Patent ID: 9693739
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61G,G08B,G16H

Claim:
1. A system for use with a patient in a healthcare environment, the system comprising: a medical device configured to monitor or treat a patient, the medical device being for use in a room in which the patient is located and comprising an alarm unit configured to issue an audible alarm; a detection unit configured to detect whether at least one healthcare staff member is in the room in which the patient is located; a remote alarm unit configured to issue an alarm to alert the at least one healthcare staff member located outside the room in which the patient is located; and a control unit that is connected to the medical device, the detection unit and the remote alarm unit, the control unit being configured to: (i) control the alarm unit in the medical device to issue the audible alarm if (a) the medical device detects an alarm condition for the patient or the medical device and (b) the detection unit detects that the at least one healthcare staff member is in the room in which the patient is located; and (ii) control the remote alarm unit to issue the audible alarm to alert the at least one healthcare staff member located outside the room in which the patient is located in the event that (a) the medical device detects an alarm condition for the patient or the medical device and (b) the detection unit detects that no healthcare staff member is in the room in which the patient is located; and wherein the detection unit or a second detection unit is configured to detect a distance of the at least one healthcare staff member from the room in which the patient is located and the control unit is further configured to set the volume of the audible alarm issued by the remote alarm unit based on the distance of the at least one healthcare staff member from the room in which the patient is located.