Ventilator suction management

• US 9,352,110 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2012
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vyaire Medical 211, Inc. (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: CareFusion 207, Inc. (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Steinhauer, Tom, Blansfield, Terry, Birch, Stephen J., Rogers, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Justine
• Assistant Examiner(s): Louis, LaToya M
• Application Number:
  US13/538,834
• Publication Number:
  US 20140000607A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,432 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0009 with sub-atmospheric pressure, e.g. during expiration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0051 with alarm devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/021 operated by electrical means A61M16/202 – A61M16/205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0033 electrical
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/1025 the O2 concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0014 removed from the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0466 Saliva
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3375 Acoustical, e.g. ultrasonic, measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/60 with identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6018 providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6054 Magnetic identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/609 Biometric patient identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/01 Remote controllers for specific apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/62 : Posture
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/63 : Motion, e.g. physical activity
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 : for local operation

Abstract

A method for ventilator suction management. The method includes accessing data associated with a patient, wherein the patient is associated with a ventilator; analyzing the data; and determining that suction is needed on the patient based on the analyzed data.

Claims

1. A method for ventilator suction management, said method comprising the steps of:

accessing data associated with a patient comprising an orientation of said patient, wherein said patient is associated with a ventilator;

analyzing by a processor said data;

determining whether suction is currently needed on said patient based on said orientation of said patient;

when the determination indicates that suction is currently needed on said patient, providing for display a first notification indicating that suction is currently needed on said patient;

when the determination indicates that suction is not currently needed on said patient, predicting a time in the future when suction should be performed on said patient based on said orientation of said patient and providing for display a second notification identifying the predicted time in the future the suction should be performed on said patient; and

performing said suction in response to said first notification.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said data is selected from a group consisting of:

ventilator data, contextualized patient data, and patient vitals.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

scheduling rounds of a caregiver coinciding with said predicted time when said suction should be performed on said patient.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether suction is currently needed on said patient based on said analyzed data further comprises sensing breathing sounds of said patient using a microphone, and determining, based on said breathing sounds of said patient, whether suction is currently needed on said patient.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

tracking ventilation data for said patient subsequent to said suction;

comparing the data associated with the patient accessed prior to said suction with said tracked ventilation data for said patient subsequent said suction; and

determining, based on said comparison, whether said suction improved patient ventilation.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein when it is determined that said suction improved patient ventilation, the method further comprises determining an effectiveness of said improved patient ventilation and providing an indication of said determined effectiveness of said improved patient ventilation for display.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending at least one of the first notification or the second notification to a mobile device of a caregiver associated with said patient.

8. A system for ventilator suction management comprising:

a memory comprising instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to;

access data associated with a patient comprising an orientation of said patient, wherein said patient is associated with a ventilator;

analyze said data;

determine whether suction is currently needed on said patient based on said orientation of said patient;

when the determination indicates that suction is currently needed on said patient, provide for display a first notification indicating that suction is currently needed on said patient;

when the determination indicates that suction is not currently needed on said patient, predict a time in the future when suction should be performed on said patient based on said orientation of said patient and provide for display a second notification identifying the predicted time in the future the suction should be performed on said patient; and

performing said suction in response to said first notification.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein data is selected from a group consisting of:

ventilator data, contextualized patient data, and patient vitals.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein determining whether suction is currently needed on said patient based on said analyzed data further comprises sensing breathing sounds of said patient, and determining, based on said breathing sounds of said patient, whether suction is currently needed on said patient.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

track ventilation data for said patient subsequent to said suction;

compare the data associated with the patient accessed prior to said suction with said tracked ventilation data for said patient; and

determine, based on said comparison, whether said suction improved patient ventilation.