Method and system for monitoring multiple patient parameters on a touchscreen

• US 10,667,766 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2017
• Issued: 06/02/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Soosalu, Milvi Kristiina, Lahdenmaki, Virpi Kristiina
• Primary Examiner(s): Roy, Sanchita
• Application Number:
  US15/797,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20190125278A1
• Time in Patent Office: 946 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• 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 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Handheld patient-monitoring device is provided that includes a touchscreen having a display area. The touchscreen is configured to present a first chart section in the display area of the touchscreen. The device is also configured to detect an input gesture on the touchscreen that is indicative of a swipe along the touchscreen. The device is also configured to replace, in response to detecting the input gesture, the first chart section with a second chart section such that the second chart section is presented in the display area and the first chart section is not presented in the display area. The second chart section has at least one parameter region that displays information relating to a respective patient parameter. Replacement of the first chart section with the second chart section is visually indicated to the user.

Claims

1. A handheld patient-monitoring device comprising:

a touchscreen having a display area and configured to present a health-monitoring chart to a user, the health-monitoring chart being based on physiological data detected from a patient;

one or more processors configured to execute programmed instructions stored in memory, the one or more processors, when executing the programmed instructions, configured to;

present a first chart section of the health-monitoring chart in the display area of the touchscreen, the first chart section having parameter regions that include information relating to respective patient parameters of the patient;

determine that one of the patient parameters has become significant;

in response to determining that one of the patient parameters has become significant, generate a second chart section of the health-monitoring chart based on the patient parameter that has become significant, the second chart section including the patient parameter that has become significant and one or more additional patient parameters that are not presented in the first chart section and are associated with a predetermined condition, wherein the second chart section includes a parameter signal line plotted with respect to horizontal and vertical axes, the horizontal axis representing time and the vertical axis representing values of the patient parameter that has become significant;

detect an input gesture on the touchscreen that is indicative of a swipe along the touchscreen, the input gesture extending in a swipe direction for at least a predetermined distance along the touchscreen; and

in response to detecting the input gesture, replace the first chart section with the second chart section such that the second chart section is presented in the display area and the first chart section is not presented in the display area, wherein replacement of the first chart section with the second chart section is visually indicated to the user.

2. The patient-monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to display a parameter alert on the first chart section, the parameter alert identifying the patient parameter that has become significant.

3. The patient-monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to select the additional patient parameters included in the second chart section for assessing whether the patient has the predetermined condition.

4. The patient-monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the patient parameter that has become significant is highlighted to the user in the second chart section.

5. The patient-monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to indicate that the first chart section is shifting in the swipe direction when replacing the first chart section with the second chart section.

6. The patient-monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the first chart section and the second chart section appear as separate and discrete sections.

16. The handheld patient-monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the second chart section is associated with the predetermined condition and the additional patient parameters included in the second chart section are selected for assessing whether the patient has the predetermined condition.

17. The handheld patient-monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the patient parameter that has become significant is a heart rate of the patient, and the predetermined condition is a cardiac condition.

7. A method for monitoring a condition of a patient, the method comprising:

providing a health-monitoring chart to a patient-monitoring device for presenting in a display area of a touchscreen of the patient-monitoring device, the health-monitoring chart including a first chart section and a second chart section;

presenting the first chart section in the display area of the touchscreen, the first chart section having parameter regions that include information relating to respective patient parameters of the patient;

determining that one of the patient parameters has become significant;

in response to determining that one of the patient parameters has become significant, generating the second chart section based on the patient parameter that has become significant, the second chart section including the patient parameter that has become significant and one or more additional patient parameters that are not presented in the first chart section and are associated with a predetermined condition, wherein the second chart section includes a parameter signal line plotted with respect to horizontal and vertical axes, the horizontal axis representing time and the vertical axis representing values of the patient parameter that has become significant;

detecting an input gesture on the touchscreen that is indicative of a swipe along the touchscreen, the input gesture extending in a swipe direction for at least a predetermined distance along the touchscreen; and

in response to detecting the input gesture, replacing the first chart section with the second chart section such that the second chart section is presented in the display area and the first chart section is not presented in the display area, wherein replacement of the first chart section with the second chart section is visually indicated to the user.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying a parameter alert on the first chart section, the parameter alert identifying the patient parameter that has become significant.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising selecting the additional patient parameters included in the second chart section for assessing whether the patient has the predetermined condition.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the patient parameter that has become significant is highlighted to the user in the second chart section.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the first chart section and the second chart section appear as separate and discrete sections.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer executable code to:

present a first chart section of a health-monitoring chart of a patient in a display area of a touchscreen, the first chart section having parameter regions that include information relating to respective patient parameters of the patient;

determine that one of the patient parameters has become significant;

in response to determining that one of the patient parameters has become significant, generate a condition-specific chart section of the health-monitoring chart based on the patient parameter that has become significant, the condition-specific chart section including the patient parameter that has become significant and one or more additional patient parameters that are not presented in the first chart section and are associated with a predetermined condition, wherein the condition-specific chart section includes a parameter signal line plotted with respect to horizontal and vertical axes, the horizontal axis representing time and the vertical axis representing values of the patient parameter that has become significant;

receive an input gesture from a gesture recognizer that is indicative of a swipe along the touchscreen;

in response to receiving the input gesture, replace the first chart section with the condition-specific chart section such that the condition-specific chart section is presented in the display area and the first chart section is not presented in the display area; and

indicate, in the display area, that the condition-specific chart section has replaced or is replacing the first chart section.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the computer executable code is also configured to display a parameter alert on the touchscreen with the first chart section responsive to determining that one of the patient parameters of the first chart section has become significant, the parameter alert identifying the patient parameter that has become significant.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the first chart section and the condition-specific chart section appear as separate and discrete sections.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the determination that the patient parameter has become significant is based on one or more of:

(i) the patient parameter being above a designated upper limit;

(ii) the patient parameter being below a designated lower limit;

or (iii) the patient parameter being outside of a designated operating range.