BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION TREND DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100238192A1
• Filed: 06/01/2010
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Company Limited (Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Company Limited (Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited)
• Inventors: Nagai, Ryuji, Kouchi, Kenji, Nagata, Shinya
• Granted Patent: US 8,781,751 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/593
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/339 Displays specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 1/18 with arrangements for signalling that a predetermined value of an unspecified parameter has been exceeded G01D1/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 7/005 Indication of measured value by colour change
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 7/02 Indicating value of two or more variables simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A biological information trend display device and method which allow the trend and an abnormal value of biological information to be checked with ease are provided. When a curve (50) showing the ST level in lead V3 exceeds the upper limit of a normal range, the part of the curve above the upper limit is displayed in an abnormal color “b” (red, for example). To indicate that the ST level derived from the lead V3 has exceeded the upper limit, a lead icon (32) in an upper part of the display screen is displayed in the abnormal color “b.”

Claims

1-21. -21. (canceled)

22. A biological information trend display device for displaying a time series trend of biological information, comprising:

means for obtaining a plurality of biological information;

means for determining whether the obtained biological information is abnormal biological information or not; and

means for displaying a time-series trend for each of the plurality of biological information, wherein color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the time-series trend not determined as the abnormal biological information;

wherein a graph displaying area provided for time-series trends for plurality of biological information and a data type displaying area provided for each source of the biological information of time-series trend are provided;

the time-series trends for plurality of biological information are overlapped and displayed on the same graph displaying area;

text showing the source of the biological information of time-series trend is displayed in the data type displaying area;

color of the background region of the data type displaying area for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the background region of the data type displaying region for the source of the biological information not determined as the abnormal biological information; and

the color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information is same as the color of the background region for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information.

25. The device according to claim 22, wherein the determination means determines the obtained biological information as the abnormal biological information when the biological information exceeds certain level or falls below certain level;

and

the displaying means displays the text showing the source of abnormal biological information at an upper portion of the time-series trend when the biological information exceeds certain level, and displays the text showing the source of abnormal biological information at a lower portion of the time-series trend when the biological information falls below certain level.

26. The device according to claim 22, wherein when subsequent biological information is no longer determined to be abnormal biological information, the displaying means displays the trend of the subsequent biological information in the color for the normal biological information, and maintains the background region for the text showing the source of the biological information in the color for the abnormal biological information.

27. The device according to claim 22, wherein the background region allows to discriminate the cases:

for a case in which current biological information is determined as the abnormal biological information, for a case in which past and current biological information are determined as the abnormal biological information, and for a case in which past biological information is determined as the abnormal biological information while current biological information is not determined as the abnormal biological information.

28. The device according to claim 27, wherein the background region includes an inner indication area and an outer indication area that surrounds the inner indication area, and

wherein the displaying means displays at least the inner indication area in the same color with the abnormal biological information when current biological information is determined as the abnormal biological information, and displays at least the outer indication area in the same color with the abnormal biological information when the biological information is determined as abnormal biological information in the past.

29. The device according to claim 22, wherein the displaying means displays different time-series trends of the biological information in the same color, which are derived from different sources of the biological information that is not determined as the abnormal biological information.

30. The device according to claim 22, wherein the biological information comprises information related to ST level of an electrocardiogram, and the text showing the source comprises information relating to electrocardiogram lead.

23. A computer readable medium having stored thereon the computer program for a biological information trend display device that displays a time-series trend of biological information, wherein the program is implemented in a computer and capable of causing the computer to perform:

means for obtaining a plurality of biological information;

means for determining whether the obtained biological information is abnormal biological information or not; and

means for displaying a time-series trend for each of the plurality of biological information, wherein color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the time-series trend not determined as the abnormal biological information;

wherein a graph displaying area provided for time-series trends for plurality of biological information and a data type displaying area provided for each source of the biological information of time-series trend are provided;

the time-series trends for plurality of biological information are overlapped and displayed on the same graph displaying area;

text showing the source of the biological information of time-series trend is displayed in the data type displaying area;

color of the background region of the data type displaying area for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the background region of the data type displaying region for the source of the biological information not determined as the abnormal biological information; and

the color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information is same as the color of the background region for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information.

24. A biological information trend display device for displaying a time-series trend of biological information, comprising:

means for obtaining a plurality of biological information and information regarding whether the biological information is abnormal biological information or normal biological information; and

means for displaying a time-series trend for each of the plurality of biological information, wherein color of the time-series trend of the abnormal biological information differs from color of the time-series trend of the normal biological information;

wherein a graph displaying area provided for time-series trends for plurality of biological information and a data type displaying area provided for each source of the biological information of time-series trend are provided;

the time-series trends for plurality of biological information are overlapped and displayed on the same graph displaying area;

text showing the source of the biological information of time-series trend is displayed in the data type displaying area;

color of the background region of the data type displaying area for the source of the biological information of the abnormal biological information differs from color of the background region of the data type displaying region for the source of the biological information of the normal biological information; and

the color of the time-series trend of the abnormal biological information is same as the color of the background region for the source of the biological information of the normal biological information.

