Relocation module and methods for surgical equipment
AssigneeAugustine Biomedical + Design, LLC
InventorsScott D. Augustine, Susan D. Augustine, Garrett J. Augustine, Brent M. Augustine, Ryan S. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold
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Abstract
Modules for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration. A system and method for fusing independent measures of the physiological parameters, in some examples using a Kalman filter for each possible combination of sensor measurements.
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An automated data consolidation module including a module for housing two or more pieces of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment and a system to receive and analyze the data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment using sensor fusion techniques, the automated data consolidation module comprising:
- a housing configured to house the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment;
- a cowling that substantially confines the one or more of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment;
- processing circuitry in electrical communication with the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment to receive dose event and response event digital data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment;
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- software utilizing sensor fusion components that automatically compare response event data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment to determine if the data from one of the two or more electronic and electromechanical medical equipment is erroneous;
- wherein the sensor fusion components comprise:
- a plurality of sensors coupled to the subject, each providing a signal capable of producing a physiological parameter measurement;
- a filter circuit receiving said physiological parameter measurements and producing a fused physiological parameter estimate for each possible combination of said physiological parameter measurements from said plurality of sensors in which each of said physiological parameter measurements in said combinations is considered to be acceptable or unacceptable;
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- a confidence calculator coupled to said filter circuit to receive said fused physiological parameter estimates and to determine a confidence level value for each of said fused physiological parameter estimates indicative of an accuracy of each of said fused physiological parameter estimates, said confidence calculator selecting said one of said fused physiological parameter estimates as the estimated physiological parameter based on said confidence level.
An automated data consolidation module including a module for housing two or more pieces of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment and a system to receive and analyze the data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment using sensor fusion techniques, the automated data consolidation module comprising:
- a housing configured to house
- the two or more pieces of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment, the two or more pieces of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment each having one or more sensors;
- a cowling that substantially confines the two or more pieces of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment;
- processing circuitry in electrical communication with the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment to receive dose event and response event digital data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment;
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- a system for fusion of response event physiological sensor measurements in a subject having a plurality of sensors coupled thereto in order to determine if one of the sensors is erroneous, each of the sensors producing a sensor measurement related to a physiological parameter, the system comprising:
- a statistical model affecting the fusion of the sensor measurements;
- a statistical filter circuit receiving the sensor measurements and said statistical model and producing a fused parameter estimate for each possible combination of the sensor measurements from the plurality of sensors in which each of the sensor measurements in said combinations are considered to be acceptable or unacceptable;
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- a confidence calculator coupled to said filter circuit to receive said fused parameter estimates and to determine a confidence level for each of said fused parameter estimates indicative of an accuracy of each of said fused parameter estimates, said confidence calculator selecting one of said fused parameter estimate as a final parameter estimates based on said confidence level.
A method for fusion of physiological sensor measurements in a subject having a plurality of sensors coupled thereto, each of the sensors producing a sensor measurement related to a physiological parameter, the method including an automated data consolidation module for housing two or more pieces of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment and a method to receive and analyze the data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment using sensor fusion techniques, the method for fusion of physiological sensor measurements comprising:
- a housing configured to house the two or more pieces of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment;
- a cowling that substantially confines the two or more pieces of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment;
- processing circuitry in electrical communication with the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment to receive response event digital data produced by physiological sensors in the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment;
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- software utilizing sensor fusion techniques that automatically compare the data produced by the two or more pieces of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment to determine if the data from one of the two or more pieces of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment is erroneous;
- wherein the sensor fusion techniques include:
- generating a statistical model affecting the fusion of the sensor measurements;
- producing a fused parameter estimate based on the sensor measurements and said statistical model for each possible combination of the sensor measurements from the plurality of sensors in which each of the sensor measurements in said combinations are considered to be acceptable or unacceptable;
- determining a confidence level value for each of said fused parameter estimates indicative of an accuracy of each of said parameter estimates;
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- selecting a final parameter estimate based on said confidence level.
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