PARAMETER MODULES INCLUDING DETACHABLE PROCESSING DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME

• US 20160100809A1
• Filed: 10/08/2015
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xhale Assurance, Inc. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Xhale, Inc.
• Inventors: Cohen, Sean
• Application Number:
  US14/878,885
• Publication Number:
  US 20160100809A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0443 Modular apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/08 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7445 Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units

Abstract

Provided according to embodiments of the present invention are multiparameter monitors that include a primary screen that displays signals or parameters provided by at least one parameter module; and a parameter module that includes a detachable processing device.

Claims

1. A multiparameter monitor comprising

a primary screen that displays signals or parameters provided by at least one parameter module;

and

a parameter module comprising a detachable processing device.

2. The multiparameter monitor of claim 1, wherein the detachable processing device further comprises an auxiliary screen.

3. The multiparameter monitor of claim 2, wherein a physiological sensor is in communication with the parameter module comprising the detachable processing device.

4. The multiparameter monitor of claim 3, wherein the physiological sensor comprises a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor.

5. The multiparameter monitor of claim 4, wherein the PPG sensor is a pulse oximetry sensor.

6. The multiparameter monitor of claim 4,

wherein the parameter module comprising the detachable processing device receives signals from the physiological sensor and processes the signals;

and

wherein when the detachable processing device is connected to the parameter module, the primary screen displays the signals and/or parameters calculated by the parameter module comprising the detachable processing device.

7. The multiparameter monitor of claim 6, wherein when the detachable processing device is disconnected from the parameter module, the auxiliary screen displays the signals and/or parameters calculated by the parameter module comprising the detachable processing device.

8. The multiparameter monitor of claim 7, wherein the detachable processing device connects interchangeably with a plurality of multiparameter monitors.

9. The multiparameter monitor of claim 7, wherein the detachable processing device switches from displaying the signals and/or parameters on the primary screen to the auxiliary screen automatically upon disconnecting the detachable processing device from the parameter module.

10. A parameter module for insertion into a multiparameter monitor rack, comprising a detachable processing device.

11. The parameter module of claim 10, comprising a device bay wherein the detachable processing device connects to the parameter module.

12. The parameter module of claim 11, wherein the device bay comprises a slot or recess in the parameter module.

13. The parameter module of claim 12, wherein the detachable processing device inserts into the slot in the parameter module.

14. The parameter module of claim 12, wherein the detachable processing device attaches to the recess in the parameter module.

15. The parameter module of claim 14, wherein when the detachable processing device is attached to the recess in the parameter module, at least a portion of the detachable processing device comprises the front facing of the parameter module.

16. The parameter module of claim 15, wherein the detachable processing device comprises a connector that interfaces with a physiological sensor or a cable connected thereto.

17. The parameter module of claim 16, wherein the detachable processing device comprises a screen that displays physiological signals or parameters from the physiological sensor.

18. A method for monitoring an individual, comprising

attaching a physiological sensor to the individual;

and

connecting the physiological sensor to a multiparameter monitor,

wherein the multiparameter monitor comprises a primary screen that displays signals or parameters provided by at least one parameter module, and a parameter module comprising a detachable processing device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the

wherein the parameter module comprising the detachable processing device receives signals from the physiological sensor and processes the signals;

and

wherein when the detachable processing device is connected to the parameter module, the primary screen displays the signals and/or parameters calculated by the parameter module comprising the detachable processing device, and

when the detachable processing device is disconnected from the parameter module, an auxiliary screen on the detachable processing device displays the signals and/or parameters calculated by the parameter module comprising the detachable processing device.