SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING STATUS OF A VENTILATED PATIENT

• US 20150013674A1
• Filed: 07/15/2013
• Published: 01/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Covidien LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Covidien LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Doyle, Peter, Kimm, Gardner James, Jafari, Mehdi M., Sanborn, Warren, Jacobi, Sidney A., Hartman, Robert
• Application Number:
  US13/942,019
• Publication Number:
  US 20150013674A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/202.22
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
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• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/087 Measuring breath flow
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• 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: A61B 5/747 in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services
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• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0021 with a proportional output signal, e.g. from a thermistor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0027 pressure meter
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0039 in the inspiratory circuit
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0042 in the expiratory circuit
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
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• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/581 by audible feedback
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• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/06 : Heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/205 : partial oxygen pressure (P-O2)
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• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/432 : partial CO2 pressure (P-CO2)
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/50 : Temperature

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method of issuing an alert for optimizing interaction between a patient and a ventilatory system. The method includes ventilating a patient using a ventilatory system and retrieving one or more of current ventilatory settings, collected ventilatory data, and patient data. The method also includes detecting corruption of interaction between a patient and the ventilatory system, determining one or more root causes of the corruption, and determining and displaying a recommendation for resolving the corruption based on the one or more root causes.

Claims

1. A method of issuing an alert for optimizing interaction between a patient and a ventilatory system, comprising:

ventilating a patient using a ventilatory system;

retrieving at least one of current ventilatory settings, collected ventilatory data, and patient data;

detecting corruption of interaction between a patient and the ventilatory system;

determining at least one root cause of the corruption; and

determining and displaying a recommendation for resolving the corruption based on the at least one root cause.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying the at least one root cause.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying a report indicating a status of the interaction between a patient and the ventilatory system.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising issuing an alert associated with the detected corruption of interaction between a patient and the ventilatory system.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the patient data comprises at least one of a patient diagnosis and a patient disability.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising normalizing the patient data based on at least one normalization standard.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying at least a portion of the collected ventilatory data to graphically represent the root cause of the corruption.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the collected ventilatory data comprises at least one of end-expiratory flow data, alveolar pressure data, flow trace data, and end-expiratory pressure data.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the collected ventilatory data comprises at least one of flow data, pressure data, volume data, and time data.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the collected ventilatory data may be collected during at least one of inspiration, exhalation, and a pause interval between inspiration and exhalation.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the patient data comprises at least one of a non-invasive, surrogate waveform representing O₂, and a surrogate waveform representing CO₂.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining at least one root cause of the corruption is based on at least one of the current ventilatory settings, the collected ventilatory data, and the patient data.

13. The method according to claim 1, further comprising representing the recommendation as at least one of a tab, a banner, a dialog box, a text box, a pictogram, a 3D pictogram, and a graph.

14. A ventilatory system for issuing an alert for optimizing interaction between a patient and a ventilatory system, comprising:

a graphical user interface;

a ventilator configured to ventilate a patient;

at least one data processor; and

at least one memory configured to communicate with the at least one data processor, the at least one memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to perform a method comprising;

retrieving at least one of current ventilatory settings, collected ventilatory data, and patient data;

detecting corruption of interaction between a patient and the ventilatory system;

determining at least one root cause of the corruption;

determining a recommendation for resolving the corruption based on the at least one root cause; and

displaying the recommendation via the graphical user interface.

15. The ventilatory system according to claim 14, further comprising displaying the at least one root cause via the graphical user interface.

16. The ventilatory system according to claim 14, further comprising displaying a report indicating a status of the interaction between a patient and the ventilatory system via the graphical user interface.

17. The ventilatory system according to claim 14, further comprising:

performing an action to resolve the root cause of the corruption based on input from a clinician; and

indicating, via the graphical user interface, that the action has been performed.

18. The ventilatory system according to claim 17, further comprising verifying that the root cause of the corruption has been resolved via the graphical user interface.

20. The ventilator of claim 16, wherein the graphic user interface further displays the at least one root cause.

19. A ventilator, comprising:

at least one data processor;

at least one memory configured to communicate with the at least one data processor, the at least one data processor configured to retrieve at least one of current ventilatory settings, collected ventilatory data, and patient data to detect corruption of interaction between a patient and the ventilator, wherein the at least one processor determines a recommendation for resolving the corruption based on at least one root cause of the corruption, and

a graphical user interface configured to display an alert including the recommendation for optimizing interaction between a patient and the ventilator.