Method, system and apparatus for monitoring patients
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorBörje Rantala
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring a subject with a transport monitor comprising a measurement unit including at least one magnetic component unit operative when monitoring the subject in absence of a high magnetic field. To maintain the monitoring capacity of a standard transport monitor even in the high magnetic field, the transport monitor is provided with a reconfiguration unit adapted to reconfigure the measurement unit for the high magnetic field so that at least part of the monitoring capability that the measurement unit has in absence of the high magnetic field is preserved in presence of the high magnetic field.
Claims20
A method for monitoring a subject, the method comprising:
- monitoring a subject with a transport monitor comprising a measurement unit provided with at least one magnetic component unit, the measurement unit being configured to use the at least one magnetic component unit when monitoring the subject in absence of a high magnetic field;
- and
- reconfiguring the transport monitor for monitoring the subject in presence of the high magnetic field, wherein the reconfiguring preserves at least part of the monitoring capability that the measurement unit has in absence of the high magnetic field.
A system for monitoring a subject, the system comprising a transport monitor comprising (a) a measurement unit configured to monitor a subject, the measurement unit comprising at least one magnetic component unit operative when monitoring the subject in absence of a high magnetic field and (b) a reconfiguration unit adapted to reconfigure the transport monitor for the high magnetic field so that at least part of the monitoring capability that the measurement unit has in absence of the high magnetic field is preserved in presence of the high magnetic field.
An apparatus for monitoring a patient, the apparatus comprising
- a measurement unit configured to monitor a subject, the measurement unit comprising at least one magnetic component unit operative when monitoring the subject in absence of a high magnetic field;
- and
- a reconfiguration unit adapted to reconfigure the apparatus for the high magnetic field so that at least part of the monitoring capability that the measurement unit has in absence of the high magnetic field is preserved in presence of the high magnetic field.
The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the reconfiguration unit is adapted to disable the at least one magnetic component unit when the magnetic field sensor indicates that the high magnetic field is present.
An auxiliary unit for a transport monitor intended for monitoring a subject, the auxiliary unit comprising:
- a first interface for receiving control commands from a transport monitor external to the auxiliary unit;
- a pneumatic pump and valve unit comprising at least one pump and at least one valve, the pump and valve unit being responsive to the control commands received through the first interface;
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- a second interface configured to connect the pump and valve unit pneumatically to a blood pressure measurement unit of the external transport monitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.