31. A biological information trend display device for displaying a time-series trend of biological information, having a central processing unit (CPU),

said central processing unit (CPU) of the biological information trend display device executes the procedures of:

obtaining a plurality of biological information;

determining whether the obtained biological information is abnormal biological information or not; and

displaying a time-series trend for each of the plurality of biological information, wherein color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the time-series trend not determined as the abnormal biological information;

wherein a graph displaying area provided for time-series trends for plurality of biological information and a data type displaying area provided for each source of the biological information of time-series trend are provided;

the time-series trends for plurality of biological information are overlapped and displayed on the same graph displaying area;

text showing the source of the biological information of time-series trend is displayed in the data type displaying area;

color of the background region of the data type displaying area for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the background region of the data type displaying region for the source of the biological information not determined as the abnormal biological information; and

the color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information is same as the color of the background region for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information.

32. A biological information trend display device for displaying a time-series trend of biological information, having a central processing unit (CPU),

said central processing unit (CPU) of the biological information trend display device executes the procedures of:

obtaining a plurality of biological information and information regarding whether the biological information is abnormal biological information or normal biological information; and

displaying a time-series trend for each of the plurality of biological information, wherein color of the time-series trend of the abnormal biological information differs from color of the time-series trend of the normal biological information;

wherein a graph displaying area provided for time-series trends for plurality of biological information and a data type displaying area provided for each source of the biological information of time-series trend are provided;

the time-series trends for plurality of biological information are overlapped and displayed on the same graph displaying area;

text showing the source of the biological information of time-series trend is displayed in the data type displaying area;

color of the background region of the data type displaying area for the source of the biological information of the abnormal biological information differs from color of the background region of the data type displaying region for the source of the biological information of the normal biological information; and

the color of the time-series trend of the abnormal biological information is same as the color of the background region for the source of the biological information of the abnormal biological information.

33. Method for displaying time-series trend of biological information trend, comprising:

obtaining a plurality of biological information;

determining whether the obtained biological information is abnormal biological information or not; and

displaying a time-series trend for each of the plurality of biological information, wherein color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the time-series trend not determined as the abnormal biological information;

wherein a graph displaying area provided for time-series trends for plurality of biological information and a data type displaying area provided for each source of the biological information of time-series trend are provided;

the time-series trends for plurality of biological information are overlapped and displayed on the same graph displaying area;

text showing the source of the biological information of time-series trend is displayed in the data type displaying area;

color of the background region of the data type displaying area for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the background region of the data type displaying region for the source of the biological information not determined as the abnormal biological information; and

the color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information is same as the color of the background region for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information.

34. A biological information trend display device for displaying a time series trend of biological information, comprising:

means for obtaining a plurality of biological information;

means for determining whether the obtained biological information is abnormal biological information or not; and

means for displaying a time-series trend for each of the plurality of biological information, wherein color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the time-series trend not determined as the abnormal biological information;

wherein a graph displaying area provided for time-series trends for plurality of biological information and a data type displaying area provided for each source of the biological information of time-series trend are provided;

the time-series trends for plurality of biological information are overlapped and displayed on the same graph displaying area;

text showing the source of the biological information of time-series trend is displayed in the data type displaying area;

color of the text of the data type displaying area for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the text of the data type displaying region for the source of the biological information not determined as the abnormal biological information; and

the color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information is same as the color of the text for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information.

37. The device according to claim 34, wherein the determination means determines the obtained biological information as the abnormal biological information when the biological information exceeds certain level or falls below certain level;

and

the displaying means displays the text showing the source of abnormal biological information at an upper portion of the time-series trend when the biological information exceeds certain level, and displays the text showing the source of abnormal biological information at a lower portion of the time-series trend when the biological information falls below certain level.

38. The device according to claim 34, wherein when subsequent biological information is no longer determined to be abnormal biological information, the displaying means displays the trend of the subsequent biological information in the color for the normal biological information, and maintains the text for showing the source of the biological information in the color for the abnormal biological information.

39. The device according to claim 34, wherein the data type displaying area includes background region for each text showing source of the biological information and the background region allows to discriminate the cases:

for a case in which current biological information is determined as the abnormal biological information, for a case in which past and current biological information are determined as the abnormal biological information, and for a case in which past biological information is determined as the abnormal biological information while current biological information is not determined as the abnormal biological information.

40. The device according to claim 39, wherein the background region includes an inner indication area and an outer indication area that surrounds the inner indication area, and

wherein the displaying means displays at least the inner indication area in the same color with the abnormal biological information when current biological information is determined as the abnormal biological information, and displays at least the outer indication area in the same color with the abnormal biological information when the biological information is determined as abnormal biological information in the past.

