Multipurpose host system for invasive cardiovascular diagnostic measurement acquisition and display

• US 7,134,994 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2002
• Issued: 11/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Volcano Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Hoseit, Paul Michael, Alpert, Howard David
• Primary Examiner(s): Nasser, Robert L
• Application Number:
  US10/151,423
• Publication Number:
  US 20030216621A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,639 Days
• Field of Search: 600300-301, 600/485, 600/486, 600/490, 600500-505
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/045 with a separable interface unit, e.g. for communication
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0035 adapted for acquisition of images from more than one imaging mode, e.g. combining MRI and optical tomography
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0066 Optical coherence imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0084 for introduction into the body, e.g. by catheters A61B5/1459 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0215 by means inserted into the body catheters A61M25/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/026 Measuring blood flow A61B3/1233, A61B3/1241 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/027 using catheters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14539 for measuring pH
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1473 invasive, e.g. introduced into the body by a catheter A61B5/1482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6851 Guide wires
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6852 Catheters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/72 Signal processing specially adapted for physiological signals or for diagnostic purposes character recognition, recognising digital ink, document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/00; recognition or understanding of postal images G06V30/424
• 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 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/06 Measuring blood flow measuring volume flow in general G01F, e.g. G01F1/66, G01F1/72; measuring speed of fluids in general G01P5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/12 in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters catheters per se A61M25/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/468 allowing annotation or message recording
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/488 : involving Doppler signals
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 : for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 : for local operation

Abstract

A multifunctional invasive cardiovascular diagnostic measurement host is disclosed that interfaces a variety of sensor devices, such as guide wire-mounted pressure sensors, flow sensors, temperature sensors, etc, and provides a multi-mode graphical user interface providing a plurality of displays in accordance with the various types of sensors and measurements rendered by the sensors.

Claims

1. A multipurpose host system for invasive cardiovascular diagnostic measurement acquisition and display incorporating a component based arrangement, the system comprising:

an external input signal bus interface for receiving data arising from cardiovascular diagnostic measurement sensors;

a plurality of measurement processing components, that operate at a user mode level in the multipurpose host system, for facilitating receiving darn of particular sensor types and rendering diagnostic measurement parameter values according to the received data;

a multi-mode graphical user interface host comprising diagnostic measurement user interfaces including display components corresponding to data output rendered by specified ones of the plurality of measurement processing components; and

one or more kernel mode drivers that extract processed sensor data from as, peripheral interface card providing a hardware interface for one or more invasive diagnostic measurement devices.

2. The multipurpose host system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of measurement processing components includes a blood pressure processing component and a blood velocity processing component.

3. The multipurpose host system of claim 2 wherein the plurality of measurement processing components includes an invasive device position sensor processing component.

4. The multipurpose host system of claim 2 wherein the diagnostic measurement user interfaces include a pressure measurement display interface wherein a ratio of a first measured pressure and a second measured pressure is rendered.

5. The multipurpose host system of claim 2 wherein the diagnostic measurement user interfaces include a pressure measurement display interface wherein a pressure gradient between a first measured pressure and a second measured pressure is rendered.

6. The multipurpose host system of claim 2 wherein the diagnostic measurement user interfaces include a flow measurement display interface wherein a ratio of flow velocity under high flow conditions and low velocity conditions is rendered.

7. The multipurpose host system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of measurement processing components includes a temperature processing component and an invasive device position sensor processing component.

8. The multipurpose host system of claim 1 wherein the multi-mode graphical user interface host includes a first display interface made wherein blood pressure measurements are displayed and a second display interface mode wherein blood flew measurements are displayed.

9. The multipurpose host system of claim 8 wherein the multi-mode graphical user interface host further includes a third display interface mode graphically depicting a combination of display elements including one or more pressure measurement display elements from the first display interface mode and one or more flow measurement display elements from the second display interface.

10. The multipurpose host system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of measurement processing components are instantiated from component objects.

11. The multipurpose host system of claim 1 wherein the multi-mode graphical user interface host supports the set of diagnostic measurement user interfaces through a generic graphical interface specification.

12. The multipurpose host system of claim 11 wherein the generic graphical interface specification includes:

a patient information display region; and

a mode-specific data display region including graphical display components corresponding to data output rendered by specified ones of the measurement processing components associated with a current display mode.

13. The multipurpose host system of claim 12 wherein the generic graphical interface specification includes a first set of tabs for selecting one of a set of supported display modes, wherein each supported display mode includes a specified set of graphical display components rendered in the mode-specific data display region.

14. The multipurpose host system of claim 13 wherein a mode-specific display region displays a second set of display-mode specific tabs corresponding to a set of displays associated with a display mode corresponding to a selected one of the first set of tabs, thereby facilitating a hierarchical arrangement of supported graphical displays within the mode-specific display region.

15. The multipurpose host system of claim 12 wherein a pressure display mode supports rendering a fractional flow reserve value.

16. The multipurpose host system of claim 11 wherein the generic graphical user interface specification includes a touch screen interface for selecting display components.

17. The multipurpose host system of claim 16 wherein a touch screen keyboard is supported by the generic graphical user interface specification.

18. The multipurpose host system of claim 1 further including a sensor component application interface through which the measurement processing components issue requests to the kernel mode drivers.

19. The multipurpose host system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of measurement processing components includes a temperature processing component and a blood pressure processing component.

20. The multipurpose host system of claim 12 wherein the generic graphical interface specification includes a system message display region.