Ventilation management system
Inventors
Steinhauer, Tom • Lam, Willis • Rogers, Mark • Blansfield, Terry • Birch, Stephen J
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-12412649-B2
Publication Date
2025-09-09
Expiration Date
Abstract
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.
Core Innovation
A ventilator management system communicatively connects a ventilator to a remote computing device over a network, where the ventilator is configured for communication in a passive mode. In passive mode, the ventilator responds to requests without automatically sending data as it becomes available.
While the ventilator is unavailable for communication, the system receives a command designated for the ventilator to modify a configuration parameter. The system caches the received command in memory while the ventilator is unavailable and provides the cached command to the ventilator responsive to the ventilator becoming available for communication.
When the ventilator becomes available, the system receives an indication that the configuration parameter was modified at the ventilator, along with an operating condition of the ventilator and a physiological statistic of a patient associated with the ventilator. After the ventilator is in the passive mode, the system provides requests for first ventilation data associated with the patient at periodic intervals, receives the first ventilation data responsive to the requests, and provides the first ventilation data, the operating condition, and the physiological statistic to the remote computing device for display with an indication that the configuration parameter was modified.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims cover a ventilator management system, a machine-implemented method, and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium. Across the independent claims, there are three primary inventive features: passive-mode request-based ventilator communication, caching and later delivery of a configuration-modifying command, and receiving cached modification/context followed by periodic ventilation-data exchange and display.
Passive mode request-based ventilator communication with remote computing device
Communicatively connect a ventilator to a remote computing device over a network where the ventilator is configured for communication in a passive mode that responds to requests without automatically sending data as it becomes available.
Caching configuration-modifying command during ventilator unavailability
Receive a command designated for the ventilator while the ventilator is unavailable for communication, cache the command in memory while the ventilator is unavailable, and provide the cached command to the ventilator responsive to the ventilator becoming available for communication.
Receiving modification indication and cached operating condition and patient physiological statistic, then periodic first ventilation-data exchange and display
Receive, from the ventilator when the ventilator becomes available, 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; then provide requests for first ventilation data associated with the patient at periodic intervals while the ventilator is in the passive mode, receive the first ventilation data responsive to the requests, and provide to the remote computing device for display the first ventilation data, the operating condition, and the physiological statistic with the indication that the configuration parameter was modified.
The independent claims define a passive-mode ventilator management workflow with networked remote communication, including caching of a configuration-modifying command during ventilator unavailability, later retrieval of modification indication and cached operating condition and patient physiological statistic, and periodic request-based retrieval of ventilation data for display with the modification context.
Stated Advantages
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Documented Applications
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