Granted Patent B2

US 12,238,489 · App. 18/475,723 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Inventors: Joy Iswanto (Irvine, CA); Bilal Muhsin (San Clemente, CA); Raul Jimenez (Laguna Hills, CA)

Assignee: Masimo Corporation

H04R29/001A61B5/14551A61B5/7405A61B5/746G06F3/165G08B3/10G08B29/10G10L25/18G10L25/51H04R3/00H05K5/0213H05K5/03G06F3/04817H04R2430/01

Abstract

Claims (54)

1. A patient monitor that measures a physiological parameter of a patient, the patient monitor comprising:

a microphone;

a loudspeaker;

at least one physiological sensor; and

a hardware processor that:

receives a signal obtained from the at least one physiological sensor;

determines a measurement value for the physiological parameter of the patient from the signal;

determines that the measurement value triggers an alarm;

outputs the alarm to the loudspeaker;

after outputting the alarm to the loudspeaker, receives a microphone signal from the microphone;

detects an audio signal indicative of the alarm in the microphone signal;

determines that the audio signal indicative of the alarm is outside of an expected range;

responsive to the determination that the audio signal indicative of the alarm is outside of the expected range, determines whether the loudspeaker is obstructed or malfunctioning;

responsive to the determination that the loudspeaker is either obstructed or malfunctioning, determines that a volume of the alarm is insufficiently loud; and

responsive to the determination that the volume of the alarm is insufficiently loud, outputs an error indication indicating that the loudspeaker is either obstructed or malfunctioning.

2. The patient monitor of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor detects a fundamental frequency of the audio signal indicative of the alarm.

3. The patient monitor of claim 2 , wherein the hardware processor detects an absence of an expected frequency of the audio signal indicative of the alarm.

4. The patient monitor of claim 3 , wherein after detecting the fundamental frequency and the absence of the expected frequency, the hardware processor determines the loudspeaker is malfunctioning.

5. The patient monitor of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor detects an expected frequency of the audio signal indicative of the alarm.

6. The patient monitor of claim 5 , wherein the hardware processor detects an absence of a fundamental frequency of the audio signal indicative of the alarm.

7. The patient monitor of claim 6 , wherein after detecting the expected frequency and the absence of the fundamental frequency of the audio signal indicative of the alarm, the hardware processor determines the loudspeaker is malfunctioning.

8. The patient monitor of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor detects a plurality of expected frequencies of the audio signal indicative of the alarm.

9. The patient monitor of claim 8 , wherein the hardware processor determines that each peak of the plurality of expected frequencies is outside of the expected range.

10. The patient monitor of claim 9 , wherein after determining each peak of the plurality of expected frequencies is outside of the expected range, the hardware processor determines the loudspeaker is obstructed.

11. The patient monitor of claim 9 , wherein the hardware processor determines that each peak of the plurality of expected frequencies is above a predetermined threshold.

12. The patient monitor of claim 11 , wherein the hardware processor determines a relative difference between peaks of the plurality of expected frequencies.

13. The patient monitor of claim 12 , wherein after determining that each peak of the plurality of expected frequencies is above the predetermined threshold and determining a relative difference between peaks of the plurality of expected frequencies, the hardware processor determines the loudspeaker is obstructed.

14. A patient monitoring method comprising:

under control of a patient monitor comprising a hardware processor:

receiving a signal obtained from at least one physiological sensor;

determining a measurement value for a physiological parameter of a patient from the signal;

determining that the measurement value triggers an alarm;

outputting the alarm to a loudspeaker;

after outputting the alarm to the loudspeaker, receiving a microphone signal from a microphone;

detecting an audio signal indicative of the alarm in the microphone signal;

determining that the audio signal indicative of the alarm is outside of an expected range;

responsive to determining that the audio signal indicative of the alarm is outside of the expected range, determining whether the loudspeaker is obstructed or malfunctioning;

responsive to determining that the loudspeaker is either obstructed or malfunctioning, determining that a volume of the alarm is insufficiently loud; and

responsive to determining that the volume of the alarm is insufficiently loud, outputting an error indication indicating that the loudspeaker is either obstructed or malfunctioning.

15. The patient monitoring method of claim 14 , wherein the detecting of the audio signal indicative of the alarm comprises:

detecting a fundamental frequency of the audio signal indicative of the alarm; and

detecting an absence of an expected frequency of the audio signal indicative of the alarm.

16. The patient monitoring method of claim 15 , wherein after detecting the fundamental frequency and the absence of the expected frequency of the audio signal indicative of the alarm, the determining of whether the loudspeaker is obstructed or malfunctioning comprises determining the loudspeaker is malfunctioning.

17. The patient monitoring method of claim 14 , wherein detecting of the audio signal indicative of the alarm comprises:

detecting an expected frequency of the audio signal indicative of the alarm; and

detecting an absence of a fundamental frequency of the audio signal indicative of the alarm.

18. The patient monitoring method of claim 17 , wherein after detecting the expected frequency and the absence of the fundamental frequency of the audio signal indicative of the alarm, the determining of whether the loudspeaker is obstructed or malfunctioning comprises determining the loudspeaker is malfunctioning.

19. The patient monitoring method of claim 14 , wherein the detecting of the audio signal indicative of the alarm comprises detecting a plurality of expected frequencies of the audio signal indicative of the alarm; and

wherein the determining of the audio signal indicative of the alarm outside of the expected range comprises determining that each peak of the plurality of expected frequencies is outside of the expected range.

20. The patient monitoring method of claim 19 , wherein after determining each peak of the plurality of expected frequencies is outside of the expected range, the determining of whether the loudspeaker is obstructed or malfunctioning comprises determining the loudspeaker is obstructed.

21. The patient monitoring method of claim 19 , wherein the determining that each peak of the plurality of expected frequencies is outside of the expected range comprises:

determining that each peak of the plurality of expected frequencies is above a predetermined threshold; and

determining a relative difference between peaks of the plurality of expected frequencies.

22. The patient monitoring method of claim 21 , wherein after determining that each peak of the plurality of expected frequencies is above the predetermined threshold and determining a relative difference between peaks of the plurality of expected frequencies, the determining of whether the loudspeaker is obstructed or malfunctioning comprises determining the loudspeaker is obstructed.

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