Medical monitor
OwnerDerak Joseph RANKEinventor
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Abstract
A medical monitor is provided. The medical monitor may include a plurality of sheets and a power source electrically connected in series with an alarm and an open circuit. The plurality of sheets may include a distal side and a proximal side. The open circuit may be sandwiched between distal sides of adjacent sheets. A user may mount either proximal side to a bleed site on a patient where bleeding can occur, for example, entry points for intravenous applications. The plurality of sheets may allow blood to flow from the bleed site through the proximal side and through distal side so that the blood may close the open circuit, so that the alarm is powered.
Claims10
A medical monitor comprising:
- an alarm;
- a power supply;
- an open circuit comprising two spaced electrically conductive elements electrically connected in series with the alarm and the power supply;
- and
- at least a first sheet comprising a distal side and a proximal side, wherein the distal side is connected to the open circuit.
A medical monitor comprising:
- an alarm;
- a voltage source operatively connected to the alarm;
- an open circuit comprising two spaced electrically conductive elements electrically connected to the voltage source so that the voltage source applies a potential difference between the two spaced electrically conductive elements;
- an alarm circuitry operatively connecting the open circuit and the alarm, wherein the alarm circuitry is configured to activate the alarm when the two spaced electrically conductive elements are bridged by blood;
- and
- at least a first sheet comprising a distal side and a proximal side, wherein the distal side is connected to the open circuit.
The method of detecting blood comprising:
- providing a medical monitor comprising:
- an alarm;
- a power supply;
- an open circuit comprising two spaced electrically conductive elements electrically connected in series with the alarm and the power supply;
- and two sheets comprising a distal side and a proximal side, wherein the distal sides sandwich the open circuit;
- and
- mounting the two sheets over a bleed site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.