Apparatus for processing and displaying patient medical information

• US 20020116226A1
• Filed: 11/17/2001
• Published: 08/22/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dragerwerk AG & Company KGaA (FPS Vermögensverwaltung GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Draeger Medical Systems Incorporated (FPS Vermögensverwaltung GmbH)
• Inventors: Monteleone, Rand J., Rutledge, Jolyn, Auer, John E.
• Granted Patent: US 7,039,878 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/60 for the operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders

Abstract

A network compatible, configurable user interface system for displaying a set of user-selectable, sequentially generated patient medical parameters, together with an associated time indication comprises a display menu generator for generating a customization menu that enables user selection of a default set of medical parameters from a plurality of available sets of default medical parameters. The customization menu further enables user modification of the default set of medical parameters. A display generator responsive to a user command operates to display the modified default set of medical parameters in a graphical or tabular format.

Claims

1. A network compatible configurable user interface system for displaying sequentially generated patient medical parameters and data together with a time indication, for use in identifying a parameter value trend, comprising:

a display menu generator for generating,

a single customization menu enabling user selection of parameters for display in a first graphical format and in a second tabular format comprising,

a menu containing a set of medical parameter labels representing a corresponding plurality of available medical parameters, and

parameter selection icons enabling user selection of parameters from said available medical parameters for display in graphical and tabular format; and

a display generator for displaying said selected parameters in graphical and tabular format in response to a user command.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said parameter icons are used to select parameters from said available medical parameters for display in graphical and tabular format by incorporating selected parameters in first and second window areas of said customization menu, and

said display generator displays parameter data associated with parameters in said first window area in graphical format and displays parameter data associated with parameters in said second window area in tabular format, in response to said user command.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said customization menu enables allocation of a plurality of different sets of selected parameters to a corresponding plurality of display categories.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said categories include at least two associated with medical categories including cardiology, laboratory results, hemodynamic function, ventilation function and neurology.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein said customization menu enables display of at least one predetermined list of selected parameters associated with a particular display category.

6. The system of claim 1, said single customization menu further comprising placement selection icons for re-ordering display of selected parameters.

7. The system of claim 1, said single customization menu further comprising category selection icons for re-ordering display of the available categories of medical parameters for user selection.

8. A network compatible configurable user interface system for displaying a set of user selectable sequentially generated patient medical parameters and data together with an associated time indication, comprising:

a display menu generator for generating,

a customization menu enabling user selection of a default set of medical parameters from a plurality of available sets of default medical parameters and user modification of said default set of medical parameters; and

a display generator for displaying said user-modified default set of medical parameters in response to user command.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said customization menu enables user selection of a graphical or tabular display format for parameters of said default set.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein said display generator displays a first sub-set of parameters of said default set in a graphical format and a second sub-set of parameters of said default set in a tabular format.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein said customization menu enables user definition of a plurality of default parameter sets.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein said plurality of available sets of default medical parameters include at least two associated with medical categories including cardiology, laboratory results, hemodynamic function, ventilation function and neurology.

13. The system of claim 8, said single customization menu further comprising placement selection icons for re-ordering display of selected parameters.

14. The system of claim 8, said single customization menu further comprising category selection icons for re-ordering display of available categories of medical parameters for user selection.

16. The system of claim 15, said single customization menu further comprising placement selection icons for re-ordering display of selected parameters.

17. The system of claim 16, said single customization menu further comprising category selection icons for re-ordering display of available categories of medical parameters for user selection.

15. A network compatible configurable user interface system for displaying sequentially generated patient medical parameters and data together with a time indication, for use in identifying a parameter value trend, comprising:

a display menu generator for generating,

a single customization menu enabling user selection of parameters for display in a first graphical format and a second tabular format comprising,

a menu containing a set of medical parameter labels representing a corresponding plurality of available medical parameters,

first and second window areas for displaying user selected parameters for display with associated parameter data in graphical and tabular format respectively, and

parameter selection icons enabling user selection of parameters from said available medical parameters for display in graphical and tabular format; and

a display generator for displaying parameter data associated with parameters in said first window area in graphical format and for displaying parameter data associated with parameters in said second window area in tabular format in response to a user command.