Patent ID: 9693737
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61B,G16H

Claim:
1. A method for reducing processing load of a patient monitor, the method comprising: emitting light from a light emitter of a physiological sensor; detecting the light at a detector of the physiological sensor after the light has been attenuated by tissue; receiving at a patient monitor physiological data from the physiological sensor based at least in part on the light detected at the physiological sensor, wherein the physiological data is characterized by a plurality of features including at least a first feature and a second feature; associating a category of a first plurality of categories with the physiological data, the first feature characterized by the first plurality of categories; associating a category of a second plurality of categories with the physiological data, the second feature characterized by the second plurality of categories; assigning a first value to the physiological data based at least in part on the category of the first plurality of categories; assigning a second value to the physiological data based at least in part on the category of the second plurality of categories; determining an action from a set of actions to perform based at least in part on an aggregation of at least the first value and the second value; and performing the determined action.