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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2018
Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Anand Sampath, Corona, CA (US);
Bilal Muhsin, San Clemente, CA (US);
Jad Adel Wafeeq, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
MASIMO CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of reducing nuisance alarms from physiological parameter monitors by determining an alarm threshold adapted to a specific care unit, the patient care unit including a plurality of patients being monitored for the physiological parameter. The method includes analyzing physiological parameter measurements from the care unit to determine a number of alarm events indicated as a function of changing alarm criteria and providing an indication of a change in alarm threshold settings adapted to the care unit that reduces a plurality of false alarms without unacceptably increasing missed true alarms, the indication useable by a care provider facility to program alarm threshold settings in the patient care unit.