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Patient monitoring system

  • US 20020013518A1
  • Filed: 05/18/2001
  • Published: 01/31/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireless patient monitor adapted to communicate with any one of plural medical telemetry networks, each having one or more central stations, where each network is configured to communicate via wireless communications using one of multiple different communications settings, the monitor comprising:

  • one or more sensor inputs for receiving vital signs data from a patient;

    a wireless transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless communications; and

    a controller coupled to receive the vital signs data via the one or more sensor inputs and to communicate with a network via the transceiver;

    where the controller is configured, upon initial power-up, to automatically transmit a signal to a local one of the plural networks via the transceiver to request the communications settings used by the local network, and to establish communications with at least one of the central stations on the local network using the communications settings received from the local network without intervention from a user of the patient monitor.

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