On demand help/in-service for a medical device
First Claim
1. A medical monitor comprising:
- at least one physiological sensor, said at least one physiological sensor being configured to measure a physiological parameter;
an electronic circuit configured to receive a signal from said at least one physiological sensor, said electronic circuit further comprising a microcomputer programmed to process said signal from said at least one physiological sensor and to generate a value representative of said physiological parameter; and
a display connected to said electronic circuit,said microcomputer being further programmed to cause said medical monitor to display an in-service help screen on said display in response to a detection of a predetermined number of out of range values of said physiological parameter,said in- service help screen displaying at least one corrective measure for a user relating to said at least one physiological sensor,said at least one corrective measure being provided in a non-textual form,said microcomputer including a timer, the microcomputer being further programmed to initiate the timer when commencing a medical measurement using said at least one physiological sensor,wherein said microcomputer is further programmed to determine whether a condition of said physiological sensor has been achieved within a predetermined time period and if said condition has not been achieved within said time period, then said microcomputer is programmed to display a corrective measure for a user and wherein said at least one physiological sensor comprises an oral temperature probe wherein said in-service help screen displays an image of a sublingual pocket indicating a correct placement of said oral temperature probe within said pocket to assist a user.
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Abstract
The invention is a medical monitor including an electronic circuit configured to receive a signal from the physiological sensor. A microcomputer configured to process the signal from the physiological sensor generates a value representative of the physiological parameter. The microcomputer is also configured to cause the medical monitor to display an in-service help screen on a display on the medical monitor in response to a detection of a predetermined number of out of range values of the physiological parameter. The microcomputer can also be configured to process a second signal from a second sensor representative of a second parameter and the microcomputer configured to cause the medical monitor to display an in-service help screen on a display on the medical monitor in response to a detection of a predetermined number of out of range values of the second parameter.
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22 Claims
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1. A medical monitor comprising:
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at least one physiological sensor, said at least one physiological sensor being configured to measure a physiological parameter; an electronic circuit configured to receive a signal from said at least one physiological sensor, said electronic circuit further comprising a microcomputer programmed to process said signal from said at least one physiological sensor and to generate a value representative of said physiological parameter; and a display connected to said electronic circuit, said microcomputer being further programmed to cause said medical monitor to display an in-service help screen on said display in response to a detection of a predetermined number of out of range values of said physiological parameter, said in- service help screen displaying at least one corrective measure for a user relating to said at least one physiological sensor, said at least one corrective measure being provided in a non-textual form, said microcomputer including a timer, the microcomputer being further programmed to initiate the timer when commencing a medical measurement using said at least one physiological sensor, wherein said microcomputer is further programmed to determine whether a condition of said physiological sensor has been achieved within a predetermined time period and if said condition has not been achieved within said time period, then said microcomputer is programmed to display a corrective measure for a user and wherein said at least one physiological sensor comprises an oral temperature probe wherein said in-service help screen displays an image of a sublingual pocket indicating a correct placement of said oral temperature probe within said pocket to assist a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A medical monitor comprising:
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an oral temperature probe, said oral temperature probe including a temperature measuring sensor; an electronic circuit configured to receive a signal from said temperature measuring sensor, said electronic circuit further comprising a microcomputer programmed to process said signal from said temperature measuring sensor and to generate a value representative of patient body temperature; and a display connected to said electronic circuit, said microcomputer being further programmed to cause said display to display temperature values generated by said microcomputer, said temperature probe being enabled when removed from a temperature probe storage well, said microcomputer including a timer, the microcomputer being programmed to initiate the timer when said temperature probe is removed from said storage well wherein the failure of said probe to generate threshold values within a predetermined time period causes said microcomputer to generate a corrective measure on said display to assist a user, said corrective measure including an image of a correctly positioned oral temperature probe within the sublingual pocket.
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19. A method for configuring a medical monitor to provide assistance to a user of said monitor, said monitor including at least one physiological sensor coupled to an electronic circuit having a microprocessor and a display, said method comprising the steps of:
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coupling said microprocessor and electronic circuit relative to said at least one physiological sensor to enable receipt of a signal from said at least one physiological sensor; programming said microprocessor to process said signal and to generate a value representative of a measured physiological parameter for display by said monitor; programming said microprocessor to automatically initiate timer upon enablement of said at least one physiological sensor; programming said microprocessor to determine whether a specified condition occurs before the completion of a predetermined time period as measured by the timer; and if said specified condition has not occurred, then programming said microprocessor to display a corrective measure to the user, wherein said at least one physiological sensor comprises an oral temperature probe and in which said corrective measure is a displayed image of a sublingual pocket further displaying the correct placement of the oral temperature probe within said pocket to assist the user. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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