Patient monitoring system
First Claim
1. A patient support apparatus comprisinga monitoring system includinga first detector detecting electromagnetic radiation from a first field of view of the first detector and providing a signal indicative of characteristics of the electromagnetic radiation,a second detector comprising an infrared detector detecting infrared radiation from at least a portion of the first field of view, the second detector providing a signal indicative of characteristics of the infrared radiation, anda controller including a processor coupled to the first detector, the second detector, and a memory device, the memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to process the signals from the first and second detectors, translate each of the signals into an array of data, and evaluate the data in the arrays to determine characteristics of a patient positioned in the first field of view,wherein a patient is supported on a support plane that intersects an image plane of at least one of the first and second detectors,wherein the controller corrects the data signal from at least one of the first and second detectors to compensate for variations in the relationship between the support plane and the image plane, andwherein the patient support apparatus further includes an angle sensor that provides a signal to the controller indicative of the relationship between the support plane and the image plane.
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Abstract
A patient support apparatus includes a monitoring system having a first detector and a controller. The first detector detects electromagnetic radiation from a first field of view of the first detector and providing a signal indicative of characteristics of the electromagnetic radiation. The controller includes a processor coupled to the first detector and a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to processes the signal from the first detector, translate the signal into an array of data, and evaluate the data in the array to determine characteristics of a patient positioned in the first field of view.
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23 Claims
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1. A patient support apparatus comprising
a monitoring system including a first detector detecting electromagnetic radiation from a first field of view of the first detector and providing a signal indicative of characteristics of the electromagnetic radiation, a second detector comprising an infrared detector detecting infrared radiation from at least a portion of the first field of view, the second detector providing a signal indicative of characteristics of the infrared radiation, and a controller including a processor coupled to the first detector, the second detector, and a memory device, the memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to process the signals from the first and second detectors, translate each of the signals into an array of data, and evaluate the data in the arrays to determine characteristics of a patient positioned in the first field of view, wherein a patient is supported on a support plane that intersects an image plane of at least one of the first and second detectors, wherein the controller corrects the data signal from at least one of the first and second detectors to compensate for variations in the relationship between the support plane and the image plane, and wherein the patient support apparatus further includes an angle sensor that provides a signal to the controller indicative of the relationship between the support plane and the image plane.
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22. A patient support apparatus comprising
a monitoring system including a first detector detecting electromagnetic radiation from a first field of view of the first detector and providing a signal indicative of characteristics of the electromagnetic radiation, a second detector coupled to the processor, the second detector comprising an infrared detector detecting infrared radiation from at least a portion of the first field of view, the second detector providing a signal indicative of characteristics of the infrared radiation, and a controller including a processor coupled to the first detector and a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to processes the signals from the first and second detectors, translate the each of the signals into an array of data, and evaluate the data in the arrays to determine characteristics of a patient positioned in the first field of view, wherein the memory device includes instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to monitor the signal from the second detector, translate the signal from the second detector into an array of data, and evaluate the data in the array to determine characteristics of a patient positioned in the first field of view, wherein the data array from the first detector is used to target a boundary in the first field of view, the boundary in the first field of view being used to determine a target area for the collection of data from the second detector, wherein the data array from either the first detector or the second detector is a time series of data, wherein the memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to evaluate characteristics of the patient at a first time and evaluate characteristics of the patient at a second time, wherein the characteristic of the patient at a second time is compared to the characteristic of the patient at a first time to determine a respiration rate of the patient, and wherein the respiration rate is determined by calculating the time interval between peak temperatures at a target location.
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23. A patient support apparatus comprising
a monitoring system including a first detector detecting electromagnetic radiation from a first field of view of the first detector and providing a signal indicative of characteristics of the electromagnetic radiation, a second detector coupled to the processor, the second detector comprising an infrared detector detecting infrared radiation from at least a portion of the first field of view, the second detector providing a signal indicative of characteristics of the infrared radiation, and a controller including a processor coupled to the first detector and a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to processes the signals from the first and second detectors, translate the each of the signals into an array of data, and evaluate the data in the arrays to determine characteristics of a patient positioned in the first field of view, wherein the memory device includes instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to monitor the signal from the second detector, translate the signal from the second detector into an array of data, and evaluate the data in the array to determine characteristics of a patient positioned in the first field of view, wherein the data array from the first detector is used to target a boundary in the first field of view, the boundary in the first field of view being used to determine a target area for the collection of data from the second detector, wherein the data array from either the first detector or the second detector is a time series of data, wherein the memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to evaluate characteristics of the patient at a first time and evaluate characteristics of the patient at a second time, wherein the characteristic of the patient at a second time is compared to the characteristic of the patient at a first time to determine a respiration rate of the patient, and wherein the respiration rate is determined by calculating the time interval between minimum temperatures at a target location.
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