Alarm notification system and device having voice communication capability
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device for use in a medical monitoring system of a health care facility that generates notification messages indicating that a patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention and wirelessly transfers the notification messages to the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising:
- an audio signal input device;
an audio signal output device;
a wireless transceiver; and
a processing circuit configured to receive the notification messages indicating that the patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention and to facilitate transfer of voice data to the audio signal output and from the audio signal input by way of the wireless transceiver.
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Abstract
A system for use in a monitoring a plurality of subjects may be configured to receive data from a monitoring device, determine whether a subject has a condition that may require attention based on data received from the monitoring device, wirelessly send a notification message to a first portable electronic device and/or a second portable electronic device if a subject has a condition that may require attention, and facilitate voice communication between the first portable device and the second portable device. The voice data may be transferred using one of a network of the health care facility, a direct wireless connection between the portable devices, and a cellular network. The system may further be configured to forward other data from the first portable device to the second portable device, such as data associated with a notification message being displayed on one of the devices.
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42 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device for use in a medical monitoring system of a health care facility that generates notification messages indicating that a patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention and wirelessly transfers the notification messages to the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising:
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an audio signal input device;
an audio signal output device;
a wireless transceiver; and
a processing circuit configured to receive the notification messages indicating that the patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention and to facilitate transfer of voice data to the audio signal output and from the audio signal input by way of the wireless transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for establishing voice communication in a health care facility having a monitoring system that generates notification messages indicating that a patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention and wirelessly transfers the notification messages to portable electronic devices, the system comprising:
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a portable electronic device, comprising an audio signal input device;
an audio signal output device;
a wireless transceiver; and
a first processing circuit configured to receive the notification messages indicating that the patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention and to facilitate transfer of voice data to the audio signal output and from the audio signal input by way of the wireless transceiver; and
a second processing circuit configured to receive voice data sent from the portable electronic device and facilitate transfer of the voice data to a recipient. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method to be implemented by electronic devices of a medical monitoring system of a health care facility where a patient'"'"'s physiological characteristics are being monitored for conditions that may require attention by a clinician, the method comprising:
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receiving data from a monitoring device configured to monitor a patient;
determining whether the patient has a condition that may require attention based on the data received from the monitoring device;
sending a notification message to a portable electronic device if the patient has a condition that may require attention; and
wirelessly transferring voice data received from the portable electronic device to a recipient. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method to be implemented by electronic devices of a medical monitoring system of a health care facility where a patient'"'"'s physiological characteristics are being monitored for conditions that may require attention by a clinician, the method comprising:
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receiving data from a monitoring device configured to monitor a patient;
determining whether the patient has a condition that may require attention based on the data received from the monitoring device;
wirelessly sending a notification message to a first portable electronic device if a patient has a condition that may require attention, the notification message including physiologic data;
wirelessly sending a notification message to a second portable electronic device if a patient has a condition that may require attention, the notification message including physiologic data;
forwarding data to the second portable electronic device based on a user input received from a user input device of one of the first portable electronic device and the second portable electronic device, the data that is forwarded being data associated with a notification message being displayed on the portable electronic device; and
transferring voice data received from one of the first portable electronic device and the second portable electronic device to the other of the first portable electronic device and the second portable electronic device;
wherein transferring voice data comprises transferring the voice data using one of a network of the health care facility;
a direct wireless connection between the first portable electronic device and the second portable electronic device; and
a cellular network. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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