SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A RULE SET FOR MEDICAL EVENT MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSES

• US 20120310152A1
• Filed: 08/15/2012
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ICU Medical Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Hospira Incorporated (Pfizer Inc.)
• Inventors: Wehba, Steven R., Ruchti, Timothy L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,604,000 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/66
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1405 Patient controlled analgesia [PCA]
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14208 with a programmable infusion control system, characterised by the infusion program
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14296 Pharmacokinetic models
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/04 Heartbeat characteristics, e.g. ECG, blood pressure modulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/06 Heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/202 partial carbon oxide pressure, e.g. partial dioxide pressure (P-CO2)
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/205 partial oxygen pressure (P-O2)
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/30 Blood pressure A61M2230/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/42 Rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/50 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 : for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A system and method to configure a rule set used in connection with a medical monitoring system for monitoring patients and patient care equipment, especially medication delivery pumps, based on a variety of conditions and parameters associated with monitored biometric information and equipment information and for providing user-defined responses to those conditions and parameters.

Claims

1-23. -23. (canceled)

24. A patient care system comprising:

a sensor for generating a real-time physiologic condition data stream, the real-time physiologic condition data stream including values for a plurality of different physiologic parameters;

a medical pump for delivering a medicine to the patient;

a processor in communication with the sensor and the medical pump and including a memory and a logic adapted to;

receive the real-time condition data stream including the values for the plurality of different physiologic parameters;

receive in the memory a plurality of medical system algorithms available for selection, each of the medical system algorithms being independently selectable without changing to a different protocol or personality of the medical pump and comprising a user customizable predetermined response based upon at least two parameter/condition pairs connected by a Boolean operator being satisfied;

receive a selection of a medical system algorithm from the plurality of medical system algorithms stored in the memory; and

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implement the selected medical system algorithm to process the real-time condition data stream and execute the predetermined response if the medical system algorithm is satisfied.

25. The system of claim 24 wherein the processor, memory and logic are further adapted to receive a real-time data stream monitoring session selection for initiating a monitoring session for the real-time data stream including the plurality of physiologic variables.

26. The system of claim 24 wherein the selected medical system algorithm comprises a first condition including at least one of a physiologic variable alarm time duration, a patient drug load, a demand to delivery ratio, a mean drug consumption, and a patient drug factor.

27. The system of claim 24 wherein the selected medical system algorithm comprises a medical system response including at least one of an implementation of another medical system algorithm, an adjustment of a drug delivery rate, a pause to a drug delivery, a call to medical personnel, and a medical diagnosis.