Handheld clinical terminal
First Claim
1. A handheld portable device for monitoring a patient, comprising:
- a receiver adapted to receive dynamic patient data, which represents a dynamically-changing physiological condition of the patient, via a wireless communication link;
a display configured to display, based upon the dynamic patient data, a dynamically-changing representation of the physiological condition to a user; and
an alarm exhibitor configured to provide an alarm indication, separate from the dynamically-changing representation of the physiological condition, to the user in response to receiving an alarm signal, via the wireless communication link, from a separate monitoring device, the alarm signal being generated in response to an identified anomaly in the physiological condition of the patient.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring a physiological condition of a patient includes a primary station and a portable station. The primary station includes a transmitter configured to transmit a signal, which represents a physiological condition of the patient, via a wireless communication link. The portable station includes: a receiver configured to receive the signal, via the wireless communication link, from the primary station; a display configured to display, based upon the signal, a representation of the physiological condition to a user, and an alarm exhibitor configured to exhibit an alarm indication to the user in response to an identified anomaly in the physiological condition of the patient. The alarm exhibitor may be configured to exhibit the alarm indication in response to an alarm signal received, via the wireless communication link, from the primary station. The portable station may include a transmitter adapted to communicate, via the wireless communication link, with the primary station to permit the user to respond to the alarm indication.
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32 Claims
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1. A handheld portable device for monitoring a patient, comprising:
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a receiver adapted to receive dynamic patient data, which represents a dynamically-changing physiological condition of the patient, via a wireless communication link; a display configured to display, based upon the dynamic patient data, a dynamically-changing representation of the physiological condition to a user; and an alarm exhibitor configured to provide an alarm indication, separate from the dynamically-changing representation of the physiological condition, to the user in response to receiving an alarm signal, via the wireless communication link, from a separate monitoring device, the alarm signal being generated in response to an identified anomaly in the physiological condition of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A portable device for monitoring a physiological condition of a patient, comprising:
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a receiver adapted to receive a signal, which represents the physiological condition of the patient, via a wireless communication link; a display configured to display, based upon the signal, a representation of the physiological condition to a user; an alarm exhibitor configured to provide an alarm indication to the user in response to an identified anomaly in the physiological condition of the patient; at least first and second buttons, the at least first and second buttons having identification information associated therewith indicating that activation of the at least first and second buttons will cause respective at least first and second predefined responses to the alarm condition to be transmitted; and a transmitter adapted to communicate, via the wireless communication link, with a primary station to permit the user to communicate one of the at least first and second predefined responses to the alarm indication to the primary station by activating a corresponding one of the at least first and second buttons. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for monitoring a patient, comprising the steps of:
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using a handheld portable station to receive dynamic patient data, which represents a dynamically-changing physiological condition of the patient, via a wireless communication link; using the portable station to display, based upon the dynamic patient data, a dynamically-changing representation of the physiological condition to a user; using a device other than the portable station to identify an anomaly in the physiological condition of the patient; and using the portable station to exhibit an alarm indication, separate from the dynamically-changing representation of the physiological condition, to the user in response to the device other than the portable station identifying the anomaly in the physiological condition of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for monitoring a patient, comprising the steps of:
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using a portable station to receive a signal, which represents a physiological condition of the patient, via a wireless communication link; using the portable station to display, based upon the signal, a representation of the physiological condition to a user; using the portable station to exhibit an alarm indication to the user in response to an identified anomaly in the physiological condition of the patient; after the portable station exhibits the alarm indication, activating one of at least two buttons on the portable station; in response to a first one of the at least two buttons being activated, using the portable station to transmit a first predefined response to the alarm indication, via the wireless communication link, to a primary station; and in response to a second one of the at least two buttons being activated, using the portable station to transmit a second predefined response to the alarm indication, via the wireless communication link, to the primary station. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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