Wireless in-bore patient monitor for MRI with integral display
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1. A patient sensor system for use in MRI imaging comprising:
- an electronic patient monitor positionable adjacent to the patient and operable during an MRI scan, the electronic patient monitor including;
(a) at least one sensor receiving a patient signal from the patient; and
(b) an optical display communicating with the sensor to provide information to a human operator about the patient signal.
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Abstract
A portable, wireless patient monitor may operate in an MRI machine to monitor the patient during the scan and provides an optical display allowing the connection of the patient to the monitor when the monitor is remote from its receiving base station, for example, in the hospital room, or to provide clinical information as a freestanding monitor before and after the scan.
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1. A patient sensor system for use in MRI imaging comprising:
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an electronic patient monitor positionable adjacent to the patient and operable during an MRI scan, the electronic patient monitor including;
(a) at least one sensor receiving a patient signal from the patient; and
(b) an optical display communicating with the sensor to provide information to a human operator about the patient signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of monitoring a patient during an MRI scan comprising the steps of:
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(a) attaching at least one sensor to the patient, the sensor providing a patient signal to an electronic patient monitor positionable adjacent to the patient;
(b) before the MRI scan, monitoring the sensor by means of an optical display on the electronic patient monitor communicating with the sensor; and
(c) during the MRI scan, monitoring the sensor by means of data provided through a wireless transmitter system in the electronic patient monitor communicating the patient signal to a remote wireless receiver system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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