BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION INTERFACE

• US 20080119697A1
• Filed: 11/20/2006
• Published: 05/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Vadodaria, Sachin, Schefelker, Richard William, Mejia, Claudio Patricio
• Application Number:
  US11/561,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20080119697A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/045 with a separable interface unit, e.g. for communication
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/283 Invasive
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence

Abstract

A communication module is presented. The communication module includes a communication interface operationally coupled to a monitoring system and a mapping system, where the communication interface is configured to facilitate bidirectional communication of data between the monitoring system and the mapping system. A method and computer-readable medium that afford functionality of the type defined by this communication module are also contemplated in conjunction with the present technique.

Claims

1. A communication module, comprising:

a communication interface operationally coupled to a monitoring system and a mapping system, wherein the communication interface is configured to facilitate bidirectional communication of data between the monitoring system and the mapping system.

2. The module of claim 1, wherein the communication interface is configured to facilitate communication of physiological data from the monitoring system to the mapping system or facilitate communication of mapping data from the mapping system to the monitoring system, or both.

3. The module of claim 2, wherein the physiological data comprises at least one of a temperature, a blood pressure, an electrocardiogram, or a blood oxygen level.

4. The module of claim 2, wherein the communication interface is configured to:

communicate the mapping data from the mapping system to the monitoring system; and

overlay the mapping data on a display of the monitoring system.

5. The module of claim 2, wherein the communication interface is configured to:

communicate the physiological data from the monitoring system to the mapping system; and

overlay the physiological data on a display of the mapping system.

6. The module of claim 2, wherein the communication interface is further configured to:

coalesce the physiological data from the monitoring system and the mapping data from the mapping system to generate a consolidated report for display on the monitoring system, the mapping system, or both.

7. The module of claim 1, wherein the communication interface comprises a wired interface, an Ethernet interface, a wireless interface, a Bluetooth interface, or a combination thereof.

8. The module of claim 1, wherein the monitoring system comprises an electrophysiological monitoring system, a hemodynamic monitoring system, or a combination thereof.

9. The module of claim 1, wherein the mapping system comprises a catheter-based mapping system, a contact-based mapping system, or a combination thereof.

10. A method for imaging, the method comprising:

outputting in real-time a first set of data and a second set of data for display on a single display unit of an imaging system, wherein the imaging system comprises at least a monitoring system and a mapping system.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first set of data comprises physiological data acquired via the monitoring system and the second set of data comprises mapping data acquired via the mapping system.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising outputting in real-time the first set of data and the second set of data in response to a trigger.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

communicating the second set of data from the mapping system to the monitoring system; and

overlaying the second set of data on a display of the monitoring system.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

communicating the first set of data from the monitoring system to the mapping system; and

overlaying the first set of data on a display of the mapping system.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising coalescing the first set of data and the second set of data to generate a consolidated report for recording and analysis.

16. A computer readable medium comprising one or more tangible media, wherein the one or more tangible media comprise:

code adapted to output in real-time a first set of data and a second set of data for display on a single display unit of an imaging system, wherein the imaging system comprises at least a monitoring system and a mapping system.

17. The computer readable medium, as recited in claim 16, wherein the code adapted to output in real-time the first set of data and the second set of data comprises code adapted to respond to a trigger.

18. The computer readable medium, as recited in claim 16, further comprising:

code adapted to communicate the second set of data from the mapping system to the monitoring system; and

code adapted to overlay the second set of data on a display of the monitoring system.

19. The computer readable medium, as recited in claim 16, further comprising:

code adapted to communicate the first set of data from the monitoring system to the mapping system; and

code adapted to overlay the first set of data on a display of the mapping system.

20. The computer readable medium, as recited in claim 16, further comprising code adapted to coalesce the first set of data and the second set of data to generate a consolidated report for recording and analysis.

21. A system for imaging, comprising:

a monitoring system;

a mapping system; and

a communication module operationally coupled to the monitoring system and the mapping system, wherein the communication module comprises a communication interface configured to facilitate bidirectional communication of data between the monitoring system and the mapping system.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the communication interface is configured to facilitate real-time centralized data management.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the communication interface is configured to:

communicate mapping data from the mapping system to the monitoring system; and

overlay the mapping data on a display of the monitoring system.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the communication interface is configured to:

communicate physiological data from the monitoring system to the mapping system; and

overlay the physiological data on a display of the mapping system.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the communication interface is further configured to:

coalesce data from the monitoring system and the mapping system to generate a consolidated report for display on the monitoring system, the mapping system, or both.