USER INTERFACE FOR MONITORING THE STATUS OF MEDICAL MACHINES

• US 20110107251A1
• Filed: 05/14/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gambro Lundia AB (Baxter International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Gambro Lundia AB (Baxter International Inc.)
• Inventors: Guaitoli, Giulio, Orlandi, Lorenzo, Stefanini, Michele
• Application Number:
  US12/999,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20110107251A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/772
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades

Abstract

A user interface for monitoring the status of medical machines includes a display which shows data coming from a processing unit relating to parameters of the machines. The processing unit comprises means for establishing to which operating status of the medical machines the data belongs to. The processing unit determines if a medical machine is in correct functioning status; if a medical machine is in a warning status; or if a machine is in critical status. Means generate synthetic data characterised using colours according to whether the medical machine is in the correct functioning, the warning or the critical status.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A user interface for monitoring a status of medical machines, comprising:

a processing unit configured for receiving a predetermined amount of data relating to various parameters of a medical machine;

a display for visualising data coming from the processing unit and relating to the medical machine;

the processing unit comprising;

means for establishing that the predetermined amount of data coming from a same medical machine belongs to at least a status of correct functioning, or a warning status, or a critical status, the processing unit being configured to determine that the medical machine is in a condition of correct functioning when the means for establishing have determined that each of the data from the same medical machine belongs to a status of correct functioning, the processing unit being configured to determine that the medical machine is in a warning status if the means for establishing have determined that at least one datum of the data of the medical machine is in the warning status, the other data of the data not being in the critical status, the processing unit being configured to determine that the machine is in a critical status when the means for establishing have determined that at least a datum of the data of the medical machine is in the critical status;

means for generating at least a synthetic data corresponding to the status of the medical machine, the synthetic data being represented on the display and being visually characterised in a way which is differentiated according to the status of the medical machine, whether correctly functioning, in warning status or in critical status;

wherein the processing unit is configured to receive the predetermined amount of data relating to parameter of a medical machine a plurality of times at temporally separate moments and in that the means for generating a synthetic data generate a synthetic data corresponding to a status at each receiving of the predetermined amount of data, the synthetic data, which relate to temporally separate moments, being represented contemporaneously on the display in spatial sequence going from a most recent to a most remote synthetic data.

22. The interface of claim 21, wherein the synthetic data is visually characterised by means of different colours according to whether the medical machine is in functioning status, warning status or critical status.

23. The interface of claim 21, wherein the processing unit is a control unit configured to control at least an actuator of the medical machine.

24. The interface of claim 21, wherein the processing unit is configured to receive various groups of data relating to parameters of medical machines, the groups of data being respectively relative to a plurality of different medical machines.

25. The interface of claim 24, wherein the synthetic data corresponding to the status is generated for each of the different medical machines.

26. The interface of claim 21, wherein the processing unit is configured to define, on the display, at least an information presentation area for the synthetic data relating to the medical machine.

27. The interface of claim 21, wherein the processing unit is configured to define, on the display, at least a detailed information presentation area relating to the medical machine.

28. The interface of claim 26, wherein the synthetic data information presentation area comprises a first zone for reporting a list of the medical machines connected to the interface in at least a second zone for reporting synthetic data corresponding to a status of the machine.

29. The interface of claim 28, wherein the list of medical machines connected to the interface is located on a line or on a column, the synthetic data corresponding to the status of each machine being reported on a respective line or following column.

30. The interface of claim 29, wherein the synthetic data corresponding to the status of each medical machine are correspondingly reported on a plurality of lines or columns, starting from a temporally most recent synthetic data and going to a temporally most remote synthetic data.

31. The interface of claim 26 further comprising means for selecting active in the synthetic data presentation area for selecting an element chosen in the group including a medical machine and a synthetic data, the processing unit being configured to display detailed data relating to various parameters of the medical machine and selected synthetic data.

32. The interface of claim 31, wherein the detailed data relating to the various parameters are displayed in a detailed information presentation area.

33. The interface of claim 31, wherein single detailed data relating to the various parameters are each displayed in a differentiated way according to which status they belong to.

34. The interface of claim 27, wherein the presentation area of detailed information and the synthetic data areas are contemporaneously displayed on the display.

35. The interface of claim 21, wherein the medical machine is a medical machine for treatment of fluids, comprising means for treatment of a fluid having:

a predetermined number of sensors for detecting functioning parameters of the medical machine, and

a predetermined number of actuators for intervening in order to modify the functioning parameters of the medical machine;

a control unit of the medical machine sending command signals to the actuators and/or receiving information from the sensors.

