Methods, systems, and devices for monitoring and displaying medical parameters for a patient

• US 10,271,798 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2017
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Integra Lifesciences Corporation (Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Integra Lifesciences Corporation (Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kassem, Salim, Baruch, Nicholas
• Primary Examiner(s): Bertram, Eric D.
• Application Number:
  US15/674,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20170340294A1
• Time in Patent Office: 627 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 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/031 Intracranial pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7425 Displaying combinations of multiple images regardless of image source, e.g. displaying a reference anatomical image with a live image geometric transforms for image registration G06T3/14; enhancement using image fusion G06T5/50; algorithms for registration of images G06T7/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices are provided for monitoring and displaying medical parameters for a patient. In one embodiment, a display can be configured to show a display screen that includes information related to a physiological parameter being measured from a patient. The information can include trends of values of the physiological parameter gathered from the patient over a period of time. The display screen can also show assessment information regarding one or more diagnostic parameters for the patient and notification information regarding one or more medically-related events that occurred as related to the patient. The trends information, the assessment information, and the notification information can be shown on the display screen alone or in any combination.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a display screen; and

a processor configured to;

receive a plurality of values for each of a plurality of physiological parameters measured from a patient over a period of time using a plurality of sensing devices, the plurality of physiological parameters including at least external ventricular drainage (EVD) intracranial pressure (ICP), and the plurality of sensing devices including at least an external fluid coupled sensor configured to measure the EVD ICP and to be connected to an EVD system having the EVD ICP,

cause the display screen to show a current value window that shows a current value for each of the plurality of physiological parameters and that indicates a current state of the EVD, the current state being either the EVD system being open or the EVD system being closed,

cause the display screen to show a trends window that shows a trendline for each of the plurality of physiological parameters, each of the trendlines indicating for its associated physiological parameter the values of the physiological parameter over the period of time,

cause a time marker to be displayed on the trends window, a position of the time marker relative to each of the trendlines indicating a selected time within the period of time, and

cause the display screen to show an assessment window that indicates a value of each of the plurality of physiological parameters at the selected time,

wherein data displayed on at least one of the current value window, the trends window, and the assessment window is usable to at least one of diagnose, treat, and assess the patient.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of physiological parameters also includes at least one of ICP, mean arterial blood pressure (MAP), cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), oxygen saturation (pO₂), heart rate, temperature, pressure reactivity index (PRx), pressure-volume compensatory reserve (RAP) index, fluid pressure in an implantable restriction device implanted in the patient, flow rate through an implantable valve implanted in the patient, gastric pH level, EEG, and tissue impedance.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the trends window indicates a state of the EVD.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the time marker includes a mark crossing each of the trendlines.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to receive a user input selecting the time, and the marker is movable simultaneously along each of the trendlines based on the user-selected time.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

receive a notification identifying a medically-related event experienced by the patient at a time within the period of time, the medically-related event being an event that affects at least one of the plurality of physiological parameters, and

cause at least one notification marker to be displayed on at least one of the trendlines in response to the receipt of the notification, the notification marker being automatically added at a point on the at least one of the trendlines within the period of time that corresponds to the time at which the patient experienced the medically-related event.

7. A method, comprising:

receiving at a processor a plurality of values for each of a plurality of physiological parameters measured from a patient over a period of time using a plurality of sensing devices, the plurality of physiological parameters including at least external ventricular drainage (EVD) intracranial pressure (ICP), and the plurality of sensing devices including at least an external fluid coupled sensor measuring the EVD ICP and connected to an EVD system having the EVD ICP,

causing, with the processor, a display screen to show a current value window that shows a current value for each of the plurality of physiological parameters and that indicates a current state of the EVD, the current state being either the EVD system being open or the EVD system being closed,

causing, with the processor, the display screen to show a trends window that shows a trendline for each of the plurality of physiological parameters, each of the trendlines indicating for its associated physiological parameter the values of the physiological parameter over the period of time,

causing, with the processor, a time marker to be displayed on the trends window, a position of the time marker relative to each of the trendlines indicating a selected time within the period of time, and

causing, with the processor, the display screen to show an assessment window that indicates a value of each of the plurality of physiological parameters at the selected time,

wherein data displayed on at least one of the current value window, the trends window, and the assessment window is usable to at least one of diagnose, treat, and assess the patient.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of physiological parameters also includes at least one of ICP, mean arterial blood pressure (MAP), cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), oxygen saturation (pO₂), heart rate, temperature, pressure reactivity index (PRx), pressure-volume compensatory reserve (RAP) index, fluid pressure in an implantable restriction device implanted in the patient, flow rate through an implantable valve implanted in the patient, gastric pH level, EEG, and tissue impedance.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the trends window indicates a state of the EVD.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the time marker includes a mark crossing each of the trendlines.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving at the processor a user input selecting the time, and wherein the marker is movable simultaneously along each of the trendlines based on the user-selected time.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving at the processor a notification identifying a medically-related event experienced by the patient at a time within the period of time, the medically-related event being an event that affects at least one of the plurality of physiological parameters, and

causing, with the processor, at least one notification marker to be displayed on at least one of the trendlines in response to the receipt of the notification, the notification marker being automatically added at a point on the at least one of the trendlines within the period of time that corresponds to the time at which the patient experienced the medically-related event.