System for detecting allergic reactions resulting from a chemical substance given to a patient

• US 20080004504A1
• Filed: 06/30/2006
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Uutela, Kimmo, Rantala, Borje
• Application Number:
  US11/480,344
• Publication Number:
  US 20080004504A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

System for detecting allergic reactions resulting from a chemical substance given to a patient The system comprises a workstation configured to carry out desired proceedings and physiological measurements of the patient, a detection arrangement for detecting the chemical substance given to the patient, a database having information of allergic symptoms, and a warning/information display. The database is configured to operate with the workstation to obtain results of the physiological measurements carried out, and is further configured to operate with the detection arrangement for detecting the chemical substance given to the patient and the warning/information display in order to generate a warning of allergic reactions from the basis of the information obtained from the physiological measurements and the chemical substance given to the patient.

Claims

1. System for detecting allergic reactions resulting from a chemical substance given to a patient, the system comprising:

a workstation configured to carry out desired physiological measurements of the patient,

a detection arrangement for detecting the chemical substance given to the patient,

a database having information of allergic symptoms, and

a warning/information display, the database being configured to operate with the workstation to obtain results of the physiological measurements carried out, and being further configured to operate with the detection arrangement for detecting the chemical substance given to the patient and the warning/information display in order to generate a warning of allergic reactions from the basis of the information obtained from the physiological measurements and the chemical substance given to the patient.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the chemical substance is a drug.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the chemical substance is food.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the workstation is an anaesthesia workstation.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the workstation is a critical care monitor.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein dosage data of the chemical substance given to the patient and physiological changes resulted from the dosage are detected and measured and are included into information from the basis of which the warning of allergic reactions is generated.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the interactions of two or more chemical substances and physiological changes resulted from the interactions are detected and measured and are included into information from basis of which the warning of allergic reactions is generated.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a device for feeding known allergies of the patient to the system.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the detection arrangement also detects timing of the chemical substance given to the patient.