System and process for displaying medical alarms

US11170624B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA · DE

Inventors

• Edgar Ise · Lübeck, DE
• Michael GÖMANN · Lübeck, DE
• Sebastian Fischer · Lennestadt, DE
• Andi Kern · Hamburg, DE
• Konradin WINDHORST · Lübeck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 9, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08B21/182
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system includes a medical device, a patient sensor, an output unit and a signal processing unit that receives measured values from patient sensors and generates signals by analyzing received measured values. The signal processing unit decides whether an alarm criterion, relating to the generated signal, is met and detects an alarm and an alarm time and actuates the output unit. The actuated output unit displays an overall alarm sequence (16) in an overall time period (T) and an alarm reference sequence in a reference section (26) time window (T1) temporally positioned relative to the overall alarm sequence. At least one of a signal curve display (10) and an alarm reference sequence (18) are displayed as a portion of the overall time period. Time scales for the signal curve display and the alarm reference sequence are finer than time scales for the overall alarm sequence and the alarm reference section.