Monitoring system and method for visually presenting health state of a subject

• US 9,675,299 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2013
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Raghavan, Jayaram
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Xiao
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chen, Yu
• Application Number:
  US13/974,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20140058216A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,390 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• 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

The monitoring system for presenting a health state of a subject is disclosed. The monitoring system includes a processor for analyzing multiple health parameters associated with the subject. Based on this analysis, a health state indicator includes multiple gauges for visually presenting the health state of the subject. A gauge orients with respect to a gauge reference line based on the analyzed health parameters. In an embodiment, an interface element for visually presenting the health state of the subject in a monitoring system is disclosed. The interface element includes a health state indicator. The health state indicator includes multiple gauges, wherein one or more gauges orient with respect to one or more gauge reference lines based on analysis of the multiple health parameters to visually represent the health state of the subject. The health parameters are analyzed by the monitoring system.

Claims

1. A health state indicator comprising:

at least a first gauge and a second gauge, the first gauge configured to display at least a first measured physiological parameter of a subject and the second gauge configured to display at least a second measured physiological parameter of the subject,

the first gauge comprising a disc shaped indicating element configured to rotate with respect to a y-axis reference of the health state indicator to indicate an imbalance of the at least first measured physiological parameter, the disc shaped indicating element comprising a gauge reference line that is aligned with the y-axis reference line of the health state indicator to indicate a stable health state of the subject;

the second gauge comprising a sphere shaped indicator element disposed within an interior portion of the disc shaped element of the first gauge, the sphere shaped indicator element of the second gauge configured to rotate with respect to an x-axis and a z-axis reference of the health state indictor independently of the disc shaped indicating element of the first gauge, the second gauge comprising gauge reference lines aligned with the x-axis reference and the z-axis reference of the health state indicator to indicate the stable health state of the subject, and wherein the sphere shaped indicator of the second gauge rotates with respect to the x-axis and the z-axis to indicate an imbalance of the at least second measured physiological parameter;

the first gauge and the second gauge configured to display a diagnostic representation of the at least first measured physiological parameter and the at least second measured physiological parameter.

2. The health state indicator of claim 1, wherein the first indicating element and the second indicating element of the first gauge is associated with a unique color code.

3. The health state indicator of claim 1, wherein the health state indicator comprises at least one of an analog gauge and a digital gauge.

4. The health state indicator of claim 1, wherein quantitative data from a selected gauge from the at first gauge and the at least second gauge is one or more of overlaid or displayed alongside the health indicator.

5. The health state indicator of claim 1, wherein the at least first gauge and the at least second gauge are at least one of digital, analogue, and a combination of digital and analogue.

6. The health state indicator of claim 1 wherein a plurality of health state indicators are configured to form a health state monitoring system.

7. The health state indicator of claim 1, wherein the disc shaped indicating element of the first gauge comprises a first indicating portion and a second indicating portion, and wherein a reference line between the first indicating portion and the second indicating portion aligns with the y-axis reference of the health state indicator to indicate the stable health state of the subject.

8. The health state indicator of claim 7, wherein the sphere shaped indicating element of the second gauge comprises a first indicator portion and a second indicator portion and wherein a reference line between the first indicator portion and the second indicator portion aligns with the x-axis reference of the health state indicator to indicate the stable health state of the subject.

9. A method of presenting a health state of a subject on a display of a monitoring system, the method comprising:

providing at least a first gauge and a second gauge on the display of the monitoring system, a sphere shaped indicator of the second gauge being disposed within an interior portion of a disc shaped element of the first gauge;

aligning an indicating element of the first gauge with a y-axis reference of the display in a first state of the first gauge;

aligning indicator elements of the second gauge with an x-axis reference and a z-axis reference of the display in a first state of the second gauge;

providing the first gauge a first physiological parameter of a subject and a second physiological parameter of the subject to the second gauge;

causing the indicating element of the first gauge to deviate from the y-axis reference to indicate a change of the first physiological parameter; and

causing the indicating elements of the second gauge to deviate from the x-axis and z-axis reference to indicate a change of the second physiological parameter.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first gauge and the second gauge form a health indicator, wherein the indicating element of the first gauge is associated with a first color code and the indicator element of the second gauge is associated with a second color code.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein quantitative data from a selected gauge from the at least first gauge and the at least second gauge is overlaid and/or displayed alongside at least one of the gauges and/or the health indicator.