Dynamic control of a patient monitoring system
First Claim
1. In a patient monitoring system operable for monitoring a plurality of physiological parameters of a patient, apparatus for providing dynamic control of the patient monitoring system, comprising:
- a communications network having a plurality of nodes;
means, connected to a first of said nodes, for directing dynamic control information onto the communications network;
a backchannel transmission system connected to one of said nodes for receiving the dynamic control information and for transmitting the dynamic control information in a backchannel transmission; and
a multiport transmitter including a monitoring section for obtaining first data representative of a first physiological parameter, a backchannel receiver module for receiving said backchannel transmission and a data processing section operatively connected to the sensor system and the backchannel receiver module for carrying out a patient monitoring function in accordance with said dynamic control information so as to provide processed data, a transmitter operatively connected to the data processing section for transmitting the processed data as a telemetry signal, and a power supply section for providing power to the multiport transmitter.
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Abstract
A flexible patient monitoring system which interfaces a telemetry subsystem with a network by way of a telemetry transmission receiving system and a network controller. The telemetry subsystem includes one or more monitoring instruments, a multiport transmitter, a telemetry subsystem interface, a backchannel receiver module, and a telemetry docking station. The flexible patient monitoring system may be operated to implement network-based, system-originated control of one or more of the patient monitoring functions performed in the system. A particular function that is subject to dynamic control is the transmission of a telemetry signal.
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12 Claims
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1. In a patient monitoring system operable for monitoring a plurality of physiological parameters of a patient, apparatus for providing dynamic control of the patient monitoring system, comprising:
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a communications network having a plurality of nodes; means, connected to a first of said nodes, for directing dynamic control information onto the communications network; a backchannel transmission system connected to one of said nodes for receiving the dynamic control information and for transmitting the dynamic control information in a backchannel transmission; and a multiport transmitter including a monitoring section for obtaining first data representative of a first physiological parameter, a backchannel receiver module for receiving said backchannel transmission and a data processing section operatively connected to the sensor system and the backchannel receiver module for carrying out a patient monitoring function in accordance with said dynamic control information so as to provide processed data, a transmitter operatively connected to the data processing section for transmitting the processed data as a telemetry signal, and a power supply section for providing power to the multiport transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a patient monitoring system operable for monitoring a plurality of physiological parameters of a patient, apparatus for providing dynamic control of the patient monitoring system, comprising:
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a communications network having a plurality of nodes; means, connected to a first of said nodes, for directing dynamic control information onto the communications network; a backchannel transmission system connected to a one of said nodes for receiving the dynamic control information and for transmitting the dynamic control information in a backchannel transmission; a multiport transmitter including a backchannel receiver module for receiving said backchannel transmission, a monitoring section for obtaining first data representative of a first physiological parameter, a data port for acquiring second data representative of a second physiological parameter, a data processing section operatively connected to the monitoring section, data port, and backchannel receiver module for carrying out a patient monitoring function in accordance with said dynamic control information whereby the first data and the second data are processed by the data processing section to provide processed data;
a memory storage device, operably connected to the data processing section for storing programmed information relative to the operation of the data processing section; and
a transmitter, operatively connected to the data processing section, for transmitting the processed data as a telemetry signal.
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12. A system for providing dynamic control of a patient monitoring function, comprising:
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a communications network having a plurality of nodes; a backchannel transmission system connected to a one of said nodes for receiving the dynamic control information and for transmitting the dynamic control information in a backchannel transmission; a multiport transmitter, including; a sensor system connectable to the patient for providing a sense signal representative of a first physiological condition, a monitoring section for receiving the sense signal and providing first data representative of the first physiological condition, a first data port for receiving second data representative of a second physiological parameter, a data processing section for carrying out the patient monitoring function, whereby the first data and the externally-sourced data are processed by the data processing section to provide processed data, a backchannel receiver module for receiving the backchannel transmission, translating the received transmission, and providing the dynamic control information to the data processing section; a dynamic memory storage device for storing programmed information relative to the operation of the data processing section, a power supply section; and a transmitter operatively connected to the data processing section for transmitting the processed data as a telemetry signal; wherein the transmitter is a frequency-synthesized transmitter and the dynamic control information is applied to alter the operating frequency of the transmitter.
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