SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING INTEGRITY OF BREATHING SYSTEMS FOR SAFE AND OPTIMAL DELIVERY

• US 20150165142A1
• Filed: 12/16/2013
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Tham, Robert Q., Mills, Julie Anne, Foulis, Mike
• Granted Patent: US 9,744,321 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0051 with alarm devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/021 operated by electrical means A61M16/202 – A61M16/205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/08 Bellows; Connecting tubes having means for taking samples G01N1/22; Water traps; Patient circuits
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0816 Joints or connectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0875 Connecting tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0883 Circuit type
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/1055 bacterial
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/1065 in the expiratory path
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/14 Detection of the presence or absence of a tube, a connector or a container in an apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3317 Electromagnetic, inductive or dielectric measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6018 providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6054 Magnetic identification systems

Abstract

The system and method of the present application automates the integrity check of the breathing system and informs the ventilator to deliver the compensated gas volume, and alert the user if a vital component of breathing circuit is absent or not fully connected. The present application utilizes an open RFID tag on a first point of connection and a conducting ring on the second point of connection such that when a circuit connection is made, the open RFID tag becomes active and provides an RFID reader with data regarding the circuit connection.

Claims

1. A ventilator breathing circuit comprising:

a plurality of circuit connections, each of the plurality of circuit connections including a first conduit and a second conduit;

a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader;

an open RFID tag affixed to any of the first conduits;

a conducting ring affixed to the second conduit corresponding to the first conduit having the open RFID tag, such that when the first conduit and the second conduit are connected, the open RFID tag is activated and sends a set of data to the RFID reader, wherein the set of data includes information about the circuit connection.

2. The ventilator breathing circuit of claim 1, wherein when the first conduit and the second conduit are connected, the conducting ring of the second conduit completes a circuit in the open RFID tag, resulting in the activation of the open RFID tag.

3. The ventilator breathing circuit of claim 1, further comprising a ventilator, wherein the ventilator includes an expiratory port and an inspiratory port, each having the first or second conduit, wherein the RFID reader is physically configured in the ventilator.

4. The ventilator breathing circuit of claim 1, further comprising at least one circuit component, wherein the circuit component has a plurality of conduits, such that each of the plurality of conduits may be the first or second conduit.

5. The ventilator breathing circuit of claim 1, wherein the RFID reader sends the set of data to a computing system, such that the computing system processes the set of data and analyzes the set of data, and produces a report based on the analysis.

6. The ventilator breathing circuit of claim 5, wherein the computing system further processes the RFID data and optimizes a delivery of the ventilator.

7. The ventilator breathing circuit of claim 6, wherein the computing system displays the set of data and the analysis for a user.

8. The ventilator breathing circuit of claim 6, wherein the computing system displays the optimization of the delivery of the ventilator for the user.

9. The ventilator breathing circuit of claim 1, further comprising a patient interface component having an interface conduit such that the interface conduit may be the first and second conduit.

10. A method of monitoring the integrity of a ventilator breathing circuit, the method comprising:

identifying a circuit connection of a the ventilator breathing circuit;

fashioning a first conduit of the circuit connection with an open RFID tag;

fashioning a second conduit of the circuit connection with a conducting ring;

connecting the first and second conduits of the identified circuit connection, thus activating the open RFID tag;

receiving a set of data from the identified circuit connection; and

analyzing the set of data from the identified circuit connection and displaying the analysis for a user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the set of data is received from the identified circuit connection with a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the set of data includes information about the circuit connection.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein when the first conduit and the second conduit are connected, the conducting ring of the second conduit completes a circuit in the open RFID tag, resulting in the activation of the open RFID tag.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein a ventilator includes an expiratory port and an inspiratory port, each having the first or second conduit, and physically configuring the RFID reader in the ventilator.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein at least one circuit component has a plurality of conduits, such that each of the plurality of conduits may be the first or second conduit.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein a patient interface component has an interface conduit such that the interface conduit may be the first and second conduit.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising the RFID reader sending the set of data to a computing system, such that the computing system processing the set of data, analyzes the set of data, and optimizing a delivery of the ventilator based on the analysis.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising displaying the analysis and optimization for a user.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed on a computing system, cause the computing system to:

receive a set of data from a circuit connection wherein an open RFID tag is activated by a conducting ring when a connection is made between a first and second conduit;

analyze the set of data from the circuit connection;

optimize a delivery of the ventilator based on the analysis; and

display the analysis and the optimization for a user.