Patient monitoring device snapshot feature system and method

• US 20080076977A1
• Filed: 09/26/2006
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Mannheimer, Paul D., Eghbal, Darius
• Application Number:
  US11/527,057
• Publication Number:
  US 20080076977A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/339 Displays specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7445 Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a monitoring system. The monitoring system may comprise a monitor configured to receive input relating to patient physiological parameters, a screen configured to display data corresponding to the patient physiological parameters, and a snapshot display feature configured to display a snapshot view on the screen, wherein the snapshot view includes fixed or stabilized graphical features that correspond to measurements of the patient physiological parameters.

Claims

1. A monitoring system, comprising:

a monitor configured to receive input relating to patient physiological parameters;

a screen configured to display data corresponding to the patient physiological parameters; and

a snapshot display feature configured to display a snapshot view on the screen, wherein the snapshot view includes fixed or stabilized graphical features that correspond to measurements of the patient physiological parameters.

2. The system of claim 1, comprising a normal operation display feature configured to provide a real-time view of measured values of the patient physiological parameters.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the snapshot view includes fixed graphical representations of the most recent measured values provided in the real-time view.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the snapshot view includes fixed graphical representations of measured values provided in the real-time view for a time selected by a user.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the snapshot view includes stabilized graphical representations of the measured values provided in the real-time view.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the snapshot view includes an icon indicative of activation of the snapshot display feature.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the snapshot view includes a graphical representation of an average of measured values of the patient physiological parameters.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the measured values were measured within a time period selected by a user.

9. The system of claim 1, comprising a symbol indicative of a nature of the graphical features.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the symbol indicates that the measurements of the patient physiological parameters include an average value of the measurements.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the snapshot view includes a snapshot window.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the snapshot view includes graphical features representative of scaling values, labels, instructions, or a combination of scaling values, labels, and instructions.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the fixed or stabilized graphical features include representations of numerical data.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the fixed or stabilized graphical features include Arabic numerals.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving input relating to patient physiological parameters;

displaying visual data corresponding to the patient physiological parameters in a normal view; and

displaying a snapshot view including fixed or stabilized graphical features that correspond to measurements of the patient physiological parameters when a snapshot display feature is activated.

16. The method of claim 15, comprising displaying real-time measured values of the patient physiological parameters in the normal view.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the snapshot view includes fixed graphical representations of the most recent real-time, measured values.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the snapshot view includes fixed graphical representations of measured values provided in the real-time view for a time selected by a user.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the snapshot view includes stabilized graphical representations of the real-time, measured values of the real-time view.

20. The method of claim 15, comprising displaying an icon indicative of the nature of the snapshot view in the snapshot view.

21. The method of claim 15, comprising displaying a graphical representation of an average of measured values in the snapshot view.

22. The method of claim 15, comprising displaying a snapshot window as the snapshot view while displaying the normal view in the background.

23. The method of claim 15, comprising displaying graphical features representative of scaling values, labels, instructions, or a combination of scaling values, labels, and instructions as components of the snapshot view.

24. The method of claim 15, comprising displaying the snapshot view for a designated amount of time and automatically closing the snapshot view.

25. The method of claim 15, comprising displaying the snapshot view when a toggle feature is activated and closing the snapshot view with the toggle feature is deactivated.

26. The method of claim 15, comprising displaying Arabic numerals as the fixed or stabilized graphical features that correspond to the measurements of the patient physiological parameters.

27. A method, comprising:

displaying a real-time measurement of a physiological parameter on a monitor screen in a normal view; and

displaying fixed or stabilized value of the real-time measurement of the physiological parameter on the monitor screen when a snapshot display feature is activated.

28. The method of claim 27, comprising hiding the fixed or stabilized value when the snapshot display feature is deactivated.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the snapshot display feature is automatically deactivated after an amount of time.

30. The method of claim 27, wherein the fixed or stabilized value includes a graphical feature representative of scaling values, labels, or instructions.

31. A method, comprising:

causing a monitor to display a snapshot view including fixed or stabilized graphical features that correspond to measurements of patient physiological parameters by activating a snapshot display feature.

32. The method of claim 31, comprising selecting an icon that activates the snapshot display feature.

33. The method of claim 31, comprising depressing a button that activates the snapshot display feature.