Vital sign display device and method thereof

• US 7,371,214 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2003
• Issued: 05/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Company Limited (Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited)
• Inventors: Nagai, Ryuji, Kouchi, Kenji, Nagata, Shinya
• Primary Examiner(s): Hindenburg; Max F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Astorino; Michael C
• Application Number:
  US10/525,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20060074321A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,722 Days
• Field of Search: 600300-301, 128/920, 128/905
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/339 Displays specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 7/005 Indication of measured value by colour change
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/905 Feedback to patient of biological signal other than brain electric signal

Abstract

A vital sign display device and method which allows a vital sign to be checked easily is provided. A vital sign item name is displayed at the center of a circle radar (50). The circle part of the circle radar (50) is colored in gray, for example, at the beginning of the measurement. An indication point moves clockwise in the circle radar (50) as the measurement time proceeds. Green is displayed while VPCs (ventricular premature contractions) do not occur, and red is displayed when VPCs occur.

Claims

1. A vital sign display device for displaying a vital sign, comprising:

means for obtaining a biological signal;

means for determining whether a living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not, which is based on the obtained biological signal; and

means for displaying a vital sign obtained from the biological signal, the vital sign showing determination results from the determining means, wherein the vital sign shows in a circular shaped time series configuration whether the living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the vital sign is displayed so as to follow a circular shape according to the time series of the vital sign.

3. The device according to claim 1, further comprising means for selecting display styles, wherein an entire display period corresponding to a scheduled measurement period.

4. The device according to claim 1, further comprising means for displaying an item name of vital sign, wherein the vital sign item name displaying means displays the item name by relating the item name to the displayed vital sign.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein a display style of vital sign is changed to another style when the abnormal condition occurs.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the vital sign is at least one of VPC (ventricular premature contraction), HR (heart rate), QT interval, and SpO₂ value (oxygen saturation in blood).

7. A vital sign display device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the circular shape is a shape around which one can make a circuit.

8. A vital sign display device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the circular shape is one selected from a loop shape, ring shape, circle shape, round shape, oval shape, doughnut shape, annular shape and polygonal shape formed by straight lines, curves or a combination of straight lines and curves.

9. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program for a vital sign display device that displays a vital sign, wherein the program is implemented in a computer and capable of causing the computer to perform:

means for obtaining a biological signal;

means for determining whether a living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not, which is based on the obtained biological signal; and

means for displaying a vital sign obtained from the biological signal, the vital sign showing determination results from the determining means, wherein the vital sign shows in a circular shaped time series configuration whether the living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or riot.

10. A computer readable medium in accordance with claim 9, wherein the circular shape is a shape around which one can make a circuit.

11. A computer readable medium accordance with claim 9, wherein the circular shape is one selected from a loop shape, ring shape, circle shape, round shape, oval shape, doughnut shape, annular shape and polygonal shape formed by straight lines, curves or a combination of straight lines and curves.

12. Means for displaying a vital sign, comprising:

means for obtaining a biological signal or a signal generated from the biological signal; and

means for displaying a vital sign, obtained from the biological signal or the signal generated from the biological signal, wherein the vital sign shows in a circular shaped time series configuration whether the living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not.

13. A vital sign display device in accordance with claim 12, wherein the circular shape is a shape around which one can make a circuit.

14. A vital sign display device in accordance with claim 12, wherein the circular shape is one selected from a loop shape, ring shape, circle shape, round shape, oval shape, doughnut shape, annular shape and polygonal shape formed by straight lines, curves or a combination of straight lines and curves.

15. A vital sign display device for displaying a vital sign, comprising:

means for obtaining a biological signal;

means for determining whether a living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not, which is based on the obtained biological signal; and

means for displaying a vital sign obtained from the biological signal, the vital sign showing in a circular shaped time series configuration whether the living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not, wherein the display is executed by moving a display object in the direction to draw a circular shape according to time series of the vital sign.

16. A vital sign display device in accordance with claim 15, wherein the circular shape is a shape around which one can make a circuit.

17. A vital sign display device in accordance with claim 15, wherein the circular shape is one selected from a loop shape, ring shape, circle shape, round shape, oval shape, doughnut shape, annular shape and polygonal shape formed by straight lines, curves or a combination of straight lines and curves.

