Assistance with setting clinical alarm limits

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9947201-B2
Application number	US-201415108801-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2014
Priority date	Jan 6, 2014
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

A medical monitoring system includes one or more processors ( 23 ) configured to receive ( 84 ) monitored physiological measures ( 16 ) and corresponding one or more alarm occurrences for a patient ( 10 ) and an adjustable alarm setting ( 56 ). The one or more processors are further configured to configure ( 86 ) a display ( 28 ) of at least one monitored physiological measure ( 76 ) and a retrospective graphical illustration of the physiological measure ( 30 ) including illustrations of the one or more occurrences of alarms ( 32 ) corresponding to the adjustable alarm setting ( 56 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medical monitoring system, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
receive monitored physiological measures and corresponding one or more alarm occurrences for a patient and an adjustable alarm setting; and
configure a display of at least one monitored physiological measure and a retrospective graphical illustration of the physiological measure including illustrations of the one or more occurrences of alarms corresponding to the adjustable alarm setting, wherein the retrospective graphical illustration includes:
a waveform representative of the monitored physiological measure versus time, wherein the waveform includes a timeline of a selected historical period,
at least one alarm limit indicator drawn relative to the representative waveform, and
indicators of the time and duration of the one or more occurrences of alarms drawn relative to the representative waveform.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the time and duration of the one or more occurrences of alarms are drawn relative to the representative waveform as a colored filled area between the at least one alarm limit indicator and the representative waveform.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one alarm limit indicator includes a plurality of alarm limit indicators and the colored filled area includes a color indicative of patient acuity.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
receive an adjustment to the adjustable alarm setting; and
adjust the adjustable alarm setting for the physiological measures of the selected patient; and
wherein the configured display adjusts the drawn at least one alarm limit indicator reflective of the adjusted alarm setting.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the illustrated one or more alarm occurrences are configured to display as tabular statistics which includes a frequency of the illustrated one or more alarm occurrences in a selected historical period and the configured display further includes a plurality of alarm settings corresponding to the physiological measure.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the display is further configured to include a drop down menu selection of the alarm setting.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the display is further configured to include a drop down menu selection of physiological measures.

8. A method of adjusting medical alarms, comprising:
receiving monitored physiological measures for a selected patient; and
configuring a display of the monitored physiological measure and a retrospective graphical illustration of the physiological measure including:
a waveform representative of the monitored physiological measure versus time, wherein the waveform includes a timeline of a selected historical period,
at least one alarm limit indicator drawn relative to the representative waveform and indicating an adjustable alarm setting, and
at least one indicator of the time and duration of one or more occurrences of an alarm drawn relative to the representative waveform and illustrating the time and duration of the one or more occurrences of the alarm.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the time and duration of the alarm is indicated with a colored filled area between the at least one alarm limit indicator and the representative waveform.

10. The method, according to claim 8 , further including:
receiving an adjustment to the adjustable alarm setting; and
adjusting the adjustable alarm setting for the physiological measures of the selected patient; and
wherein the configuring display includes adjusting the drawn at least one alarm limit indicator reflective of the adjusted alarm setting.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein configuring includes:
configuring the illustrated one or more alarm occurrences as a tabular statistical display including a frequency of the one or more alarm occurrences, and the tabular statistical display includes one or more alarm occurrences of a plurality of alarm settings corresponding to the physiological measure.

12. A medical monitoring system comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8 ; and
an electronic data processing device configured to read and execute the software carried by the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one alarm limit indicator includes a plurality of alarm limit indicators and the colored filled area includes a color indicative of patient acuity.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying software which controls one or more electronic data processing devices to perform a method of adjusting medical alarms, the method comprising:
receiving monitored physiological measures for a selected patient; and
configuring a display of the monitored physiological measure and a retrospective graphical illustration of the physiological measure including:
a waveform representative of the monitored physiological measure versus time, wherein the waveform includes a timeline of a selected historical period,
at least one an alarm limit indicator drawn relative to the representative waveform and indicating an adjustable alarm setting, and
at least one indicator of the time and duration of one or more occurrences of an alarm drawn relative to the representative waveform and illustrating the time and duration of the one or more occurrences of the alarm with a colored or shaded fill between the at least one alarm limit indicator and the representative waveform.

Assignees

• Koninklijke Philips Nv

Inventors

• Johnson Soren Steiny
• Zengo Elizabeth J
• Thissell George

Classifications

• G16H40/67

  for remote operation · CPC title

• G16H40/63

  for local operation · CPC title

• G08B21/0453 Primary

  worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing (detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00) · CPC title

• G06F19/3418

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F19/3406

  Physics · mapped topic