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US 10,589,044 B2Granted
Life support and monitoring apparatus with malfunction correction guidance
AssigneeZOLL Medical Corporation
InventorsLeslie H. Sherman, George Beck, Denise Eizadkhah, Dorian LeCroy
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Abstract
A life support and monitoring apparatus with malfunction correction guidance is provided. The life support and monitoring apparatus of the present disclosure identifies the root cause or potential cause of a fault/failure and then prompts an operator to take appropriate steps to assure the continuance of life support and critical physiologic monitoring. When multiple faults/failures exist, the apparatus automatically prioritizes them based on risk to the patient and prompts the operator to do the most appropriate intervention to assure patient safety.
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A medical apparatus, comprising:
- at least one sensor for sensing at least one physiological parameter of a patient;
- a controller for controlling the apparatus to provide treatment to the patient based on the sensed at least one physiological parameter of the patient;
- and
- a user interface for communicating events to an operator,
- wherein the controller determines if an event has occurred with the patient, the apparatus, a consumable resource, patient sensor connection, or the at least one sensed physiological parameter of the patient, wherein if the controller has determined an event has occurred, the controller causes the user interface to generate an indication of data associated with the event,
- wherein the data associated with each event comprises at least a description and context-sensitive mitigation instructions,
- wherein, if multiple events occur, the controller is configured to prioritize the events based on risk to the patient and index the multiple events in order from the event with the highest priority to the event with the lowest priority such that events having a higher priority are indexed ahead of and indicated on the user interface before events with a lower priority,
- wherein the controller is configured to update the indexed order as new events occur such that the event with the highest priority is indexed first,
- wherein, if multiple events occur, the controller and the user interface are configured so that an operator is able to select at least one event of the multiple events to cause the user interface to indicate the data associated with the at least one selected event,
- wherein, if multiple events occur, the controller is configured to cause the user interface to indicate how many events are occurring in addition to the indication of the data associated with the at least one selected event, and
- wherein the indication of how many events are occurring comprises a display of multiple icons corresponding to the multiple events, each icon representing a respective one of the multiple events, and the display of multiple icons is configured to indicate which of the multiple icons represents the at least one selected event.
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A medical apparatus, comprising:
- at least one sensor for sensing at least one physiological parameter of a patient;
- a controller for controlling the apparatus to provide treatment to the patient based on the sensed at least one physiological parameter of the patient;
- and
- a user interface for communicating events to an operator,
- wherein the controller determines if an event has occurred with the patient, the apparatus, a consumable resource, patient sensor connection, or the at least one sensed physiological parameter of the patient, wherein if the controller has determined an event has occurred, the controller causes the user interface to generate an indication of data associated with the event,
- wherein the data associated with each event comprises at least a description and context-sensitive mitigation instructions,
- wherein, if multiple events occur, the controller is configured to prioritize the events based on risk to the patient and index the multiple events in order from the event with the highest priority to the event with the lowest priority such that events having a higher priority are indexed ahead of and indicated on the user interface before events with a lower priority,
- wherein the controller is configured to update the indexed order as new events occur such that the event with the highest priority is indexed first,
- wherein, if multiple events occur, the controller and the user interface are configured so that an operator is able to select at least one event of the multiple events to cause the user interface to indicate the data associated with the at least one event,
- wherein the events are categorized as high priority, medium priority, and low priority, and
- wherein, if the controller has determined that a high-priority event has occurred, the controller is configured to lock out indication of the data associated with a medium-priority event or a low-priority event such that the data associated with the medium-priority event or low-priority event cannot be presented until the high-priority event is rectified.
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