Patient-worn wireless physiological sensor with pairing functionality
AssigneeMasimo Corporation
InventorAmmar Al-Ali
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Abstract
Systems and methods described herein use pairing to associate a wireless sensor with a patient monitoring device such as a bedside patient monitor or a mobile device. A signal emitted by a patient monitoring device can be detected by a wireless sensor. The wireless sensor can be associated with the detected signal and pair the wireless sensor with the patient monitoring device. The wireless sensor can be configured to enter into a patient parameter sensing mode of operation after the association of the wireless sensor with the patient monitoring device.
Claims16
A system for electronically pairing a wireless physiological sensor with a patient monitoring device, the system comprising:
- a patient monitoring device comprising a first display;
- a wireless physiological sensor, the wireless physiological sensor comprising a button configured to activate a pairing mode that enables the wireless physiological sensor to electronically pair with the patient monitoring device, the wireless physiological sensor further comprising an optical detector configured to detect light based signals associated with physiological parameters of a patient;
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- one or more hardware processors configured to:
- generate a visual signal from the first display;
- detect the visual signal with the same optical detector of the same wireless physiological sensor configured to detect light based signals associated with physiological parameters of the patient;
- associate the wireless physiological sensor with the patient monitoring device based on the detected visual signal, thereby pairing the wireless physiological sensor with the patient monitoring device;
- transmit a confirmation signal from the wireless physiological sensor to indicate that association is complete;
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- configure the wireless physiological sensor to enter into a patient parameter sensing mode of operation after the association of the wireless physiological sensor with the patient monitoring device.
A system for electronically pairing a wireless physiological sensor with a patient monitoring device, the system comprising:
- a patient monitoring device comprising a first display;
- a wireless physiological sensor comprising a detector configured to detect light based signals associated with a physiological parameter of a patient, the wireless physiological sensor comprising a button configured to activate a pairing mode that enables the wireless physiological sensor to electronically pair with the patient monitoring device;
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- one or more hardware processors configured to:
- generate a signal from the patient monitoring device;
- detect the signal with the same detector of the same wireless physiological sensor configured to detect light based signals associated with a physiological parameter of a patient;
- associate the wireless sensor with the patient monitoring device based on the detected signal, thereby pairing the wireless physiological sensor with the patient monitoring device;
- transmit a confirmation signal from the wireless physiological sensor to indicate that association is complete;
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- configure the wireless physiological sensor to enter into a patient parameter sensing mode of operation after the association of the wireless physiological sensor with the patient monitoring device.
A method for electronically pairing a wireless physiological sensor with a patient monitoring device, the method comprising:
- generating a signal from the patient monitoring device;
- detecting the signal with a detector of the wireless physiological sensor configured to detect light-based signals associated with a physiological parameter of a patient;
- associating the wireless physiological sensor with the patient monitoring device based on the detected signal, thereby pairing the wireless physiological sensor with the patient monitoring device;
- transmitting a confirmation signal from the wireless physiological sensor to indicate that association is complete;
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- configuring the wireless physiological sensor to enter into a patient parameter sensing mode of operation after the association of the wireless physiological sensor with the patient monitoring device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.