Method of assisting monitoring alarm and medical external equipment using the same

• US 9,867,579 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2013
• Issued: 01/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Edan Instruments, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Edan Instruments, Inc.
• Inventors: Zheng, Ruhai, Chen, Aijun
• Primary Examiner(s): GIRMA, FEKADESELASS
• Application Number:
  US15/039,879
• Publication Number:
  US 20160374627A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,484 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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: G06F 11/30 Monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/00 Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units interface circuits for specific input/output devices G06F3/00 ; multiprogram control therefor G06F9/46; multiprocessor systems G06F15/16
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/10 Monitoring of the annunciator circuits

Abstract

Provided are a method of assisting monitoring alarm method and a medical external equipment and a medical host equipment using the method. A technical scheme thereof comprises connecting the medical external equipment with the medical host equipment through an interface, wherein the medical external equipment forms a plug-and-play external alarm equipment. The medical host equipment performs self-check, and sends an alarm information to an auxiliary alarm device of the medical external equipment and generates a corresponding alarm when an alarm device in the medical host equipment works abnormally, thereby reducing a risk to the medical host equipment in the situation that the alarm device in the medical host equipment is in failure.

Claims

1. A method of assisting monitoring alarm in a medical equipment host system consisting of a medical host equipment and a medical external equipment, comprising the following steps:

Step 1, starting up the medical equipment host system;

Step 2, judging whether there is an access from an external equipment by an external equipment access judgment module of the medical host equipment of the medical equipment host system, if yes, going to step 3;

Step 3, reading a preset identity information of the external equipment and judging whether the accessing external equipment is the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm by an external equipment matching judgment module of the medical host equipment of the medical equipment host system, if yes, going to step 4;

Step 4, checking whether an alarm device of the medical host equipment of the medical equipment host system is abnormal by an alarm device status judgment module of the medical host equipment of the medical equipment host system, if is to step 5;

Step 5, sending an alarm level information to the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm by an alarm level information sending module of the medical host equipment of the medical equipment host system;

Step 6, receiving the alarm level information and generating the corresponding alarm sound by an external interface of the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm, wherein the external interface of the external equipment is configured to connect with the medical equipment host system for intercommunication.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the following steps after step 3:

Step 31, performing a self-check by the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm;

Step 32, simultaneously generating a prompt sound by an audio circuit and/or prompt light by an LED module indicating that the self-check is passed by the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm if the self-check is passed.

3. The method of claim 2, the method further comprises the following step after step 32:

by the medical host equipment of the medical equipment host system, judging whether an information of activating a function of assisting alarm is received by the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the following step after step 3:

by the medical host equipment of the medical equipment host system, judging whether an information of activating a function of assisting alarm is received by the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the preset identity information in step 3 comprises a protocol information and/or a manufacturer information and/or a serial number and/or an equipment identification.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step 5 further comprises:

by an alarm level information sending module of the medical host equipment of the medical equipment host system, sending an alarm type information to the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm by the medical equipment host system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step 6 further comprises:

receiving the alarm type information and generating the corresponding alarm sound and/or alarm light by the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm.

8. A medical external equipment having a function of assisting monitoring alarm mentioned in the method of claim 1, comprising:

an external interface configured to connect with an medical equipment host system for intercommunication;

a power module connected with the external interface and configured to convert a voltage of the power supply from the external interface or provided by a DC power supply to the voltage suitable for the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm;

a microprocessor connected to the external interface and the power module and configured to receive and process a communication information from the external interface;

an audio circuit connected to the power module and the microprocessor and configured to receive a control information from the microprocessor and perform audio decoding control and output; and

a speaker connected with the audio circuit and configured to play an alarm prompt sound or play a self-check prompt sound.

9. The medical external equipment having the function of assisting monitoring alarm of claim 8, further comprises an LED module connected to the power module and the microprocessor and configured to receive the control information from the microprocessor and display alarm light or prompt light.

10. A medical host equipment having a function of assisting monitoring alarm mentioned in the method of claim 1, comprising:

an external interface connected with an external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm for intercommunication;

an external equipment access judgment module connected with the external interface and configured to judge whether there is an access from the external equipment;

an external equipment matching judgment module connected with the external interface and configured to judge whether the accessing external equipment is the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm;

an alarm device status judgment module connected with the external interface and configured to check whether an alarm device of the medical equipment host system is abnormal; and

an alarm level information sending module connected with the external interface and configured to send an alarm level information to the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm.

11. The method of assisting monitoring alarm according to claim 1, judging whether there is an access from an external equipment by the external equipment access judgment module of the medical host equipment of the medical equipment host system specifically comprises:

by the external equipment access judgment module of the medical equipment host system, scanning the external interface of the medical equipment host system at a certain interval to detect the access of the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm;

if the access from the external equipment is detected, the detection is stopped;

if there is no access from the external equipment, repeatedly executing step 3.

12. The method of assisting monitoring alarm according to claim 1, wherein checking whether an alarm device of the medical host equipment of the medical equipment host system is abnormal by the alarm device status judgment module of the medical host equipment of the medical equipment host system specifically comprises:

when the access from the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm has been detected by the external equipment access judgment module of the medical host equipment, continuously checking whether the alarm device of the medical equipment host system is abnormal at a certain interval by the alarm device status judgment module of the medical host equipment.

13. The method of assisting monitoring alarm according to claim 1, wherein the alarming device is an alarm lamp in the medical equipment host system, the method of assisting monitoring alarm further comprises:

by the alarm device status judgment module of the medical host equipment, determining whether it needs to use the external equipment to make a light alarm by checking whether the alarm device of the medical equipment host system is abnormal.

14. The medical host equipment having a function of assisting monitoring alarm according to claim 10, further comprising:

an alarm-assisting activating module connected with the external interface and configured to activate communication information of assisting alarm; and

an alarm type information sending module connected with the external interface and configured to send the alarm type information to the external equipment for assisting monitoring alarm.