Method of visualizing a bridge therapy process
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsHenk Jan Van Ooijen, Rene Van Den Ham, Bart Bakker
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a simultaneous graphical representation, a risk of bleeding and a risk of thrombosis providing a visualized bridge therapy process. Furthermore, the present invention provides for a computer-based prediction of the haemostatic situation of the examined blood circulation by using a combination of a biochemical model and a pharmacokinetic model for calculation or another mathematical representation of the blood circulation.
Claims16
A method of visualizing a bridge therapy process, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving coagulation data describing a haemostatic situation of a blood circulation of a patient at a computer having a processor and a display, and
- displaying, on the display of the computer, the coagulation data to a user by means of a graphical representation, the displaying including:
- displaying a first value measured by a first type of blood test, wherein the first value indicates a first effect of a heparin like drug on the haemostatic situation, and
- simultaneously to the displaying of the first value displaying a second value measured by a second type of blood test, wherein the second value indicates a second effect of a vitamin K antagonist type anticoagulant on the haemostatic situation, and
- wherein the first and second values describe the haemostatic situation of the blood circulation at a first point in time and are simultaneously displayed as a first point within an X and Y coordinate system having the first value for the X axis and the second value for the Y axis.
A user interface device for visualizing a bridge therapy process, the user interface comprising:
- a user interface configured to receive coagulation data describing a haemostatic situation of a blood circulation of a patient,
- a display configured to display the haemostatic situation of said blood circulation including:
- displaying a first value measured by a first type of blood test, wherein the first value indicates a first effect of a heparin like drug on the haemostatic situation, and
- simultaneously displaying a second value measured by a second type of blood test, wherein the second value indicates a second effect of a vitamin K antagonist type anticoagulant on the haemostatic situation;
- wherein the first and second values describe the haemostatic situation of the blood circulation at a first point in time;
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- wherein the first and second values are simultaneously displayed as the first point within a two-dimensional coordinate system having an axis for the first type of blood test and a different axis for the second type of blood test.
A non-transitory computer readable medium in which a program element for visualizing a bridge therapy process is stored, which, when being executed by a computer including a processor and a display performs a method including:
- receiving coagulation data describing a haemostatic situation of a blood circulation including at least:
- a first value measured at a first point in time by a first type of blood test that indicates an effect of a heparin like drug on the haemostatic situation, and
- a second value measured at the first point in time by a second type of blood test that indicates an effect of a vitamin K antagonist type anticoagulant on the haemostatic situation,
- displaying, on the display, a two-dimensional coordinate system having a first axis representing the first type of blood test and a second axis representing the second type of blood test, and
- plotting a point in the two-dimensional coordinate system representing the effect at the first point in time of both the heparin like drug and the vitamin K antagonist type anticoagulant, the plotted point having the first value on the first axis and the second value on the second axis.
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