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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Thomas Treacy, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Michael John Palmer, New Berlin, WI (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 29/26 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/06 (2006.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 29/26 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); G08B 21/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of adjusting event detection and alarm generation sensitivity settings of a patient monitoring system includes receiving physiological information from a patient, determining an acuity level of the patient in dependence upon the physiological information received, and at least one of automatically updating a sensitivity setting for a system action in dependence upon the determined acuity level of the patient or prompting a user to manually update the sensitivity setting for the system action in dependence upon the determined acuity level.