Flexible form and window arrangement for the display of medical data

• US 20020138512A1
• Filed: 11/15/2001
• Published: 09/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Draeger Medical Systems Incorporated (Dragerwerk AG)
• Original Assignee: Draeger Medical Systems Incorporated (Dragerwerk AG)
• Inventors: Waite, Geoffrey, Buresh, William
• Application Number:
  US10/004,239
• Publication Number:
  US 20020138512A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/507
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for medical reports G16H15/00; for therapies or health-improving plans G16H20/00; for the handling or processing of medical images G16H30/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A medical image and data system including a configurable tabular form editor (19) which creates a table (35) divided into multiple cells (34, 35, 36, 37). A data selection menu (29) appears when a cell (34) is highlighted with a mouse type pointing device. Real time data may be inserted into a selected cell and the cell (46) may be manually resized by the user, causing adjacent cells (45) to be automatically redimensioned to accommodate the manually resized cell (46) as data within the other cells (45). A large multiple cell table (44) may be created by using a flexible form menu (10). Data may be inserted into a multiple cell table (65) which may itself be inserted into a cell of another table (67). All cell and data selections may be performed with the mouse pointing device.

Claims

1. A method in a computer system for designing under the control of a user a display of information, comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving instructions from the user to select a tabular format;

(b) in response to step (a), displaying to the user a menu of data selections which may be placed within portions of the tabular format; and

(c) adjusting dimensions of portions of the tabular format to permit display of the data selections.

2. The method of claim 1, further including the step of receiving instructions from the user via a manual pointing device.

3. The method of claim 1, further including the steps of:

displaying to the user a data selection menu including an entry representing a first waveform for possible display within a first selected portion of the tabular format;

receiving instructions from the user to display the first waveform within the first selected portion of the tabular format;

displaying to the user a data selection menu including an entry representing a second waveform for possible display within the first selected portion of the tabular format; and

receiving instructions from the user to display the second waveform within the first selected portion of the tabular format; and

simultaneously displaying the first waveform superimposed upon the second waveform within the first selected portion of the tabular format.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of displaying to the user a color selection menu listing possible background color choices for each selected portion of the tabular format.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of displaying to the user a file name selection menu displaying a region in which all previous user selections may be saved for future use.

6. A display specification method, comprising the steps of:

(a) displaying an image set of predefined tables each having a plurality of cells;

(b) selecting one of the predefined tables;

(c) displaying the predefined table;

(d) displaying a data selection menu for each cell appearing within the predefined table;

(e) selecting one data set from the data selection menu for at least one cell; and

(f) in response to the selection of step (e), adjusting the dimensions of some cells to permit legible data display.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the steps of:

positioning an indicator of a manual pointing device over a border of a cell within the selected table;

selecting the border of the cell over which the indicator resides;

moving the indicator to a desired position; and

selecting the desired position to define a new cell border location.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising the steps of:

positioning an indicator of a manual pointing device over a border of a column containing at least two cells within the selected table;

selecting the border of the column over which the indicator resides;

moving the indicator to a desired position;

selecting the desired position to define to define a new column border location; and

redimensioning the cells within the column so as to abut the new column border location.

9. A computerized method of displaying medical data, comprising:

obtaining at least a first and second stream of real time medical data;

displaying a table having multiple cells;

manipulating a manual pointing device to select a first cell within the table;

inserting the first data stream into the first cell;

manipulating a manual pointing device to select a second cell within the table; and

inserting the second data stream into the second cell.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of displaying a display selection menu upon selecting a cell within the table.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of listing in association the display selection menu a choice of data and cell appearance submenus.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising the steps of:

saving the displayed table;

creating a second table having multiple cells; and

inserting the saved table into a cell of the second table.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of inserting a display generated in response to an internet connection into a cell of the second table.