遠距醫療照護輔助裝置:位置及體溫監控

A Remote Health-Care Assistive Device:Monitoring of Location and Temperature

陳士維(Shih-Wei Chen)

指導教授 ： 郭德盛

共同指導教授 ： 陳友倫 ； 陸哲駒

國立臺灣大學/電機資訊學院/電機工程學研究所/碩士(2005年)

https://doi.org/10.6342/NTU.2005.10118

摘要

本研究的主要目的在實現一可攜式且具有遠距監控及定位功能之輔助裝置，用於行動安全照護以健全遠距醫療網絡系統。此裝置主要目的為遠距監控慢性病患使用者在醫院之外活動時的生理參數，並利用全球定位系統(Global Positioning System, GPS)取得使用者所在地點資訊，後可經由語音介面告知使用者本身所在地點，以及透過無線封包交換通訊服務(Global Packet Radio Service, GPRS)網路回傳使用者所在地給醫護人員的功能。研究中利用數位訊號處理器(Digital Signal Processor, DSP)整合其他模組來實現此一裝置，試圖縮小裝置體積及重量，以便達成便於攜帶且不會影響使用者行動的目的。
遠距監控輔助裝置除了可以連續性且長時間的監控病患的生理數據，更有效利用醫療資源外；還有緊急救援功能，當病患外出卻突然病發時可以立即通報並請求救護車前往救援病患，爭取寶貴的時間。此外，此裝置也可以應用在居家照護方面，可以讓病人在家自己做簡易的健康檢查，詳細的生理狀況在醫生對健康狀況做出分析後，便可以利用電話、電子郵件或傳真機來告知病患本身的身體健康情況。在本論文中已經完成伺服器端與使用者端之連線，並進行正常人之測試，但尚未有臨床測試。

關鍵字

遠距醫療照護,全球定位系統,無線封包交換通訊服務,數位訊號處理器

並列摘要

This research focuses on the implementation of a portable assistant device with the characteristics of remote monitoring and locating function. This portable device has been designed to assist patients with chronic diseases in the out-of-hospital monitoring. In addition, it can transmit locating information from the Global Positioning System (GPS) and tell patients where they are right now via its voice interface. It also can return the location of the patients to the paramedics via Global Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network. Integrating with a digital signal processor (DSP) and other modules, this portable assistant device can provide the long-term monitoring and navigation without disturbing patients’ activities of daily living. Moreover, this proposed device with GPS can help patients to get used to the unfamiliar and familiar environments.
This assistant device can provide the remote monitoring and continuously long-term recording patients’ vital signs. Moreover, this device can inform an emergence station if the patient is in danger or encounters other accidents, and then an ambulance will be sent to rescue his life. By doing this, it can increase the efficiency and survival rates many times. In addition, when the patient is at home, he can use this device to have a simple inspection of his physical signals and sent this data to the hospital, and then the physicians or nurses will analyze it and send him an instant report via telephone, fax machine or e-mail. We have completed the client part and built the connection between the GSM network and the Internet to transmit the information through the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). We will continue to achieve the server part and have a clinic trial to validate the proposed device in the future.

並列關鍵字

Remote Health-Care, GPS, GPRS, DSP

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