User interface

Abstract

A customizable and intuitive user interface for medical systems and devices, such as cardiopulmonary bypass systems, perfusion systems, extracorporeal circulation apparatuses, and heart-lung machines,is provided, which allows for ease of access to critical patient data to facilitate blood perfusion and to monitor and regulate various physiological parameters of a patient and an extracorporeal blood flow circuit during surgical procedures, such as cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

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[0001] This application claims priority to US Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 238,358, filed October 7, 2015, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. technical field [0002] The present disclosure relates to user interfaces for medical systems and devices, particularly user interfaces for cardiopulmonary bypass systems, perfusion systems, cardiopulmonary bypass devices, and heart-lung machines, among others. Applications of such user interfaces are useful for facilitating blood perfusion during medical and / or surgical procedures as well as monitoring and regulation during medical and / or surgical procedures, such as cardiopulmonary bypass, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and other extracorporeal bypass surgical procedures It is especially useful for various physiological parameters of the patient which are essential for maintaining life. Background technique [0003] Traditional heart-lung machines have a static button us...

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[0003] Traditional heart-lung machines have a static button user interface that is hardwired into the machine and does not facilitate customization, ergonomics, ease of use, or allow quick access to patient data and / or menus for monitoring, adjustment, and / or or adjust patient parameters

These cumbersome interfaces are rigid in design and configuration and do not allow for the flexibility to customize the interface for a specific clinical application and / or patient-specific and / or user-specific preferences

In addition, the multi-level nested menu layers typical of conventional heart-lung machine user interfaces can actually hinder quick access to critical patient data and prevent access to this critical information due to the continuous opening and closing steps required by nested menus, which results in Patient Safety Concerns

[0004] Thus, conventional cardiopulmonary machine user interfaces, such as those using nested menus, by design create barriers to rapid user access to certain data fields and disadvantageously prevent users from quickly accessing, adjusting and continuous monitoring of critical patient data

These disadvantages may increase the likelihood of morbidity during complex medical and / or surgical procedures involving cardiopulmonary bypass, such as those encountered with cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, where the patient's physiological parameters must be closely monitored and adjusted during the procedure to maintain patient s life

[0005] Furthermore, conventional heart-lung machine user interfaces also have no or only poorly integrated alert systems that are insufficient to promptly notify, coordinate, and advise users of system errors during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery

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