CONCURRENT VOICE & DATA TELEPHONE FOR OUT-PATIENT USE

THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY AND PRACTICALITY OF A NEW TYPE OF TELEPHONE, OMNIPHONE, WHICH ISFULLY COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT, BUT CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING OVER A SINGLE TELEPHONE LINE BOTH VOICE AND DATA SIMULTANEOUSLY. THIS CAN PROVIDE THE FLEXIBILITY OF PATIENT-PHYSICIAN DIALOG CONCURRENTLY WITH THE TRANSFER OF MEDICAL DATA FROM EXISTING REMOTE OUT-PATIENT MONITORING EQUIPMENT. COUPLED TO SUCH DEVICES, OMNIPHONE WOULD MAKE CURRENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PHYSICIAN, WHO COULD DIRECTLY CONTROL, CALIBRATE, OR REPROGRAM THE DEVICES VIA TELEPHONE DURING CONVERSATION WITHTHE PATIENT. SUCH NEW CAPABILITIES COULD ACCELERATE ADVANCES IN REMOTE MONITORING EQUIPMENT AND COULD ENCOURAGE MORE WIDESPREAD USE OF EXISTING EQUIPMENT. TWO EXPERIMENTALPROTOTYPES CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT ARE TO BE DESIGNED AND ASSEMBLED. GENERATING THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE IS ANTICIPATED TO BE THE PRIMARY EFFORT OFTHIS PROJECT. ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WHEREVER THE CONCURRENT TRANSFER OF COMPUTERIZED DATA DURING CONVERSATION WOULD BE USEFUL. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY AND PRACTICALITY OF A NEW TYPE OF TELEPHONE, OMNIPHONE, WHICH ISFULLY COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT, BUT CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING OVER A SINGLE TELEPHONE LINE BOTH VOICE AND DATA SIMULTANEOUSLY. THIS CAN PROVIDE THE FLEXIBILITY OF PATIENT-PHYSICIAN DIALOG CONCURRENTLY WITH THE TRANSFER OF MEDICAL DATA FROM EXISTING REMOTE OUT-PATIENT MONITORING EQUIPMENT. COUPLED TO SUCH DEVICES, OMNIPHONE WOULD MAKE CURRENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PHYSICIAN, WHO COULD DIRECTLY CONTROL, CALIBRATE, OR REPROGRAM THE DEVICES VIA TELEPHONE DURING CONVERSATION WITHTHE PATIENT. SUCH NEW CAPABILITIES COULD ACCELERATE ADVANCES IN REMOTE MONITORING EQUIPMENT AND COULD ENCOURAGE MORE WIDESPREAD USE OF EXISTING EQUIPMENT. TWO EXPERIMENTALPROTOTYPES CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT ARE TO BE DESIGNED AND ASSEMBLED. GENERATING THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE IS ANTICIPATED TO BE THE PRIMARY EFFORT OFTHIS PROJECT. ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WHEREVER THE CONCURRENT TRANSFER OF COMPUTERIZED DATA DURING CONVERSATION WOULD BE USEFUL.