# US 2014/0152673 A1 · Patient Monitor for Generating Real-Time Relational Animations of Human Organs in Response to Physiologic Signals

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- Number: US 2014/0152673 A1
- Document ID: US20140152673A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/173,302
- Filed: 2014-02-05
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2001-05-17
- Assignees: Lawrence A. Lynn
- Inventors: Lawrence A. Lynn; Eric N. Lynn
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152673A1

## CPC

- G06T 13/80: Two-dimensional [2D] animation, e.g. using sprites
- A61B 5/00: Measuring for diagnostic purposes (radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00); Identification of persons
- A61B 5/14551: {for measuring blood gases}
- A61B 5/412: {Detecting or monitoring sepsis}
- A61B 5/4818: {Sleep apnoea}
- G16B 45/00: ICT specially adapted for bioinformatics-related data visualisation, e.g. displaying of maps or networks
- G16H 10/40: for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
- A61B 5/0205: Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
- A61B 5/021: Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels
- A61B 5/086: {by impedance pneumography}
- A61B 5/145: Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration or pH-value {; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid or cerebral tissue} (non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06)
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- G16B: BIOINFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR GENETIC OR PROTEIN-RELATED DATA PROCESSING IN COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## Abstract

A medical alarm system for processing medical time-series data of multiple physiologic signals in hospitals and other environments is disclosed. The alarm system generates physiologic animations in real-time. The physiologic animations are shaped as a schematic of the physiologic system being monitored. The physiologic system is comprised of multiple components corresponding to organs. The physiologic animation and organs move over time in response to the physiologic signals.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A monitor configured to monitor medical data of a patient, the medical data comprising time-series data of multiple physiologic signals, the monitor comprising at least one processor programmed to generate a physiologic animation in real-time, the physiologic animation being shaped as a schematic of the physiologic system being monitored, the physiologic system being comprised of multiple components corresponding to organs, the physiologic animation moving over time in response to the physiologic signals.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The monitor of claim 1, wherein types of physiologic signals or the reliability of such physiologic signals determines which components of the schematic are visible.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The monitor of claim 1, wherein the components of the schematic comprise a set of animation objects corresponding to at least two of; a heart, lungs, an upper airway, a lower airway, or blood vessels of the patient.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The monitor of claim 3, wherein the set of animation objects corresponds to at least the lungs and the blood vessels.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The monitor of claim 3, wherein the set of animation objects corresponds to at least the lungs, the upper airway, and the lower airway.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The monitor of claim 3, wherein the set of animation objects corresponds to at least the lungs, the heart, and the blood vessels.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The monitor of claim 4, wherein the blood vessels include arteries containing animated blood and the color of the animated blood in the animated arteries dynamically changes in response to an oxygen saturation of the blood.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The monitor of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed such that the animation can be time lapsed to speed through evolution of the patient's outputs or can be slowed or stopped to see an actual global physiologic state at the point of onset of a physiologic event.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The monitor of claim 8, wherein the physiologic event comprises the onset of an arrhythmia.

### Claim 10

A monitor configured to monitor medical data relating to a plurality of organs of a patient, the medical data comprising at least physiologic signals, the medical data further comprising at least a first data subset corresponding to a first organ of the patient and a second physiologic data subset corresponding to a second organ of the patient, the monitor comprising:
at least one processor for processing the medical data and generating and displaying animated anatomical graphical images of at least the first organ and the second organ, the animated anatomical graphical image corresponding to said first organ being responsive to the first data subset and generating dynamic animated behavior similar to the dynamic behavior of said first organ, and the animated anatomical graphical image corresponding to the second organ being responsive to the second data subset and generating dynamic animated behavior similar to the dynamic behavior of the second organ.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The monitor of claim 10, wherein said animated anatomical graphical image of at least the first animated organ dynamically changes in size, volume, shape, or color, in relation to a variation in the first data subset and the animated anatomical graphical image of said second animated organ dynamically changes in size, volume, shape, or color, in relation to variation of the second data subset.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The monitor of claim 11, wherein said first organ comprises lungs and the second organ comprises a heart.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The monitor of claim 12, wherein the animated graphical image of the lungs increases in size or volume corresponding to a variation of at least one physiologic parameter indicative of inspiration.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The monitor of claim 12, wherein the animated graphical image of the lungs increases in size or volume at a rate corresponding to a rate of variation of at least one physiologic parameter indicative of inspiration.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The monitor of claim 12, wherein the animated graphical image of the lungs decreases in size or volume corresponding to the variation of at least one physiologic parameter indicative of expiration.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The monitor of claim 12, wherein the animated graphical image of the lungs decreases in size or volume at a rate corresponding to a rate of variation of at least one physiologic parameter indicative of expiration.

### Claim 17 (depends on 11)

The monitor of claim 11, wherein said first organ comprises lungs and the second organ comprises blood vessels.

### Claim 18 (depends on 11)

The monitor of claim 11, wherein said first organ comprises lungs and the second organ comprises an upper airway.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The monitor of claim 18, wherein the animated graphical image of the upper airway corresponds to at least one physiologic parameter indicative of upper airway occlusion.

### Claim 20 (depends on 12)

The monitor of claim 12, wherein the medical data further comprises at least a third data subset corresponding to a third organ of the patient, the at least one processor processing the medical data and generating and displaying animated anatomical graphical images of at least the first organ and the second organ, the animated graphical image corresponding to said third organ being responsive to the third data subset and generating dynamic animated behavior similar to the dynamic behavior of said third organ.

### Claim 21 (depends on 20)

The monitor of claim 20, wherein said third organ comprises the upper airway.

### Claim 22 (depends on 21)

The monitor of claim 21, wherein the medical data further comprises at least a fourth data subset corresponding to a fourth organ of the patient, the at least one processor processing the data and generating and displaying animated anatomical graphical images of at least the fourth organ, the animated graphical image corresponding to said fourth organ being responsive to the fourth data subset and generating dynamic animated behavior similar to the dynamic behavior of said fourth organ.

### Claim 23 (depends on 22)

The monitor of claim 22, wherein said fourth organ comprises blood vessels.

### Claim 24 (depends on 10)

The monitor of claim 10, wherein said animated anatomical graphical image of said first animated organ dynamically changes in relation to severity of the first data subset and animated anatomical graphical image of said second animated organ dynamically changes in relation to a severity of variation of the second data subset.

### Claim 25 (depends on 11)

The monitor of claim 11, wherein the color of said animated anatomical graphical image of at least one of said first and second animated organs dynamically changes in relation to a severity of at least one of the first and second data sets.

### Claim 26 (depends on 10)

The monitor of claim 10, the monitor being configured to accept data from other electronic devices associated with the patient.