US 12,402,807 B2
Patient monitoring system and method
Justin K. Thomas, Niles, IL (US); Samantha L. McCarthy, Libertyville, IL (US); Eduardo Villagran Hernandez, Tijuana (MX); Brian Nathan Young, Lombard, IL (US); Melissa Waldroup, Round Lake, IL (US); and Joseph Samz, Appleton, WI (US)
Assigned to TIDI Products, LLC, Neenah, WI (US)
Filed by TIDI Products, LLC, Neenah, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/388,701.
Application 18/388,701 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/028815, filed on May 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/187,169, filed on May 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0074677 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/1117 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0026 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0204 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0406 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monitoring system, comprising:
a sensor-adapter, the sensor-adapter comprising:
a first pairing alignment mark; and
a sensor-adapter controller, wherein the sensor-adapter controller includes a first wireless transceiver;
a monitor, wherein the monitor comprises:
a monitor controller disposed within a hollow interior housing;
a second pairing alignment mark on an exterior of the housing; and
a second wireless transceiver, wherein the second wireless transceiver is in wireless communication with the first wireless transceiver; wherein:
the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver pair when the first pairing alignment mark and the second pairing alignment mark are positioned in proximity to one another; and
the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver remain paired when the first pairing alignment mark and the second pairing alignment mark are moved out of proximity to one another.