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Method for monitoring the condition of a patient

  • US 5,482,035 A
  • Filed: 03/17/1994
  • Issued: 01/09/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for monitoring a patient and anticipating a change occurring in a condition of a patient'"'"'s organism before the condition of a patient reaches a critical point, said method comprising the steps of:

  • monitoring and measuring at least one patient characteristic at specified time intervals to create a series of characteristic signals indicative of a condition of the patient'"'"'s organism;

    applying a computational measuring method to at least two of the characteristic signals thereby creating at least one measuring result signal;

    determining, according to the measuring result signal a change occurring in the condition of the patient;

    predicting a future condition of the patient'"'"'s organism based on the change in the condition of the patient;

    setting a limit value representing a predetermined critical point in the condition of the patient;

    setting a predetermined period of time in which it is desired to track a future condition with respect to the limit value; and

    generating a warning signal if a predicted future condition indicates that the limit value representing a predetermined critical point will be reached within the predetermined period of time, thereby indicating that the critical point is being approached by the monitored and measured patient characteristic thereby permitting preventive treatment to the patient.

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