Patient carestation
First Claim
1. A patient carestation adapted to be used in connection with a patient, said patient carestation comprising a base, at least one environmental sensor adapted to sense information concerning the environment surrounding the patient and provide electronic signals indicative of that environment, at least two physiological sensors adapted to obtain information relating to physiological conditions of a patient undergoing treatment on the patient support and to provide electronic signals indicative of physiological conditions of the patient other than patient skin temperature, said patient care apparatus further having a signal processing means to receive signals from the at least one environmental sensor and the at least two physiological sensors, other than a patient skin temperature sensor, to integrate those signals into an integrated output stream of signals that convey information relating both to the environment surrounding the infant and physiological information of the patient.
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Abstract
A patient carestation for providing care to a patient including at least one environmental sensor sensing information concerning the environment surrounding the patient and providing electronic signals indicative of that environment. There are also physiological sensors sensing information relating to physiological conditions of the patient other than skin temperature and providing electronic signals indicative of physiological conditions of the patient. There may also be therapeutic sensors providing data based on therapy administered by peripheral apparatus and an input receiving patient information. A signal processor receives the signals from the physiological sensors, the environmental sensor, the therapeutic sensor and the patient information input and combines those signals into an integrated combination of signals for use by the caregiver. The integrated combination of signals can be used in a smart alarm or to generally appraise the caregiver at a central location as to the status of the patient.
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47 Claims
- 1. A patient carestation adapted to be used in connection with a patient, said patient carestation comprising a base, at least one environmental sensor adapted to sense information concerning the environment surrounding the patient and provide electronic signals indicative of that environment, at least two physiological sensors adapted to obtain information relating to physiological conditions of a patient undergoing treatment on the patient support and to provide electronic signals indicative of physiological conditions of the patient other than patient skin temperature, said patient care apparatus further having a signal processing means to receive signals from the at least one environmental sensor and the at least two physiological sensors, other than a patient skin temperature sensor, to integrate those signals into an integrated output stream of signals that convey information relating both to the environment surrounding the infant and physiological information of the patient.
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17. A method of providing an integrated stream of data and information in a patient carestation relating to an operational parameter of the patient care apparatus and a physiological being of a patient, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one environmental sensor adapted to sense at least one parameter of the environmental conditions of a patient in the patient care apparatus and to provide an output signal indicative of that at least one environmental parameter;
providing at least two physiological sensors adapted to sense at least two physiological conditions of a patient, other than skin temperature, and to provide an output signal indicative of those physiological conditions;
integrating the output signals from the at least one environmental sensor and the at least two physiological sensors to obtain and provide a combined integrated stream of data and information indicative of both the environmental conditions and the physiological information of a patient. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for monitoring physiological conditions of an infant and environment conditions surrounding the infant undergoing care in an infant warming apparatus, said system comprising:
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at least one environmental sensor adapted to sense the environmental conditions of an infant in the infant warming apparatus and to send electronic signals indicative of an environmental parameter;
at least two physiological sensors adapted to sense differing physiological conditions of an infant in the infant warming apparatus and to send a separate stream of electronic signals indicative of each of two physiological conditions of an infant;
a signal processor adapted to receive the signals from the at least one environmental sensor and from the at least two physiological sensors, said signal processor adapted to integrate said signals into a integrated stream of electronic signals containing information relating to an environmental condition and at least two physiological conditions, and a diagnostic apparatus adapted to receive the integrated stream of electronic signals and use those signals to diagnose conditions of a patient. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A patient carestation for monitoring conditions of a patient under the care of a patient care apparatus, said carestation comprising:
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at least one environmental sensor adapted to sense an environmental condition of a patient cared for by the patient care apparatus and to send electronic signals indicative of an environmental condition;
at least one physiological sensor adapted to sense a physiological condition of a patient cared for by the patient care apparatus and to send electronic signals indicative of a physiological condition of a patient;
at least one therapeutic sensor adapted to sense a therapy condition relating to the administration of care to a patient by a peripheral apparatus;
an input for receiving patient information relating to a patient in the form of electronic signals;
a signal processor adapted to receive electronic signals from the at least one environmental sensor, the at least one physiological sensor, the at least one therapeutic sensor and the electronic signals representative of patient information received by said input, said signal processor integrating said electronic signals into an integrated stream of electronic signals. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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