Patent ID: 8571641
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A monitoring apparatus comprising: a signal input for signals that represent measurement values of one or more physiological parameters; and, an evaluation and processing unit connected to the signal input, wherein said evaluation and processing unit is configured to select, or give different weightings to, individual values among the measurement values received and selected, or not selected, for further processing according to one or more criteria such that the measurement values and selected measurement values are given a high weighting or a low weighting, depending on whether previously set or adaptive threshold values for measurement values, and/or previously set or adaptive threshold values for changes compared to or deviations from previously recorded measurement values are adhered to, exceeded, or not met, abort an evaluation of the measurement values if a particular measurement value based on a weighting will be below a specified or adaptive threshold, and abort a measurement, or completely eliminate the measurement while conducting the measurement or prior to conducting the measurement respectively, if it is to be expected from the measurement values of other parameters, or from the parts of the measurement already conducted, that the weighting will be below a certain threshold.