Microprocessor based bed patient monitor
CA 2354688 C · Owner: Smith, Toby E. · Inventors: Smith, Toby E.; Holmes, Fred H.; Lovely, Patrick W.
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This invention relates generally to monitoring systems and more particularly concerns devices and systems used to monitor patients lying in hospital beds or in other care giving environments. According to a first aspect of the instant invention a microprocessor based patient monitor is disclosed which includes a loudspeaker driven by a power amplifier responsive to an input signal derived from a programmable volume control. The microprocessor synthesizes any one of multiple alarm sounds under software control operates the programmable volume control of the alarm system and activates and deactivates the alarm in response to the electronic signals received from the sensor and a user …
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- Filed February 25, 1999 and granted August 19, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 25, 2019.
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