Self-Contained, Wireless Patient Monitoring Pad
AssigneeRondish Company Limited
InventorsSteven Alfred Williams, Edwin Lau
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Abstract
A self-contained, wireless patient monitoring pad has wireless communication components, such as a transceiver, and a power source, such as a battery, which are built in during manufacture of the self-contained, wireless patient monitoring pad. The self-contained, wireless patient monitoring pad communicates with a patient monitoring system that can include a central monitoring point. A user activates the power source in the self-contained, wireless patient monitoring pad prior to putting the monitoring pad into service or use, so that the self-contained, wireless patient monitoring pad can be stored indefinitely without dissipating the energy stored within built-in the power supply.
Claims11
A wireless patient monitoring system, comprising:
- a patient monitoring pad defining an interior cavity, the interior cavity containing a power supply, a pull tab inserted into the power supply, circuitry that detects a status of a patient, and a first transceiver configured to transmit a detected status of a patient, wherein the pull tab when inserted into the power supply blocks transfer of power from the power supply to at least one of the circuitry and the first transceiver;
- a patient monitoring base adapted to wirelessly communicate with the patient monitoring pad, the patient monitoring base including a second transceiver adapted to receive a wireless communication signal from the first transceiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.