System and method for detecting and transmitting medical device alarm with a smartphone application

摘要

A system and method provide for relaying a medical device alarm to a remote location without having a device electrically interconnected with the medical device. The system includes a relay device having software that can store specific alarm patterns or sequences for one or more alarms for a medical device. The relay device can then detect one or more of an audible, visual or tactile alarm from the medical device through corresponding devices or sensors in the relay device. Upon detection of an alarm, the relay device can transmit information pertaining to the alarm to a remote device to notify a user of the remote device of the medical device alarm.

主权项

1. An apparatus for relaying one or more medical device alarms to a remote location, comprising:
memory configured to store information relating to one or more alarms of a medical device; an input device configured to sense output from the medical device outside of any electronic communication network; a communications device; and a processor communicatively coupled with the memory, input device and communications device, the processor configured to:
detect output from the medical device as sensed by the input device with the processor not being in an electronic communications network with the medical device;compare the detected output to the information relating to the one or more alarms of the medical device stored in the memory to determine if the output corresponds to one or more of the alarms; anddirectly transmit via the communications device any or all of the one or more alarms to a separate device of an individual caregiver.