METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MIMICKING THE DISPLAY LAYOUT WHEN INTERFACING TO MULTIPLE DATA MONITORS

• US 20080270912A1
• Filed: 04/24/2007
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Booth, John
• Granted Patent: US 8,156,439 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0008 Temperature signals
• 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 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A computer for use in the transfer and monitoring of data and a method of verifying the transfer of patient physiological data is herein disclosed. The computer comprises a display for displaying data, a controller for controlling the display of the data, a graphical user interface being disposed to display data, a first input device connected to the controller for entering data that is recorded and displayed by a data recording device and a second input device connected to the controller for entering data into the controller that is indicative of the spatial arrangement of the display of the data by the data recording device, wherein the controller uses the data indicative of the spatial arrangement of the display of data by the data recording device to display the data in the graphical user interface according to the data by the data recording device.

Claims

1. A computer for use in the transfer and monitoring of data from a data recording device, the computer comprising:

a display for displaying data;

a controller connected to the display, the controller being operable to control the spatial arrangement of the data on the display;

a first input device connected to the controller, the first input device being operable to receive data from the data recording device;

a second input device connected to the controller, the second input device being operable to receive information identifying the data recording device;

wherein the controller selects the spatial arrangement of the data on a graphical user interface of the display based upon the identification of the data recording device.

2. The computer of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display of data in the graphical user interface to mimic the appearance of the display of data by the data recording device.

3. The computer of claim 2, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a plurality of data regions, each data region being disposed to display data.

4. The computer of claim 3, wherein each data region is predetermined to display a predetermined data type and the appearance of the display of data by the data recording device is mimicked by changing the arrangement of the data regions in the graphical user interface.

5. The computer of claim 1, wherein the data recording device is a patient physiological data monitor, and the data that is recorded and displayed by the data recording device is patient physiological data.

6. The computer of claim 5, wherein the data recording device is a vital signs monitor, and the patient physiological data includes patient temperature, patient SpO2 and patient blood pressure.

7. The computer of claim 5, wherein the first input device comprises an electronic data transfer connection.

8. The computer of claim 5 wherein the second input device is a barcode scanner.

9. The computer of claim 5 wherein the second input device is a sensor for an receiving a signal from an RFID tag associated with the patient physiological data monitor.

10. The computer of claim 5 where the second input device receives a transmission of coordinate data from the data recording device.

11. A display for use with a computer used in the monitoring of patient physiological data collected by a patient monitor, the display comprising:

a graphical user interface;

a plurality of data regions in the graphical user interface and rearrangable about the graphical user interface, the data regions disposed to display physiological data; and

an input device by which the display receives a signal indicative of the physiological data to be display in the data regions and the locations of the data regions within the graphical user interface;

wherein the signal is based on the physiological data displayed on the patient monitor.

12. The display of claim 11 wherein the data regions are predetermined to display a specific physiological parameter.

13. The display of claim 11 wherein the data regions are further disposed for the entry of data.

14. A method of verifying the transfer of patient physiological data recorded by a patient monitor to a computer, the method comprising:

receiving patient physiological data acquired by the monitor;

receiving a signal indicative of the spatial format of the display of the physiological data on the patient monitor; and

displaying the physiological data on the patient monitor in the spatial format.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving a signal identifying the patient monitor;

querying a database for stored information regarding the spatial format of the display of the physiological data on the patient monitor using the identification of the patient monitor.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising verifying that the values of physiological data displayed on the patient monitor matches the values physiological data displayed on the computer.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising scanning a bar code on the patient monitor to receive the signal indicative of the spatial format of the display of physiological data on the patient monitor.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving a signal from an RFID tag to receive the signal indicative of the spatial format of the display of physiological data on the patient monitor.

19. The method of claim 14 wherein the physiological data is received by manual entry of the data.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the physiological data is received via an electronic transmission.