An alarm processing method, central display device, monitoring or treatment device

Abstract

The application discloses an alarm processing method, a central display device and a monitoring or treatment device, and jointly alarms according to the correlation between multiple alarm information, which can reduce the interference of medical staff on the alarm information in some cases and can facilitate the medical staff to quickly understand the correlation of the alarm information and find out the root of the alarm information in some cases.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to an alarm processing method, a central display device, a monitoring or treatment device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Physiological parameters of a person can reflect the physical state of the person, and therefore monitoring of a patient is a very important link. In scenarios such as surgery, post-surgery, trauma care, coronary heart disease, critically ill patients, newborns, premature babies, hyperbaric oxygen chambers, and delivery rooms, monitoring of a patient is required. In the monitoring process of some patients, devices such as a monitor, a ventilator, and an infusion pump are generally involved, and in an intensive care unit, there can also be treatment devices such as a hemodialysis machine. In the monitoring process, when a change in the physiological state of a patient is detected and it is determined that the change requires an alarm, an alarm is triggered to prompt medical personnel to handle it in a timely manner. For example, when it is detected that the heart rate of a patient is too high or too low, or the blood oxygen parameter is too low, no pulse is found, the breathing rate is too high or too low, the device will alarm. The situation requiring an alarm can be caused by a change in the physiological state of the patient, or can be caused by the technical principle of the device, such as lead-off caused by replacement of an electrode patch for electrocardiogram, and searching for a pulse and no pulse caused by poor contact of an oxygen probe. These alarms, physiological alarms and technical alarms, are reported in chronological order, and if a large number of alarms occur in a short period of time, it will cause confusion to medical personnel, and it will not be possible to quickly distinguish the alarm that can cause a life-threatening situation for the patient in real time. For example, a change in the physiological state of a patient can cause the heart rate and the breathing rate to fluctuate above and below the alarm threshold for heart rate and the alarm threshold for breathing rate, and during this period, there are also a lot of device operations, which together cause a large number of over-limit alarms for heart rate and breathing rate, and a large number of device technical alarms in a short period of time. SUMMARY

[0003] In view of the situation that a large number of alarms in a period of time cause confusion and inconvenience to medical personnel, the present application provides an alarm processing method, a central display device, and a monitoring or treatment device, which are described in detail below.

[0004] According to a first aspect, an alarm processing method is provided in an embodiment for processing a plurality of alarm information generated by one or more devices for monitoring and / or treating a patient, the alarm processing method comprising:

[0005] obtaining in real time a plurality of alarm information generated by the one or more devices, or obtaining a plurality of alarm information generated by the one or more devices in a preset time period;

[0006] determining the relevance between the plurality of alarm information;

[0007] Joint alarm is performed according to the correlation between the multiple alarm information.

[0008] In one embodiment, the joint alarm performed according to the correlation between the multiple alarm information comprises:

[0009] Joint alarm is performed according to the alarm information of one device or multiple devices triggered by the same original event.

[0010] In one embodiment, the joint alarm performed according to the alarm information of one device or multiple devices triggered by the same original event comprises:

[0011] Joint alarm is performed according to the alarm information of one device or multiple devices caused by the change of the setting parameter of the same device.

[0012] In one embodiment, the joint alarm performed according to the alarm information of one device or multiple devices caused by the change of the setting parameter of the same device comprises:

[0013] Joint alarm is performed according to the alarm information of one device or multiple devices caused by the change of the same physiological state.

[0014] In one embodiment, the joint alarm performed according to the correlation between the multiple alarm information comprises:

[0015] The alarm level of the current joint alarm is determined.

[0016] In one embodiment, the determination of the alarm level of the current joint alarm comprises:

[0017] The corresponding alarm level of the current joint alarm is determined according to the criticality of the patient.

[0018] In one embodiment, the joint alarm performed according to the correlation between the multiple alarm information further comprises displaying the current joint alarm.

[0019] In one embodiment, the displaying of the current joint alarm comprises:

[0020] When the alarm information of the same kind of multiple devices is triggered by the same original event, the alarm information is displayed as one alarm information.

[0021] In one embodiment, the displaying of the current joint alarm further comprises:

[0022] A symbol for further understanding is displayed.

[0023] In response to the clicking of the symbol, the alarm information is displayed, and / or the same original event triggering the alarm information is displayed.

[0024] In one embodiment, the displaying the current joint alarm comprises:

[0025] When different kinds of alarm information of multiple devices are triggered by the same original event, all the alarm information are displayed.

[0026] In one embodiment, the displaying the current joint alarm further comprises:

[0027] displaying a symbol for further understanding;

[0028] In response to a click on the symbol, the same original event triggering the alarm information is displayed.

