MUMBAI, India, Oct. 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441031017 A) filed by K. Ramakrishnan College Of Engineering, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, on April 18, 2024, for 'an internet of things based hospital and patient caring system.'

Inventor(s) include Mr. A. Balakumar; Mr. S. Syed Hussain; Dr. B. Viswanathan; F. Infant Stanko; J. Hariprasath; R. Kishore Kumar; and P. Thamodharan.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 24, under issue no. 43/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses an Internet of Things based hospital and patient caring system for monitoring the patients continuously to reduce the accidents. The system comprises a data acquisition unit is operatively coupled with the arduino which is configured to acquire one or more details of one or more patients by means of ECG heart rate sensor, pulse oximeter sensor and temperature sensor for monitoring the patients. The said one or more details may comprise the electro cardiogram data, blood oxygen level, body temperature and the like. The communication module is configured to send the acquired data by the data acquisition unit with the master server for continuously monitoring the patients autonomously for creating the alert notification to the medical professionals. The power adaptor is configured to provide the necessary electrical energy to the arduino and Raspberry pi for acquiring and sending the information properly. The casing houses at least one transmission and receiver unit for protecting the parts and components from the internal and external environment. The alert notification module is configured to provide the indication to the healthcare professionals about the patient health condition for taking the necessary actions before the critical condition."

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