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Medical device failure detection and warning system

  • US 8,515,538 B1
  • Filed: 06/13/2008
  • Issued: 08/20/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A failure detection and warning system for monitoring a medical device, comprising one or more processors configured to passively or actively detect one or more faults occurring in the medical device being monitored, the failure detection and warning system being external to the medical device, wherein the one or more faults includes at least one of an unprogrammed shut off of the medical device being monitored or an unprogrammed shut-off of an output of the medical device being monitored by the failure detection and warning system, the one or more processors further configured to utilize a monitoring hierarchy structure, the monitoring hierarchy structure configured to include a first priority relating to the medical device being in an unprogrammed off state, the monitoring hierarchy structure further configured to include a second priority relating to an unprogrammed off state of the one or more outputs of the medical device, wherein the first priority is a higher priority than the second priority.

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