MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING AN INTELLIGENT ALERTING SCHEME, AND RELATED OPERATING METHODS
First Claim
1. A method of operating an electronic device that includes at least one onboard situational awareness sensor, the method comprising:
- detecting an alert condition associated with operation of the electronic device;
using the at least one onboard situational awareness sensor to obtain sensor data indicative of current conditions associated with the electronic device, resulting in collected sensor data;
determining, in response to the collected sensor data, a preferred alerting scheme from a plurality of different available alerting schemes; and
generating an alert for the alert condition in accordance with the preferred alerting scheme.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A portable medical device and related operating methods are provided. One operating method involves a portable medical device that includes a situational awareness sensor. The method begins by detecting an alert condition associated with operation of the portable medical device. In response to the alert condition, the situational awareness sensor performs a scanning operation to obtain sensor data indicative of a current environmental status of the portable medical device. The device can then select a preferred alerting scheme from a plurality of different available alerting schemes, where the preferred alerting scheme is influenced by the sensor data. The device then generates an alert for the alert condition in accordance with the preferred alerting scheme.
-
Citations
33 Claims
-
1. A method of operating an electronic device that includes at least one onboard situational awareness sensor, the method comprising:
-
detecting an alert condition associated with operation of the electronic device; using the at least one onboard situational awareness sensor to obtain sensor data indicative of current conditions associated with the electronic device, resulting in collected sensor data; determining, in response to the collected sensor data, a preferred alerting scheme from a plurality of different available alerting schemes; and generating an alert for the alert condition in accordance with the preferred alerting scheme. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
-
21. A medical device comprising:
-
a first situational awareness sensor configured to obtain first sensor data indicative of a first status for the medical device; a second situational awareness sensor configured to obtain second sensor data indicative of a second status for the medical device; an alert module configured to detect an alert condition associated with operation of the medical device; a decision module configured to process the first sensor data and the second sensor data to determine a preferred alerting scheme for the alert condition; and at least one alert generating element configured to execute the preferred alerting scheme. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
-
-
30. A method of operating a portable medical device that includes a situational awareness sensor, the method comprising:
-
detecting an alert condition associated with operation of the portable medical device; in response to detecting the alert condition, performing a scanning operation with the situational awareness sensor to obtain sensor data indicative of a current environmental status of the portable medical device; selecting a preferred alerting scheme from a plurality of different available alerting schemes, the preferred alerting scheme being influenced by the sensor data; and generating an alert for the alert condition in accordance with the preferred alerting scheme.
-
-
31. The method of claim 31, wherein:
-
the preferred alerting scheme calls for a sequence of different alert notification types; and generating the alert generates the sequence of different alert notification types until the alert is disabled by a user. - View Dependent Claims (32)
-
-
33. A method of operating a portable medical device that includes at least one onboard situational awareness sensor, the method comprising:
-
maintaining a decision algorithm that selects alerting schemes for the portable medical device, wherein the decision algorithm processes sensor data obtained by the at least one onboard situational awareness sensor to select preferred alerting schemes for alert conditions of the portable medical device; generating alerts in accordance with preferred alerting schemes selected by the decision algorithm; obtaining information associated with user reactions to the alerts, resulting in obtained user reaction information; and dynamically adapting the decision algorithm in response to the obtained user reaction information.
-
Specification