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Apparatus and method for monitoring of a body function and/or a body property

  • US 9,642,530 B2
  • Filed: 11/01/2013
  • Issued: 05/09/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for monitoring of a body function and/or a body property of a patient comprising:

  • a sensor which determines measurement values with regard to the body function and/or the body property,a detector unit for detecting a critical condition of the respective body function and/or body property based on the measurement values,an alert unit for providing alert information to the patient in case a critical condition is detected optically and/or acoustically,an acknowledgement unit for acknowledging the critical condition, anda transmitter for transmitting, from the apparatus to an emergency service provider, information with regard to the corresponding body function and/or body property,a clock for determining a time that has elapsed since a detection of the critical condition by the detector unit,wherein the transmitted information includes an emergency signal and/or a position information, andwherein the transmitter is only activatable responsive to a determination that both (i) the time determined by the clock to have elapsed since the detection of the critical condition exceeds a predefined time period, and (iii) the acknowledgement unit has not been operated since the detection of the critical condition.

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