PATIENT MONITOR CAPABLE OF MONITORING THE QUALITY OF ATTACHED PROBES AND ACCESSORIES
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Abstract
A system and method to help maintain quality control and reduce cannibalization of accessories and attached probes in a highly sensitive patient monitor, such as a pulse oximetry system. One or more attached components may have information elements designed to designate what quality control mechanisms a patient monitor should look to find on that or another component or designate other components with which the one component may properly work. In a further embodiment, such information elements may also include data indicating the appropriate life of the component.
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20 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A cable device for a patient monitoring system, the cable device comprising:
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a first connector configured to connect to a patient monitor; a second connector configured to connect to a patient sensor; a cable extending between the first connector and the second connector; a cable information element positioned on or in the first connector or the second connector, the cable information element storing at least; a cable authentication code that is readable by the patient monitor to determine that the cable is authorized for use with the patient monitor, and a sensor requirement table that is readable by the patient monitor to determine whether the patient sensor is authorized for use with the cable. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A patient monitor configured to communicate with physiological sensor of different types and receive and use information indicative of a physiological condition from the physiological sensors after verification of the sensor, the patient monitor comprising:
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a memory configured to store indications of physiological sensors which are approved for use with the patient monitor, wherein the patient monitor is configured to receive and use information indicative of a physiological condition only from the approved physiological sensors; and a processor configured to communicate with physiological sensors and to receive identification information from the physiological sensors, the processor further configured to access the memory to determine if the sensor is an approved sensor, and wherein if the sensor identification meets predetermined criteria, the processor is further configured to alter the indications stored on the memory. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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