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US 9,352,110 B2Granted
Ventilator suction management
AssigneeCareFusion 207, Inc.
InventorsTom Steinhauer, Terry Blansfield, Stephen J. Birch, Mark Rogers
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Abstract
A method for ventilator suction management. The method includes accessing data associated with a patient, wherein the patient is associated with a ventilator; analyzing the data; and determining that suction is needed on the patient based on the analyzed data.
Claims11
A method for ventilator suction management, said method comprising the steps of:
- accessing data associated with a patient comprising an orientation of said patient, wherein said patient is associated with a ventilator;
- analyzing by a processor said data;
- determining whether suction is currently needed on said patient based on said orientation of said patient;
- when the determination indicates that suction is currently needed on said patient, providing for display a first notification indicating that suction is currently needed on said patient;
- when the determination indicates that suction is not currently needed on said patient, predicting a time in the future when suction should be performed on said patient based on said orientation of said patient and providing for display a second notification identifying the predicted time in the future the suction should be performed on said patient;
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- performing said suction in response to said first notification.
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A system for ventilator suction management comprising:
- a memory comprising instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- access data associated with a patient comprising an orientation of said patient, wherein said patient is associated with a ventilator;
- analyze said data;
- determine whether suction is currently needed on said patient based on said orientation of said patient;
- when the determination indicates that suction is currently needed on said patient, provide for display a first notification indicating that suction is currently needed on said patient;
- when the determination indicates that suction is not currently needed on said patient, predict a time in the future when suction should be performed on said patient based on said orientation of said patient and provide for display a second notification identifying the predicted time in the future the suction should be performed on said patient;
- and
- performing said suction in response to said first notification.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.