Intelligent alarms
US8626528B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 17, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2205/18
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A patient in intensive care is monitored by connecting the outputs of a plurality of sensors to a computer, where the sensors all relate to one mode of functioning such as heart beating, respiration, infusion of a liquid into the patient, etc. The sensor outputs are delivered to a computer that sounds an alarm, only if all sensors that indicate one function (e.g. heart beating) indicate dangerously low operation of that function. This avoids many false alarms caused by one sensor having a low output such as due to accidental disconnection of a wire.
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