US Patent Issued to CAREFUSION 303 on Feb. 3 for "System and method for reducing false alarms associated with vital-signs monitoring" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,089, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"System and method for reducing false alarms associated with vital-signs monitoring" was invented by Pierre Paquet (Quebec, Canada) and Stephen Lewis (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of reducing false alarms associated with a vital-sign monitor are disclosed. One or more data samples of a vital sign of a patient are generated at a first sampling rate in a normal mode of operation. Whether the one or more data samples satisfy an alert condition is determined. An alert mode of operation is entered into if the alert condition is satisfied...