BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MONITORING APPARATUS

• US 20110080293A1
• Filed: 10/07/2010
• Published: 04/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Inventors: TAKAYANAGI, Yoshihiro, INABA, Hitoshi, IMAI, Katsumasa, TANISHIMA, Masami, ECHIGO, Masahiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,576,079 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A biological information monitoring apparatus operable to receive biological information measured by a detector adapted to be attached to a patient, and operable to display the biological information on a display, includes: a first display controller which displays an alarm on the display; and a second display controller which displays, on the display, first information which responses to the displayed alarm.

Claims

1. A biological information monitoring apparatus operable to receive biological information measured by a detector adapted to be attached to a patient, and operable to display the biological information on a display, the biological information monitoring apparatus comprising:

a first display controller which displays an alarm on the display; and

a second display controller which displays, on the display, first information which responses to the displayed alarm.

2. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first information includes means, instruction, or suggestion for canceling abnormality related to the displayed alarm.

3. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the alarm and the first information are not superimposed on each other on the display.

4. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first information includes at least one of a character and a graphical illustration.

5. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when the first information is displayed on the display, a sound is output.

6. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when the displayed alarm satisfies at least one of predetermined conditions of a generation frequency, a generation number, a duration time, and an integration time, the first information is displayed on the display.

7. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the first information is displayed, and

when the predetermined condition is unsatisfied after the first information is displayed, display of the first information is cancelled.

8. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when a condition is satisfied, the first information is displayed, and

the condition is set for kind of the alarm.

9. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first information is displayed in a blinking or inverted manner.

10. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first information is displayed when a user operates a guide key, which is displayed on the display at a time when the alarm is displayed, which is displayed on the display after a predetermined time elapses from a time when the alarm is displayed, or which is displayed on the display when a number of the alarm reaches a predetermined number.

11. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when a user selects the alarm displayed on the display, the first information is displayed on the display.

12. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first information is formed by a window including a plurality of elements, and

one of the plurality of elements which corresponds to the displayed alarm is displayed at a most front.

13. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when the alarm satisfies at least one of predetermined conditions of a generation frequency, a generation number, a duration time, and an integration time, the second display controller displays, on the display, second information which responses to the alarm and which a user can operate.

14. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 13, wherein

the second information includes a plurality of information.

15. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 13, wherein

the second display controller determines the second information to be displayed, based on presence or absence of the biological information to be measured.

16. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the alarm includes at least one of a vital alarm that is output in abnormality of the biological information and a technical alarm that is output in abnormality of the biological information monitoring apparatus, the detector, or measurement environment.