VISUAL INDICATION OF ALARMS ON A VENTILATOR GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
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Abstract
This disclosure describes systems and methods for displaying alarms to a clinician in a ventilatory system. Specifically, embodiments described herein seek to optimize the informative presentation of alarms on a ventilator interface. Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide one or more selection elements, each selection element indicating a ranked alarm event. The ranking of an alarm event may be determined by alarm level. If two alarm events are associated with the same alarm level, the ranking of the alarm events may be determined by parameter priority. Alarm event ranking is communicated by display in a hierarchical structure. When an alarm event ranking changes, the alarm event may shift up or down the hierarchical structure, depending on whether the ranking increased or decreased.
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21. A ventilator system configured with a computer having a processor and a memory, the memory communicatively coupled to the processor and storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the ventilator system to provide a graphical user interface for accepting commands and for displaying information, the graphical user interface comprising:
at least one window comprising a scroll bar, the scroll bar displaying; a first parameter symbol associated with a first parameter; a first alarm event symbol superimposed on the first parameter symbol, wherein the first alarm event symbol identifies a first alarm event associated with the first parameter, wherein the first alarm event has a first alarm level; a second parameter symbol associated with a second parameter; and a second alarm event symbol superimposed on the second parameter symbol, wherein the second alarm event symbol identifies a second alarm event associated with the second parameter, wherein the second alarm event has a second alarm level, and wherein the second alarm event symbol corresponds to the second alarm level and is different from the first alarm event symbol. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions that when executed by a processor cause a ventilator to provide a graphical user interface for accepting commands and for displaying information, the graphical user interface comprising:
at least one window comprising a scroll bar, the scroll bar displaying; a first parameter symbol associated with a first parameter; a first alarm event symbol superimposed on the first parameter symbol, wherein the first alarm event symbol identifies a first alarm event associated with the first parameter, wherein the first alarm event has a first alarm level; a second parameter symbol associated with a second parameter; and a second alarm event symbol superimposed on the second parameter symbol, wherein the second alarm event symbol identifies a second alarm event associated with the second parameter, wherein the second alarm event has a second alarm level, and wherein the second alarm event symbol corresponds to the second alarm level. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A graphical user interface communicatively coupled to a ventilator system, the ventilator system having a processor and a memory for storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the ventilator system to provide the graphical user interface, the graphical user interface comprising:
at least one window comprising a scroll bar, the scroll bar displaying; a first parameter symbol associated with a first parameter; a first alarm event symbol superimposed on the first parameter symbol, wherein the first alarm event symbol identifies a first alarm event associated with the first parameter, wherein the first alarm event has a first alarm level; a second parameter symbol associated with a second parameter; and a second alarm event symbol superimposed on the second parameter symbol, wherein the second alarm event symbol identifies a second alarm event associated with the second parameter, wherein the second alarm event has a second alarm level that is higher than the first alarm level, and wherein the second alarm event symbol is different from the first alarm event symbol. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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