Providing predetermined groups of trending parameters for display in a breathing assistance system

• US 20080078390A1
• Filed: 09/29/2006
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Covidien LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Hyde, David Ray, Milne, Gary Scott
• Application Number:
  US11/537,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20080078390A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/204.23
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/00 Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration; Tracheal tubes stimulating the respiratory movement by mechanical, pneumatic or electrical means, iron lungs combined with gas breathing means A61H31/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0051 with alarm devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0063 Compressors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/024 including calculation means, e.g. using a processor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient

Abstract

The disclosure provides a breathing assistance system that may include: a storage device operable to store multiple trending parameter groups; a user interface operable to exhibit the identifiers for at least a portion of the trending parameter groups and to receive a user selection of a particular one of the exhibited identifiers; and a display operable to display each of the trending parameters in the selected trending parameter group.

Claims

1. A breathing assistance system, comprising:

a storage device operable to store multiple trending parameter groups, each trending parameter group including a predetermined grouping of trending parameters and having a corresponding identifier, each trending parameter having a value that may change over time;

a user interface operable to;

exhibit the identifiers for at least a portion of the trending parameter groups; and

receive a user selection of a particular one of the exhibited identifiers corresponding with a particular trending parameter group; and

a display operable to display each of the trending parameters in the selected trending parameter group, wherein displaying each trending parameter includes displaying the value of that trending parameter versus time to indicate a trend for that trending parameter.

2. A breathing assistance system according to claim 1, wherein at least one identifier corresponds to a mode of operation of the breathing assistance system.

3. A breathing assistance system according to claim 1, wherein at least one identifier corresponds to a patient condition.

4. A breathing assistance system according to claim 1, wherein at least one identifier corresponds to a ventilation mode.

5. A breathing assistance system according to claim 1, wherein the user interface includes a graphic user interface.

6. A breathing assistance system according to claim 1, wherein the user interface includes one or more manual input devices separate from the display, the one or more manual input devices configured to facilitate the user selection.

7. A breathing assistance system according to claim 6, wherein the one or more manual input devices configured to facilitate the user selection are selected from the group consisting of a dial, a knob, a button, a slider, a lever, and a switch.

8. A breathing assistance system according to claim 1, wherein multiple trending parameter groups may include at least one same trending parameter.

9. A breathing assistance system according to claim 1, wherein displaying the value of a particular trending parameter versus time to indicate a trend for that trending parameter comprises displaying a plot of the particular trending parameter versus time.

10. A breathing assistance system according to claim 1, wherein:

displaying the value of a first trending parameter versus time to indicate a trend for the first trending parameter comprises displaying a first plot of the first trending parameter versus time;

displaying the value of a second trending parameter versus time to indicate a trend for the second trending parameter comprises displaying a second plot of the second trending parameter versus time; and

the first plot and the second plot are displayed on the same graph.

11. A breathing assistance system, comprising:

a gas delivery apparatus configured to deliver gas toward a patient;

a storage device operable to store multiple trending parameter groups, each trending parameter group including a predetermined grouping of trending parameters and having a corresponding identifier, each trending parameter having a value that may change over time, and wherein the value for at least one trending parameter is a measure of a parameter of the gas delivered by the gas delivery apparatus;

a user interface operable to;

exhibit the identifiers for at least a portion of the trending parameter groups; and

receive a user selection of a particular one of the exhibited identifiers corresponding with a particular trending parameter group; and

a display operable to display each of the trending parameters in the selected trending parameter group, wherein displaying each trending parameter includes displaying the value of that trending parameter versus time to indicate a trend for that trending parameter.

12. A breathing assistance system according to claim 11, wherein the values of at least a portion of the trending parameters are based at least on data from one or more sensors.

13. A method for displaying trending parameters related to the operation of a breathing assistance system, the method comprising:

exhibiting a plurality of identifiers, each identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of trending parameter groups, each trending parameter group including a predetermined grouping of trending parameters, each trending parameter having a value that may change over time;

receiving a user selection of a particular one of the exhibited identifiers corresponding with a particular trending parameter group; and

displaying each of the trending parameters in the selected trending parameter group, wherein displaying each trending parameter includes displaying the value of that trending parameter versus time to indicate a trend for that trending parameter.

14. A method according to claim 13, wherein at least one identifier corresponds to a mode of operation of the breathing assistance system.

15. A method according to claim 13, wherein at least one identifier corresponds to a patient condition.

16. A method according to claim 13, wherein at least one identifier corresponds to a ventilation mode.

17. A method according to claim 13, wherein the user selection is received via a graphic user interface.

18. A method according to claim 13, wherein the user selection is received via a user interface including a display and one or more manual input devices separate from the display, the one or more manual input devices configured to facilitate the user selection.

19. A method according to claim 18, wherein the one or more manual input devices configured to facilitate the user selection are selected from the group consisting of a dial, a knob, a button, a slider, a lever, and a switch.

20. A method according to claim 13, wherein multiple trending parameter groups may include at least one same trending parameter.

21. A method according to claim 13, wherein displaying the value of a particular trending parameter versus time to indicate a trend for that trending parameter comprises displaying a plot of the particular trending parameter versus time.

22. A method according to claim 13, wherein:

displaying the value of a first trending parameter versus time to indicate a trend for the first trending parameter comprises displaying a first plot of the first trending parameter versus time;

displaying the value of a second trending parameter versus time to indicate a trend for the second trending parameter comprises displaying a second plot of the second trending parameter versus time; and

the first plot and the second plot are displayed on the same graph.

23. A method for operating a breathing assistance system, comprising:

operating a breathing assistance system that exhibits a plurality of identifiers, each identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of trending parameter groups, each trending parameter group including a predetermined grouping of trending parameters, each trending parameter having a value that may change over time; and

operating a user interface of the breathing assistance system to select one of the exhibited identifiers corresponding with a particular trending parameter group such that the trending parameters in the selected trending parameter group are displayed via a display device, wherein the value of each trending parameter is displayed versus time to indicate a trend for that trending parameter.

24. A computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions executable on a processor, the set of instructions comprising:

instructions for exhibiting a plurality of identifiers, each identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of trending parameter groups, each trending parameter group including a predetermined grouping of trending parameters, each trending parameter having a value that may change over time;

instructions for receiving a user selection of a particular one of the exhibited identifiers corresponding with a particular trending parameter group; and

instructions for displaying each of the trending parameters in the selected trending parameter group, wherein displaying each trending parameter includes displaying the value of that trending parameter versus time to indicate a trend for that trending parameter.

25. A breathing assistance system, comprising:

means for storing multiple trending parameter groups, each trending parameter group including a predetermined grouping of trending parameters and having a corresponding identifier, each trending parameter having a value that may change over time;

means for exhibiting the identifiers for at least a portion of the trending parameter groups; and

means for receiving a user selection of a particular one of the exhibited identifiers corresponding with a particular trending parameter group; and

means for displaying each of the trending parameters in the selected trending parameter group, wherein displaying each trending parameter includes displaying the value of that trending parameter versus time to indicate a trend for that trending parameter.