Detecting surgical phases and/or interventions

Abstract

Surgical monitoring techniques detect surgical contexts, such as induction, intubation, preparation and positioning, incision, maintenance, emergence, recovery, and / or therapy administration based on information received from a patient monitor and / or other medical equipment, which can be compared to predetermined data patterns, which can be based on heuristic or statistical classifications. With detectors and / or controllers operating in conjunction therewith and in various combinations thereof, responses can also be invoked and / or also overridden.

Description

FIELD OF INVENTION[0001]In general, the inventive arrangements relate to patient monitoring, and more specifically, to monitoring patient data in various surgical contexts to detect surgical phases and / or surgical interventions.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0002]During the course of a surgical procedure (e.g., liver transplant, heart surgery, etc.), patients are subjected to numerous surgical phases and / or interventions as part of the surgery. For example, in any given surgical procedure, these may include one or more of the following: i) induction, ii) intubation, iii) preparation and positioning, iv) incision, v) maintenance, vi) emergence, vii) recovery, and / or viii) therapy administration, etc.[0003]These surgical phases and interventions are well-known. For example, referring in general terms, induction commonly involves administering intravenous and / or inhalational anesthetic agents to a patient in order to induce a relaxed or sleepy condition and / or relieve pain in the patient prio...

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Benefits of technology

"The patent describes a surgical monitoring device that can detect the context of a surgery based on information from a patient monitor. This information can be compared with pre-defined patterns to determine the surgical context, which can include various stages of the surgery such as preparation, incision, maintenance, and recovery. The device can also be connected to other medical equipment to gather additional information. The system can also include a controller to respond to the surgical context and a detector to determine the surgical context. Overall, the device can help healthcare professionals better understand the surgery and provide better care for patients."

Problems solved by technology

In practice, clinicians seldom adjust these alarms from patient to patient, and they may be even less likely to adjust them from phase to phase during a particular surgery.

For example, a heart rate of 50 beats / minute may be acceptable during maintenance, but it might be abnormally low during or after emergence.

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