System and method of integrating anesthesia agent monitoring in a respiratory carestation

• US 7,987,848 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2005
• Issued: 08/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Dammann, Bruce
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu; Justine
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ostrup; Clinton T
• Application Number:
  US11/270,267
• Publication Number:
  US 20070101993A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,092 Days
• Field of Search: 128/203.12, 128/203.13, 128/204.23, 600/529, 600/530, 600/531
• US Class Current: 128/204.23
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/01 specially adapted for anaesthetising A61M16/104, A61M16/18 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/085 Gas sampling
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/1035 the anaesthetic agent concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/08 Supports for equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/437 the anaesthetic agent concentration

Abstract

The present invention is a system and method for integrating anesthesia agent monitoring in a respiratory carestation, wherein the respiratory carestation is configured to be compatible with a variety of monitoring modules. Any one of the monitoring modules is inserted into a module bay, and a sampling line couples the monitoring module to the patient circuit, such that the patient monitoring parameters are displayed on a user interface of the respiratory carestation.

Claims

1. An integrated system for anesthesia agent monitoring, the system comprising:

a ventilator, the ventilator including a module bay and a display;

a patient circuit configured to couple a patient with the ventilator; and

a monitoring module configured to detect a corresponding anesthetic, the monitoring module including a carestation interface and a sampling line interface such that the monitoring module is coupled to the patient circuit and removably coupled with the module bay of the ventilator, wherein the ventilator recognizes the monitoring module, and further wherein the monitoring module detects a set of patient monitoring parameters including a level of the corresponding anesthetic, such that the set of patient monitoring parameters and the anesthetic detected by the monitoring module are displayed on the display,

wherein the ventilator is further configured with a plurality of module bays, such that a plurality of monitoring modules may be inserted simultaneously.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a sampling line, wherein the sampling line couples the monitoring module with the patient circuit.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a respiratory carestation, wherein the respiratory carestation includes:

the ventilator;

a user interface including the display; and

the module bay.

4. A method of integrating a respiratory carestation with a monitoring module, the method comprising:

configuring the respiratory carestation with a plurality of module bays, such that the respiratory carestation is compatible with the monitoring module and further such that a plurality of monitoring modules may be inserted simultaneously, wherein the monitoring module includes a carestation interface and a sampling line interface;

inserting the monitoring module into one of the plurality of module bays with the carestation interface;

the ventilator recognizing the inserted monitoring module;

coupling the monitoring module configured to detect a volatile anesthetic agent to a patient circuit with the sampling line interface;

monitoring the patient circuit for the volatile anesthetic agent; and

displaying a set of detected patient parameters including the volatile anesthetic agent on a user interface of the respiratory carestation.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the monitoring module corresponds to the volatile anesthetic agent.

6. A system for anesthesia agent monitoring, the system comprising:

a respiratory carestation including;

a ventilator;

a user interface having a display; and

a module bay;

a patient circuit configured to couple a patient with the respiratory carestation;

a monitoring module including a carestation interface and a sampling line interface, configured to detect a corresponding anesthetic, the monitoring module removably inserted into the ventilator and recognized by the ventilator, wherein the monitoring module detects a set of patient monitoring parameters including a level of the anesthetic agent; and

a sampling line configured to couple the monitoring module to the patient circuit,

wherein the set of patient monitoring parameters and the level of the anesthetic agent detected by the monitoring modules are displayed on the display, wherein the ventilator is further configured with a plurality of module bays, such that a plurality of monitoring modules may be inserted simultaneously.