System and method for transfer of primary alarm notification on patient monitoring systems
First Claim
1. A system for managing alarms in a medical environment, comprising:
- a secondary device adapted to generate a request for primary alarm responsibility from a bedside monitor, establish a consistent confirmation that a communication link between the secondary device and the bedside monitor is operational, and, when an alarm condition is detected, actuate an alarm and send an acknowledgement to the bedside monitor; and
the bedside monitor adapted to receive the request for primary alarm responsibility from the secondary device, establish said consistent confirmation that the communication link between the secondary device and the bedside monitor is operational, and, if said acknowledgement from the secondary device is not received in a predetermined amount of time, retake primary alarm responsibility from the secondary device.
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Abstract
The present application discloses methods and systems for transferring primary alarm notification on patient monitoring systems from a bedside monitor to one or more secondary devices which may operate on a less than fully reliable network. The bedside monitor includes an attached physiological parameter measurement device which detects when a specific physiological parameter measures outside a predetermined range. The bedside monitor then directs the secondary device(s) to annunciate its alarm. Primary alarming responsibility reverts from the secondary device(s) back to the bedside monitor whenever communication between the two is lost or when acknowledgement of the alarm condition by the secondary device is not relayed back to the bedside monitor within a predetermined amount of time.
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1. A system for managing alarms in a medical environment, comprising:
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a secondary device adapted to generate a request for primary alarm responsibility from a bedside monitor, establish a consistent confirmation that a communication link between the secondary device and the bedside monitor is operational, and, when an alarm condition is detected, actuate an alarm and send an acknowledgement to the bedside monitor; and the bedside monitor adapted to receive the request for primary alarm responsibility from the secondary device, establish said consistent confirmation that the communication link between the secondary device and the bedside monitor is operational, and, if said acknowledgement from the secondary device is not received in a predetermined amount of time, retake primary alarm responsibility from the secondary device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for managing alarms in a medical environment, comprising:
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a secondary device adapted to generate a request for primary alarm responsibility from a bedside monitor, establish an electronic heartbeat, said electronic heartbeat being a consistent confirmation that a communication link between the secondary device and the bedside monitor is operational, and, when an alarm condition is detected, actuate an alarm and send an acknowledgement to the bedside monitor; and the bedside monitor adapted to receive the request for primary alarm responsibility from the secondary device, establish said electronic heartbeat between the secondary device and the bedside monitor, and, if said acknowledgement from the secondary device is not received in a predetermined amount of time, actuate an alarm. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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