REAL-TIME VISUAL ALERT DISPLAY

• US 20110087117A1
• Filed: 10/08/2010
• Published: 04/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Michigan (University of Michigan)
• Original Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Michigan (University of Michigan)
• Inventors: TREMPER, KEVIN K., Blum, James M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,454,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/508
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0276 Determining malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/029 Measuring or recording blood output from the heart, e.g. minute volume A61B8/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4821 Determining level or depth of anaesthesia A61B5/1106 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7445 Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

An alert system for patient treatment that incorporates patient data to display information in readily identifiable icons for vital organs, and in a useable, real-time, updated fashion that extracts data from the medical history, the current medical management, and the current physiologic monitors to produce warnings and alerts to enable practitioners to be made aware of physiologic systems at risk, (physiologic systems in normal range, borderline normal range, and abnormal range of function). These data are not only presented, but also use real-time queries and calculations to enable practitioners to have the types of data that would traditionally assist them in patient care but only be available by reviewing the medical literature and/or doing retrospective individual calculations while providing patient care.

Claims

1. An alert system for patient treatment comprising:

a monitoring device operably coupled to a patient, said monitoring device outputting a monitoring signal in response to a measured parameter of the patient;

a controller receiving said monitoring signal and continuously calculating a secondary, non-measurable parameter of the patient based on said measured parameter, said controller outputting a display signal; and

a display device operably coupled to said controller and receiving said display signal;

said display device having a plurality of display indicia, wherein at least one of said plurality of display indicia being substantially shaped as a readily-identifiable organ.

2. The alert system according to claim 1 wherein each of said plurality of display indicia is dynamically animated to illustrate real-time physiological movement of an organ of the patient.

3. The alert system according to claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of display indicia comprises at least one of a heart, brain, lung, body, and kidney.

4. The alert system according to claim 1 wherein said secondary, non-measurable parameter of the patient is a heart filling level.

5. The alert system according to claim 1 wherein said secondary, non-measurable parameter of the patient is an input and an output of the patient'"'"'s heart.

6. The alert system according to claim 1 wherein said controller determines said display signal in response to a predetermined risk factor, said predetermined risk factor being based on at least one of a patient'"'"'s history, known literature effects, and user configuration.

7. The alert system according to claim 1 wherein said controller determines a patient-based baseline value for at least one of said measured parameter and said second, non-measurable parameter, said controller outputting an alert via said display signal when a subsequent measured parameter exceeds a predetermined range based on said patient-based baseline value.

8. The alert system according to claim 1 wherein said controller determines a level of anesthesia in the patient based on at least one of said measured parameter and said secondary, non-measurable parameter.

9. The alert system according to claim 1 wherein said controller determines a possibility of postoperative complications based on accumulation of risk factors and said measured parameter.

10. An alert system for patient treatment comprising:

a monitoring device operably coupled to a patient, said monitoring device outputting a monitoring signal in response to real-time physiological data of the patient;

a controller receiving said monitoring signal and continuously calculating a non-measurable parameter of the patient based on said real-time physiological data, said controller outputting a display signal; and

a display device operably coupled to said controller and receiving said display signal;

said display device having a plurality of display indicia, at least one of said plurality of display indicia being substantially shaped as a readily-identifiable organ.

11. The alert system according to claim 10 wherein each of said plurality of display indicia is dynamically animated to illustrate real-time physiological movement of an organ of the patient.

12. The alert system according to claim 10 wherein at least one of said plurality of display indicia comprises at least one of a heart, brain, lung, body, and kidney.

13. The alert system according to claim 10 wherein said non-measurable parameter of the patient is a heart filling level.

14. The alert system according to claim 10 wherein said non-measurable parameter of the patient is an input and an output of the patient'"'"'s heart.

15. The alert system according to claim 10 wherein said controller determines said display signal in response to a predetermined risk factor, said predetermined risk factor being based on at least one of a patient'"'"'s history, known literature effects, and user configuration.

16. The alert system according to claim 10 wherein said controller determines a patient-based baseline value for at least one of said real-time physiological data and said second, non-measurable parameter, said controller outputting an alert via said display signal when a subsequent real-time physiological data exceeds a predetermined range based on said patient-based baseline value.

17. The alert system according to claim 10 wherein said controller determines a level of anesthesia in the patient based on at least one of said real-time physiological data and said non-measurable parameter.

18. The alert system according to claim 10 wherein said controller determines a possibility of postoperative complications based on accumulation of risk factors and said real-time physiological data.