Patent ID: 7327219
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: A61M,G08B

Abstract:
1. A system for monitoring medical conditions of one or more patients in a building, said system comprising: a control unit; a plurality of medical condition monitoring units connected to said control unit; and a plurality of speakers connected to said control unit, with said speakers being located at various different spaced-apart areas within the building, wherein an abnormal condition sensed at one of said plurality of medical condition monitoring units is reported to said control unit, and said control unit causes said plurality of speakers to issue an audible alarm; wherein said control unit has a battery backup, and wherein said control unit causes said plurality of speakers to issue the audible alarm at a first tone and/or volume in response to an abnormal condition sensed at one of said medical condition monitoring units, and causes said plurality of speakers to issue the audible alarm at a second and different tone and/or volume in response to a low battery backup condition.