Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Martin Bufe

Wilhelm Meier

Guenter Gegner

Brian David Gross

Harald Greiner

Elizabeth J Zengo

John Louis Barga

Andreas Pirrung

A medical device and caretaking management system () includes a plurality of medical devices () that transmit equipment data and patient data. A central or distributed monitoring system () receives the equipment data and patient data from the plurality of medical devices, derives an acuity for each of the patients, and assigns caregivers and equipment based on the derived acuity for display on a display device ().

System and method for providing medical caregiver and equipment management patient care

The invention relates to a patient monitoring system comprising at least one monitoring unit () for monitoring the physiological status of a patient and a host system () comprising a network of access points () for wireless reception of physiological status data. Each monitoring unit () is provided to transmit physiological status data to the access points at selected points of time, together with time related data indicating the expected point of time of the next data transmission. The invention further relates to a respective method for monitoring the physiological status of a patient.

Wireless patient monitoring system and method for monitoring the physiological status of a patient having a network access point

A patient monitoring system includes a plurality of patient monitors, each for monitoring the physiological condition of a local patient connected with respective patient monitor, whereby the patient monitors provide a data-communication with each other. Each patient monitor comprises a display adapted for displaying information representative of the physiological condition of the local patient. The display of at least one of the patient monitors comprises an overview area for displaying status information from one or more of the other patient monitors.

Patient monitor with continuous status display

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