41. The device according to claim 34, wherein the displaying means displays different time-series trends of the biological information in the same color, which are derived from different sources of the biological information that is not determined as the abnormal biological information.

42. The device according to claim 34, wherein the biological information comprises information related to ST level of an electrocardiogram, and the text showing the source comprises information relating to electrocardiogram lead.

35. A computer readable medium having stored thereon the computer program for a biological information trend display device that displays a time-series trend of biological information, wherein the program is implemented in a computer and capable of causing the computer to perform:

means for obtaining a plurality of biological information;

means for determining whether the obtained biological information is abnormal biological information or not; and

means for displaying a time-series trend for each of the plurality of biological information, wherein color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the time-series trend not determined as the abnormal biological information;

wherein a graph displaying area provided for time-series trends for plurality of biological information and a data type displaying area provided for each source of the biological information of time-series trend are provided;

the time-series trends for plurality of biological information are overlapped and displayed on the same graph displaying area;

text showing the source of the biological information of time-series trend is displayed in the data type displaying area;

color of the text of the data type displaying area for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the text of the data type displaying region for the source of the biological information not determined as the abnormal biological information; and

the color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information is same as the color of the text for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information.

36. A biological information trend display device for displaying a time-series trend of biological information, comprising:

means for obtaining a plurality of biological information and information regarding whether the biological information is abnormal biological information or normal biological information; and

means for displaying a time-series trend for each of the plurality of biological information, wherein color of the time-series trend of the abnormal biological information differs from color of the time-series trend of the normal biological information;

wherein a graph displaying area provided for time-series trends for plurality of biological information and a data type displaying area provided for each source of the biological information of time-series trend are provided;

the time-series trends for plurality of biological information are overlapped and displayed on the same graph displaying area;

text showing the source of the biological information of time-series trend is displayed in the data type displaying area;

color of the text of the data type displaying area for the source of the biological information of the abnormal biological information differs from color of the text of the data type displaying region for the source of the biological information of the normal biological information; and

the color of the time-series trend of the abnormal biological information is same as the color of the text for the source of the biological information of the abnormal biological information.

43. A biological information trend display device for displaying a time-series trend of biological information, having a central processing unit (CPU),

said central processing unit (CPU) of the biological information trend display device executes the procedures of:

obtaining a plurality of biological information;

determining whether the obtained biological information is abnormal biological information or not; and

displaying a time-series trend for each of the plurality of biological information, wherein color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the time-series trend not determined as the abnormal biological information;

wherein a graph displaying area provided for time-series trends for plurality of biological information and a data type displaying area provided for each source of the biological information of time-series trend are provided;

the time-series trends for plurality of biological information are overlapped and displayed on the same graph displaying area;

text showing the source of the biological information of time-series trend is displayed in the data type displaying area;

color of the text of the data type displaying area for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the text of the data type displaying region for the source of the biological information not determined as the abnormal biological information; and

the color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information is same as the color of the text for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information.

44. A biological information trend display device for displaying a time-series trend of biological information, having a central processing unit (CPU),

said central processing unit (CPU) of the biological information trend display device executes the procedures of:

obtaining a plurality of biological information and information regarding whether the biological information is abnormal biological information or normal biological information; and

displaying a time-series trend for each of the plurality of biological information, wherein color of the time-series trend of the abnormal biological information differs from color of the time-series trend of the normal biological information;

wherein a graph displaying area provided for time-series trends for plurality of biological information and a data type displaying area provided for each source of the biological information of time-series trend are provided;

the time-series trends for plurality of biological information are overlapped and displayed on the same graph displaying area;

text showing the source of the biological information of time-series trend is displayed in the data type displaying area;

color of the text of the data type displaying area for the source of the biological information of the abnormal biological information differs from color of the text of the data type displaying region for the source of the biological information of the normal biological information; and

the color of the time-series trend of the abnormal biological information is same as the color of the text for the source of the biological information of the abnormal biological information.

45. Method for displaying time-series trend of biological information trend, comprising:

obtaining a plurality of biological information;

determining whether the obtained biological information is abnormal biological information or not; and

displaying a time-series trend for each of the plurality of biological information, wherein color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the time-series trend not determined as the abnormal biological information;

wherein a graph displaying area provided for time-series trends for plurality of biological information and a data type displaying area provided for each source of the biological information of time-series trend are provided;

the time-series trends for plurality of biological information are overlapped and displayed on the same graph displaying area;

text showing the source of the biological information of time-series trend is displayed in the data type displaying area;

color of the text of the data type displaying area for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information differs from color of the text of the data type displaying region for the source of the biological information not determined as the abnormal biological information; and

the color of the time-series trend determined as the abnormal biological information is same as the color of the text for the source of the biological information determined as the abnormal biological information.