BI-DIRECTIONAL VENTILATOR COMMUNICATION

• US 20130104893A1
• 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., Lam, Willis
• Application Number:
  US13/287,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20130104893A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/204.21
• 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 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• 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 2205/6009 for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6018 providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
• 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

Abstract

A method for bi-directional ventilator communication includes receiving a communication, at the ventilator, from a medical entity, wherein the communication is associated with ventilator manipulation. The method also includes transmitting ventilator information, by the ventilator, to the medical entity wherein the ventilator information is associated with the ventilator manipulation.

Claims

1. A method for bi-directional ventilator communication, said method comprising:

receiving a communication, at a ventilator, from a medical entity, wherein said communication is associated with ventilator manipulation; and

transmitting ventilator information, by said ventilator, to said medical entity wherein said ventilator information is associated with said ventilator manipulation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving a communication further comprises:

receiving a wireless communication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving a communication further comprises:

receiving a wireless communication directly from said medical entity.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving a communication further comprises:

remotely controlling ventilator functions of said ventilator.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving a communication further comprises:

annotating said ventilator information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving a communication further comprises:

receiving instructions to stream said ventilator information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving a communication further comprises:

receiving instructions to provide a snapshot of said ventilator information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said medical entity is selected from a group consisting of:

a healthcare facility network, a Wide Area Network (WAN), a hosted knowledge portal, a hand-held device, and a medical device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said medical entity is a hand-held device selected from a group consisting of:

a tablet personal computer (PC), personal digital assistant (PDA), and a smart phone.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said medical entity is another ventilator.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving a communication is not required to be a request for information that is subsequently stored in a database.

12. A ventilator for bi-directional communication comprising:

a receiver for receiving a communication from a medical entity, wherein said communication is associated with ventilator manipulation; and

a transmitter for transmitting ventilator information associated with said ventilator manipulation to said medical entity such that said ventilator provides bi-directional communication with said medical entity.

13. The ventilator of claim 12, wherein said receiver is for receiving a wireless communication from said medical entity.

14. The ventilator of claim 12, wherein said transmitter is a wireless transmitter for wirelessly transmitting said ventilator information to said medical entity.

15. The ventilator of claim 12, wherein said received communication is not required to be a request for information that is subsequently stored in a database.