Infant warming system having ecg monitor and method for providing resuscitation assistance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024008810-A1
Application number	US-202318471970-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 21, 2023
Priority date	Jun 22, 2017
Publication date	Jan 11, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

An infant warming system can include a platform for supporting an infant, at least two chest electrodes configured to connect to and detect cardiac potentials from a chest of the infant, an ECG monitor configured to receive the cardiac potentials from the at least two chest electrodes, a pulse oximeter device configured to determine an SpO2 for the infant, and a processor configured to determine one or more activation thresholds for the infant, wherein the one or more activation thresholds represent one or more target saturation levels for the infant. The processor can also compare the heart rate for the infant to a first heart rate threshold and compare the SpO2 for the infant to the one or more target saturation levels, adjust a display on a display device based on the comparisons, and generate a care instruction for a care stage based on the SpO2 of the infant.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An infant warming system comprising:
a platform for supporting an infant; at least two chest electrodes configured to connect to and detect cardiac potentials from a chest of the infant; an ECG monitor configured to receive the cardiac potentials from the at least two chest electrodes and determine a heart rate based on the cardiac potentials; a pulse oximeter device configured to determine an SpO 2 for the infant; a processor configured to:
determine one or more activation thresholds for the infant, wherein the one or more activation thresholds represent one or more target saturation levels over a period of time for the infant;
compare the heart rate for the infant to a first heart rate threshold and compare the SpO 2 for the infant to the one or more target saturation levels;
adjust a display of the heart rate or the SpO 2 on a display device based on the comparisons; and
generate a first care instruction for a first care stage via a user interface based on the SpO 2 of the infant, wherein the first care instruction is based on the one or more activation thresholds.

2 . The infant warming system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine a second care stage following execution of the first care instruction, wherein the SpO2 remains below the one or more target saturation levels; and generate a second care instruction based on the second care stage.

3 . The infant warming system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is to
receive acknowledgment of execution of the first care instruction.

4 . The infant warming system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more activation thresholds are preset values set within software executed by the processor or values established upon configuration of the software within the infant warming system.

5 . The infant warming system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is to calculate the one or more activation thresholds based at least in part on a time of life of the infant.

6 . The infant warming system of claim 2 , wherein the user interface includes a speaker and the first care instruction, the second care instruction, or a combination thereof comprises an audible instruction of the SpO2 of the infant.

7 . The infant warming system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to automatically suppress audio annunciation of one or more threshold alarms.

8 . The infant warming system of claim 2 , wherein the first care instruction, the second care instruction, or a combination thereof includes a visual instruction.

9 . The infant warming system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine a plurality of care instructions based on the SpO2 of the infant; and display the plurality of care instructions on the display device.

10 . The infant warming system of claim 9 , wherein the infant warming system further comprises a microphone to record audible inputs from a user; and
wherein the processor is further configured to:
detect an acknowledgment of execution of the plurality of care instructions,
wherein the detecting the acknowledgement of execution comprises detecting an audible care instruction selection recorded by the microphone.

11 . A method of operating an infant warming system, comprising:
determining one or more activation thresholds for an infant, wherein the one or more activation thresholds represent one or more target saturation levels over a period of time for the infant, wherein the one or more activation thresholds are preset values set within software executed by a processor or values established upon configuration of the software within the infant warming system; comparing an SpO 2 for the infant to the one or more target saturation levels, wherein the SpO2 for the infant is obtained from a pulse oximeter device configured to determine the SpO 2 for the infant; adjusting a display of the SpO 2 on a display device based on the comparisons; and generating a first care instruction for a first care stage via a user interface based on the SpO 2 of the infant, wherein the first care instruction is based on the one or more activation thresholds.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining a second care stage following execution of the first care instruction, wherein the SpO2 remains below the one or more target saturation levels; and generating a second care instruction based on the second care stage.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
receiving acknowledgment of execution of the first care instruction.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the one or more activation thresholds represent one or more values below which the infant is at risk for needing resuscitation and/or respiratory assistance.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising calculating the one or more activation thresholds based at least in part on a time of life of the infant.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein providing the first care instruction, the second care instruction, or a combination thereof comprises providing an audible instruction based on the SpO2 of the infant.

17 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising automatically suppressing audio annunciation of one or more threshold alarms.

18 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the first care instruction, the second care instruction, or a combination thereof includes a visual instruction.

19 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
determining a plurality of care instructions based on the SpO 2 of the infant; and displaying the plurality of care instructions on the display device.

20 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising:
recording, using a microphone of the infant warming system, audible inputs from a user; and detecting an acknowledgment of execution of the plurality of care instructions, wherein the detecting the acknowledgment of execution comprises detecting an audible care instruction selection recorded by the microphone.

Assignees

• Ge Prec Healthcare Llc

Inventors

• Falk Steven Mitchell
• Pirtini Cetingul Muge
• Becker Karen Popp
• Cipriano James Patrick
• Underwood Thomas Charles

Classifications

• A61B5/28

  for electrocardiography [ECG] · CPC title

• A61B5/343

  Potential distribution indication · CPC title

• A61B5/33

  specially adapted for cooperation with other devices · CPC title

• A61B5/346

  Analysis of electrocardiograms · CPC title

• A61B5/4836 Primary

  Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods (A61B5/0036 takes precedence) · CPC title