公开(公告)号：US06784797B2

公开(公告)日：2004-08-31

申请号：US10210817

申请日：2002-08-01

申请人： Toby E. Smith ,  Craig L. Cooper ,  Fred H. Holmes ,  Patrick W. Lovely

发明人： Toby E. Smith ,  Craig L. Cooper ,  Fred H. Holmes ,  Patrick W. Lovely

IPC分类号： G08B2300

CPC分类号： G08B21/22 ,  A61B5/1117

摘要： This invention relates generally to monitoring systems and more particularly concerns devices and systems used to monitor patients the presence and absence of a patient from a bed, chair, etc. The preferred environment in which the instant invention would be used would be a hospital or other care giving facility, wherein patients who are at risk of falling might left unattended while they are seated or lying. According to a first aspect of the instant invention, a microprocessor-based patient monitor is disclosed which includes a loudspeaker that emits alarms synthesized by the microprocessor. The microprocessor synthesizes any one of multiple alarm sounds under software control and activates and deactivates the alarm in response to the electronic signals received from an attached sensor and a user interface.

摘要翻译： 本发明一般涉及监测系统，更具体地涉及用于监测病人患者从床，椅子等的存在和不存在的装置和系统。使用本发明的优选环境将是医院或其他 护理给予设施，其中处于坠落风险的患者在坐下或躺卧时可能无人值守。 根据本发明的第一方面，公开了一种基于微处理器的患者监视器，其包括发出由微处理器合成的报警的扬声器。 微处理器在软件控制下合成多个报警声音中的任何一个，并根据从附接的传感器和用户界面接收到的电子信号激活和停用报警。

公开(公告)号：US06441742B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-27

申请号：US09257750

申请日：1999-02-25

申请人： Patrick W. Lovely ,  Fred H. Holmes ,  Toby E. Smith

发明人： Patrick W. Lovely ,  Fred H. Holmes ,  Toby E. Smith

IPC分类号： G08B2300

CPC分类号： G08B21/22

摘要： This invention relates generally to monitoring systems and more particularly concerns devices and systems used to monitor patients lying in hospital beds or in other care giving environments. According to a first aspect of the instant invention, a microprocessor based patient monitor is disclosed which includes a loudspeaker driven by a power amplifier responsive to an input signal derived from a programmable volume control. The microprocessor synthesizes any one of multiple alarm sounds under software control, operates the programmable volume control of the alarm system and activates and deactivates the alarm in response to the electronic signals received from the sensor and a user interface. An electrically erasable programmable read-only memory accessible by the processor stores data which can be modified to tailor the operations of the monitor to suit a variety of different needs. According to still another aspect of the instant invention, a microprocessor-based patient monitor is disclosed which has a personality that is defined by software that is resident in modifiable nonvolatile memory, which software can thus be altered to change the programmed responses of the monitor. Finally, a software and hardware system is provided for reading information from and writing information to modifiable nonvolatile RAM within a microprocessor-based patient monitor. This information might be parameter settings, data values, or computer instructions.

摘要翻译： 本发明一般涉及监视系统，更具体地涉及用于监视躺在医院病床或其他护理给予环境中的患者的装置和系统。 根据本发明的第一方面，公开了一种基于微处理器的患者监视器，其包括响应于从可编程音量控制导出的输入信号的由功率放大器驱动的扬声器。 微处理器在软件控制下合成多个报警声中的任何一个，操作报警系统的可编程音量控制，并响应于从传感器接收的电子信号和用户界面启动和停用报警。 可由处理器访问的电可擦除可编程只读存储器存储可被修改以适应各种不同需求的监视器的操作的数据。 根据本发明的另一方面，公开了一种基于微处理器的患者监视器，其具有由驻留在可修改的非易失性存储器中的软件定义的个性，因此可以改变该软件以改变监视器的编程响应。 最后，提供了一种软件和硬件系统，用于从基于微处理器的患者监视器中读取信息并将信息写入可修改的非易失性RAM。 此信息可能是参数设置，数据值或计算机指令。

公开(公告)号：US6065727A

公开(公告)日：2000-05-23

申请号：US205050

申请日：1998-12-03

申请人： Sanford G. Fitzgerald ,  Patrick W. Lovely

发明人： Sanford G. Fitzgerald ,  Patrick W. Lovely

IPC分类号： A47C20/04 ,  A47H1/16

CPC分类号： A47C20/041

摘要： A holster for a bed monitor electric control module consists of two substantially rigid continuous wire loops bent into identical inverted-Ls of height less than a height of the module and held in back-to-back spaced apart relationship by upper and lower substantially rigid parallel wire cross members fixed to rearward vertical portions of the inverted-Ls. The cross members are of length and the upper horizontal portions of the inverted-Ls are of contour so as to constrain horizontal movement of a module which is inserted downwardly therein and seated on the lower horizontal portions of the inverted-Ls. A hanger is formed from a resiliently flexible wire bent into a configuration compatible with the holster and which can be flexed to permit insertion cf the hanger into the holster, manipulation of the hanger within the holster and release of the hanger into interlocking relationship with the holster so as to constrain movement of the holster relative to the hanger. To disengage the hanger from the holster, the hanger is again flexed, manipulated and withdrawn from the holster.

摘要翻译： 用于床监测器电控模块的皮套由两个基本上刚性的连续线环组成，其弯曲成小于模块的高度的相同的倒置的Ls，并且通过上下基本上刚性的平行方式保持在背对背间隔开的关系 固定在倒置Ls的后垂直部分的线横向构件。 横向构件具有长度，并且倒置的Ls的上部水平部分具有轮廓，以限制向下插入并位于倒置的Ls的下部水平部分上的模块的水平移动。 衣架由弹性柔性线形成，弯曲成与皮套相适应的构型，并且可弯曲，以允许衣架插入机架中，操纵机架内的衣架，并将衣架与皮套相互锁定关系释放 以便限制机架相对于衣架的运动。 为了使衣架与皮套分离，衣架再次弯曲，操纵并从皮套中取出。

公开(公告)号：US06307476B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-23

申请号：US09285956

申请日：1999-04-02

申请人： Toby E. Smith ,  Patrick W. Lovely

发明人： Toby E. Smith ,  Patrick W. Lovely

IPC分类号： G08B2300

CPC分类号： A61B5/6892 ,  A61B5/1117 ,  A61B2562/08 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G08B21/22

摘要： This invention relates generally to monitoring systems and more particularly concerns devices and systems used to monitor bed patients in hospital or other care-giving environments. In accordance with a first aspect of the instant invention, there is provided a binary switch-type device (e.g., a “mat”) for use in patient monitoring situations which contains, in addition to a conventional patient detection circuit, identification circuitry that can be sensed by an attached electronic monitor. The identification circuitry can be sensed by the electronic monitor and is designed to be configured to serve many different purposes, including, by way of example only, identification of the type of mat attached thereto, detection of connectivity problems, tracking mat usage time, and identifying mats that are nearing the end of their useful lives.

摘要翻译： 本发明一般涉及监测系统，更具体地涉及用于监测医院或其他护理环境中的床位患者的装置和系统。 根据本发明的第一方面，提供了用于患者监视情况的二进制开关型装置（例如，“垫”），除了常规的患者检测电路之外，还包括识别电路，其可以 由附接的电子监视器感测到。 识别电路可以由电子监视器感测，并且被设计成被配置为服务许多不同的目的，包括仅作为示例，识别附着于其上的垫的类型，连接问题的检测，跟踪垫的使用时间和 识别接近其使用寿命结束的垫。