System and method for patient monitoring
First Claim
1. A patient monitoring system for automatically monitoring patient parameters over time while the patient occupies a bed, the patient monitoring system comprising:
- a sensing system positioned underneath a patient and separated from the patient by at least one layer of material, the sensing system comprising a plurality of sensor cells, the sensor cells automatically collecting sensor data related to the patient parameters;
an interface for receiving the collected sensor data from the sensing system; and
a monitoring engine located remotely from the patient, the monitoring engine receiving the collected sensor data from the interface and comprising calculation components for determining the patient parameters from the collected sensor data.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a patient monitoring system for automatically monitoring patient parameters over time while the patient occupies a bed. The patient monitoring system may include a sensing system positioned underneath a patient and separated from the patient by at least one layer of material, the sensing system comprising a plurality of sensor cells, the sensor cells automatically collecting sensor data related to the patient parameters. The patient monitoring system may further include an interface for receiving the collected sensor data from the sensing system and a monitoring engine receiving the collected sensor data from the interface. Calculation components may be provided for determining the patient parameters from the collected sensor data.
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48 Claims
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1. A patient monitoring system for automatically monitoring patient parameters over time while the patient occupies a bed, the patient monitoring system comprising:
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a sensing system positioned underneath a patient and separated from the patient by at least one layer of material, the sensing system comprising a plurality of sensor cells, the sensor cells automatically collecting sensor data related to the patient parameters; an interface for receiving the collected sensor data from the sensing system; and a monitoring engine located remotely from the patient, the monitoring engine receiving the collected sensor data from the interface and comprising calculation components for determining the patient parameters from the collected sensor data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A patient monitoring system for automatically and remotely monitoring patient parameters over time for multiple patients, while each of the patients occupies a bed, the patient monitoring system comprising:
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multiple sensing systems, each sensing system positioned underneath a patient and separated from the patient by at least one layer of material, each sensing system comprising a plurality of sensor cells, the sensor cells automatically collecting sensor data related to the patient parameters; multiple interfaces, each of the multiple interfaces for receiving the collected sensor data from the sensing system; and a monitoring engine located remotely from the patients, the monitoring engine receiving the collected sensor data from the multiple interfaces and comprising calculation components for determining the patient parameters for the multiple patients from the collected sensor data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A patient monitoring method for automatically and remotely monitoring patient parameters over time for multiple patients, while each of the patients occupies a bed, the patient monitoring method comprising:
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providing multiple sensing systems positioned such that each sensing systems is disposed underneath a patient and is separated from the patient by at least one layer of material, each sensing system comprising a plurality of sensor cells; automatically collecting sensor data related to the patient parameters from said plurality of sensor cells of each sensing system at a remote monitoring engine operatively connected to said multiple sensing systems; and calculating patient parameters using the collected sensor data with calculation components of the monitoring engine. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A patient monitoring method for automatically monitoring patient parameters over time for a patient while the patient occupies a bed, the patient monitoring method comprising:
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providing a sensing system positioned underneath the patient and separated from the patient by at least one layer of material, the sensing system comprising a plurality of sensor cells, the sensor cells automatically collecting sensor data related to the patient parameters; providing a monitoring engine operatively connected to said sensing system for receiving and processing the collected sensor data; and calculating patient parameters with calculation components of the monitoring engine. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A patient monitoring system for automatically monitoring patient parameters over time while the patient occupies a bed, the patient monitoring system comprising:
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a sensing system positioned underneath a patient and separated from the patient by at least one layer of material, the sensing system comprising a plurality of sensor cells, the sensor cells automatically collecting sensor data related to the patient parameters; and a monitoring engine operatively connected to said sensing system, the monitoring engine comprising calculation components for determining the patient parameters from the collected sensor data, wherein said collected sensor data include discrete pressure values measured by said sensor cells and associated with the locations of said plurality of sensor cells. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48)
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