Vital signs measuring apparatus, vital signs displaying method, and program

• US 10,092,248 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2015
• Issued: 10/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Inventors: Tanaka, Takayuki, Ishinabe, Yuko
• Primary Examiner(s): Buttram, Todd
• Application Number:
  US14/887,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20160113593A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,085 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A vital signs measuring apparatus includes: a measuring section which is configured to measure vital signs of a subject; a receiving section which is configured to receive vital signs of the subject transmitted from a source measuring apparatus; a displaying section which is configured to display at least one of the vital signs measured by the measuring section, and the vital signs received by the receiving section; and a controlling section which is configured to produce a display screen that is to be displayed on the displaying section, the controlling section which is configured to change a display effect of vital signs on the display screen, based on whether the vital signs are received by the receiving section or not.

Claims

1. A vital sign measuring apparatus comprising:

at least one processor and memory configured to;

measure a vital sign of a subject;

receive the vital sign of the subject, wherein the received vital sign is measured by a second vital sign measuring apparatus and is transmitted from the second vital sign measuring apparatus to the vital sign measuring apparatus; and

produce a display screen that changes a display effect of the vital sign on the display screen based on whether the vital sign on the display screen is the vital sign received from the second vital sign measuring apparatus, such that a display effect of the received vital sign is different from a display effect of the measured vital sign; and

a display configured to display the display screen and at least one of the measured vital sign and the received vital sign,

wherein the vital sign measured by the vital sign measuring apparatus and the vital sign received from the second vital sign measuring apparatus are the same vital sign, and the second vital sign measuring apparatus is separate from the vital sign measuring apparatus.

2. The vital signs measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor and memory are further configured to change a background color of a waveform or a measurement value of vital signs based on whether the vital sign is received by the vital sign measuring apparatus.

3. The vital signs measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor and memory are further configured to:

attribute data indicating an attribute of the second vital sign measuring apparatus, and

based on whether vital signs are received and contents of the attribute data, change a display effect of the vital signs on the display screen.

4. The vital signs measuring apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the attribute data contain information of at least one of a use of the second vital sign measuring apparatus, an ID of the second vital sign measuring apparatus, and a type of the second vital sign measuring apparatus.

5. The vital signs measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor and memory configured to measure vital signs are disposed in a data acquiring unit that is attachable to and detachable from a case housing the display.

6. The vital signs measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display effect is a line type of a waveform of the vital sign on the display screen.

7. The vital signs measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display effect is a color of a waveform of the vital sign on the display screen.

8. The vital signs measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the measured vital sign and the received vital are both displayed according to a time series.

9. The vital signs measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor and memory are further configured to:

separately store data corresponding to the measured vital sign from data corresponding to the received vital sign;

read the stored data corresponding to the measured vital sign, and the stored data corresponding to the received vital sign; and

produce the display screen based on the read data corresponding to the measured vital sign, and the read data corresponding to the received vital sign.

10. A vital sign measuring apparatus comprising:

at least one processor and memory configured to;

measure a vital sign of a subject;

receive, from a second vital sign measuring apparatus, the vital sign of the subject as measured by the second vital sign measuring apparatus and attribute data indicating an attribute of the second vital sign measuring apparatus;

store a table indicating relationships between display effects and contents of the attribute data; and

produce a display screen that changes a display effect of the vital sign on the display screen based on the contents of the attribute data; and

a display configured to display at least one of the measured vital sign and the received vital sign,

wherein the vital sign measured by the vital sign measuring apparatus and the vital sign received from the second vital sign measuring apparatus are the same vital sign, and the second vital sign measuring apparatus is separate from the vital sign measuring apparatus.

11. A vital signs measuring apparatus comprising:

at least one processor and memory configured to;

measure vital signs of a subject over a period of time;

in conjunction with a sensor, detect a degree of vibration generated in the vital signs measuring apparatus when measuring the vital signs of the subject over the period of time; and

produce a display screen that, for each instantaneous time within the period of time, illustrates the vital signs on the display screen at the instantaneous time, and a display effect based on the degree of vibration detected by the sensor at the instantaneous time, such that the vital signs and degree of vibration as illustrated by the display effect are correlated on the display screen for each instantaneous time; and

a display configured to display the measured vital signs and display effect of the display screen.

12. The vital signs measuring apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the at least one processor and memory are further configured to change a density of a background color of a display area for a waveform indicating the vital signs based on the degree of vibration detected by the sensor.

13. A vital signs displaying method comprising:

measuring a vital sign of a subject at a first vital sign measuring apparatus;

receive the vital sign of the subject, wherein the received vital sign is measured by a second vital sign measuring apparatus and is transmitted from the second vital sign measuring apparatus to the first vital sign measuring apparatus;

displaying at least one of the measured vital sign and the received vital sign; and

producing a display screen that is to be displayed, and changing a display effect of the vital sign on the display screen based on whether the vital sign on the display screen is the received vital sign, such that a display effect of the received vital sign from the second vital sign measuring apparatus is different from a display effect of the measured vital sign from the first vital sign measuring apparatus,

wherein the vital sign measured by the first vital sign measuring apparatus and the vital sign received from the second vital sign measuring apparatus are the same vital sign, and the second vital sign measuring apparatus is separate from the first vital sign measuring apparatus.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 13.

15. A vital sign measuring apparatus comprising:

at least one processor and memory configured to;

measure a vital sign of a subject;

receive the vital sign of the subject, wherein the received vital sign is measured by a second vital sign measuring apparatus and is transmitted from the second vital sign measuring apparatus to the vital sign measuring apparatus; and

produce a display screen of the vital sign that changes a color based on a user selected mode and whether the vital sign on the display screen is the vital sign received from the second vital sign measuring apparatus, such that a color of the received vital sign is different from a color of the measured vital sign; and

a display configured to display the display screen and at least one of the measured vital sign and the received vital sign,

wherein the vital sign measured by the vital sign measuring apparatus and the vital sign received from the second vital sign measuring apparatus are the same vital sign, and the second vital sign measuring apparatus is separate from the first vital sign measuring apparatus.