Biological information monitoring apparatus and biological information monitoring method

• US 9,289,166 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2012
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Inventors: Ito, Kazumasa
• Primary Examiner(s): Winakur, Eric
• Assistant Examiner(s): Liu, Chu Chuan (JJ)
• Application Number:
  US13/444,205
• Publication Number:
  US 20120265040A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,441 Days
• Field of Search: 600/301, 600/310, 600/316, 600/322, 600/323, 600/324, 600/326, 600/473, 600/476, 600/508, 356/41
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1455 using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A biological information monitoring apparatus includes: an acquiring section configured to acquire biological information of a patient; a storage section configured to store a threshold which is changed with time from a first time; and a determining section configured to compare the biological information acquired by the acquiring section with a threshold corresponding to a second time when the biological information is acquired by the acquiring section, to perform determination of an abnormality of an living body of the patient.

Claims

1. A biological information monitoring apparatus comprising:

an acquiring section configured to acquire biological information of a patient;

a storage section configured to store a threshold which is changed with time, the threshold being set to correspond to an elapsed time from a reference time;

a determining section configured to perform determination of an abnormality of a living body of the patient by comparing the biological information acquired by the acquiring section with the threshold corresponding to a time point when the biological information is acquired by the acquiring section;

a monitoring section configured to monitor a pattern of temporal change of the biological information, wherein;

the storage section stores, in advance, a reference pattern of temporal change of the biological information;

the determining section collates the pattern monitored by the monitoring section with the reference pattern stored in the storage section;

the determining section determines, as the reference time, a time when the pattern monitored by the monitoring section is identical with the reference pattern stored in the storage section; and

the determining section starts a process of performing the determination of the abnormality of the living body of the patient at the reference time.

2. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a receiving section configured to receive an input of a plurality of sets each of which includes an arbitrary time and a threshold corresponding to the arbitrary time; and

a setting section configured to set the threshold which is changed with time, based on the input plurality of sets.

3. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an alarm section, wherein:

the determining section determines whether the acquired biological information reaches the threshold; and

the alarm section is configured to issue an alarm when the determining section determines that the acquired biological information reaches the threshold.

4. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the threshold stored in the storage section includes a plurality of thresholds which are changed with time; and

each of the plurality of thresholds corresponds to a respective one of levels of the abnormality.

5. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage section further stores a threshold which is not changed with time.

6. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the biological information includes information related to an arterial oxygen saturation.

7. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 3, wherein:

the alarm issued by the alarm section includes a plurality of different alarms; and

each of the plurality of different alarms corresponds to a respective one of different levels of the abnormality.

8. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display section on which the threshold which is changed with time and temporal change of the biological information which is acquired during the determination of the abnormality are displayed.

9. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the threshold is stepwisely changed with time.

10. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the threshold is changed stepwisely and sequentially based on a user input.

11. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the threshold is changed stepwisely and sequentially based on a user input.

12. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 3, wherein:

the threshold is stepwisely changed with time; and

the alarm section issues different alarms respectively for levels of the threshold which is stepwisely changed with time.

13. A biological information monitoring method which is performed by a biological information monitoring apparatus configured to store a threshold which is changed with time, and a reference pattern of temporal change of biological information, in advance, the threshold being set to correspond to an elapsed time from a reference time, the biological information monitoring method comprising:

acquiring the biological information of a patient;

comparing the acquired biological information with a threshold corresponding to a time point when the biological information is acquired, thereby performing determination of an abnormality of a living body of the patient;

monitoring a pattern of temporal change of the biological information;

collating the monitored pattern with the stored reference pattern;

determine, as the reference time, a time when the monitored pattern is identical with the stored reference pattern stored; and

starting a process of performing the determination of the abnormality of the living body of the patient at the reference time.