System for collecting data elements relating to events of interventional procedure

• US 8,566,738 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2008
• Issued: 10/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Van Vlimmeren, Ineke Cornelia Francisca
• Primary Examiner(s): Sax, Steven
• Assistant Examiner(s): VARGA, WILSON V
• Application Number:
  US12/742,946
• Publication Number:
  US 20110167373A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,800 Days
• Field of Search: 715/771, 715/772, 705/2, 705/3, 382/131, 382/132, 600/425, 600/427, 607/122
• US Class Current: 715/772
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture

Abstract

A system for collecting data elements relating to events in an interventional procedure includes an input, a clock, a memory and a display. The input, during the interventional procedure, receives the data elements from at least two systems use in the interventional procedure. The clock registers a time of receipt of the data elements. The memory stores items relating to respective events, each item including the corresponding data element and the corresponding time of receipt. The display displays representations of the items sequentially along a timeline in accordance with the respective times of receipt.

Claims

1. A system for collecting data elements relating to events in an interventional procedure that penetrates a body, the system comprising:

a receiver configured to receive the data elements from a plurality of input systems configured to penetrate the body surgically with electromagnetic radiation in an electrophysiology interventional procedure or to penetrate the body surgically with the electromagnetic radiation and through a natural entry to reach at least one body cavity wherein the body cavity includes at least one of lungs, womb, bladder, intestines and stomach, wherein the natural entry is selected from one of the anus, the nose and the mouth; and

wherein the electromagnetic radiation is selected from X-rays, lasers, gamma-rays and ultraviolet light, each data element corresponding to an event inside the penetrated body;

a clock for registering a time of receipt of each of the data elements,

a memory configured to store the data element and the corresponding time of receipt; and

a display configured to display representations of the data elements sequentially along a timeline in accordance with the respective times of receipt,

wherein the representations are icons illustrative of an event type of the events.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a manually provided data elements.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display is further configured to display the representations of the data elements when the corresponding event type is selected.

4. The system as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a transmitter configured to, when the event type is selected, send the data elements relating to the corresponding event to another system.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display is further configured to display the representations such that the events corresponding to the same event type are grouped.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the display is further configured:

to group related representations of the data elements corresponding to a same event type;

to display the grouped related representations in category columns in a time sequential order, with an earliest representation at a top and a latest representation on a bottom of a category column; and

to move the related representations in each of the category columns up or down so that representations from different category columns stored within a time period are aligned.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the display is further configured to display a window around the aligned representations from the different category columns.

8. A method for collecting data elements relating to events in an interventional procedure that penetrates the body, the method comprising the acts of:

receiving the data elements from a plurality of input systems configured to penetrate the body surgically with electromagnetic radiation in an electrophysioloqy interventional procedure or to penetrate the body surgically with the electromagnetic radiation, and through a natural entry to reach at least one body cavity, wherein the body cavity includes at least one of lungs, womb, bladder, intestines and stomach, wherein the natural entry is selected from one of the anus, the nose and the mouth; and

wherein the electromagnetic radiation is selected from X-rays, lasers, gamma-rays and ultraviolet light, each data element corresponding to an event inside the penetrated body;

registering a time of receipt of each of the data elements;

storing data element and a corresponding time of receipt; and

displaying representations of the data elements sequentially along a timeline in accordance with the respective times of receipt, the representations being icons illustrative of an event type of the events.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the acts of:

grouping related representations of the data elements corresponding to a same event type;

displaying the grouped related representations in category columns in a time sequential order, with an earliest representation at a top and a latest representation on a bottom of a category column; and

moving the related representations in each of the category columns up or down so that representations from different category columns stored within a time period are aligned.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising the act of displaying a window around the aligned representations from the different category columns.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a computer program product, when executed by a processor the program being operative to perform a method for collecting data elements relating to events in an interventional procedure, the method comprising acts of:

receiving the data elements from a plurality of input systems configured to penetrate the body surgically with electromagnetic radiation in an electrophysioloqy interventional procedure or to penetrate the body surgically with the electromagnetic radiation and through a natural entry to reach at least one body cavity wherein the body cavity includes at least one of lungs, womb, bladder, intestines and stomach, wherein the natural entry is selected from one of the anus, the nose and the mouth; and

wherein the electromagnetic radiation is selected from X-rays, lasers, gamma-rays and ultraviolet light, each data element corresponding to an event inside the penetrated body;

registering a time of receipt of each of the data elements;

storing the data element and a corresponding time of receipt; and

displaying representations of the data elements sequentially along a timeline in accordance with the respective times of receipt, the representations being icons illustrative of an event type of the events.