[0029] In one embodiment, the displaying the current joint alarm comprises:

[0030] When different kinds of alarm information of the same device are triggered by the same original event, the alarm information are classified and displayed as an alarm of the same original event.

[0031] In one embodiment, the displaying the current joint alarm further comprises:

[0032] displaying a symbol for further understanding;

[0033] In response to a click on the symbol, all the alarm information are displayed.

[0034] In one embodiment, the joint alarms are sorted according to alarm levels of the joint alarms, and the sorted joint alarms are displayed.

[0035] According to a second aspect, one embodiment provides a central display device, which is connected with one or more devices for monitoring and / or treating a patient, each of the devices for monitoring and / or treating the patient being configured to generate alarm information and transmit the alarm information to the central display device, the central display device comprising a display, a processor, a memory and a plurality of program instructions stored in the memory, the processor invoking the plurality of program instructions to perform the following steps:

[0036] obtaining a plurality of alarm information generated by the one or more devices in real time, or obtaining a plurality of alarm information generated by the one or more devices within a preset time period;

[0037] judging the relevance between the plurality of alarm information;

[0038] performing joint alarm according to the relevance between the plurality of alarm information.

[0039] In one embodiment, the joint alarm according to the correlation between the multiple alarm information comprises:

[0040] The joint alarm is performed according to alarm information of one device or multiple devices triggered by a same original event.

[0041] In one embodiment, the joint alarm according to alarm information of one device or multiple devices triggered by a same original event comprises:

[0042] The joint alarm is performed according to alarm information of one device or multiple devices caused by a same setting parameter change of a same device.

[0043] In one embodiment, the joint alarm according to alarm information of one device or multiple devices triggered by a same original event comprises:

[0044] The joint alarm is performed according to alarm information of one device or multiple devices caused by a same physiological state change.

[0045] In one embodiment, the joint alarm according to the correlation between the multiple alarm information comprises:

[0046] The alarm level of the current joint alarm is determined.

[0047] In one embodiment, the determination of the alarm level of the current joint alarm comprises:

[0048] A corresponding alarm level of the current joint alarm is determined according to the severity of the patient.

[0049] In one embodiment, the joint alarm according to the correlation between the multiple alarm information further comprises: controlling the display to display the current joint alarm.

[0050] In one embodiment, the controlling of the display to display the current joint alarm comprises:

[0051] When the alarm information of the same kind of multiple devices triggered by a same original event is displayed, the display is controlled to display only one alarm information.

[0052] In one embodiment, the controlling of the display to display the current joint alarm further comprises:

[0053] The display is controlled to display a symbol for further understanding.

[0054] In response to a click on the symbol, the display is controlled to display all the alarm information, and / or the display is controlled to display the same original event triggering the alarm information.

[0055] In one embodiment, the control display displays the current joint alarms, including:

[0056] When different kinds of alarm information of multiple devices are triggered by the same original event, the control display displays all of the alarm information.

[0057] In one embodiment, the control display displays the current joint alarms, further including:

[0058] The control display displays a symbol for further understanding;

[0059] In response to clicking on the symbol, the control display displays the same original event triggering the alarm information.

[0060] In one embodiment, the control display displays the current joint alarms, including:

[0061] When different kinds of alarm information of the same device are triggered by the same original event, the control display classifies and displays the alarm information as an alarm of the same original event.

[0062] In one embodiment, the control display displays the current joint alarms, further including:

[0063] The control display displays a symbol for further understanding;

[0064] In response to clicking on the symbol, the control display displays all of the alarm information.

[0065] In one embodiment, the processor invokes the program instructions to further execute: sorting the joint alarms according to alarm levels of the joint alarms;

[0066] The display is further configured to display the sorted joint alarms.

[0067] According to a third aspect, one embodiment provides a device for monitoring or treating a patient, comprising a display, a processor and a memory, and a plurality of program instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor invokes the program instructions to perform the following steps:

[0068] Obtaining vital sign related data;

[0069] Determining whether to generate alarm information according to the obtained vital sign related data;

[0070] When multiple alarm information is generated, determining the relevance between the alarm information;

[0071] Joint alarm according to the relevance between the alarm information.

[0072] In one embodiment, the joint alarming according to the correlation between the alarm information comprises:

[0073] The joint alarming is performed according to the alarm information when the alarm information is triggered by the same original event, wherein the same original event comprises a change of a setting parameter of the device or a change of the same physiological state.

[0074] In one embodiment, the joint alarming according to the correlation between the alarm information comprises:

[0075] determining an alarm level of the current joint alarm; and / or,

[0076] controlling the display to display the current joint alarm.

[0077] In one embodiment, the controlling the display to display the current joint alarm comprises:

[0078] controlling the display to classify and display the alarm information as an alarm of the same original event.

