Patent ID: 7884728
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: A61B,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A monitoring system for medical apparatuses, the system comprising: a first medical apparatus and second medical apparatus which can each send at least one alarm signal; an alarm unit connected to said first medical apparatus and said second medical apparatus, said alarm unit having at least one processing unit, a memory unit and an output unit, said processing unit assigning priorities to alarm signals; an assignment list of the distribution of the priorities of the individual alarm signals, said assignment list being stored in said memory unit, wherein said at least one alarm signal of said first medical apparatus and said at least one alarm signal of said second medical apparatus are sorted into alarm classes based on said assignment list via said at least one processing unit; and a bidirectional interface, said alarm unit receiving said at least one alarm signal of said first medical apparatus and said at least one alarm signal of said second medical apparatus via said bidirectional interface, said alarm unit providing an alarm recognition signal as output to at least one of said first medical apparatus and said second medical apparatus when said alarm unit receives one or more of said at least one alarm signal of said first medical apparatus and said at least one alarm signal of said second medical apparatus, said alarm recognition signal corresponding to a state in which said alarm unit receives one or more of said at least one alarm signal of said first medical apparatus and said at least one alarm signal of said second medical apparatus, wherein an alarm is provided as output at one or more of said first medical apparatus and said second medical apparatus when at least one of said first medical apparatus and said second medical apparatus does not receive said alarm recognition signal from said alarm unit, wherein said priorities of the individual alarm signals include highest priority alarm signals and only said highest priority alarm signals are sent via said output unit.