SYSTEMS, ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE, AND METHODS FOR MULTI-SCREEN VISUALIZATION AND INSTRUMENT CONFIGURATION

• US 20140282181A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fenwal Incorporated (Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Fenwal Incorporated (Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA)
• Inventors: Declerck, Frederic
• Granted Patent: US 10,682,102 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7445 Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/02 Blood transfusion apparatus blood infusion by syringes A61M5/14
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/34 Filtering material out of the blood by passing it through a membrane, i.e. hemofiltration or diafiltration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/38 Removing constituents from donor blood and storing or returning remainder to body , e.g. for transfusion
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Example systems and methods to visualize and manage medical device operations and troubleshooting are provided. Interface information from a plurality of medical devices is used to generate a visualization of the interface information from the one or more of the plurality of medical devices. Each medical device interface is represented by a miniature representation of the interface in the visualization. Each miniature representation is to convey information shown on the interface of the medical device. The visualization is provided to a user via a user interface at a remote control computer. The user interface is to facilitate user selection of a miniature representation to trigger display of a larger representation of the selected medical device interface information via the user interface.

Claims

1. A medical device interface visualization system comprising a processor configured to implement:

a communication channel to communicate with a plurality of medical devices to receive interface information for one or more of the plurality of medical devices;

a remote controller to generate a visualization of the interface information from the one or more of the plurality of medical devices; and

a user interface to provide the visualization of the medical device interface information to a user, each medical device interface represented by a miniature representation of the interface in the visualization, each miniature representation to convey information shown on the interface of the medical device, the user interface to facilitate user selection of a miniature representation to trigger display of a larger representation of the selected medical device interface information via the user interface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein both the miniature representation and the larger representation of medical device interface information are to convey an indicator of an issue with respect to the associated medical device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the miniature representation of medical device interface information comprises at least one of a screen capture of the medical device interface and a live feed from the medical device interface.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the larger representation of medical device interface information comprises at least one of a screen capture of the medical device interface and a live feed from the medical device interface.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is to arrange the visualization of the miniature representations according to a priority of an issue associated with each of the miniature representations.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the visualization of the miniature representations is to occupy multiple pages on the user interface, and wherein the user interface is to arrange the visualization of the miniature representations such that a page including an alarm associated with a miniature representation of medical device interface information is displayed first for user review.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is to further facilitate interaction with a selected medical device interface via at least one of the miniature representation and the larger representation.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the interaction comprises placing the selected medical device into at least one of a service mode or an administrative mode remotely via the user interface.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the interaction further comprises configuration of the selected medical device remotely in the at least one of service mode or administrative mode.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the interaction further comprises enabling the user to select to apply the configuration to the selected medical device or a group of medical devices.

11. A tangible computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions to be executed by a processor, the instructions, when executed, implementing a method to facilitate visualization and troubleshooting of a plurality of medical devices, the method comprising:

communicating with a plurality of medical devices to receive interface information for one or more of the plurality of medical devices;

generating a visualization of the interface information from the one or more of the plurality of medical devices via a user interface;

providing the visualization of the medical device interface information to a user, each medical device interface represented by a miniature representation of the interface in the visualization, each miniature representation to convey information shown on the interface of the medical device; and

facilitating user selection of a miniature representation to trigger display of a larger representation of the selected medical device interface information via the user interface.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein both the miniature representation and the larger representation of medical device interface information are to convey an indicator of an issue with respect to the associated medical device.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the miniature representation of medical device interface information comprises at least one of a screen capture of the medical device interface and a live feed from the medical device interface.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the larger representation of medical device interface information comprises at least one of a screen capture of the medical device interface and a live feed from the medical device interface.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises arranging the visualization of the miniature representations according to a priority of an issue associated with each of the miniature representations.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the visualization of the miniature representations is to occupy multiple pages on the user interface, and wherein arranging further comprises arranging the visualization of the miniature representations such that a page including an alarm associated with a miniature representation of medical device interface information is displayed first for user review.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises facilitating interaction with a selected medical device interface via at least one of the miniature representation and the larger representation.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein facilitating interaction further comprises placing the selected medical device into at least one of a service mode or an administrative mode remotely via the user interface.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein facilitating interaction further comprises configuration of the selected medical device remotely in the at least one of service mode or administrative mode.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein facilitating interaction further comprises enabling the user to select to apply the configuration to the selected medical device or a group of medical devices.