Physiological monitoring apparatus

• US 9,211,097 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2014
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Inventors: Muneshima, Rie
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phung
• Application Number:
  US14/163,995
• Publication Number:
  US 20140218198A1
• Time in Patent Office: 690 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573.1, 340/539.12, 340/506, 340/13.24, 600/300, 128/904
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/741 using synthesised speech
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00

Abstract

A physiological monitor has notification unit for notifying an alarm; an alarm determination section that determines whether or not to generate an alarm by comparing measured physiological parameter pertinent to a patient with a predetermined threshold value, an alarm control section that lets the notification unit notify an alarm when the alarm determination section has determined to generate an alarm, and a foot switch that, when being trodden, outputs to the alarm control section an alarm inactivate signal for inactivating the alarm, wherein the alarm control section inactivates the alarm being generated from the notification unit in accordance with the alarm inactivate signal output from the foot switch and lets the notification unit notify by voice details of physiological parameter for which the alarm is being generated.

Claims

1. A physiological monitoring apparatus comprising:

notification unit configured to notify an alarm;

an alarm determination section configured to determine whether or not to generate the alarm by comparing measured physiological parameter pertinent to a patient with a predetermined threshold value;

an alarm control section configured to let the notification unit generate the alarm when the alarm determination section has determined to generate the alarm; and

a foot switch configured to, when being trodden, output to the alarm control section an alarm inactivate signal for inactivating the alarm, wherein

the alarm control section inactivates the alarm being notified by the notification unit in accordance with the alarm inactivate signal output from the foot switch, and lets the notification unit notify by voice a content of physiological parameter from which generating the alarm has been determined.

2. The physiological monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the foot switch is trodden in a case where a plurality of sets of physiological parameter by which the alarm is being generated are existing, the alarm control section lets the notification unit notify by voice contents of a plurality of sets of physiological parameter from which generating the alarm has been determined.

3. The physiological monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, when letting the notification unit sequentially notify contents of the plurality of sets of physiological parameter, the alarm control section lets the notification unit notify the physiological parameter in a descending order from physiological parameter that indicates high urgency for medical treatment.