Biological information monitoring apparatus with particular display features

• US 8,576,079 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2010
• Issued: 11/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Inventors: Tanishima, Masami, Inaba, Hitoshi, Takayanagi, Yoshihiro, Echigo, Masahiro, Imai, Katsumasa
• Primary Examiner(s): HOFSASS, JEFFERY A
• Application Number:
  US12/899,653
• Publication Number:
  US 20110080293A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,125 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.11, 340/539.12, 340/539.1, 34053922-53924, 340/573.1, 340/815.69
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A biological information monitoring apparatus operable to receive biological information measured by a detector adapted to be attached to a patient, and operable to display the biological information on a display, includes: a first display controller which displays an alarm on the display; and a second display controller which displays, on the display, first information which responses to the displayed alarm.

Claims

1. A biological information monitoring apparatus operable to receive biological information measured by a detector adapted to be attached to a patient, and operable to display the biological information on a display, the biological information monitoring apparatus comprising:

a first display controller which displays an alarm on the display; and

a second display controller which displays, on the display, responding information which responds to the displayed alarm, when a condition is satisfied.

2. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the responding information includes means, instruction, or suggestion for canceling an abnormality related to the displayed alarm.

3. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the alarm and the responding information are not superimposed on each other on the display.

4. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the responding information includes at least one of a character and a graphical illustration.

5. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the responding information is displayed on the display, a sound is output.

6. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the condition is a first condition that the displayed alarm satisfies at least one of predetermined conditions of a generation frequency, a generation number, a duration time, and an integration time.

7. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the condition is unsatisfied after the responding information is displayed, display of the responding information is cancelled.

8. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein satisfaction of the condition prompts a type of the alarm, and display of the responding information.

9. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the responding information is displayed in a blinking or inverted manner.

10. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the condition is a second condition that a user operates a guide key, which is displayed on the display at a time when the alarm is displayed, which is displayed on the display after a predetermined time elapses from a time when the alarm is displayed, or which is displayed on the display when a predetermined number of the alarm is reached.

11. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the condition is a third condition that a user selects the alarm displayed on the display.

12. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the responding information is formed by a window including a plurality of elements, and one of the plurality of elements which corresponds to the displayed alarm is displayed at a most forefront location on the display.

13. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the condition is a first condition that the alarm satisfies at least one of predetermined conditions of a generation frequency, a generation number, a duration time, and an integration time, and the responding information is information which responds to the alarm and which a user can operate.

14. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the information includes a plurality of information.

15. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the second display controller determines the information to be displayed, based on presence or absence of the biological information to be measured.

16. The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the alarm includes at least one of a vital alarm that is output in abnormality of the biological information and a technical alarm that is output in abnormality of the biological information monitoring apparatus, the detector, or measurement environment.

17. A biological information monitoring apparatus operable to receive biological information measured by a detector adapted to be attached to a patient, and operable to display the biological information on a display, the biological information monitoring apparatus comprising:

a first display controller which displays an alarm on the display in response to the biological information measured by the detector; and

a second display controller which displays, on the display, responding information which responds to the displayed alarm, wherein the responding information displayed is determined based upon the biological information measured by the detector.

18. A biological information monitoring apparatus operable to receive biological information measured by a detector adapted to be attached to a patient, and operable to display the biological information on a display, the biological information monitoring apparatus comprising:

a first display controller which displays an alarm on the display; and

a second display controller which displays, on the display, responding information which responds to the displayed alarm, wherein the responding information displayed is determined based upon a combination of (i) biological information of a most recent alarm and (ii) biological information of at least one alarm previously displayed.