VISUAL ALARM INDICATION ON PARAMETER ACTIVE CABLES

• US 20170347970A1
• Filed: 07/01/2015
• Published: 12/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Nagesh Subramanya, Kartheek, Kaliamoorthy, Ganesan
• Granted Patent: US 10,541,055 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/05 Surgical care
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/06 Arrangements of multiple sensors of different types
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7282 Event detection, e.g. detecting unique waveforms indicative of a medical condition A61B5/4094, A61B5/4818, A61B5/349, A61B5/0823 take precedence
• 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: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/12 Test circuits or failure detection circuits included in a display system, as permanent part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/006 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04
• 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

A patient monitoring system and method for visual alarm indication on parameter active cables are provided herein. The patient monitoring system includes a plurality of sensors and an active cable coupled to the plurality of sensors to acquire data from the plurality of sensors. The patient monitoring system also includes a host patient monitor coupled to the active cable, wherein the active cable includes a visual alarm that is to indicate an alarm condition using the plurality of sensors.

Claims

1. A patient monitoring system, comprising:

a plurality of sensors;

an active cable coupled to the plurality of sensors to acquire data from the plurality of sensors; and

a host patient monitor coupled to the active cable, wherein the active cable includes a visual alarm that is to indicate an alarm condition using the plurality of sensors.

2. The patient monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the active cable converts the data received from the plurality sensors from an analog format to a digital format.

3. The patient monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the active cable converts the data received from the plurality of sensors from an analog format to a digital format, processes the data according to algorithms for a measured parameter to obtain a parameter value and waveform, and sends the parameter value and waveform to the host patient monitor.

4. The patient monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the visual alarm is an LED that is on or off according to the presence of the alarm condition.

5. The patient monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the active cable can be connected to the host patient monitor and disconnected from the host patient monitor in a plug and play fashion.

6. The patient monitoring system of claim 1, wherein active cable is an active cable according to Universal Serial Bus Standards.

7. The patient monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the active cable includes an extension with a visual alarm that is to convert a parameter cable to the active cable.

8. A method for visual alarm indication on parameter active cables, comprising:

acquiring, at the active cable, sensor data from a plurality of sensors;

processing the data at the active cable;

sending the data to a host patient monitor; and

indicating, on the active cable, and alarm condition from the plurality of sensors.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein processing the data includes converting the data received from the plurality sensors from an analog format to a digital format.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein processing the data includes converting the data received from the plurality of sensors from an analog format to a digital format, processing the data according to algorithms for a measured parameter to obtain a parameter value and waveform, and sending the parameter value and waveform to the host patient monitor.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the alarm condition is based on data from the plurality of sensors.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the alarm condition is a probe off alarm from the placement of the sensors

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the indication of the alarm condition on the active cable is controlled by the host patient monitor.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the indication of the alarm condition on the active cable is controlled by data processed at the active cable.

15. The method of claim 8, comprising removing the indication of the alarm condition on the active cable when the alarm condition does not exist.

16. A parameter active cable, comprising:

a plurality of integrated electronics;

a visible alarm indicator; and

a communication interface.

17. The parameter active cable of claim 16, wherein the plurality of integrated electronics processes data from a plurality of sensors.

18. The parameter active cable of claim 16, wherein the visual alarm indicator is to indicate an alarm condition.

19. The parameter active cable of claim 16, wherein the visual alarm indicator is an LED.

20. The parameter active cable of claim 16, wherein the communication interface is a communication interface according to a Universal Serial Bus (USB), Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART), Thunderbolt, Firewire, Display Port, or High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) Standard.