Detecting time periods associated with a surgical procedure

a surgical procedure and time period technology, applied in the field of patient monitoring, can solve the problems of abnormally low during or after emergence, less likely to adjust, etc., and achieve the effect of enhancing the overall intelligence of medical devices

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-05-15
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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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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[0028]Referring now to the figures, preferred embodiments of the inventive arrangements will be described in terms of patient monitoring equipment. However, the inventive arrangements are not limited in this regard. For example, while variously described embodiments may provide protocols for monitoring patients in surgical contexts, other contexts are also hereby contemplated, including various other consumer, industrial, radiological, and inspection systems, and the like.

[0029]Now then, referring to FIG. 1, a preferred medical system 100 is depicted for detecting various time periods associated with a surgical procedure and / or phases and / or interventions of a patient 110 who is, or may soon be, subject to a particular surgical procedure. In one preferred embodiment, the system 100 can thus comprise one or more of a patient monitor 112, a detector 114, and / or a controller 116, which can be separate or integrated units, as desired.

[0030]For example, the patient 110 may be connected t...

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Surgical monitoring techniques determine various time periods associated with a surgical procedure based on information received from a patient monitor. The time periods can include start and end times and be determined by comparisons with predetermined data patterns, which can be based on heuristic and / or statistical classifications, as well as in conjunction with information received from other medical equipment. Various monitors and / or detectors and / or controllers can also operate in conjunction therewith.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 548,156, filed Oct. 10, 2006, now pending.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]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 and / or the like.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0003]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, viii) extubation, and / or ix) therapy administration, etc.[0004]These surgical phases and interventions are well-known. For example, referring in general...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61B5/00
CPCA61B5/0205A61B5/021A61B5/024A61K39/40A61B5/7264A61B5/7267A61B2017/00022A61B5/4821G16H50/20Y02A90/10A61B5/0002
InventorMESSERGES, JOANNE LYNN
OwnerGENERAL ELECTRIC CO