Patent ID: 11967409
Assignee: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 13:
14. A method comprising:
receiving, by a medical device, clock synchronization data from a reference source;
updating, by the medical device, an internal clock based on the clock synchronization data;
determining, by the medical device, an alarm signal to be generated is of a first type among a plurality of types of alarm signals, each type of alarm signal being associated with a predetermined interval of time,
providing, by the medical device, the alarm signal of the first type at a first time; and
providing, by the medical device, a subsequent alarm signal of the first type at a second time, wherein the second time occurs at a predetermined interval from the first time, and wherein the second time is the same time the alarm signal is provided by another medical device of the plurality of medical devices.