Use of multiple breath types
AssigneeNellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
InventorsGardner Kimm, Peter Doyle
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a mode of ventilation that makes an automatic determination of an appropriate mandatory breath type in response to one or more patient based criteria. Specifically, the ventilator during the delivery a mandatory breath type determines whether predetermined ventilatory criteria have been met. Based on the determination, the ventilator may deliver one of any number of mandatory breath types. Further, the present disclosure also combines the advantages of a hybrid mode of ventilation with this automatic determination of an appropriate mandatory breath type in response to one or more patient based criteria.
Claims26
A method for operating a ventilator, the method comprising:
- receiving a user selection of two or more mandatory breath types from a plurality of mandatory breath types;
- monitoring one or more patient respiratory parameters during ventilation of a patient;
- comparing at least one monitored patient respiratory parameter to at least one predetermined mandatory threshold;
- and
- delivering a mandatory breath of a selected one of the two or more selected mandatory breath types to the patient based on results of the mandatory comparing operation.
A ventilator system, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory, communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and containing instructions for a plurality of breath types and instructions for operating a ventilator in at least an adjusting mandatory mode that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method comprising:
- monitoring one or more patient respiratory parameters during ventilation of a patient;
- comparing at least one monitored patient respiratory parameter to at least one predetermined mandatory threshold;
- selecting one of a preselected set of mandatory breath types based on results of the mandatory comparing operation;
- and
- delivering a mandatory breath of the selected one of the preselected set of mandatory breath types to the patient.
A graphical user interface for a ventilator, the ventilator configured with a computer having a user interface including the graphical user interface for accepting commands, the graphical user interface comprising:
- at least one window associated with the graphical user interface;
- one or more elements within the at least one window, comprising at least one of:
- a mode button allowing selection of one of a plurality of modes;
- and
- a mandatory breath type selection element through which a plurality of mandatory breath types is selected to be delivered to a patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.