INTEGRATED APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL ALARM SYSTEM

• US 20090231120A1
• Filed: 03/13/2008
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pacific Hospital Supply Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Pacific Hospital Supply Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chung, Donny
• Application Number:
  US12/047,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20090231120A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/521
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

An integrated apparatus for a medical alarm system includes modules and functions of both area alarm units and master alarm units. An input/output module is provided to specify functions of the area alarm units and master alarm units when the two functions are separately executed. In addition, functions of both area alarm units and the master alarm units can also be operated in an integrated apparatus. The execution programs of the integrated apparatus can be updated and modified by connecting the integrated apparatus to an external memory card. Therefore, the integrated apparatus saves not only disassembling and assembling time, but also costs of update operation.

Claims

1. An integrated apparatus for a medical alarm system, comprising:

a control unit;

a detection module electrically connected to the control unit, and the detection module adapted for detecting various environmental data and delivering the detected environmental data to the control unit;

a switch module electrically connected to the control unit and used as an input module, and the switch module electrically connected to a first external apparatus and delivering instructions and data generated from the first external apparatus to the control unit;

a relay module electrically connected to the control unit and electrically connected to a second external apparatus and delivering instructions and data generated from the control unit to the second external apparatus;

a memory card module electrically connected to the control unit and connected to an external memory card, and the memory card module outputting the data stored in the control unit by the memory card, or updating execution programs of the control unit by software programs stored in the memory card;

a display module electrically connected to the control unit, and the display module receiving and displaying analyzed data delivered from the control unit.

2. The integrated apparatus in claim 1, wherein the control unit is a 32-bit central processing unit (CPU) with an embedded operating system.

3. The integrated apparatus in claim 1, wherein the detection module is a gas detection module, and the detection module is used to detect gas data and deliver the detected data to the control unit.

4. The integrated apparatus in claim 1, wherein both the first external apparatus and the second external apparatus are identical apparatuses.

5. The integrated apparatus in claim 1, wherein both the first external apparatus and the second external apparatus are implemented by the integrated apparatus.

6. The integrated apparatus in claim 1, wherein the switch module and the relay module have a plurality of dry contacts for connecting to the external apparatuses separately.

7. The integrated apparatus in claim 1, wherein the switch module and the relay module are electrically connected to the external apparatuses by RS-485 annunciator boards separately.

8. The integrated apparatus in claim 1, wherein the memory card module is a secure digital (SD) card module.

9. The integrated apparatus in claim 1, further comprising an interface port module electrically connected to the control unit, and the interface port module connecting to an external host so as to directly acquire the data stored in the integrated apparatus.

10. The integrated apparatus in claim 9, wherein the interface port module is connected to the external host by an RS-232 interface port.

11. The integrated apparatus in claim 9, wherein the interface port module is connected to the external host by a wireless LAN card.

12. The integrated apparatus in claim 1, wherein the display module is an organic light emitting diode (OLED).

13. The integrated apparatus in claim 1, wherein the display module is a light emitting diode (LED).

14. The integrated apparatus in claim 1, wherein the display module is a liquid crystal display (LCD).

15. The integrated apparatus in claim 1, wherein the control unit further comprises an embedded web server module.