Respiratory monitoring systems and methods
First Claim
1. A respiratory monitoring system comprising:
- a patient interface comprising a nasal cannula and a visual display, said nasal cannula comprising at least a first nasal capnography port and a first pressure sensor port and said visual display comprising indicators that are visible to a user while simultaneously observing a patient;
a respiratory monitor, comprising a sensor, wherein said respiratory monitor is adapted so as to be coupled to said patient interface and generate a signal reflecting at least one respiratory condition of the patient; and
an electronic controller interconnected with the respiratory monitor and the patient interface, wherein said visual display is modified based on the information contained in said signal.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a respiratory monitor that improves patient safety through the use of highly responsive monitors and displays highly visible to all clinical personnel even in the absence or failure of an alarm display. The display can be positioned so that clinicians do not have to look away from the patient to view the output of the respiratory monitor. The respiratory monitoring system alerts clinicians of potential problems while automatically taking steps to gather additional information and place an integrated drug delivery system in a safe state (e.g., step down or deactivation) in addition to providing a real-time visual indicator of respiratory rate and estimated tidal volume or respiratory effort and effect. Multiple thresholds that trigger corresponding indicators such as color-coded LEDs provide a quantized display of respiratory effort and effect while also providing a certain level of redundancy. The respiratory effort and effect can also be displayed by the intensity of the LEDs. Other arrays of LEDS provide graded levels of alarms.
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1. A respiratory monitoring system comprising:
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a patient interface comprising a nasal cannula and a visual display, said nasal cannula comprising at least a first nasal capnography port and a first pressure sensor port and said visual display comprising indicators that are visible to a user while simultaneously observing a patient;
a respiratory monitor, comprising a sensor, wherein said respiratory monitor is adapted so as to be coupled to said patient interface and generate a signal reflecting at least one respiratory condition of the patient; and
an electronic controller interconnected with the respiratory monitor and the patient interface, wherein said visual display is modified based on the information contained in said signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for implementing respiratory monitoring comprising:
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attaching the patient interface, comprising fitting a patient with visual display and nasal cannula, wherein said visual display comprises a plurality of LED indicators indicating multiple levels of negative and positive pressure that are visible to a user while simultaneously observing a patient;
identifying a plurality of incremental thresholds for negative pressure readings and positive pressure readings;
integrating a respiratory monitoring device with said patient interface, wherein pressure variations caused by said patient'"'"'s respiration pass to a sensor;
conducting a first query whether pressure sensed by said sensor is one of negative pressure and positive pressure;
if result of said first query is negative pressure, conducting a first negative pressure query to determine whether the negative pressure exceeds a first negative pressure threshold from said plurality of incremental thresholds for negative readings;
if result of said first query is positive pressure, conducting a first positive pressure query to determine whether the positive pressure exceeds a first positive pressure threshold from said plurality of incremental thresholds for positive readings;
if the result of said first negative pressure query exceeds said first negative pressure threshold or the result of said first positive pressure query exceeds said first positive pressure threshold, lighting a first pressure LED from said plurality of LED indicators corresponding to one of said first negative pressure threshold and said first positive pressure threshold; and
if the result of said first negative pressure query exceeds said first negative pressure threshold or the result of said first positive pressure query exceeds said first positive pressure threshold, conducting at least one additional negative pressure query or positive pressure query. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for employing respiratory monitoring having alarm responses, comprising:
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establishing first alarm parameters comprising minimum pressure thresholds that are programmed into a;
establishing second alarm parameters associated with a moderately critical patient state;
establishing third alarm parameters associated with a severely critical patient state;
attaching a patient interface, comprising fitting a patient with visual display and nasal cannula, wherein said visual display comprises a plurality of LED indicators;
monitoring the patient, wherein said monitoring produces data regarding said patient;
querying whether said data is outside said first alarm parameters;
if said data falls outside said first alarm parameters, generating a first alarm condition;
querying whether said data is outside said second alarm parameters;
if said data falls outside said second alarm parameters, generating a second alarm condition;
querying whether said data is outside said third alarm parameters; and
if said data falls outside said third alarm parameters, generating a third alarm condition. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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