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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2002
Toby E. Smith, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Craig L. Cooper, Inola, OK (US);
Trevor L. Taylor, Tulsa, OK (US);
Toby E. Smith, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Craig L. Cooper, Inola, OK (US);
Trevor L. Taylor, Tulsa, OK (US);
Bed-Check Corporation, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
There is provided herein an electronic patient monitor that includes indirect lighting of its control panel. Preferably, a splash guard is affixed to the monitor in a position proximate to one or more light sources, none of which directly illuminate the control panel. Light from the light sources is received by the splash guard and transmitted internally to the control panel, where the light that is emitted from the splash guard provides illumination for the user. In another variation, there is provided an electronic patient monitor with one or more light sources affixed thereto, which light sources are used to signal the operating characteristics of the monitor including its alarm volume setting, whether or not it is sounding an alarm, etc. In another variation, there is provided an electronic patient monitor that uses an environmental sensor to adapt its operating characteristics based on conditions proximate to the patient.