System for monitoring and recording patient vital signs

• US 9,465,914 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2014
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tara E. Peguero
• Original Assignee: Tara E. Peguero
• Inventors: Peguero, Tara E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mahase, Pameshanand
• Application Number:
  US14/331,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20160019345A1
• Time in Patent Office: 819 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow; Combined pulse/heart-rate/blood pressure determination; Evaluating a cardiovascular condition not otherwise provided for, e.g. using combinations of techniques provided for in this group with electrocardiography or electroauscultation; Heart catheters for measuring blood pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/361 Detecting fibrillation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A patient vital sign acquisition and recording apparatus for obtaining patient vital sign measurements and recording the vital sign measurements in an electronic medical record is disclosed. A user interface module receives a range of acceptable vital sign measurements and a schedule of how often to record the vital sign measurements. A monitor interface module obtains from a telemetry monitoring system vital sign measurements associated with the patient in accordance with the schedule. An alarm reporting module generates an alarm if the obtained vital sign measurements are outside the range of acceptable vital sign measurements. An interpretation module, in response obtaining the vital sign measurements, causes automatically records the obtained vital sign measurements in an electronic medical record associated with the patient.

Claims

1. A patient vital sign recording system for obtaining patient vital sign measurements and recording the vital sign measurements in an electronic medical record, the system comprises:

a vital sign acquisition and recording apparatus;

an electronic interface to a telemetry monitoring system;

an alarm device, wherein the alarm device includes a visual or aural indicator;

a user interface module of the vital sign acquisition and recording apparatus that receives a range of acceptable vital sign measurements and a schedule of how often to record the vital sign measurements;

a monitor interface module of the vital sign acquisition and recording apparatus that automatically obtains via the electronic interface from the telemetry monitoring system vital sign measurements associated with a patient in accordance with the schedule;

an alarm reporting module of the vital sign acquisition and recording apparatus that determines if the obtained vital sign measurements are outside the range of acceptable vital measurements, and if so, the vital sign acquisition and recording apparatus actuates the alarm apparatus; and

an interpretation module of the vital sign acquisition and recording apparatus that, in response to the vital sign acquisition and recording apparatus obtaining the vital sign measurements, interprets the obtained vital sign measurements to develop interpreted information; and

wherein the user interface module displays on a screen in communication therewith the interpreted information and receives from a first user one or both of a correction to the interpreted information and an annotation to the interpreted information, and the interpretation module records the interpreted information, any correction to the interpreted information and any annotation to the interpreted information in an electronic medical record associated with the patient, and the information recorded by the interpretation module is provided to a second user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the vital sign measurements include an electrocardiogram waveform.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the interpreted information includes an assessment that the electrocardiogram waveform indicates a heart block and a severity of the heart block.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the interpreted information includes an assessment that the electrocardiogram waveform indicates ventricular fibrillation.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitor interface module determines that the telemetry monitoring system has generated an alarm and, in response to the generated alarm, retrieves vital sign measurements from telemetry monitoring system;

and

the interpretation module stores the retrieved measurements in the electronic medical record associated with the patient.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein an image of vital sign measurements displayed on a monitor associated with the telemetry monitoring system is obtained by the vital sign acquisition and interpretation apparatus, and the monitor interface module analyzes the image to extract the vital sign measurements.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitor interface module monitors data sent by the telemetry monitoring system to a display associated with the telemetry monitoring system, and the monitor interface module extracts the vital sign measurements from the data.