Breathing apparatus having a display with user selectable background

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10296181-B2
Application number	US-201214409737-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 20, 2012
Priority date	Jun 20, 2012
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

A breathing apparatus and system include a breathing apparatus having a display, an internal memory unit, and a processing unit, and optionally an interface for connecting at least an external memory unit to the apparatus; optionally an external memory unit connectable to the breathing apparatus via the interface; wherein the processing unit is in operative communication with the display, the internal memory unit, and/or the external memory unit when connected to the apparatus via the interface, and the processing unit is configured to provide on at least a portion of the display, a user selectable background stored on at least one of the internal and/or external memory unit, such as a background image, or a background color different than a factory default background color that is not selectable by a user.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A breathing apparatus system comprising:
a breathing apparatus having a display, a memory unit, and a processing unit, wherein the breathing apparatus is a ventilator; and
wherein said processing unit is in operative communication with said display and said memory unit, and said processing unit is configured to provide on at least a portion of said display a user selectable background stored on said memory unit, wherein the user selectable background comprises a background image that includes an animated portion moving as a background object, wherein the animated portion illustrates an ongoing ventilation; and
said processing unit is configured to provide a plurality of operational modes of said breathing apparatus, said operational modes including
a first operational mode in which said processing unit is configured to display a first number of operational parameters on said display with a factory default background color for the first operational mode, wherein the first number of operational parameters comprise a plurality of metric elements; and
a user selectable, second operational mode in which a second number of operational parameters, wherein the second number is less than the first number, are displayed on said display and said processing unit is configured to display the background image on said display behind said displayed second number of operational parameters, wherein the second number of operational parameters comprise a plurality of metric elements.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said memory unit includes an internal memory unit that comprises at least one default background, wherein one background of a plurality of default backgrounds is selectable by said user.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the animated portion illustrates both the ongoing ventilation and a breathing pattern of the patient connected to said breathing apparatus.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein said animated portion is synchronized with the breathing pattern of said patient connected to said apparatus.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein said animated portion comprises a visual clinical representation.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the visual clinical representation comprises an illustrated pair of lungs moving synchronized with the breathing pattern of said patient, or an image of one or more alveoli moving synchronized with the breathing pattern of said patient, or illustrated blades of grass moving synchronized with the breathing pattern of said patient, or an illustrated balloon inflating and deflating in synchronized movement with the breathing pattern of said patient.

7. The system of claim 1 ,
wherein said display has a total display area, wherein said processing unit is configured to display a first number of metrics and/or time curves of operational parameters on substantially the entire display area in the first operational mode, and wherein said processing unit is configured to display at least a portion of said background image only on a display sub-area of said entire display area and/or opaquely or non-transparent behind a second number of said display metrics and/or time curves, less than said first number, in the second operational mode.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein said apparatus has a plurality of operational modes, and wherein said user selectable background is different in different operational modes.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein said user selectable background is different for different patient categories selected from the group consisting of an adult product, a pediatric product, and a neonatal product.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein said processing unit is configured to display said background image opaquely behind at least a portion of said display where a foreground object, comprising operational parameter values, is displayed.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein said memory unit comprises an internal memory unit and an external memory unit, wherein said apparatus comprises an interface for connection of the external memory unit having said image stored thereon, for access by said processing unit and/or transfer to the internal memory unit, wherein said background image from the external memory unit is accessible from the external memory unit by said apparatus and displayable on said display as said user selectable background.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein said processing unit is configured to switch said breathing apparatus from said first operational mode to said second operational mode only upon acknowledgement of a user, and wherein said processing unit is configured to control said display such that on a display area thereof a preview of said second operational mode is presented before said switching.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein said processing unit is configured to switch said breathing apparatus from said second operational mode to said first operational mode without user acknowledgement, by touching said display when said display is a touch sensitive display.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein said processing unit is configured to provide an alarm in said second operational mode as a visual and acoustic indication, and a related text message, and to provide a remote alarm to clinical users via a network to which said breathing apparatus is connected.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein said apparatus has a plurality of operational modes, and wherein said user selectable background is different for different patient categories selected from the group consisting of an adult product, a pediatric product, and a neonatal product.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the animated portion constitutes a stress reducing animation.

17. A method of internally controlling a display of a breathing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
selecting a user selectable background;
displaying the selected user selectable background on at least a portion of said display, wherein the selected user selectable background comprises a background image, wherein said background image is either selectable from at least one default image stored on an internal memory unit of said breathing apparatus, or from an external memory unit connectable to said breathing apparatus, wherein said breathing apparatus is a ventilator or an anesthesia machine, and wherein the at least one default image includes an animated image portion moving as a background object, wherein the animated portion illustrates an ongoing ventilation; and
switching between a plurality of operational modes of said breathing apparatus, said operational modes including a first operational mode in which a first number of operational parameters is displayed on said display without said background image, and a second operational mode in which a second number of operational parameters, wherein the second number is less than said first number, are displayed on said display and said background image is displayed in the background on said display behind the second number of operational parameters, wherein the first number of operational parameters comprise a plurality of metric elements and the second number of operational parameters comprise a plurality of metric elements.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with programming instructions, said storage medium loaded into a computerized control system of a breathing apparatus having a processing unit, and said programming instructions causing said computerized control system to control a display unit of the breathing apparatus during operation by:
providing a user sel

Assignees

• Lahtivuori Madlene
• Sunna Anette
• Stone Helena
• Maquet Critical Care Ab

Inventors

• Lahtivuori Madlene
• Sunna Anette
• Stone Helena

Classifications

• A61M2205/52

  with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient · CPC title

• G06F3/0484 Primary

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• A61M2205/505

  Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches · CPC title

• A61M16/0051

  with alarm devices · CPC title

• A61M2205/3584

  using modem, internet or Bluetooth® · CPC title