# US 2014/0194709 A1 · Configurable physiological measurement system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0194709 A1 - Document ID: US20140194709A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/103,431 - Filed: 2013-12-11 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2005-03-01 - Assignees: Cercacor Laboratories, Inc. - Applicants: Cercacor Laboratories, Inc. - Inventors: Ammar Al-Ali; Massi Joe E. Kiani; Walter M. Weber - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194709A1 ## CPC - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - A61B 5/0022: {Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet} - A61B 5/0205: Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition - A61B 5/02416: {using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation (A61B5/14552 takes precedence)} - A61B 5/0261: {using optical means, e.g. infrared light} - A61B 5/0295: using plethysmography, i.e. measuring the variations in the volume of a body part as modified by the circulation of blood therethrough, e.g. impedance plethysmography - A61B 5/14532: {for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement} - A61B 5/14546: {for measuring analytes not otherwise provided for, e.g. ions, cytochromes} - A61B 5/1455: using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters - A61B 5/14551: {for measuring blood gases} - A61B 5/14552: {Details of sensors specially adapted therefor} - A61B 5/1495: Calibrating or testing of in-vivo probes - A61B 5/6815: {Ear} - A61B 5/6826: {Finger} - A61B 5/6829: {Foot or ankle} - A61B 5/6832: {using adhesives (conductive adhesive for bioelectric electrodes A61B5/259)} - A61B 5/6838: {Clamps or clips} - A61B 5/7221: {Determining signal validity, reliability or quality (preventing, reducing or removing noise induced by motion artefacts A61B5/7207; noise originating from a therapeutic or surgical apparatus A61B5/7217)} - A61B 5/7246: {using correlation, e.g. template matching or determination of similarity} - A61B 5/7275: {Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor} - A61B 5/7278: {Artificial waveform generation or derivation, e.g. synthesizing signals from measured signals} - A61B 5/7405: {using sound} - A61B 5/742: {using visual displays (displays for heart-related electrical signals, e.g. ECG, A61B5/339)} - A61B 5/746: {Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms} - A61B 5/7475: {User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick} - G16H 10/40: for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis - A61B 1/00: Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes (examination of body cavities or body tracts using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/12; endoscopic instruments for taking cell samples or for biopsy A61B10/04); Illuminating arrangements therefor (for the eyes A61B3/00) - A61B 5/02427: {Details of sensor} - A61B 2562/08: Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips - A61B 2562/085: combined with means for recording calibration data - A61B 2562/185: Optical shielding, e.g. baffles - A61B 2562/222: Electrical cables or leads therefor, e.g. coaxial cables or ribbon cables - Y10S 439/909: Medical use or attached to human body - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract A physiological measurement system has a sensor, a processor, a communications link and information elements. The sensor is configured to transmit light having a plurality of wavelengths into a tissue site and to generate a sensor signal responsive to the transmitted light after tissue attenuation. The attenuated light can be used by the system to determine a plurality of physiological measurements. The processor is configured to operate on the sensor signal so as to derive at least one physiological parameter after which of the plurality of physiological measurements the system is configured to or capable of measuring. ## Claims ### Claim 1 (canceled) ### Claim 2 A physiological measurement system comprising: a plurality of components each configured to provide information specifying measurements the components are capable of supporting, at least one of the plurality of components being a sensor configured to transmit light having a plurality of wavelengths into a tissue site and to generate a sensor signal responsive to the transmitted light after tissue attenuation; and a processor configured to receive the information from each of the components and determine, based on the information, which of a plurality of potential physiological measurements the physiological measurement system is capable of supporting. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The physiological measurement system of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to calculate measurements of at least one of the plurality of potential measurements based on the determination. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The physiological measurement system of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of components are further configured to provide characterization information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The physiological measurement system of claim 4, wherein the characterization information comprises characterization information specific to respective components of the physiological measurement system. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The physiological measurement system of claim 2, wherein plurality of components further include at least one of a daughterboard, a patient cable, a sensor cable, a reusable portion of a sensor, or a disposable portion of a sensor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The physiological measurement system of claim 2, wherein the sensor comprises a resposable sensor. ### Claim 8 A method of a physiological parameter system, the method comprising: providing a plurality of components each configured to provide information specifying measurements the components are capable of supporting, at least one of the plurality of components being a sensor configured to transmit light having a plurality of wavelengths into a tissue site and to generate a sensor signal responsive to the transmitted light after tissue attenuation; receiving, at a processor, the information from each of the components; and determining, by the processor and based on the information, which of a plurality of potential physiological measurements the physiological measurement system is capable of supporting. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8 further comprising: calculating, by the processor, measurements of at least one of the plurality of potential measurements based on the determination. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9 further comprising: configuring the processor so as to enable calculation of measurements of at least one of the plurality of potential measurements based on the information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of components are further configured to provide characterization information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the characterization information comprises characterization information specific to respective components of the physiological measurement system. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein at least one of the plurality of components is a daughterboard, a patient cable, a sensor cable, a reusable portion of a sensor, or a disposable portion of a sensor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the sensor comprises a resposable sensor. ### Claim 15 A physiological measurement system comprising: a physiological sensor capable of detecting a plurality of physiological parameters of a patient by transmitting light having a plurality of wavelengths into a tissue site of the patient and generating a sensor signal responsive to the transmitted light after tissue attenuation, the physiological sensor configured to provide information specifying measurements the physiological sensor is capable of supporting; and a processor in communication with the physiological sensor, the processor capable of supporting only a subset of the plurality of physiological parameters that the physiological sensor is capable of supporting, the processor further configured to determine, based on the provided information, the supported subset of the plurality of physiological parameters. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The physiological measurement system of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to calculate physiological measurements corresponding to each of physiological parameters of the supported subset. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The physiological measurement system of claim 15, wherein physiological sensor is further configured to provide characterization information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The physiological measurement system of claim 17, wherein the characterization information is useable by the physiological measurement system to configure to the processor to determine measurements of each of physiological parameters of the subset. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The physiological measurement system of claim 15, wherein the physiological sensor comprises a resposable sensor.