System and method for determining a condition of a patient
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorCurtis W. Freeman
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Abstract
A system and method for determining whether further efforts to resuscitate will be unsuccessful, is provided. One embodiment of the system comprises a memory that comprises a memory module. The memory module comprises a program that analyzes digital data that corresponds to a first parameter to determine whether the first parameter is valid; determines whether the first parameter is in a first futile range; and analyzes the first parameter to determine whether further efforts to resuscitate will be unsuccessful.
Claims25
A method for determining whether an attempt to resuscitate a patient would be unsuccessful, comprising the steps of:
- receiving digital data that is representative of a medical status of the patient and corresponds to a parameter;
- analyzing the digital data to determine whether the parameter is valid;
- determining whether the parameter is in a first range;
- and
- analyzing the parameter, based on the determinations regarding the parameter, to decide whether the attempt to resuscitate the patient would be unsuccessful.
A method for determining whether an attempt to resuscitate a patient would be unsuccessful, comprising the steps of:
- receiving digital data that are representative of a medical status of the patient and that correspond to a plurality of parameters
- analyzing the digital data to determine whether each of the plurality of parameters is valid and is in a respective range;
- and
- analyzing, if at least two of the plurality of parameters fall within their respective ranges and are valid, the first and second parameters that fall within their respective ranges, to determine whether the attempt to resuscitate the patient would be unsuccessful.
A system for determining whether an attempt to resuscitate a patient would be unsuccessful, comprising:
- a processor;
- a clock for producing timing information;
- a memory readable by the processor;
- and
- external to said memory, a source of digital data that are representative of a medical status of the patient and respectively correspond to at least one parameter, said memory including a program that, under execution by the processor,:
- receives the digital data;
- analyzes the digital data to respectively determine whether the at least one parameter is valid;
- determines whether the at least one parameter is in a respective range;
- receives the timing information;
- calculates, based on the timing information, an amount of time for which a parameter is in its respective range;
- and
- determines, based on the calculation and analysis, whether the attempt to resuscitate the patient would be unsuccessful.
A system for determining whether an attempt to resuscitate a patient would be unsuccessful, comprising:
- a processor;
- a clock for producing timing information;
- a memory readable by the processor;
- and
- external to said memory, a source of digital data that is representative of a medical status of the patient and that respectively correspond to at least one parameter, said memory including a program that, under execution by the processor,:
- receives the digital data;
- analyzes the digital data to respectively determine whether the at least one parameter is valid;
- determines whether the at least one parameter is in a respective range;
- receives the timing information;
- calculates, based on the timing information, an amount of time for which a first and second of the at least one parameter are in their respective ranges;
- and
- determines, based on the calculation and analysis, whether the attempt to resuscitate the patient would be unsuccessful.
A system for determining whether an attempt to resuscitate a patient would be unsuccessful, comprising:
- means for analyzing digital data that is representative of a status of the patient and corresponds to a first parameter to determine whether the first parameter is valid;
- means for determining whether the first parameter is in a first range;
- and
- means for deciding, based on the determinations regarding the first parameter, whether the attempt to resuscitate the patient would be unsuccessful.
A computer-readable medium, the computer-readable medium comprising a computer program for determining whether an attempt to resuscitate a patient would be unsuccessful, the computer program performing the steps of:
- inputting digital data that is representative of a status of the patient and corresponds to a first parameter;
- determining, based on the digital data, whether the first parameter is valid;
- determining whether the first parameter is in a first range;
- and
- deciding, based on the determinations regarding the parameter, whether the attempt to resuscitate the patient would be unsuccessful.
A system for determining whether an attempt to resuscitate a patient would be unsuccessful, comprising:
- a sensor that measures a parameter of data that is representative of a medical status of the patient and outputs analog data representative of the parameter;
- means for converting the analog data to digital data;
- and
- a processor that:
- receives the digital data that corresponds to the parameter;
- determines, based on the digital data, whether the parameter is valid;
- determines whether the parameter is in a pre-determined range;
- and
- decides, based on the determinations regarding the parameter, whether the attempt to resuscitate the patient would be unsuccessful.
A system for determining whether an attempt to resuscitate a patient would be unsuccessful, comprising:
- a sensor that measures first and second parameters of data that are representative of a medical status of the patient and that outputs analog data respectively representative of the measurements;
- means for converting the analog data to digital data;
- and
- a processor that:
- receives the digital data that corresponds to the first parameter;
- determines, based on digital data that corresponds to the first parameter, whether the first parameter is valid;
- determines whether the first parameter is in a first range;
- receives digital data that corresponds to a second parameter;
- determines, based on the digital data that corresponds to the second parameter, whether the second parameter is valid;
- determines whether the second parameter is in a second range;
- and
- determines, if the first and second parameters fall in the first and second ranges and are valid respectively, whether the attempt to resuscitate the patient would be unsuccessful.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.