18. In vital sign display device, a method for displaying a vital sign, comprising:

obtaining a biological signal;

determining whether a living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not, which is based on the obtained biological signal; and

instructing to display a vital sign obtained from the biological signal, the vital sign showing in a circular shaped time series configuration whether the living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not, wherein the vital sign is arranged in time series that illustrates a history of the vital sign.

19. A method for displaying a vital sign in accordance with claim 18, wherein the circular shape is a shape around which one can make a circuit.

20. A method for displaying a vital sign in accordance with claim 18, wherein the circular shape is one selected from a loop shape, ring shape, circle shape, round shape, oval shape, doughnut shape, annular shape and polygonal shape formed by straight lines, curves or a combination of straight lines and curves.

21. In vital sign display device, a method for displaying a vital sign, comprising:

instructing to display a vital sign, obtained from a biological signal or a signal generated from the biological signal, the vital sign showing in a circular shaped time series configuration whether the living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not, wherein the vital sign is arranged in time series that illustrates a history of the vital sign.

22. A method for displaying a vital sign in accordance with claim 21, wherein the circular shape is a shape around which one can make a circuit.

23. A method for displaying a vital sign in accordance with claim 21, wherein the circular shape is one selected from a loop shape, ring shape, circle shape, round shape, oval shape, doughnut shape, annular shape and polygonal shape formed by straight lines, curves or a combination of straight lines and curves.

24. In vital sign display device, a method for displaying a vital sign, comprising:

obtaining a biological signal;

determining whether living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not, which is based on the obtained biological signal; and

instructing to display a vital sign obtained from the biological signal, the vital sign showing in a circular shaped time series configuration whether the living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not.

25. A method for displaying a vital sign in accordance with claim 24, wherein the circular shape is a shape around which one can make a circuit.

26. A method for displaying a vital sign in accordance with claim 24, wherein the circular shape is one selected from a loop shape, ring shape, circle shape, round shape, oval shape, doughnut shape, annular shape and polygonal shape formed by straight lines, curves or a combination of straight lines and curves.

27. A method for displaying a vital sign comprising the steps of:

obtaining a biological signal;

determining whether a living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not, which is based on the obtained biological signal; and

displaying a vital sign obtained from the biological signal, the vital sign showing in a circular shaped time series configuration whether the living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not, wherein the vital sign is arranged in time series that illustrates a history of the vital sign.

28. A method for displaying a vital sign in accordance with claim 27, wherein the circular shape is a shape around which one can make a circuit.

29. A method for displaying a vital sign in accordance with claim 27, wherein the circular shape is one selected from a loop shape, ring shape, circle shape, round shape, oval shape, doughnut shape, annular shape and polygonal shape formed by straight lines, curves or a combination of straight lines and curves.

30. A method for displaying a vital sign comprising the steps of:

obtaining a biological signal;

determining whether living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not, which is based on the obtained biological signal; and

displaying a vital sign obtained from the biological signal, the vital sign showing in a circular shaped time series configuration whether the living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not wherein the display is executed by moving a display object in the direction of following a circular shape according to time series of the vital sign.

31. A method for displaying a vital sign in accordance with claim 30, wherein the circular shape is a shape around which one can make a circuit.

32. A method for displaying a vital sign in accordance with claim 30, wherein the circular shape is one selected from a loop shape, ring shape, circle shape, round shape, oval shape, doughnut shape, annular shape and polygonal shape formed by straight lines, curves or a combination of straight lines and curves.

33. A vital sign display device comprising:

a communication interface that receives a biological signal;

a processor adapted to determine, based on the obtained biological signal, whether a body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal; and

a display system that displays in a historical time series a status of the vital sign based on the biological signal, the vital sign showing in a circular shaped time series configuration whether the living body condition represented by the biological signal is abnormal or not.

34. A vital sign display device in accordance with claim 33, wherein the circular shape is a shape around which one can make a circuit.

35. A vital sign display device in accordance with claim 33, wherein the circular shape is one selected from a loop shape, ring shape, circle shape, round shape, oval shape, doughnut shape, annular shape and polygonal shape formed by straight lines, curves or a combination of straight lines and curves.