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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2002
Patrick K. Sullivan, Kailua, HI (US);
Ken C. K. Cheung, Kailua, HI (US);
Christopher J. Sullivan, Kailua, HI (US);
Paul Pernambuco-wise, Honolulu, HI (US);
Scott Christensen, Danville, CA (US);
Mike Rosenman, Honolulu, HI (US);
Patrick K. Sullivan, Kailua, HI (US);
Ken C. K. Cheung, Kailua, HI (US);
Christopher J. Sullivan, Kailua, HI (US);
Paul Pernambuco-Wise, Honolulu, HI (US);
Scott Christensen, Danville, CA (US);
Mike Rosenman, Honolulu, HI (US);
Hoana Medical, Inc., Honolulu, HI (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems and methods provide passive patient monitoring of such parameters as body motion, body position, respiratory rate and/or heart rate. Passive monitoring generally involves a sensor device having at least two piezoelectric sensors, provided on a surface, such as a bed, chair, operating table or the like, so that a patient may be coupled with the device by simply allowing the patient to lie, sit, lean, stand on or wear the surface. In one embodiment, multiple patients in a general care area of a hospital may be continuously monitored via multiple passive monitoring devices. If a patient fails to meet one or more predefined threshold criteria or has a negative physiological trend, the system may activate an alarm.