SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING MEDICAL MONITORING DATA

• US 20180242926A1
• Filed: 02/22/2018
• Published: 08/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Masimo Corporation
• Original Assignee: Masimo Corporation
• Inventors: Muhsin, Bilal, Kiani, Massi Joe E., Housel, Peter Scott
• Granted Patent: US 11,417,426 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/045 with a separable interface unit, e.g. for communication
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/222 Electrical cables or leads therefor, e.g. coaxial cables or ribbon cables
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/225 Connectors or couplings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/744 Displaying an avatar, e.g. an animated cartoon character
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7445 Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14 Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/06 Monitoring of the line circuits, e.g. signalling of line faults
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/60 : for the operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 : for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 : for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

A patient monitoring hub can communicate bidirectionally with external devices such as a board-in-cable or a dongle. Medical data can be communicated from the patient monitoring hub to the external devices to cause the external devices to initiate actions. For example, an external device can perform calculations based on data received from the patient monitoring hub, or take other actions (for example, creating a new patient profile, resetting baseline values for algorithms, calibrating algorithms, etc.). The external device can also communicate display characteristics associated with its data to the monitoring hub. The monitoring hub can calculate a set of options for combined layouts corresponding to different external devices or parameters. A display option may be selected for arranging a display screen estate on the monitoring hub.

Claims

1. A patient monitoring hub connectable to a plurality of sensors, the patient monitoring hub comprising:

a plurality of ports operable to be in communication with a plurality of sensors;

a display; and

a hardware processor configured to;

identify a plurality of parameters to be displayed by the patient monitoring hub based at least in part on the sensors connected to the patient monitoring hub;

determine display characteristics corresponding to the plurality of parameters;

generate a set of display layout options based on the display characteristics corresponding to the plurality of parameters;

automatically populate a display layout manager with the set of display layout options;

receive a user selection of one of the display layout options; and

output the plurality of parameters on the display according to the selected display layout option.

2. The patient monitoring hub of claim 1, the hardware processor is further configured to:

detect a change to the plurality of medical devices or the plurality of parameters; and

automatically update the set of display layout options and the display layout manager based at least in part on the change.

3. The patient monitoring hub of claim 2, wherein the change comprises an addition or a removal of a sensor or a parameter.

4. The patient monitoring hub of claim 1, wherein the display characteristics are automatically provided to the patient monitoring hub by the sensor while the sensor and the patient monitoring hub are establishing a connection.

5. The patient monitoring hub of claim 4, wherein the display characteristics comprises at least one of:

an instruction to call a graphics library on the patient monitoring hub to draw the user interface element;

a set of preconfigured display layouts for a parameter;

layout restrictions for displaying information of the parameter;

or

images or texts associated with displaying the parameter.

6. The patient monitoring hub of claim 1, wherein the plurality of parameters comprises a parameter calculated by the patient monitoring hub.

7. The patient monitoring hub of claim 1, wherein the display is divided into a plurality of subdivisions wherein each subdivision comprises one or more parameters.

8. The patient monitoring hub of claim 7, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

receive a user input for adjusting a size or location of a subdivision; and

automatically update displays of parameters in the plurality of subdivisions in response to the user input.

9. The patient monitoring hub of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to automatically select a display layout option among the set of display layout options and automatically render information of the plurality of parameters in accordance with the selected display layout option.

10. A method of managing displays of a patient monitoring hub, the method comprising:

under control of a hardware processor of a patient monitoring hub comprising a display;

identifying a plurality of medical devices connected to a patient monitoring hub;

identify a plurality of parameters to be displayed by the patient monitoring hub based at least in part on information of the plurality of medical devices;

determining display characteristics corresponding to the plurality of parameters;

generating a set of display layout options based on the display characteristics corresponding to the plurality of parameters;

automatically populating a display layout manager with the set of display layout options; and

rendering the display layout manager with the set of display layout options on the display of the medical monitoring hub.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

detecting a change to the plurality of medical devices or the plurality of parameters; and

automatically updating the set of display layout options and the display layout manager based at least in part on the change.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the change comprises an addition or a removal of a medical device or a parameter.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the display characteristics are automatically provided to the patient monitoring hub by the medical device while the medical device and the patient monitoring hub are establishing a connection.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the display characteristics comprise at least one of:

an instruction to call a graphics library on the patient monitoring hub to draw the user interface element;

a set of preconfigured display layouts for a parameter;

layout restrictions for displaying information of the parameter;

or

images or texts associated with displaying the parameter.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the plurality of parameters comprises a parameter calculated by the patient monitoring hub.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the display is divided into a plurality of subdivisions wherein each subdivision comprises one or more parameters.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving a user input for adjusting a size or location of a subdivision; and

automatically updating displays of parameters in the plurality of subdivisions in response to the user input.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

automatically selecting a display layout option among the set of display layout options; and

automatically rendering information of the plurality of parameters in accordance with the selected display layout option.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein a parameter is displayed with a user interface element for managing a feature on a medical device which provide data of the parameter to the monitoring hub, and the method further comprises receiving a user input for the user interface element and communicate to the medical device of the user input to manage the feature on the medical device.