State machine user and validation interface system

• US 8,943,429 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2008
• Issued: 01/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gripping Heart AB
• Original Assignee: Gripping Heart AB
• Inventors: Lundback, Stig, Johnson, Jonas
• Primary Examiner(s): PHANTANA ANGKOOL, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US12/746,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20100281413A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,247 Days
• Field of Search: 715/771, 715/804, 715/810
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/288 for artificial respiration or heart massage
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders

Abstract

State machine interface system, comprising state machine algorithms and a graphical user interface, adapted to receive signals from at least one sensor device, that are related to physiological activities of the heart and/or the circulatory system of a living being. The state machine algorithms are adapted to determine phases of heart cycles based upon said signals. The different phases of the heart cycle are determined by said state machine algorithms in a heart cluster state machine simulating the heart, and optionally the circulatory system, achieved by fusions of finite heart muscle cell state machines to form a ΔV-pump state machine. The determined heart cycle phases are evaluated by determining their respective local state diagram based upon said signal such that the respective correct time duration is determined for each heart cycle phase, and then determining the most representative global state diagram. The determined local and global state diagrams are presented at the graphical user interface such that the temporal relations between the different phases are illustrated.

Claims

1. A state machine interface system, comprising:

a processor, and

state machine algorithms, and

a graphical user interface adapted to receive signals from at least one sensor device that are related to physiological activities of the heart and/or a circulatory system of a living being, wherein;

said state machine algorithms are adapted to determine phases of heart cycles based upon said signals,

said different phases of the heart cycle are determined by said state machine algorithms in a heart cluster state machine simulating the heart, and optionally the circulatory system, achieved by fusions of finite heart muscle cell state machines to form a Δ

V-pump state machine, and

said determined heart cycle phases are evaluated by determining their respective local state diagram based upon said signals such that the respective correct time duration is determined for each heart cycle phase, and then determining the most representative global state diagram, said determined local and global state diagrams are presented at the graphical user interface such that the temporal relations between the different phases are illustrated.

2. The state machine interface system according to claim 1, wherein the heart cycle phases are graphically presented as one or several graphical illustrations, e.g. overlapping circle diagrams, rings or bars, presenting different activities of the heart and circulatory system at one to several locations, arranged as state diagrams, where the phases are represented as time segments with lengths depending on the duration of the respective phase.

3. The state machine interface system according to claim 2, wherein activities are represented by graphical illustrations, one represents the state diagram from the left half of the heart, another represents a state diagram from the right half of the heart and/or a third represents a state diagram of the activities of ventricular septum.

4. The state machine interface system according to claim 3, wherein each presented heart cycle phase, and/or sub-part of heart cycle phase, has been assigned related values from said input signals and/or other related signals.

5. The state machine interface system according to claim 3, wherein each presented heart cycle phase have a predetermined colour, and/or pattern, coding and/or percentage scoring in order to clearly distinguish and quantify the phases from each other.

6. The state machine interface system according to claim 2, wherein each presented heart cycle phase, and/or sub-part of heart cycle phase, has been assigned related values from said input signals and/or other related signals.

7. The state machine interface system according to claim 2, wherein each presented heart cycle phase have a predetermined colour, and/or pattern, coding and/or percentage scoring in order to clearly distinguish and quantify the phases from each other.

8. The state machine interface system according to claim 2, wherein the displayed information is continuously updated in real-time.

9. The state machine interface system according to claim 1, wherein each presented heart cycle phase, and/or sub-part of heart cycle phase, has been assigned related values from said input signals and/or other related signals.

10. The state machine interface system according to claim 9, wherein at least one trend-curve is created being a representation of said assigned values from one to all heart cycle phases, or from one or many sub-parts of one heart cycle phase.

11. The state machine interface system according to claim 10, wherein said trend-curve is graphically presented such that a zero-line is equal to the neutral position of the AV-piston, and that negative values indicate that other forces than the direct DeltaV-function forces are working to increase the stroke-length of the AV-piston.

12. The state machine interface system according to claim 11, wherein each presented heart cycle phase have a predetermined colour, and/or pattern, coding and/or percentage scoring in order to clearly distinguish and quantify the phases from each other.

13. The state machine interface system according to claim 10, wherein each presented heart cycle phase have a predetermined colour, and/or pattern, coding and/or percentage scoring in order to clearly distinguish and quantify the phases from each other.

14. The state machine interface system according to claim 9, wherein at least one trend-curve is created being a representation of the mean value of said assigned values from one to all heart cycle phases, or from one or many sub-parts of one heart cycle phase.

15. The state machine interface system according to claim 14, wherein said trend-curve is graphically presented such that a zero-line is equal to the neutral position of the AV-piston, and that negative values indicate that other forces than the direct DeltaV-function forces are working to increase the stroke-length of the AV-piston.

16. The state machine interface system according to claim 9, wherein each presented heart cycle phase have a predetermined colour, and/or pattern, coding and/or percentage scoring in order to clearly distinguish and quantify the phases from each other.

17. The state machine interface system according to claim 14, wherein each presented heart cycle phase have a predetermined colour, and/or pattern, coding and/or percentage scoring in order to clearly distinguish and quantify the phases from each other.

18. The state machine interface system according to claim 1, wherein each presented heart cycle phase have a predetermined colour, and/or pattern, coding and/or percentage scoring in order to clearly distinguish and quantify the phases from each other.

19. The state machine interface system according to claim 1, wherein the displayed information is continuously updated in real-time.

20. The state machine interface system according to claim 1, wherein said established values are communicated to a database that includes stored values representing individual and/or global related values, said established values are compared to said stored values and a status signal or report is generated in dependence of said comparison, wherein said status signal or report is used e.g. to determine and communicate correct medical therapy, to determine and communicate the correct medical diagnosis, and/or to improve a training program for an athlete.