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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
May. 27, 2005
Craig Bixler, Saint Charles, IL (US);
Scott Hutchinson, South Elgin, IL (US);
Brent Bergwall, Carpentersville, IL (US);
Craig Bixler, Saint Charles, IL (US);
Scott Hutchinson, South Elgin, IL (US);
Brent Bergwall, Carpentersville, IL (US);
GE Security, Inc., Bradenton, FL (US);
Abstract
By combining the information acquired from a location system that is tracking equipment and/or personnel within a hospital environment, automatic assignment of the 're-located' patient monitoring equipment can be made in concert with a nurse call system. By utilizing time-based elimination criteria, monitoring equipment that is coupled to generic port can be automatically processed for port priorities, and equipment assignment changes. An event subscription manager with location bridges and nurse call bridges facilitate the automatic association of the patient monitoring equipment to the respective nurse call system and intended information therein. By use of the automatic association paradigms, manual alarm and assignment tasks can be minimized.