PATIENT MONITOR AMBIENT DISPLAY DEVICE
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1. A patient wellness indicator configured to provide a non-numeric indication of patient wellness in at least a substantial portion of a display element, the indicator comprising:
- a stand-alone lamp device configured to alter its color in response to a received indication of one or more physiological parameters or combination of physiological parameters measured by a noninvasive optical sensor and processed through a patient monitor, the lamp device capable of incrementally emitting at least three colors, each increment corresponding to a change in said received indication, said incremental changes in one direction corresponding to said received indication approaching a increasing wellness, said incremental changes in another direction corresponding to said received indication approaching a decreasing wellness, said lamp device also configured to emit at least one alarm condition where a decreasing wellness falls below a threshold where a caregiver should administer care;
a memory capable of storing a plurality of said received indications; and
a processor capable of accessing said memory and driving said lamp device to emit said colors, said processor capable of statistically combining said received indications to control said emission color of said lamp device according to a predetermined rate of change.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure include an orb or lamp communicating with a noninvasive monitor to provide a readily identifiable point indication of a wellness of a monitored patient. In an embodiment the orb emits a color gradient from a first color through at least two other colors responsive to values of a wellness measurement. Exemplary wellness indications include one or a statistical combination of blood constituent measurements, combinations of other physiological parameters, or the like.
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1. A patient wellness indicator configured to provide a non-numeric indication of patient wellness in at least a substantial portion of a display element, the indicator comprising:
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a stand-alone lamp device configured to alter its color in response to a received indication of one or more physiological parameters or combination of physiological parameters measured by a noninvasive optical sensor and processed through a patient monitor, the lamp device capable of incrementally emitting at least three colors, each increment corresponding to a change in said received indication, said incremental changes in one direction corresponding to said received indication approaching a increasing wellness, said incremental changes in another direction corresponding to said received indication approaching a decreasing wellness, said lamp device also configured to emit at least one alarm condition where a decreasing wellness falls below a threshold where a caregiver should administer care; a memory capable of storing a plurality of said received indications; and a processor capable of accessing said memory and driving said lamp device to emit said colors, said processor capable of statistically combining said received indications to control said emission color of said lamp device according to a predetermined rate of change. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A patient monitoring device capable of providing a single point indication of wellness, the device comprising:
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a memory storing a plurality of wellness measurements received from a processing device configured to process optical attenuation information from a noninvasive optical sensor; a processor capable of reading said measurements from said memory and outputting information to be displayed; and a display including a first display area and a second display are, said first display area configured to display a color gradient responsive to said wellness measurements, said first display area substantially larger than said second display area when said device is in a wellness display mode. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of monitoring a patient comprising:
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providing a patient status indicator including a lamp, the lamp visible from a plurality of angles; accepting at least one patient parameter from a patient monitor, wherein the at least one patient parameter is indicative of at least one patient health characteristic sensed by the patient monitor; translating the at least one patient parameter into a single color indicator of patient status; and displaying the single color indicator using the lamp. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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