Visual Indication Of Settings Changes On A Ventilator Graphical User Interface

• US 20110138309A1
• Filed: 12/04/2009
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Covidien LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Palmer, Marc E., Porter, Olen D., Skidmore, John P.
• Granted Patent: US 8,335,992 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/763
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

This disclosure describes improved systems and methods for visualizing the application of changes to respiratory settings in a ventilatory system. Specifically, the present disclosure provides for a setup animation window that may be easily accessed from a setup icon, for example, and also provides for a settings animation window that may be easily accessed from any number of displayed ventilatory settings. In fact, the setup animation window may be directly accessed by touching, clicking, or otherwise selecting the setup icon and may expand from the setup icon to display any number of settings access elements. Alternatively, the settings animation window may be directly accessed by touching, clicking, or otherwise selecting any one of the displayed ventilatory settings and may expand from the displayed ventilatory settings to provide corresponding settings access elements. The corresponding settings access elements each corresponding to an individual ventilatory setting of the displayed ventilatory settings and useful for efficiently adjusting the displayed ventilatory settings. Ventilatory settings may be changed and accepted via either animation window. In one embodiment, upon accepting settings changes from the settings animation window, settings may appear to visually float or fade into the displayed ventilatory settings. In this embodiment, clinicians may view the settings changes as they are accepted and applied to the GUI.

Claims

1. A graphical user interface for displaying a setup animation window including access elements for changing ventilatory settings, the ventilator configured with a computer having a user interface including the graphical user interface for accepting commands and for displaying information, the graphical user interface comprising:

at least one window associated with the graphical user interface; and

one or more elements within the at least one window comprising;

one or more actual ventilatory settings; and

a setup icon.

2. The graphical user interface of claim 1, wherein the setup icon is selectable.

3. The graphical user interface of claim 2, wherein selection of the setup icon initiates display of the setup animation window.

4. The graphical user interface of claim 3, wherein display of the setup animation window expands from the setup icon.

5. The graphical user interface of claim 3, the setup animation window further comprising:

one or more settings access elements;

a transparency icon; and

a pin-up icon.

6. The graphical user interface of claim 5, wherein the one or more settings access elements are arranged in a same configuration as the one or more actual ventilatory settings.

7. The graphical user interface of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the transparency icon; and

adjusting a transparency of the setup animation window such that graphical data displayed within the at least one window is simultaneously viewable with the setup animation window.

8. The graphical user interface of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the pin-up icon; and

displaying the setup animation window until a close command is received.

9. The graphical user interface of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a setting access element of the one or more settings access elements; and

associating a visual indication with the selected setting access element.

10. The graphical user interface of claim 9, wherein an actual setting value is associated with the selected setting access element, and wherein the actual setting value is changed to a pending setting value that is different from the actual setting value.

11. The graphical user interface of claim 8, further comprising:

accepting the pending setting value, wherein the pending setting value becomes a changed actual setting value; and

populating a corresponding actual ventilatory setting of the one or more actual ventilatory settings with the changed actual setting value.

12. A ventilatory system for displaying a settings animation window including access elements for changing ventilatory settings, comprising:

at least one display device;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory, communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and containing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, provide a graphical user interface on the at least one display, comprising;

at least one window associated with the graphical user interface; and

one or more elements within the at least one window comprising a plurality of actual ventilatory settings.

13. The ventilatory system of claim 12, wherein selection of at least one of the plurality of actual ventilatory settings initiates display of the settings animation window.

14. The ventilatory system of claim 13, wherein display of the settings animation window expands from the plurality of actual ventilatory settings.

15. The ventilatory system of claim 13, the settings animation window further comprising:

a plurality of settings access elements, wherein each setting access element is associated with an actual setting value; and

a transparency element.

16. The ventilatory system of claim 15, wherein selection of the transparency element allows graphical data displayed in the at least one window to be simultaneously viewed with the settings animation window.

17. The ventilatory system of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a setting access element of the plurality of settings access elements; and

changing an actual setting value associated with the selected setting access element to a pending setting value different from the actual setting value.

18. The ventilatory system of claim 17, further comprising:

accepting the pending setting value, wherein the pending setting value becomes a changed actual setting value; and

populating a corresponding actual ventilatory setting of the plurality of actual ventilatory settings with the changed actual setting value.

19. The ventilatory system of 18, wherein populating the corresponding actual ventilatory setting with the changed actual setting value further comprises visually floating the plurality of settings access elements having actual settings values and the changed actual setting value from the settings animation window to corresponding actual ventilatory settings of the plurality of actual ventilatory settings.

20. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions that when executed provide a graphical user interface for displaying a settings animation window including access elements for changing ventilatory settings, the graphical user interface comprising:

at least one window associated with the graphical user interface; and

one or more elements within the at least one window comprising a plurality of actual ventilatory settings, wherein selection of at least one of the plurality of actual ventilatory settings initiates display of the settings animation window.