Patent ID: 7304580

Claim:
A method for monitoring the physiology of a person and providing an alarm to warn of an undesirable condition, comprising: placing adjacent the person a plurality of sensors configured to detect physiological parameters of the person; detecting one or more physiological parameters of the person with said sensors; converting the detected parameters into signals; assigning an upper hard range of signal values for each physiological parameter; assigning a lower hard range of signal values for each physiological parameter; assigning an upper soft range of signal values below the upper hard range for each physiological parameter, wherein the upper soft range is selected to be a predetermined downward departure from the upper hard range; assigning a lower soft range of signal values above the lower hard range for each physiological parameter, wherein the lower soft range is selected to be a predetermined upward departure from the lower hard range; analyzing at least two of the signals over a period of time to determine in which range each signal is situated; and activating an alarm when at least one signal is in a hard range, and activating an alarm when at least two signals are in a soft range.