Patient monitoring system and method of safe operation with third party parameter applications

A patient monitoring system, the system comprising:

• a hardware platform, wherein the hardware platform includes a processor and a storage medium, wherein a set of executable code is stored on the storage medium and executed by the processor;
• a hypervisor configured on the hardware platform, the hypervisor including a network driver and a display driver, and further wherein operation of the hypervisor is effectuated by the executed code;
• a secured operating system;
• and
• a third party operating system, wherein each of the secured operating system and third party operating system communicates independently of each other with the network driver and the display driver such that the secured and the third party operating systems operate separately from each other with the patient monitoring system,
• wherein the secured operating system implements a patient monitoring application, and the patient monitoring application is displayed in a patient monitoring application display area of a monitor display unit, and further wherein the third party operating system implements a third party application, and the third party application is displayed in a third party parameter display area of the monitor display unit simultaneously with the patient monitoring application,
• wherein the patient monitoring application provides instruction to the network driver with respect to network parameter requirement of the patient monitoring application and based on the instruction the network driver provides a known parameter feed to the patient monitoring application that is currently understood by the patient monitoring application and also provides a separate parameter subset feed to the third party application that is not recognized by the patient monitoring application, wherein each or the patient monitoring application and the third party application communicates independently with the network driver and the display diver.

A method of safely operating a patient monitoring system with a third party application, the method comprising:

• configuring a hardware platform with a processor and a storage medium;
• executing a set of executable code stored on the storage medium, effectuating the operation of a hypervisor, and further wherein the hypervisor is configured on the hardware platform, and the hypervisor includes a network driver and a display driver;
• coupling a secured operating system with the hypervisor;
• coupling a third party operating system with the hypervisor, wherein each of the secured operating system and third party operating system communicates independently of each other with the network driver and the display driver such that the secured and third party operating systems operate separately with the patient monitoring system,
• implementing a patient monitoring application with the secured operating system;
• implementing the patient monitoring application in a patent monitoring display area of a monitor display unit;
• implementing a third party application with the third party operating system;
• and
• displaying the third party application in a third party parameter display area of the monitor display unit simultaneously with the patient monitoring application,
• wherein the patient monitoring application provides instruction to the network driver with respect to network parameter requirement of the patient monitoring application and based on the instruction the network driver provides a known parameter feed to the patient monitoring application that is currently understood by the patient monitoring application and also provides a separate parameter subset feed to the third party application that is not recognized by the patient monitoring application, wherein each of the patient monitoring application and the third party application communicates independently with the network driver and the display driver.