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Patient interface system
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Inventors: Bell, Glenn B.; Hicks, Ronald B.;
Assignee: Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (San Antonio, TX)
Primary Examiner: Ro; Bentsu
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
A patient interface system integral with a critical care bed for allowing the acquisition, analysis, display, and conveyance of patient-related data from a variety of transducers. The system is adapted to recognize and interpret each type of signal being received, despite the type and/or make of the particular transducers. The system is also adapted to simultaneously display data traces and representative readings from a variety of transducers simultaneously on a single screen detachably mounted to the bed. The display screen is pivotally mounted for ease of use and may be detached from the bed together with the main processor when the corresponding features are not desired. The bed is adapted with electronic connection sockets along each side of the patient surface to present convenient connections for patient transducer leads. The system has resident memory for storing data to enable trend analysis or downloading for patient data records. Bedside medical devices can either be connected to the device by cable connections or by use of wireless connections and is capable of controlling various medical devices related to the bed or patient, potentially including patient turn actuators, scales, inflation devices and others. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION Simplifying particular aspects of the invention, it basically comprises a critical care bed for supporting a patient wherein the bed serves as the information conduit between one or more transducers and their respective monitors and or other data recording devices.
The bed itself also includes a processor for processing signals from the transducers.
The transducers function conventionally, providing analog signals corresponding to sensed physiological characteristics of the patient.
Conventional transducer leads and lead connectors are virtually inherent.
The processor may also be conventional, although it is adapted for simplifying signal analysis and monitor recognition.
In one aspect of the present invention, the bed is provided with a universal port for receiving any one of a number of conventional lead connectors and linking the same to the processor.
A plurality of linked alternative ports could be structured as another alternative.
In such configurations, the processor is adapted to sense the signals received at the universal port (or from any one of the series of ports) and to "recognize" the source of such signals.
With most digital signals, the data stream can be matched to the corresponding medical device.
Source recognition for all analog signals and certain digital signals, on the other hand, will typically involve signal analysis of the signal on each pin of a transducer and then pin-mapping all the signals together.
The signal analysis identifies the type of signal being conveyed on a particular pin--i.
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, whether the signal is a steady, reference voltage or a fluctuating one and, if fluctuating, whether it is fluctuating in a manner characteristic of any particular type of physiologic or environmental signal.
Pin-mapping then correlates the signals of the various pins of a multi-pin transducer lead to distinguish an identifying profile and identify the corresponding signal source from the known bank of possibilities of the possible signal sources.
With such a configuration the system as a whole can then identify the make of multi-pin transducer signals and process the signals based on pre-defined data related to the particular signal source (i
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