| US 7,515,044 B2 | ||
| Personal status physiologic monitor system and architecture and related monitoring methods | ||
| James P. Welch, Tigard, Oreg. (US); Steven D. Baker, Beaverton, Oreg. (US); Farzin G. Guilak, Beaverton, Oreg. (US); Anand Sampath, Streamwood, Ill. (US); and Daniel L. Williams, Norwell, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 19, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/455,368. | ||
| Application 11/455368 is a division of application No. 11/031736, filed on Jan. 07, 2005, granted, now 7,382,247. | ||
| Application 11/031736 is a continuation of application No. 10/806770, filed on Mar. 22, 2004, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/456609, filed on Mar. 21, 2003. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/554706, filed on Mar. 20, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0238333 A1, Oct. 26, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G08B 1/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—539.12 [340/539.1; 340/539.11; 340/539.13; 340/572.1; 340/573.1; 340/825.49; 340/825.69; 600/300; 600/301] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A method for performing context management, said method comprising the steps of:
producing a continuous physiologic signal, as detected by a monitoring device;
associating at least one unique hardware identifier to said monitoring device;
creating and associating a unique patient identifier from said hardware identifier; and
binding said unique patient identifier to said continuous signal wherein a change in said physiologic signal in which said
signal is no longer continuous will cause the unique patient identifier to automatically unbind from said signal, said unique
patient identifier remaining unbound even after resumption of a continuous signal until each of said producing, associating,
creating and binding steps are repeated.
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