36. A user interface for monitoring a status of medical machines, comprising:

a processing unit configured for receiving a predetermined amount of data relating to various parameters of a medical machine;

a display for visualising data coming from the processing unit and relating to the medical machine;

the processing unit comprising;

means for establishing that the predetermined amount of data coming from a same medical machine belongs to at least a status of correct functioning, or a warning status, or a critical status, the processing unit being configured to determine that the medical machine is in a condition of correct functioning when the means for establishing have determined that each of the data from the same medical machine belongs to a status of correct functioning, the processing unit being configured to determine that the medical machine is in a warning status if the means for establishing have determined that at least one datum of the data of the medical machine is in the warning status, the other data of the data not being in the critical status, the processing unit being configured to determine that the machine is in a critical status when the means for establishing have determined that at least a datum of the data of the medical machine is in the critical status;

means for generating at least a synthetic data corresponding to the status of the medical machine, the synthetic data being represented on the display and being visually characterised in a way which is differentiated according to the status of the medical machine, whether correctly functioning, in warning status or in critical status;

wherein the processing unit is configured to receive the predetermined amount of data relating to parameter of a medical machine a plurality of times at temporally separate moments and in that the means for generating a synthetic data generate a synthetic data corresponding to a status at each receiving of the predetermined amount of data, the synthetic data, which relate to temporally separate moments, being represented contemporaneously on the display in spatial sequence going from a most recent to a most remote synthetic data,

wherein the processing unit is also configured to receive various groups of data relating to parameters of medical machines, the groups of data being respectively relative to a plurality of different medical machines, the synthetic data corresponding to the status is generated for each of the different medical machines,

wherein the processing unit is configured to define, on the display, at least an information presentation area for the medical machine and for the synthetic data relating to the medical machine, the synthetic data information presentation area comprising a first zone for reporting a list of the medical machines connected to the interface in at least a second zone for reporting synthetic data corresponding to a status, of the machine, the list of medical machines, connected to the interface being located on a line or on a column, the synthetic data corresponding to the status of each machine being reported on a respective line or following column,

wherein the synthetic data corresponding to the status of each medical machine are correspondingly reported on a plurality of lines or columns, starting from a temporally most recent synthetic data and going to a temporally most remote synthetic data.

37. A graphic user interface for monitoring a status of medical machines for extracorporeal blood treatment comprising means for treatment of blood having:

a predetermined number of sensors for detecting functioning parameters of the medical machine, and

a predetermined number of actuators for intervening in order to modify the functioning parameters of the medical machine;

a control unit of the medical machine sending command signals to the actuators and/or receiving information from the sensors,

the graphic user interface being configured to intuitively displaying at least a part of the data received from the control unit and relating to the sensors and the actuators working on an extracorporeal blood treatment circuit and including a touch screen showing various regions having a plurality of touch keys and a plurality of pictograms, each of which being associated to a respective touch key, the graphic user interface comprising;

a processing unit configured for receiving a predetermined amount of data relating to various parameters of a medical machine;

a display for visualising data coming from the processing unit and relating to the medical machine;

the processing unit comprising;

means for establishing that the predetermined amount of data coming from a same medical machine belongs to at least a status of correct functioning, or a warning status, or a critical status, the processing unit being configured to determine that the medical machine is in a condition of correct functioning when the means for establishing have determined that each of the data from the same medical machine belongs to a status of correct functioning, the processing unit being configured to determine that the medical machine is in a warning status if the means for establishing have determined that at least one datum of the data of the medical machine is in the warning status, the other data of the data not being in the critical status, the processing unit being configured to determine that the machine is in a critical status when the means for establishing have determined that at least a datum of the data of the medical machine is in the critical status;

means for generating at least a synthetic data corresponding to the status of the medical machine, the synthetic data being represented on the display and being visually characterised in a way which is differentiated according to the status of the medical machine, whether correctly functioning, in warning status or in critical status;

wherein the processing unit is configured to receive the predetermined amount of data relating to parameter of a medical machine a plurality of times at temporally separate moments and in that the means for generating a synthetic data generate a synthetic data corresponding to a status at each receiving of the predetermined amount of data, the synthetic data, which relate to temporally separate moments, being represented contemporaneously on the display in spatial sequence going from a most recent to a most remote synthetic data.