Ventilation System With A Two-Point Perspective View

• US 20110265024A1
• Filed: 04/27/2010
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Covidien LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Doyle, Peter, Leone, Kenneth, Palmer, Marc
• Granted Patent: US 8,539,949 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0051 with alarm devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0063 Compressors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/024 including calculation means, e.g. using a processor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/16 Devices to humidify the respiration air A61M16/1045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0027 pressure meter
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0208 Oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/025 Helium
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/584 having a color code
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8206 battery-operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8212 with means or measures taken for minimising energy consumption
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8237 Charging means
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0452 Details of colour pixel setup, e.g. pixel composed of a red, a blue and two green components
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/064 by time modulation of the brightness of the illumination source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0646 Modulation of illumination source brightness and image signal correlated to each other
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/06 Colour space transformation
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/145 the light originating from the display screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3426 the different display panel areas being distributed in two dimensions, e.g. matrix
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3648 using an active matrix G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence

Abstract

The disclosure describes a novel approach for displaying information on a ventilator system. The disclosure describes a novel respiratory system including a primary display and system status display. Further, the disclosure describes a novel method for displaying ventilator information.

Claims

1. A ventilation system comprising:

a main housing;

a gas delivery system in the main housing;

a ventilation control system in the main housing that controls the gas delivery system and monitors one or more of a patient physiological parameter, operational parameters of the ventilation system and user-defined parameters;

a primary display controller that generates a graphical user interface and that receives user inputs through the graphical user interface and delivers commands to the ventilation control system based on the inputs;

a primary display housing removably attached to the main housing;

a primary display in the primary display housing that presents the graphical user interface; and

a system status display incorporated into the main housing that receives status data directly from the ventilation control system and the system status display displays a two-point perspective view representing a physical configuration of a portion of the ventilation system.

2. The ventilation system of claim 1, wherein the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system further displays at least one of:

any available gas source,

a location of any gas source on the ventilation system,

gas source use status,

any available power source,

power source use status,

compressor installation status,

compressor use status,

a location of any installed batteries on the ventilation system,

any installed batteries use status,

any installed batteries charge level, and

installation status of any batteries.

3. The ventilation system of claim 1, wherein the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system further displays at least one of the location on the ventilation system of the following:

a gas delivery system,

a compressor,

any type of installed gas source,

an external power source,

any installed battery, and

a pressure gauge for the compressor.

4. The ventilation system of claim 1, wherein the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system further displays a compressor installation status.

5. The ventilation system of claim 1, further comprising a compressor, wherein the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system further displays:

a location of the compressor on the ventilation system;

a location of a pressure gauge for the compressor on the ventilation system; and

and a compressor use status.

6. The ventilation system of claim 1, wherein the system status display displays the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system at all times unless the ventilator is out of power.

7. The ventilation system of claim 1, wherein the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system further displays:

any available gas source,

a location of any gas source on the ventilation system,

gas source use status,

any available power source,

power source use status,

compressor installation status,

compressor use status,

a location of any installed batteries on the ventilation system,

any installed batteries use status,

any installed batteries charge level, and

installation status of any batteries.

8. The ventilation system of claim 1, wherein the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system further displays the location on the ventilation system of the following:

a gas delivery system,

a compressor,

any type of installed gas source,

an external power source,

any installed battery, and

a pressure gauge for the compressor.

9. The ventilation system of claim 1, wherein the system status display further displays a pressure manometer.

10. A method for displaying ventilation information on a ventilation system comprising:

displaying a first set of data on a primary display;

controlling the primary display with a primary display controller;

displaying a second set of data on a system status display;

controlling the system status display with a ventilation control system; and

displaying a two-point perspective view representing a physical configuration of a portion of the ventilation system as a part of at least one of the first set of data and the second set of data,

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of displaying the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system is only performed when the ventilation system is at least one of ventilating a patient and receiving external power.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of displaying the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system further comprises displaying at least one of:

any available gas source,

a location of any gas source on the ventilation system,

gas source use status,

any available power source,

power source use status,

compressor installation status,

compressor use status,

a location of any installed batteries on the ventilation system,

any installed batteries use status,

any installed batteries charge level, and

installation status of any batteries.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of displaying the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system further comprises displaying a location of at least one of:

a gas delivery system,

a compressor,

any type of installed gas source,

an external power source,

any installed battery, and

a pressure gauge for the compressor.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising,

monitoring a configuration of the ventilation system before displaying the second set of data,

wherein the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system is part of the second set of data.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

monitoring compressor use status; and

displaying the compressor use status in a location on the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system corresponding to a location of a pressure gauge on a compressor in the configuration of the ventilation system.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

monitoring any power source for the ventilation system; and

displaying any utilized power source in a location on the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system corresponding to the configuration of the ventilation system.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

monitoring a charge level of any installed battery contained on the ventilation system; and

displaying the charge level of any installed battery contained on the ventilation system in a location on the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system corresponding to the configuration of the ventilation system.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

monitoring any gas source installed on the ventilation system; and

displaying any installed gas source in a location on the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system corresponding to the configuration of the ventilation system.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

monitoring if the primary display is attached to the main housing;

displaying the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system with a primary display corresponding to the configuration of the ventilation system when the primary display is attached to the main housing; and

displaying the two-point perspective view representing the physical configuration of the portion of the ventilation system without a primary display corresponding to the configuration of the ventilation system when the primary display is not attached to the main housing.

20. The method of claim 10, wherein the primary display is removable.