Event-Based Delay Detection And Control Of Networked Systems In Medical Ventilation
First Claim
1. A method for determining a transmission delay associated with a distributed sensor in a ventilatory system, the method comprising:
- initiating a defining event;
receiving a plurality of data samples after inception of the defining event from an internal sensor and from a distributed sensor;
indexing the plurality of data samples in order of successive cycles based on data sample arrival times from the internal sensor and from the distributed sensor;
calculating a first number of cycles received from the internal sensor after inception of the defining event until a first data sample breaches a threshold;
calculating a second number of cycles received from the distributed sensor after inception of the defining event until a first data sample breaches the threshold;
calculating the transmission delay associated with the distributed sensor by subtracting the first number of cycles from the second number of cycles;
synchronizing data received from the internal sensor and the distributed sensor based on the calculated transmission delay associated with the distributed sensor; and
displaying the synchronized data.
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Abstract
This disclosure describes systems and methods for detecting and quantifying transmission delays associated with distributed sensing and monitoring functions within a ventilatory system. Specifically, the present methods and systems described herein define an event-based delay detection algorithm for determining transmission delays between distributed signal measurement and processing subsystems and a central platform that receives data from these subsystems. It is important to evaluate and quantify transmission delays because dyssynchrony in data communication may result in the misalignment of visualization and monitoring systems or instability in closed-loop control systems. Generally, embodiments described herein seek to quantify transmission delays by selecting a ventilator-based defining event as a temporal baseline and calculating the delay between the inception of the defining event and the receipt of data regarding the defining event from one or more distributed sensing devices.
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1. A method for determining a transmission delay associated with a distributed sensor in a ventilatory system, the method comprising:
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initiating a defining event; receiving a plurality of data samples after inception of the defining event from an internal sensor and from a distributed sensor; indexing the plurality of data samples in order of successive cycles based on data sample arrival times from the internal sensor and from the distributed sensor; calculating a first number of cycles received from the internal sensor after inception of the defining event until a first data sample breaches a threshold; calculating a second number of cycles received from the distributed sensor after inception of the defining event until a first data sample breaches the threshold; calculating the transmission delay associated with the distributed sensor by subtracting the first number of cycles from the second number of cycles; synchronizing data received from the internal sensor and the distributed sensor based on the calculated transmission delay associated with the distributed sensor; and displaying the synchronized data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A ventilatory system for determining a transmission delay associated with a distributed sensor in a ventilatory system, comprising:
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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, perform a method comprising; initiating a defining event; receiving a plurality of data samples after inception of the defining event from an internal sensor and from a distributed sensor; indexing the plurality of data samples in order of successive cycles of data sample arrival times from the internal sensor and from the distributed sensor; calculating a first number of cycles received from the internal sensor after inception of the defining event until a first data sample breaches a threshold; calculating a second number of cycles received from the distributed sensor after inception of the defining event until a first data sample breaches the threshold; and calculating the transmission delay associated with the distributed sensor by subtracting the first number of cycles from the second number of cycles; and synchronizing data received from the internal sensor and the distributed sensor based on the calculated transmission delay associated with the distributed sensor. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for determining a transmission delay associated with a distributed sensor in a ventilatory system, the method comprising:
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initiating a defining event; receiving a plurality of data samples after inception of the defining event from an internal sensor and from a distributed sensor; indexing the plurality of data samples in order of successive cycles based on data sample arrival times from the internal sensor and from the distributed sensor; calculating a first number of cycles received from the internal sensor after inception of the defining event until a first data sample breaches a threshold; calculating a second number of cycles received from the distributed sensor after inception of the defining event until a first data sample breaches the threshold; calculating the transmission delay associated with the distributed sensor by subtracting the first number of cycles from the second number of cycles; synchronizing data received from the internal sensor and the distributed sensor based on the calculated transmission delay associated with the distributed sensor; and analyzing the synchronized data for making a recommendation regarding at least one of;
a patient condition and a patient treatment. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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