SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING BATTERY LIFE

• US 20090171174A1
• Filed: 12/22/2008
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Kilborn, J. Christopher
• Application Number:
  US12/340,973
• Publication Number:
  US 20090171174A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/324
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0209 adapted for power saving
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a patient monitoring system and method. Embodiments may include a patient monitoring device with a battery, one or more charge drawing components, and an operator interface. The operator interface may provide an option to place the patient monitor in a storage mode in which the one or more charge-drawing components draw no or substantially no charge from the battery.

Claims

1. A patient monitor comprising:

a battery;

one or more charge-drawing components capable of drawing charge from the battery; and

an operator interface that provides an option to place the patient monitor in a storage mode in which the one or more charge-drawing components draw no or substantially no charge from the battery.

2. The patient monitor of claim 1, wherein the one or more charge-drawing components generally draw no charge from the battery when the patient monitor is in the storage mode.

3. The patient monitor of claim 1, wherein the one or more charge drawing components comprise a processor, a memory device, and/or an input/output (I/O) interface.

4. The patient monitor of claim 1, wherein the operator interface comprises a display and/or one or more function keys.

5. The patient monitor of claim 1, wherein the storage mode electrically disconnects the battery from the one or more charge drawing components.

6. The patient monitor of claim 1, wherein the storage mode places at least one of the charge-drawing components in a no or relatively low-power state.

7. The patient monitor of claim 1, wherein the patient monitor comprises a pulse oximetry monitor.

8. A method for storing a patient monitor, comprising:

operating a user interface of a patient monitor to place the patient monitor in a storage mode, wherein one or more charge-drawing components of the patient monitor draw no or substantially no charge from a battery of the patient monitor when the patient monitor is in the storage mode.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein operating the user interface comprises selecting a storage mode option via a menu-based interface of the patient monitor.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more charge-drawing components draw no charge from the battery when the patient monitor is in the storage mode.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more charge drawing components comprise a processor, a memory device, and/or an input/output (I/O) interface.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the storage mode places at least one of the charge-drawing components in a no or relatively low-power state.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the patient monitor comprises a pulse oximetry monitor.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the storage mode electrically disconnects the battery from the one or more charge-drawing components.

15. One or more tangible media comprising computer-executable instructions for performing actions comprising:

causing one or more charge-drawing components of a patient monitor to draw no or substantially no charge from a battery of the patient monitor.

16. The one or more tangible media of claim 15, wherein the one or more charge drawing components comprise of a processor, a memory device, and/or an input/output (I/O) interface.

17. The one or more tangible media of claim 15, comprising computer-executable instructions for receiving an input from an operator interface that initiates causing the one or more charge-drawing components of the patient monitor to draw no or substantially no charge from the battery of the patient monitor.

18. The one or more tangible media of claim 15, wherein causing the one or more charge-drawing components of the patient monitor to draw no or substantially no charge from the battery of the patient monitor comprises electrically disconnecting the battery from a system board of the patient monitor.

19. The one or more tangible media of claim 15, wherein causing the one or more charge-drawing components of the patient monitor to draw no or substantially no charge from the battery of the patient monitor comprises placing at least one of the charge-drawing components in a no or relatively low-power state.