Biological information monitoring apparatus

• US 10,058,286 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2013
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Inventors: Hosaka, Shoichi, Aoki, Toshiki, Maeda, Shogo, Uchida, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Jacqueline
• Assistant Examiner(s): PORTILLO, JAIRO H
• Application Number:
  US13/862,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20130274617A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,961 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2010/0087 Breath samples
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/05 Surgical care
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/082 Evaluation by breath analysis, e.g. determination of the chemical composition of exhaled breath A61B5/083, A61B5/091 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/091 Measuring volume of inspired or expired gases, e.g. to determine lung capacity
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1495 Calibrating or testing of in-vivo probes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/72 Signal processing specially adapted for physiological signals or for diagnostic purposes character recognition, recognising digital ink, document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/00; recognition or understanding of postal images G06V30/424
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48 Biological material, e.g. blood, urine G01N33/02, G01N33/26, G01N33/44, G01N33/46 take precedence; Haemocytometers counting blood corpuscules distributed over a surface by scanning the surface G06M11/02
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades

Abstract

A biological information monitoring apparatus includes: a measurer which is configured to measure biological information of a subject; a display on which a measurement value of the biological information measured by the measurer is displayed; a calibration controller which, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, is configured to perform a calibration process on the measurer; a time measurer which is configured to acquire a remaining time before the calibration process is ended; and a display controller which is configured to cause an index indicating the remaining time to be displayed on the display.

Claims

1. A biological information monitoring apparatus comprising:

a measurer which is configured to measure a concentration of a predetermined gas contained in an expired gas of a subject;

a display on which a measurement value of the concentration of the predetermined gas contained in the expired gas measured by the measurer is displayed;

a calibration controller which, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, is configured to perform a calibration process on the measurer;

a controller configured to function as a time measurer to acquire a remaining time before the calibration process is ended; and

a display controller which is configured to cause an index indicating the remaining time to be displayed on the display,

wherein, based on the predetermined condition, the time measurer selects one of a plurality of predetermined values which indicate times required for the calibration process, respectively, and, based on the selected one of the plurality of predetermined values, acquires the remaining time,

wherein the remaining time is acquired after the calibration process has begun, and

wherein, in the calibration process, the calibration controller is configured to cause at least one of an atmospheric gas and a calibration gas to be introduced into the measurer, the measurer being calibrated with at least one of the atmospheric gas and the calibration gas.

2. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the index is at least one of a numeral and a progress bar.

4. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a calibration gas accommodator that accommodates the calibration gas.

3. A biological information monitoring apparatus comprising:

a measurer which is configured to measure a concentration of a predetermined gas contained in an expired gas of a subject;

a display on which a measurement value of the concentration of the predetermined gas contained in the expired gas measured by the measurer is displayed;

a calibration controller which, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, is configured to perform a calibration process on the measurer;

a controller configured to function as a time measurer to acquire a remaining time before the calibration process is ended; and

a display controller which is configured to cause an index indicating the remaining time to be displayed on the display,

wherein, based on information indicating a relationship between the predetermined condition and a time required for the calibration process, the time measurer calculates or acquires the remaining time,

wherein the remaining time is acquired after the calibration process has begun, and

wherein, in the calibration process, the calibration controller is configured to cause at least one of an atmospheric gas and a calibration gas to be introduced into the measurer, the measurer being calibrated with at least one of the atmospheric gas and the calibration gas.

5. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a calibration gas accommodator that accommodates the calibration gas.