System and Method of Selecting Wireless Spectrum and Protocol Based on Patient Acuity
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMatthew Richard Pekarske, SM S. Hasan, Bruce Arnold Friedman
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Abstract
As the acuity level of a patient being monitored on a wireless system changes, the criticality of that patient's data arriving at its intended destination changes. For example, if a patient being monitored for potentially life threatening arrhythmias begins to decline in health while being monitored on a less reliable wireless system, the wireless monitor switches to a more reliable wireless system to ensure delivery of critical patient data. Allowing a patient monitor to switch between wireless infrastructures based on patient acuity limits the number of users operating on the higher cost wireless infrastructure.
Claims20
A method of controlling transmission of patient data over a wireless network, comprising:
- assessing an acuity level the patient data;
- and
- transmitting the patient data over the network based on the assessed acuity level of the patient data.
A node configured for wireless communication of patient data with an access point, the node comprising:
- a controller configured to
- receive the patient data;
- assess an acuity level of the patient data;
- and
- transmit the patient data based on the assessed acuity level of the patient data.
A network comprising:
- an access point:
- and
- nodes configured liar wireless communication of patient data with the access point;
- wherein each of the nodes include a controller configured to:
- receive the patient data;
- assess an acuity level of the patient data.;
- and
- transmit the patient data over the network based on the acuity level of the patient data,
- further wherein the controller is configured to assess the acuity level by:
- comparing the patient data to a set of acuity limits;
- assigning a classification to the patient data based on the comparison;
- applying a set of statistical weight values to the patient data based on the classification;
- and
- conducting a weighted sum calculation on the weighted patient data, wherein he weighted sum calculation outputs the acuity level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.