VENTILATOR COMPONENT MODULE

• US 20130104889A1
• Filed: 11/02/2011
• Published: 05/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CareFusion 207, Inc. (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: CareFusion 207, Inc. (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Steinhauer, Tom, Rogers, Mark, Blansfield, Terry, Birch, Stephen J.
• Application Number:
  US13/287,876
• Publication Number:
  US 20130104889A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/204.18
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0051 with alarm devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/026 specially adapted for predicting, e.g. for determining an information representative of a flow limitation during a ventilation cycle by using a root square technique or a regression analysis
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3375 Acoustical, e.g. ultrasonic, measuring means
• 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 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• 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 2205/60 with identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6054 Magnetic identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/609 Biometric patient identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/01 Remote controllers for specific apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/205 partial oxygen pressure (P-O2)
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/62 Posture
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/63 Motion, e.g. physical activity
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 : for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 : for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

A ventilator comprising a ventilator component module. The component module includes a receiver for receiving a communication from a medical entity, a transmitter for transmitting ventilator information to the medical entity, a processor, memory, a touch screen, and a scanner configured for scanning identifiers.

Claims

1. A ventilator comprising:

a ventilator component module comprising;

a receiver for receiving a communication from a medical entity;

a transmitter for transmitting ventilator information to said medical entity;

a processor;

memory;

a touch screen; and

a scanner configured for scanning identifiers.

2. The ventilator of claim 1, further comprising:

a camera.

3. The ventilator of claim 1, further comprising:

a microphone.

4. The ventilator of claim 1, further comprising:

a patient orientation monitoring device.

5. The ventilator of claim 1, wherein said module is integrated with said ventilator.

6. The ventilator of claim 1, wherein said module is releasably coupled to said ventilator.

7. The ventilator of claim 1, wherein said receiver is for receiving a wireless communication from said medical entity.

8. The ventilator of claim 1, wherein said transmitter is a wireless transmitter for wirelessly transmitting said ventilator information to said medical entity.

9. A ventilator comprising:

a receiver for receiving a communication from a medical entity;

a transmitter for transmitting ventilator information to said medical entity;

a processor;

memory;

a display; and

a scanner configured for scanning identifiers.

10. The ventilator of claim 9, further comprising:

a camera.

11. The ventilator of claim 9, further comprising:

a microphone.

12. The ventilator of claim 9, further comprising:

a patient orientation monitoring device.

13. The ventilator of claim 9, wherein said display is a touch screen.

14. A ventilator component module comprising:

a receiver for receiving a communication from a medical entity;

a transmitter for transmitting ventilator information to said medical entity;

a processor;

memory;

a touch screen; and

a scanner configured for scanning identifiers.

15. The ventilator component module of claim 14, further comprising:

a camera.

16. The ventilator component module of claim 14, further comprising:

a microphone.

17. The ventilator component module of claim 14, further comprising:

a patient orientation monitoring device.

18. The ventilator component module of claim 14, wherein said ventilator component module is integrated with said ventilator.

19. The ventilator component module of claim 14, wherein said ventilator component module is releasably coupled to said ventilator.