Patent ID: 7927269
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A patient carestation adapted to be used in connection with a patient, said patient carestation providing a controlled environment surrounding a patient and having a monitor, at least one environmental sensor adapted to sense information concerning the environment surrounding a patient and to provide electronic signals to the monitor indicative of that environment, at least one physiological sensor adapted to obtain information relating to a physiological condition of a patient undergoing treatment on a patient support and to provide electronic signals to the monitor indicative of a physiological condition of the patient, said patient monitor having signal processing system to receive signals from the at least one environmental sensor and the at least one physiological sensor to integrate those signals into an integrated output stream of signals that convey information relating both to the environment surrounding the patient and a physiological condition of the patient, a smart alarm receiving the stream of integrated signals and adapted to generate multiple alarms, the smart alarm prioritizing the multiple alarms to yield a critical alarm wherein the integrated output stream of signals is converted into a prioritized readout visually recognizable by a user that provides a recommended course of action to a user based upon the information relating both to the environment surrounding the patient and a physiological condition of the patient.