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Patient monitor capable of accounting for environmental conditions

  • US 8,740,792 B1
  • Filed: 07/08/2011
  • Issued: 06/03/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A patient monitoring system configured to determine one or more measurements of one or more physiological parameters, the patient monitoring system comprising:

  • an environmental conditions module configured to determine one or more environmental conditions comprising at least one of atmospheric pressure, altitude, humidity, and temperature;

    a physiological sensor configured to sense light after it has passed through tissue of a patient and generate a signal indicative of one or more physiological parameters in response to the sensed light; and

    a patient monitor in communication with the physiological sensor and the environmental conditions module, wherein the patient monitor is configured to;

    receive the signal,determine one or more measurements of the one or more physiological parameters from the received signal, andadjust the one or more measurements of the one or more physiological parameters based at least on the determined one or more environmental conditions.

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