Control device for medical ventilators

A pre-treatment method for defining a medical ventilator protocol, the method comprising:

• selecting a plurality of objects from a group of objects, at least one object of the plurality of objects comprising a wean object configured to wean a patient from the medical ventilator, wherein each of the objects are segments of the ventilator protocol at least one of the objects having at least one static attribute and at least one dynamic attribute, wherein each static attribute maintains a particular value during the execution of the ventilator protocol, and wherein each dynamic attribute has a value that is updated during the ventilator protocol responsive to sensor data;
• combining a least two of the plurality of objects into a single new object that is selectable and arrangeable in a graphical user interface;
• arranging the plurality of objects including the new object in a sequence, wherein at least one object of the plurality of objects in the sequence refers to itself or another object to create a loop that must be performed before executing the wean object to wean the patient from the medical ventilator;
• initiating the at least one attribute to define a property for each object in the plurality of objects;
• and
• executing the sequence.

A medical ventilator system with a control device, comprising:

• a processing unit;
• a memory unit in communication with the processing unit;
• a control sequence for execution by the processing unit comprising:
• a selection segment for selecting a plurality of objects from a group of objects, at least one object of the plurality of objects comprising a wean object configured to wean a patient from the medical ventilator, wherein each of the objects are segments of a ventilator protocol, at least one of the objects having at least one static attribute and at least one dynamic attribute, wherein each static attribute maintains a particular value during the execution of the ventilator protocol, wherein each dynamic attribute has a value that is updated during the ventilator protocol responsive to sensor data, and wherein at least one dynamic attribute comprises a trend data including statistics obtained from a plurality of external measurements;
• an arranging segment for arranging the plurality of objects in a sequence, wherein at least one object of the plurality of objects in the sequence refers to itself or another object to create a loop that must be performed before executing the wean object to wean the patient from the medical ventilator;
• and
• an initiating segment for initiating the at least one attribute to define a property for each object in the plurality of objects prior to executing the sequence by the processing unit.