Cyber-Physical Systems

284  ◾  Cyber-Physical Systems

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intervention in resolving resource conflicts. is is a preferred method because there is no required

calibration or configuration required from the nurse. Initialization is done autonomously, so all

the nurse will have to worry about is adding the patient’s medical condition and things of that

nature [3].

As mentioned before, the most important thing to ensure with medical CPSs is the patient’s

health and safety. erefore, there must be an alarm system to alert a caregiver when the patient

is in a critical condition or if the device is failing. While there are alarms already in place on most

modern medical devices such as a heartbeat monitor, they usually sound one alarm when t