CENTRALIZED PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM WITH DIRECTED AUDIO ALERTING
First Claim
1. A centralized patient monitoring system configured to enable each of a plurality of technicians to generally simultaneously monitor multiple patients comprising:
- a computer adapted to receive patient data from the monitored patients;
a display connected to the computer, said display configured to visually convey the patient data; and
a directional speaker connected to the computer, said directional speaker being configured to selectively generate a localized alarm to audibly alert one of said plurality of technicians when one of the monitored patients requires attention, wherein said localized alarm is generally imperceptible to the other of said plurality of technicians.
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Abstract
A centralized patient monitoring system configured to enable each of a plurality of technicians to generally simultaneously monitor multiple patients is disclosed herein. The centralized patient monitoring system includes a computer adapted to receive patient data from the monitored patients, and a display configured to visually convey the patient data. The centralized patient monitoring system also includes a directional speaker configured to selectively generate a localized alarm in order to audibly alert one of the technicians when a monitored patient requires attention in a manner that is generally imperceptible to the other technicians.
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1. A centralized patient monitoring system configured to enable each of a plurality of technicians to generally simultaneously monitor multiple patients comprising:
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a computer adapted to receive patient data from the monitored patients; a display connected to the computer, said display configured to visually convey the patient data; and a directional speaker connected to the computer, said directional speaker being configured to selectively generate a localized alarm to audibly alert one of said plurality of technicians when one of the monitored patients requires attention, wherein said localized alarm is generally imperceptible to the other of said plurality of technicians. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A centralized patient monitoring system configured to enable each of a plurality of technicians to generally simultaneously monitor multiple patients comprising:
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a computer adapted to receive patient data from a plurality of monitored patients, and to analyze the patient data in order to identify any of said plurality of monitored patients that require attention; a display connected to the computer, said monitor configured to visually convey the patient data; and a directional speaker connected to the computer, said directional speaker being configured to selectively to generate a localized alarm in response to said patient data analysis; wherein said localized alarm comprises a narrow beam of audible sound waves directed at one of the plurality of technicians. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for enabling each of a plurality of technicians to generally simultaneously monitor multiple patients comprising:
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collecting patient data from a plurality of monitored patients; implementing a computer to analyze the patient data; implementing a directional speaker to selectively generate a localized alarm in response to said patient data analysis, wherein the localized alarm comprises a narrow beam of audible sound waves; and directing the narrow beam of audible sound waves at one of the plurality of technicians such that said one of the plurality o f technicians can be audibly alerted in a manner that is generally imperceptible to the other of the plurality of technicians. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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