AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF DIRTY OR CONTAMINATED CONNECTORS IN A PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM

Abstract: a medical system and method for the automatic detection of a dirty or contaminated connector port in a patient monitoring system. the system and method comprise one or more sensors affixed to a patient and configured to measure parameters of the patient and transmit the information to a patient monitor via a cable. the patient monitor may include a memory configured to store one or more software programs that are executed by one or processors. the system and method may be configured to execute one or more programs to receive the measured patient parameters, determine an indication of a disconnected cable, determine if the connection interface is contaminated based on a detection algorithm, and provide an alert on a display if the detection algorithm indicates that the interface is contaminated.

Inventor(s): Clifford Risher-Kelly

CPC Classification: A61M39/16 (DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals ; means for inserting tampons ; devices for administering food or medicines orally ; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids ); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery ; chemical aspects of surgical articles ); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents )})

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