Devices and methods for the annotation of physiological data with associated observational data

A method for associating physiological data of a patient with observational data, comprising the steps of:

• generating a plurality of physiological data;
• capturing a plurality of observational data;
• associating a first time with the plurality of physiological data, wherein the first time is indicative of when the physiological data was generated, to produce time-stamped physiological data;
• associating a second time with the plurality of observational data, wherein the second time is indicative of when the observational data was captured, to produce time-stamped observational data;
• storing said plurality of time-stamped physiological data and said time-stamped observational data;
• and
• displaying visual markers of said time-stamped observational data in association with said time-stamped physiological data.

A method of annotating physiological data of a subject with observational data, the method comprising the steps of:

• collecting physiological information from a subject by detecting light propagating through a body tissue of said subject;
• processing said physiological information and computing a physiological value trend over a period of time;
• collecting observational information related to an event;
• and
• correlating said observational information related to said event with said physiological value trend based on time to supplement said physiological value trend with observational information.

A graphical user interface for associating physiological data of a subject with observational data, comprising:

• a first area for displaying a first physiological parameter trend;
• an event marker associated with said first physiological parameter trend for indicating that a supplemental information corresponding to said first physiological parameter trend is available;
• and
• an access interface providing a user to select said event marker and display said supplemental information corresponding to said first physiological parameter trend.