Unobtrusive advisors for patient monitor

US9924908B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Volker Manfred Hubert · Schrobenhausen, DE
• Wilhelm Meier · Herrenberg, DE
• Bernd Wilm · Raubling, DE
• Johannes Marcus Josef Eduard Bauer · Eindhoven, NL
• Harald Greiner · Nufringen, DE
• Benedikt Latz · Stuttgart, DE
• Gerhard Tivig · Balingen, DE
• Axel Lange · Stuttgart, DE
• Vitor Manuel Vicente Antunes · Herrenberg, DE
• Joseph James Frassica · Gloucester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 2015
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2018
• Expiry date: May 28, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/50
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A patient monitor system (10) includes a signal processor (30) which analyzes signals from physiological parameter sensors (20) to derive physiological data values, plots, and alarms. A display (12) displays physiological values and plots (42). An advisor engine, routine, or processor (34) is connected with the signal processor to analyze at least alarm occurrences, also in combination with user interactions, and provide directly actionable advice for reducing alarm frequency which is displayed unobtrusively on the display. The directly actionable advice includes specific actions or adjustments which are specific to a current patient, a present situation, or a present mode or setting of the patient monitor system. The unobtrusively displayed directly actionable advice is displayed without the use requesting it.