Patent ID: 8439032

Claim:
A system for wireless data communication for a system for providing breathing assistance to a patient, comprising: a wireless notification module coupled to a ventilation system for providing breathing assistance to a patient, the wireless notification module configured to wirelessly transmit data received from the ventilation system; one or more wireless repeaters located remote from ventilation system and configured to: receive the data wirelessly transmitted by the wireless notification module; and wirelessly transmit the received data; and a wireless receiver located remote from the one or more wireless repeaters and configured to: receive the data wirelessly transmitted by the one or more wireless repeaters; and communicate the received data to a user remote from the ventilation system by an audible signal, wherein an audible signal comprises one of a first audible signal or a second audible signal, and wherein the first audible signal indicates an alarm notification associated with the patient, and wherein the second audible signal indicates that the wireless receiver is out of range for receiving the first audible signal.