Dynamic presentation of waveform tracings in a central monitor perspective

• US 9,978,165 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2012
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Muranjan, Samir, Moseley, James Alexander, Kuttenkuler, Gregory James, Inman, Mark R., Meier, Jill Ann
• Primary Examiner(s): Drennan, Barry
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROBINSON, TERRELL M
• Application Number:
  US13/562,447
• Publication Number:
  US 20140035925A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,121 Days
• Field of Search: 3454401
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for automatically populating a central monitor perspective with waveform tracings having a predetermined aspect ratio. A selection of a unit location is received, and monitoring devices connected to patients at the unit location are detected. Waveform tracings associated with the active monitoring devices are presented in a predetermined aspect ratio in the central monitor perspective. As new monitoring devices are connected to patients, or as monitoring devices are disconnected from patients, the central monitor perspective is automatically refreshed to reflect currently active waveform tracings having the predetermined aspect ratio.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, facilitate a method of automatically populating a central monitor perspective, the method comprising:

receiving a selection of a unit location to present in the central monitor perspective;

detecting a set of monitoring devices in the unit location;

detecting a first monitoring device of the set of monitoring devices is online and actively monitoring a patient and has been associated with identification information of the patient;

detecting that a second monitoring device of the set of monitoring devices is online and actively monitoring the patient or another patient but has not been associated with identification information of the patient or another patient;

receiving output waveform tracing information from each of the first monitoring device that has been associated with identification information of the patient and the second monitoring device that has not been associated with identification information of the patient or another patient;

presenting an initial set of waveform tracings comprising at least a first waveform tracing and a second waveform tracing respectively associated with the first monitoring device and the second monitoring device of the set of monitoring devices in the central monitor perspective, each waveform tracing of the initial set of waveform tracings having a predetermined aspect ratio, wherein the predetermined aspect ratio is a ratio between the x-axis and the y-axis;

subsequent to presenting the initial set of waveform tracings in the central monitor perspective, detecting that an additional monitoring device is online in the unit location; and

automatically presenting an additional waveform tracing associated with the additional monitoring device in the central monitor perspective, the first waveform tracing, the second waveform tracing, and the additional waveform tracing presented in a new set of waveform tracings, wherein each waveform tracing of the new set of waveform tracings is decreased in size as compared to each waveform tracing of the initial set of waveform tracings while maintaining the predetermined aspect ratio.

2. The media of claim 1, wherein each of the waveform tracings of the initial set of waveform tracings comprises at least one selected from the following:

fetal heart rate waveform tracings, and

maternal uterine contraction waveform tracings.

3. The media of claim 1, wherein the predetermined aspect ratio comprises a 1:

24 ratio.

4. The media of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting that at least one monitoring device is offline; and

simultaneously and automatically removing a waveform tracing associated with the offline monitoring device and increasing in size the remaining waveform tracings while maintaining the predetermined aspect ratio.

5. The media of claim 1, wherein the central monitor perspective is presented on a single display device.

6. The media of claim 1, wherein the central monitor perspective is presented on more than one display device.

13. The media of claim 1, wherein the predetermined aspect ratio comprises at least one ratio selected from the following:

1;

20, 1;

21, 1;

22, and 1;

23.

14. The media of claim 1, further comprising determining a location of a monitoring device of the set of monitoring devices or a location of the additional monitoring device.

7. A computer system that facilitates automatically populating a central monitor perspective, the computer system comprising a processor coupled to a non-transitory computer storage medium, the computer storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer software components executable by the processor, the computer software components comprising:

a receiving component for receiving a selection of a unit location to display in the central monitor perspective;

a device detection component for automatically detecting at least two online monitoring devices in the unit location, the at least two online monitoring devices actively monitoring one or more patients, wherein at least a first of the at least two online monitoring devices has been associated with identification information of a patient of the one or more patients and at least a second of the at least two online monitoring devices has not been associated with identification information of the patient;

a rendering component for receiving output waveform tracing information from each monitoring device of the at least two online monitoring devices and presenting real-time waveform tracings associated with the at least two online monitoring devices in the central monitor perspective, the real-time waveform tracings having a predetermined aspect ratio, wherein the predetermined aspect ratio is a ratio between the x-axis and the y-axis; and

a resizing component for automatically decreasing a size of the real-time waveform tracings based on a number of the online monitoring devices, wherein the predetermined aspect ratio is maintained after decreasing the size of the real-time waveform tracings.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least two monitoring devices comprise fetal monitoring devices.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the device detection component further detects when at least one of the at least two monitoring devices is no longer online.

15. The system of claim 7, wherein the number of the online monitoring devices comprises the at least two online monitoring devices and at least one additional monitoring device that is included in the number of online monitoring devices when the at least one additional monitoring device changes from an offline state to an online state, and wherein the resizing component automatically decreases the size of the real-time waveform tracings based on the at least one additional monitoring device changing from the offline state to the online state.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the device detection component automatically detects the at least one additional monitoring device when the at least one monitoring device changes from the offline to the online state.

17. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least two monitoring devices are detected by the device detection component when the at least two monitoring devices come online.

18. The system of claim 7, wherein the unit location comprises a labor and delivery nurse unit.

10. One or more non-transitory computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, produce a graphical user interface (GUI) to facilitate automatically populating a central monitor perspective, the GUI comprising:

a location display area configured to present available unit locations in the central monitor perspective; and

a waveform tracing display area configured to present one or more waveform tracings associated with at least two online monitoring devices in the central monitor perspective, the at least two online monitoring devices actively monitoring one or more patients and configured to output waveform tracing information, wherein at least a first of the at least two online monitoring devices has been associated with identification information of a patient of the one or more patients and at least a second of the at least two online monitoring devices has not been electronically associated with identification information of the patient, and wherein;

(1) each waveform tracing of the one or more waveform tracings presented in a separate cell of the waveform tracing display area, wherein a total number of the occupied separate cells is configured to occupy the entire waveform tracing display area,

(2) each waveform tracing of the one or more waveform tracings having a same predetermined aspect ratio, wherein the same predetermined aspect ratio is a ratio between the x-axis and the y-axis, and

(3) each waveform tracing of the one or more waveform tracings is decreased in size based on displaying an additional waveform tracing from an additional online monitoring device, wherein the one or more waveform tracings decreased in size maintain the same predetermined aspect ratio.

11. The GUI of claim 10, further comprising:

a vital signs display area configured to display a vital signs perspective associated with a displayed waveform tracing.

12. The GUI of claim 10, further comprising a blank waveform tracing cell.

19. The GUI of claim 10, wherein the separate cells are arranged in a grid.

20. The GUI of claim 10, wherein the waveform tracing display area is further configured to present a patient name associated with at least one waveform tracing of the at least two waveform tracings, the at least one waveform tracing being associated with at least one monitoring device of the at least two monitoring devices.