Cardionet, Inc.

Alaris Medical Systems, Inc.

Cardinal Health 303, Inc.

Patientsafe Solutions, Inc.

Carefusion 303, Inc.

Lon M Severe

Robert J Duffy

Edward M Richards

Shawn Wayne DeKalb

Philip N Eggers

Timothy W Vanderveen

Philip S Lamb

James Patrick Stewart

Houston A Brown

Dale Coleman

Marco A Schilling

Bobby E Rogers

Benson C Stone

Larry Dube

Laurent F Dube

James P Stewart

Casimer Domitrz

Shawn W Dekalb

Scanning jacket for a handheld personal digital assistant (PDA) device

Scanning jacket for a handheld phone device

A patient is monitored using a monitoring apparatus including a remote monitoring unit associated with the patient and having a sensor that measures a physiological characteristic of the patient, a central unit, and a communications device which selectively establishes a communications link between the remote monitoring unit and the central unit. The remote monitoring unit obtains a monitored data set for the patient, analyzes the monitored data set to obtain a derived data set from the monitored data set, and determines from the derived data set that communication with the central unit is required. A communications link is established with the central unit, and the remote monitoring unit transmits to the central unit an initially transmitted data set related to the monitored data set. The central unit analyzes the initially transmitted data set and instructs the remote monitoring unit as to any additional transmitted data set related to the monitored data set that is to be transmitted from the remote monitoring unit to the central unit and a time at which the additional transmitted data set is to be transmitted.

Control of data transmission between a remote monitoring unit and a central unit

Portable heart monitor

A modular patient care system having a central management unit module and one or more detachable functional units is described. Using unique mechanical and electrical features, the modular patient care system is capable of flexibly, bilaterally, and safely providing electrical power from the central management unit to the attached functional units, with exposed power leads of end units being electrically isolated for safety and security. Functional units are capable of detecting the presence of other functional units more distant from the central management unit for passing power to those units, and for otherwise electrically isolating exposed power leads when no further units are attached. Additionally, the modular patient care system provides for a modular connection arrangement wherein modules are detachably connected to each other in a convenient, flexible, interchangeable, and secure manner by providing a hinge connector pair, a specially located latch mechanism, and a guide means between any pair of modules.

Modular patient care system with interchangeable modules

Method and apparatus for power connection in a modular patient care system

A method and apparatus for communicating with and monitoring the operation of a device implanted within a patient. A transceiver capable of being implanted within a patient provides a communication interface between an implanted medical device and a monitor external to the patient's body. The external monitor can communicate with a remote monitoring center over a communication network. The external monitor also provides control signals to the implanted device via the transceiver unit. The transceiver apparatus is capable of two-way communication between the implanted device and the external monitor. The transceiver apparatus is also capable of detecting actions performed by the implanted device and physiological signals directly from the patient's body. Thus, the transceiver apparatus provides circuitry for determining whether an implanted medical device is operating properly. The transceiver apparatus provides a way to remotely reprogram one or more implanted medical devices.

Method and apparatus for monitoring and communicating with an implanted medical device

Method and apparatus for power connection in a modular patient care

A modular patient care system is described having unique mechanical, electrical, and logical features. An apparatus is described for allowing a modular connection arrangement wherein modules are detachably connected to each other in a convenient, flexible, interchangeable, and secure manner by providing a hinge connector pair, a specially located latch mechanism, and a guide means between any pair of modules. Additionally, an apparatus and method is described for automatic, sequential, and dynamic logical address assignment of functional units attached to the central management unit, according to their respective position in a linear array of units. Logical address assignment is designed to occur automatically upon a physical reconfiguration of the functional units, without requiring external input or a rearranged scheme for determining the relative physical positions of the functional units.

Method and apparatus for logical addressing in a modular patient care

In accordance with the present invention, a safety monitoring apparatus provides protection in the event of an alarm condition or failure in a patient care system. More particularly, the safety monitoring apparatus is an independent functional unit within a device such as an infusion pump unit which provides single-fault protection in the event of an alarm condition or failure in the pump itself or in the primary control and monitoring means of the pump. The safety monitor utilizes control and signal inputs and can detect fault conditions independently of the primary control and monitoring means of the pump. Parameters which the safety monitoring apparatus may independently monitor in an infusion pump include motor control, air-in-line, flow-stop detection, mechanism motion, pressure sensing, door position sensing, and total volume infused. If a fault condition is sensed, the safety monitor can notify the primary control means, independently shut down fluid delivery, or sequentially do both.

Safety monitoring apparatus for a patient care system

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Lon M Severe