System for producing prioritized alarm messages in a medical instrument
First Claim
1. A control system for use with a medical instrument comprising:
- sensing means for monitoring the operation of said instrument to detect a plurality of predetermined conditions;
message means for generating initial and steady state visible and audible messages indicative of the predetermined conditions; and
prioritization means for controlling the generation of the initial and steady state messages by said message means in accordance with a predetermined set of parameters including a priority assigned to each of the predetermined conditions detected by said sensing means, wherein the visible messages include an initial display message, steady state display message, and icon.
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Abstract
A defibrillator/monitor (10) employing a message processing routine (60) that controls the way in which information from a plurality of sensing circuits (28) is communicated to an attending physician by output devices (30). In that regard, each of the various conditions monitored by the sensing circuits has a priority associated therewith. Each condition may be associated with one or more of five different types of messages: an initial display message, steady state display message, initial sound message, steady state sound message, and display icon message. The different messages, like the different conditions, may also be prioritized. The particular message or messages produced by the output devices in response to a particular set of conditions is then dependent upon the relative prioritization of the conditions and messages as evaluated by a microcomputer (18) in accordance with the routine.
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16 Claims
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1. A control system for use with a medical instrument comprising:
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sensing means for monitoring the operation of said instrument to detect a plurality of predetermined conditions; message means for generating initial and steady state visible and audible messages indicative of the predetermined conditions; and prioritization means for controlling the generation of the initial and steady state messages by said message means in accordance with a predetermined set of parameters including a priority assigned to each of the predetermined conditions detected by said sensing means, wherein the visible messages include an initial display message, steady state display message, and icon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of controlling the reaction of a medical instrument to a plurality of different conditions identified by the instrument, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) establishing a different priority for each of the different conditions; (b) associating at least one of a plurality of outputs with each different condition; (c) producing an output associated with a particular condition identified by the instrument, the particular output produced being dependent upon; (i) the duration of time since the particular condition was identified; (ii) whether any other conditions have been identified; and (iii) the priorities of the particular condition and any other conditions identified. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A medical system comprising:
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a medical instrument; sensing means for monitoring the operation of said instrument to detect a plurality of predetermined conditions; initial message generation means for producing an initial message, in response to the sensing of a predetermined condition by said sensing means, for a predetermined interval of time; and steady state message generation means for producing a steady state message upon the expiration of the predetermined interval of time.
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