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Medical monitoring system

  • US 10,007,758 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2013
  • Issued: 06/26/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical patient monitoring device for monitoring physiological information, the medical patient monitoring device comprising:

  • an interface configured to receive physiological information associated with at least one patient;

    a detector for detecting the physical presence of a clinician token within a detection area in the vicinity of the medical patient monitoring device; and

    a processor that is configured to take a first predetermined action in response to detection of the clinician token in the detection area, the first predetermined action being associated with at least one attribute of the circumstances surrounding detection of the clinician token,wherein the clinician token is indicative of the identity of a clinician corresponding to the clinician token, the clinician token being associated with priority information that indicates a priority assigned to the corresponding clinician for accessing the medical patient monitoring device in the case where multiple clinician tokens are detected in the detection area during the same period of time, the priority information being independent of the clinician'"'"'s permission level for accessing the medical patient monitoring device, and wherein the first predetermined action is based on the priority information when multiple clinician tokens are detected in the detection area during the same period of time.

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