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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsJohn Cronin, Michael D'Andrea
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The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for controlling an MRI safe patient care/monitoring system. The system may include a an MRI safe infusion pump that contains a co-processor which acts as a central brain for all other patient care/monitoring devices in the MRI room. The co-processor is separated from the primary processor by a buffer in the infusion pump's memory, so that no actions by the co-processor can affect the primary processor. The co-processor controls the display software, alert software and alerts database. All other patient care/monitoring devices are connected to the MRI safe infusion pump in a daisy chain, so that they can share a single connection to outside the MRI room. Outside the MRI room the co-processor has access to the remote control & display, which contains the remote control GUI, and to the internet, through which it will access an external medical network, which contains an algorithm database. The algorithm database has data processing algorithms for a variety of patient care/monitoring devices. allowing simpler “dumb” devices to be connected and still have “smart” functionality.
An MRI safe patient care/monitoring system comprising:
A system for monitoring and controlling one or more devices in an MRI environment, the system comprising:
The system of 6, further comprising the co-processor to:
The system of 7, further comprising the co-processor to:
The system of 6, further comprising the co-processor to:
The system of 6, wherein the co-processor is in communication with the medical network via a local area network or the internet.
The system of 6, wherein the daisy chain controller is disposed within a housing of the infusion pump.
The method of 13, further comprising:
The method of 13, further comprising:
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