Patent classifications
A61M2230/202
Breathing Apparatus Monitoring System
A ventilator (1) with a respiratory device (2) for generating a respiratory gas flow for a ventilation and with a monitoring device (3) for monitoring a characteristic parameter (200) of the respiratory gas flow. A control device (4) is provided here and is suitable and configured to carry out a detection mode for a cardiac activity and to register for this a temporal profile (201) of the parameter (200) of the respiratory gas flow and to examine the temporal profile (201) of the parameter (200) for a profile structure feature (202) and to detect heartbeats in that the profile structure feature (202) fulfils a stored condition for a profile structure feature (202) which is caused by heartbeat.
Flow mixers for respiratory therapy systems
A flow of gases in a respiratory therapy system can be conditioned to achieve more consistent output from sensors configured to sense a characteristic of the flow. The flow can be mixed by imparting a tangential, rotary, helical, or swirling motion to the flow of gases. The mixing can occur upstream of the sensors. The flow can be segregated into smaller compartments to reduce turbulence in a region of the sensors.
Decision support system for lung ventilator settings
A ventilator system is capable of displaying complex information patterns in a GUI, thereby allowing a clinician to get subtract complex information from multiple parameters inputs.
BREATH ANALYZER, VENTILATOR, AND METHOD FOR BREATH ANALYSIS
A breath analyzer for detecting breathing events of a person ventilated with a respiratory gas, comprising an electronic computing and storage unit configured to receive a signal corresponding to a ventilation pressure and/or a respiratory flow and/or a tidal volume of the respiratory gas delivered to the person and, during a predetermined analysis duration, to detect a curve of the signal by a curve analyzer. A ventilator for ventilating a person with a respiratory gas, which ventilator comprises the breath analyzer and a method for detecting breathing events of a person ventilated with a respiratory gas is also described.
CALCULATING CARDIAC OUTPUT OF A PATIENT UNDERGOING VENO-VENOUS EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD OXYGENATION
A system for calculating cardiac output of a patient on an extracorporeal blood oxygenation circuit, such as veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, includes determining (i) a first arterial carbon dioxide content or surrogate and (ii) a first carbon dioxide content or surrogate in the blood delivered to the patient after passing the oxygenator corresponding to the first removal rate of carbon dioxide from the blood; establishing a second removal rate of carbon dioxide from the blood in the oxygenator in the extracorporeal blood oxygenation circuit; determining (i) a second arterial carbon dioxide content or surrogate and (ii) a second carbon dioxide content or surrogate in the blood delivered to the patient after passing the oxygenator corresponding to the second removal rate of carbon dioxide from the blood; and calculating a cardiac output of the patient corresponding to a blood flow rate through the extracorporeal blood oxygenation circuit, the first arterial carbon dioxide content or surrogate, the first carbon dioxide content or surrogate in the blood delivered to the patient after passing the oxygenator corresponding to the first removal rate of carbon dioxide from the blood; the second arterial carbon dioxide content or surrogate and the second carbon dioxide content or surrogate in the blood delivered to the patient after passing the oxygenator corresponding to the second removal rate of carbon dioxide from the blood.
VENTILATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
A ventilation management system communicatively couples a remote device such as a mobile device to one or more ventilators for monitoring of ventilator data, including ventilator configuration data, patient physiological statistics, and notifications. When a command to modify a configuration parameter of the ventilator is received while the ventilator is unavailable for communication, the command is cached and provided when the ventilator becomes available. When ventilator becomes available, the system receives an indication that the configuration parameter was modified at the ventilator, an operating condition of the ventilator, and a physiological statistic of a patient associated with the ventilator, the operating condition and physiological statistic having been cached by the ventilator while the ventilator is unavailable. The operating condition of the ventilator, the physiological statistic of the patient, and the indication that the configuration parameter was modified is provided to the remote computing device for display.
SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING MEDICAL MONITORING DATA
A first medical device can receive a physiological parameter value from a second medical device. The second physiological parameter value may be formatted according to a protocol not used by the first medical device such that the first medical device is not able to process the second physiological parameter value to produce a displayable output value. The first medical device can pass the physiological parameter data from the first medical device to a separate translation module and receive translated parameter data from the translation module at the first medical device. The translated parameter data can be processed for display by the first medical device. The first medical device can output a value from the translated parameter data for display on the first medical device or an auxiliary device.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLED THERAPY
Systems and methods for providing remotely controlled therapy are provided herein. A therapy device connects to a therapy server over a network. The therapy device can include a headset and an audio device. A therapist can select one or more therapies to apply to a patient, including multiple therapies at the same time. The therapist can receive feedback from the patient that allows the therapist to adjust the therapies being applied.
CLOSED-CIRCUIT MIXED GAS DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of providing a mixed-gas inhalant to a patient via a gas recirculation loop. The gas recirculation loop receives a first mixed-gas exhalant having a first carbon dioxide concentration from the patient, one or more carbon dioxide removal devices discharge a second mixed-gas exhalant having a second carbon dioxide concentration that is less than the first carbon dioxide concentration. The second mixed-gas exhalant is combined with a mixed-gas supply to provide a mixed-gas inhalant. The mied-gas supply includes a first gas and a second gas. The mixed-gas supply is pressure and flow controlled to produce a mixed-gas inhalant having a defined composition delivered to the patient at a defined volumetric flow rate. The first gas may include a gas containing oxygen and the second gas may include a gas mixture containing a noble or inert gas and oxygen.
Method and system for controlled hyperthermia
Methods and for treatment of cancer and other diseases including complications from late stage viral infections by inducing hyperthermia in a patient relying on withdrawing blood from the patient and returning the withdrawn blood to the patient to establish an extracorporeal flow circuit. Blood is heated by passing through the extracorporeal circuit at a controlled rate until a target body core temperature in is achieved. Usually, the blood will be subjected to a continuously re-circulating dialysis to balance electrolytes. Additionally, the blood will be subjected to a continuously recirculating regeneration through a carbon sorbent column where toxins and contaminants are removed. The blood temperature is maintained at the target blood temperature for a treatment period, and the blood is cooled after the treatment period has been completed. The method can also be effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, hepatitis, sepsis, the Epstein-Barr virus, and patients with life threatening complications from other viruses, including the COVID-19 virus. A method for removing viruses from the blood supply in an external circuit is also presented.