IP Library Granted Patent US 11,039,797
Granted Patent B2
US 11,039,797 · App. 16/007,343 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Physiological parameter measuring platform device

Inventors: Daniel Thomas Meador (Portland, OR); Janalee Esler (Portland, OR); Michele Marie Donovan (Auburn, NY)
Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,039,797
App. No.
16/007,343
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device obtains a series of measurements of a physiological parameter of one or more patients. The device displays a monitoring workflow home screen when the device is operating within a monitoring workflow. The device displays a non-monitoring workflow home screen when the device is operating within a non-monitoring workflow. The device displays a continuous workflow home screen when the device is operating within a continuous workflow. The monitoring workflow home screen, the non-monitoring workflow home screen, and the continuous workflow home screen are each different.

Claims (33)

1. A physiological measuring platform (PMP) device comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) that is configured to control operation of the PMP device;

a display screen;

an oxygen saturation module;

a non-invasive blood pressure module; and

a set of one or more computer readable data storage media storing software instructions that, when executed by the CPU, cause the PMP device to:

determine a pulse rate of a patient, the pulse rate being determined from SpO2 data from the oxygen saturation module when available, and the pulse rate being determined from NIBP data from the non-invasive blood pressure module when the SpO2 data is unavailable; and

display, on the display screen, a pulse rate frame including a numeric value for the pulse rate and a label indicating a source of the pulse rate, the source being the oxygen saturation module or the non-invasive blood pressure module,

wherein the pulse rate frame displays an alarm icon and numeric alarm limits when in a continuous workflow; and

wherein the pulse rate frame displays only the alarm icon when in an intervals monitoring workflow.

2. The PMP device of claim 1 , wherein the software instructions, when executed by the CPU, further cause the PMP device to update the numeric value for the pulse rate once per second when the pulse rate is determined from the SpO2 data.

3. The PMP device of claim 2 , wherein the software instructions, when executed by the CPU, further cause the PMP device to update the numeric value for the pulse rate once when the pulse rate is determined from the NIBP data.

4. The PMP device of claim 1 , wherein the software instructions, when executed by the CPU, further cause the PMP device to update the numeric value for the pulse rate once when the pulse rate is determined from the NIBP data.

5. The PMP device of claim 1 , wherein the software instructions, when executed by the CPU, further cause the PMP device to, upon selection of the pulse rate frame, display a waveform in the pulse rate frame, the waveform representing the pulse rate over time.

6. The PMP device of claim 5 , wherein the software instructions, when executed by the CPU, further cause the PMP device to, upon further selection of the pulse rate frame, display the numeric value for the pulse rate.

7. The PMP device of claim 1 , wherein the SpO2 data is continuous data.

8. The PMP device of claim 1 , wherein the NIBP data is episodic data.

9. The PMP device of claim 1 , wherein the pulse rate frame is displayed on the display as part of a continuous workflow home screen.

10. The PMP device of claim 9 , wherein the PMP device includes the intervals monitoring workflow, a non-monitoring workflow, and the continuous workflow.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising software instructions that, when executed, cause a physiological measurement platform (PMP) device to:

determine a pulse rate of a patient, the pulse rate being determined from SpO2 data from an oxygen saturation module when available, and the pulse rate being determined from NIBP data from a non-invasive blood pressure module when the SpO2 data is unavailable; and

display, on a display screen, a pulse rate frame including a numeric value for the pulse rate and a label indicating a source of the pulse rate, the source being the oxygen saturation module or the non-invasive blood pressure module;

wherein the pulse rate frame displays an alarm icon and numeric alarm limits when in a continuous workflow; and

wherein the pulse rate frame displays only the alarm icon when in an intervals monitoring workflow.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , further comprising software instructions that, when executed, cause the PMP device to update the numeric value for the pulse rate once per second when the pulse rate is determined from the SpO2 data.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , further comprising software instructions that, when executed, cause the PMP device to update the numeric value for the pulse rate once when the pulse rate is determined from the NIBP data.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , further comprising software instructions that, when executed, cause the PMP device to update the numeric value for the pulse rate once when the pulse rate is determined from the NIBP data.

15. The PMP device of claim 1 , wherein the software instructions, when executed by the CPU, further cause the PMP device to, upon selection of the pulse rate frame, display a waveform in the pulse rate frame, the waveform representing the pulse rate over time.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising software instructions that, when executed, cause the PMP device to, upon further selection of the pulse rate frame, display the numeric value for the pulse rate.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the SpO2 data is continuous data.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the NIBP data is episodic data.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the pulse rate frame is displayed on the display as part of a continuous workflow home screen.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the PMP device includes the intervals monitoring workflow, a non-monitoring workflow, and the continuous workflow.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 050260/0644 Recorded Dec 14, 2021
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: BREATHE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.; ALLEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.; WELCH ALLYN, INC.; HILL-ROM, INC.; VOALTE, INC.; BARDY DIAGNOSTICS, INC.; HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058517/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 4, 2019
From: HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.; HILL-ROM, INC.; HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.; ALLEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.; ANODYNE MEDICAL DEVICE, INC.; VOALTE, INC.; WELCH ALLYN, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 050260/0644 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2018
From: MEADOR, DANIEL THOMAS; ESLER, JANALEE; DONOVAN, MICHELE MARIE
To: WELCH ALLYN, INC.
Reel/Frame 046075/0854 →