Notification alarm transfer methods, system, and device
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device for use in a medical monitoring system, wherein the medical monitoring system generates notification messages indicating that a patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention and wirelessly transfers the notification messages to the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising:
- a processing circuit configured to receive the data associated with the notification messages;
a first wireless transceiver coupled to the processing circuit and configured to receive data associated with the notification messages and transfer at least some of the data to the processing circuit, the first wireless transceiver configured to operate using a first wireless data transfer method;
a second wireless transceiver coupled to the processing circuit and configured to receive data associated with the notification messages and transfer at least some of the data to the processing circuit, the second wireless transceiver configured to operate using a second wireless data transfer method different than the first wireless data transfer method; and
a housing configured to house the processing circuit, and the first and second wireless transceivers.
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Abstract
A method for transferring data may include receiving data from a monitoring device, determining whether the subject being monitored has a condition that may require attention, and sending a notification message to a portable electronic device that is designed to be carried by a caregiver if such a condition exists. The notification message may be sent using one or both of a first wireless data transfer method and a second wireless data transfer method. The system may use both methods to communicate with one device or may use the first method to communicate with a first device and the second method to communicate with a second device. The portable electronic device may include two wireless transceivers such as a transceiver designed to connect the device to a local area network of a facility and a transceiver designed to connect the device to a cellular network.
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45 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device for use in a medical monitoring system, wherein the medical monitoring system generates notification messages indicating that a patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention and wirelessly transfers the notification messages to the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising:
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a processing circuit configured to receive the data associated with the notification messages; a first wireless transceiver coupled to the processing circuit and configured to receive data associated with the notification messages and transfer at least some of the data to the processing circuit, the first wireless transceiver configured to operate using a first wireless data transfer method; a second wireless transceiver coupled to the processing circuit and configured to receive data associated with the notification messages and transfer at least some of the data to the processing circuit, the second wireless transceiver configured to operate using a second wireless data transfer method different than the first wireless data transfer method; and a housing configured to house the processing circuit, and the first and second wireless transceivers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 22)
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9. A method to be implemented by electronic devices of a medical monitoring system of a health care facility where a patient'"'"'s physiological characteristics are being monitored for conditions that may require attention by a clinician, the method comprising:
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receiving data from a monitoring device configured to monitor a patient; determining whether the patient has a condition that may require attention based on the data received from the monitoring device; sending a notification message to a portable electronic device using a first wireless data transfer method if the patient has a condition that may require attention; and sending the notification message to the portable electronic device using a second wireless data transfer method different than the first wireless data transfer method if the patient has a condition that may require attention, wherein the portable electronic device is configured to receive the notification message in the first and second wireless data transfer method. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method to be implemented by electronic devices of a medical monitoring system of a health care facility where a patient'"'"'s physiological characteristics are being monitored for conditions that may require attention by a clinician, the method comprising:
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receiving data from a monitoring device configured to monitor a patient; determining whether the patient has a condition that may require attention based on the data received from the monitoring device; sending a notification message to a first portable electronic device using a first wireless data transfer method if the patient has a condition that may require attention; sending the notification message to a second portable electronic device using a second wireless data transfer method if the patient has a condition that may require attention; receiving a user input from a user input device; and sending data associated with the notification message, which data was received by the first portable electronic device, to a second portable electronic device based on the user input, wherein the portable electronic device is configured to receive the notification message in the first and second wireless data transfer method. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method to be implemented by electronic devices of a medical monitoring system of a health care facility where a patient'"'"'s physiological characteristics are being monitored for conditions that may require attention by a clinician, the method comprising:
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receiving data from a monitoring device configured to monitor a patient; determining whether the patient has a condition that may require attention based on the data received from the monitoring device; sending a notification message to a first portable electronic device using a first wireless data transfer method if the patient has a condition that may require attention; and sending the notification message to a second portable electronic device using a second wireless data transfer method different than the first wireless data transfer method, wherein the portable electronic device is configured to receive the notification message in the first and second wireless data transfer method. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A portable electronic device for use in a medical monitoring system that generates notification messages indicating that a patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention and wirelessly transfers the notification messages to the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising:
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a processing circuit configured to receive the notification messages indicating that the patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention; a first radio frequency wireless transceiver coupled to the processing circuit and configured to receive data associated with the notification message, the first wireless transceiver configured to operate using a first wireless data transfer method; a second radio frequency wireless transceiver coupled to the processing circuit and configured to receive data associated with the notification message, the second wireless transceiver configured to operate using a second wireless data transfer method different than the first wireless data transfer method; and a housing configured to house the processing circuit, the first radio frequency wireless transceiver and the second radio frequency transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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37. A portable electronic device for use in a medical monitoring system that generates notification messages indicating that a patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention and wirelessly transfers the notification messages to the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising:
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a processing circuit configured to receive the notification messages indicating that the patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention; a first wireless transceiver coupled to the processing circuit and configured to receive data associated with the notification message, the first wireless transceiver configured to operate using a cellular data transfer protocol; a second wireless transceiver coupled to the processing circuit and configured to receive data associated with the notification message, the second wireless transceiver configured to using wireless local area network data transfer protocol; and a housing configured to house the processing circuit, the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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39. A system for use in a medical monitoring system of a health care facility where a patient'"'"'s physiological characteristics are being monitored for conditions that may require attention by a clinician, the system comprising:
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a first processing circuit configured to receive data from a monitoring device configured to monitor a patient, and further configured to determine whether the patient has a condition that may require attention based on the data received from the monitoring device, and further configured to generate a control signal to send a notification message to a portable electronic device using a first wireless data transfer method if the patient has a condition that may require attention, and generate a control signal to send a notification message to the portable electronic device using a second wireless data transfer method different than the first wireless data transfer method if the patient has a condition that may require attention, wherein the protable electronic device includes a first transceiver using the first wireless data transfer method, a second transceiver using the second wireless data transfer method and a housing configured to house the first and second transceivers; and the portable electronic device comprising a second processing circuit configured to receive data from a wireless signal comprising a notification message. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42)
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43. A method to be implemented by electronic devices of a medical monitoring system of a health care facility where a patient'"'"'s physiological characteristics are being monitored for conditions that may require attention by a clinician, the method comprising:
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receiving data from a monitoring device configured to monitor a patient; determining whether the patient has a condition that may require attention based on the data received from the monitoring device; generating a notification message based on the determination that the patient has a condition that may require attention; determining whether data transfer to a caregiver receiver is possible using a first wireless data transfer method; sending the notification message to the caregiver receiver using the first wireless data transfer method if the patient has a condition that may require attention and data transfer is possible using the first wireless data transfer method; and sending the notification message to the caregiver receiver using a second wireless data transfer method, different than the first wireless data transfer method, if the patient has a condition that may require attention and data transfer is not possible using the first wireless data transfer method, wherein the caregiver receives the notification with a portable electronic device configured to receive the notification in the first and second wireless data transfer methods; wherein the first wireless data transfer method comprises using a local area network of the health care facility; and wherein the notification message comprises physiological data acquired from the patient, the physiological data comprising one of live physiological data acquired from the patient and a window of physiological data acquired from the patient at about the time of the alarm. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45)
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