2 : 95% saturometry measurement.
• the file is then automatically sent by the computer
• the health booth 10 comprises two removable doors 90 located vis-a-vis. As shown in Figure 3, these doors allow for a hospital by positioning two health cabins side-by-side and removing the removable panels 90 so as to create a lock chamber between the two cabins.
• the health booths 10 are interconnected by a seal 92 in this particular arrangement.

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