MEDICAL DEVICE WITH INTERACTIVE CONTROL PANEL

• US 20140052201A1
• Filed: 08/20/2012
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Physio-Control Incorporated (Stryker Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Physio-Control Incorporated (Stryker Corporation)
• Inventors: Daynes, John C.
• Granted Patent: US 9,987,498 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/5
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/046 Specially adapted for shock therapy, e.g. defibrillation
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3925 Monitoring; Protecting
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3987 characterised by the timing or triggering of the shock
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3993 User interfaces for automatic external defibrillators

Abstract

Medical devices and methods in which a user can treat a patient or monitor a parameter of the patient or both may include a housing, a patient module located within the housing that is used for treating the patient, monitoring the patient or both, and a control panel. The control panel is attached to the housing and has a first surface and a second surface and is positionable between a first position and a second position with respect to the housing. The first position exposes a user to a first surface of the control panel and the second position exposes the user to a second surface of the control panel. A first set of user controls are located on one or the other of the first surface and the second surface and are structured to allow the user to interact with the patient module.

Claims

1. A medical device for a user to one of treat a patient and monitor a parameter of the patient, comprising:

a housing;

a patient module located within the housing for the one of treating the patient and monitoring the patient parameter;

a control panel attached to the housing, the control panel having a first surface and a second surface, and the control panel positionable between a first position with respect to the housing in which the first surface is exposed to the user and a second position with respect to the housing in which the second surface is exposed to the user; and

at least a first set of user controls located on at least one of the first surface of the control panel and the second surface of the control panel, the first set of user controls structured to allow the user to interact with the patient module.

2. The device of claim 1, in which

the first set of user controls is located on the first surface of the control panel.

3. The device of claim 2, further comprising:

a second set of user controls located on the second surface of the control panel, the second set of user controls structured to interact with the patient module.

4. The device of claim 1, in which

the control panel is positionable between the first position and the second position by retrieving the control panel from a recess within the housing.

5. The device of claim 4, in which

when the control panel is positioned in the first position, the first set of user controls enables the medical device to be used in an automatic defibrillation mode and when the control panel is in the second position, the second set of user controls enables the medical device to be used in a manual defibrillation mode.

6. The device of claim 4, in which when the control panel is positioned in the first position, the first set of user controls is in a first language and when the control panel is positioned in the second position, the second set of user controls is in a second language different from the first language.

8. The device of claim 1, in which

the control panel is attached to the housing by a cable.

15. The device of claim 1, in which

at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the control panel includes a touch screen that detects user action.

16. The device of claim 1, in which

the first set of user controls are associated with functions of the medical device that are operable by a user with a first skill level, and further comprising

a second set of user controls that are located on the second surface of the control panel, the second set of user controls structured to interact with the patient module, and the second set of user controls associated with functions of the medical device that are operable by a user with a second skill level that is more advanced than the first skill level.

17. The device of claim 1, in which

the patient module is a defibrillation module,

when the control panel is positioned in the first position, the first set of user controls enables the medical device to be used in an automatic defibrillation mode, and further comprising

a second set of user controls located on the second surface of the control panel, the second set of user controls structured to interact with the patient module,

when the control panel is positioned in the second position, the second set of user controls enables the medical device to be used in a manual defibrillation mode.

7. The device of 1, in which

the control panel is attached to the housing by at least one hinge and the control panel is electrically coupled to the patient module by an electrical connection that passes through at least a portion of the hinge.

9. The device of 1, in which

the first set of user controls receives power to be activated when the control panel is positioned at the first position, and in which the first set of user controls is deactivated when the control panel is positioned at the second position.

10. The device of 1, in which

the first set of user controls includes a microphone.

11. The device of 1, in which

the first set of user controls includes tactile feedback.

12. The device of 1, in which

the first set of user controls includes an audible feedback when the first set of user controls is selected.

13. The device of 1, in which

the first set of user controls includes a screen.

14. The device of claim 13, in which

the screen is a touch screen;

and

at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the control panel includes the touch screen and the touch screen is structured to detect user action and display a soft key for action by the user.

18. A method of one of treating a patient and monitoring a parameter of the patient using a medical device that includes a housing, a patient module located within the housing for the one of treating the patient and monitoring the patient parameter, a control panel attached to the housing, the control panel having a first surface and a second surface, and the control panel positionable between a first position with respect to the housing in which the first surface is exposed to the user and a second position with respect to the housing in which the second surface is exposed to the user;

and a first set of user controls located on at least one of the first surface of the control panel and the second surface of the control panel, the first set of user controls structured so as to facilitate the user to interact with the patient module, the method comprising;

detecting that the control panel is in the first position to expose the first set of user controls; and

accepting user input from the first set of user controls to interact with the patient module, the first set of user controls located on at least one of a first surface and a second surface of the control panel.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising

detecting that the control panel is in the second position to expose the second set of user controls;

and

accepting user input from the second set of user controls to interact with the patient module, the second set of user controls located on the other of the first surface and the second surface of the control panel from the first set of user controls.

20. The method of 18, in which

accepting user input from the first set of user controls to interact with the patient module comprises accepting user input that makes a selection to control the patient module.

21. The method of 18, in which

accepting user input from the first set of user controls comprises displaying a representation of data generated by the patient module.