[0079] In one embodiment, the controlling the display to display the current joint alarm further comprises:

[0080] controlling the display to display a symbol for further understanding;

[0081] controlling the display to display all the alarm information in response to a click on the symbol.

[0082] In one embodiment, the processor invokes the program instructions to further perform: sorting the joint alarms according to alarm levels of the joint alarms;

[0083] the display is further configured to display the sorted joint alarms.

[0084] According to a fourth aspect, one embodiment provides a computer-readable storage medium comprising a program, the program being executable by a processor to implement the method according to any of the embodiments described herein.

[0085] According to the alarm processing method, the central display device, the monitoring or treatment device and the computer-readable storage medium described above, the joint alarming according to the correlation between the alarm information can reduce the interference of the medical staff in checking the alarm information in some cases, and can facilitate the medical staff to quickly understand the correlation of the alarm information and find the root of the alarm information in some cases. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0086] Figure 1Structure diagram of a monitor according to an embodiment;

[0087] Figure 2 Structure diagram of a central display device according to an embodiment in communication with a monitor, a ventilator, an anesthesia machine, an infusion pump, a syringe pump, and a hemodialysis machine;

[0088] Figure 3 Structure diagram of a central display device according to an embodiment in communication with a plurality of devices for monitoring and / or treating a patient;

[0089] Figure 4 Structure diagram of a central display device according to an embodiment;

[0090] Figure 5 Flowchart of a device alarm processing method according to an embodiment;

[0091] Figure 6 Flowchart of a device alarm processing method according to another embodiment;

[0092] Figure 7 Example of a display of a combined alarm according to an embodiment, including a change in the symbol after clicking on the symbol for further information;

[0093] Figure 8 Example of a display of a combined alarm according to another embodiment, including a change in the symbol after clicking on the symbol for further information;

[0094] Figure 9 Example of a display of a combined alarm according to yet another embodiment, including a change in the symbol after clicking on the symbol for further information;

[0095] Figure 10 Example of a display of a combined alarm according to still another embodiment, including a change in the symbol after clicking on the symbol for further information;

[0096] Figure 11 Structure diagram of a device A according to an embodiment;

[0097] Figure 12 Flowchart of a device alarm processing method according to yet another embodiment;

[0098] Figure 13 Flowchart of a device alarm processing method according to still another embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0099] The application will be described in further detail below with specific reference to the drawings. Like elements in different embodiments are denoted by like reference numerals. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the application. However, those skilled in the art will readily recognize that many of the specific details presented herein can be replaced by other details, and that such substitutions are fully envisioned by the inventor. In some instances, description of well-known methods, procedures, components, and circuits have been omitted in order to avoid obscuring the subject matter of the present application. In addition, features described in the specification, operations or steps can be combined in any suitable manner in various embodiments. Also, the order of steps or acts in the methods described can be changed or adjusted as would be apparent to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the order of the steps or acts in the specification and drawings is merely exemplary and is not meant to be limiting, unless otherwise specified.

[0100] In addition, features described in the specification, operations or steps can be combined in any suitable manner in various embodiments. Also, the order of steps or acts in the methods described can be changed or adjusted as would be apparent to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the order of the steps or acts in the specification and drawings is merely exemplary and is not meant to be limiting, unless otherwise specified.

[0101] The serial numbers of components in this application, such as "first", "second", etc., are only used to distinguish the described objects, and do not have any order or technical meaning. The "connection" and "coupling" in this application include direct and indirect connection (coupling) unless otherwise specified.

[0102] The devices mentioned in the application for monitoring and / or treating a patient typically refer to devices that can at least measure physiological parameters of a patient, and these devices can generally alarm according to the acquired physiological parameters of the patient, for example, compare the acquired physiological parameters of the patient with known set ranges or values, and if not within the normal range, an alarm is issued. These devices can be, for example, monitors, ventilators, anesthetizing machines, infusion pumps, injection pumps, and hemodialysis machines, etc.

[0103] Figure 1is an example of a monitor. In some embodiments, the monitor can have a separate housing, and the housing can have a sensor interface area on the housing faceplate, where the sensor interface area can integrate multiple sensor interfaces for connecting to various physiological parameter sensor accessories 11 outside the monitor. The housing faceplate can also include one or more of a small IXD display area, a display 23, an input interface circuit 22, and an alarm circuit 20 (e.g., an LED alarm area). In some embodiments, the monitor can also have an external communication interface 19 and a power interface 16 for communicating with a host computer and for power supply. In some embodiments, the monitor can also support an external parameter module, which can be inserted into the monitor to form a plug-in monitor, or which can be connected to the host computer through a cable, and the external parameter module can be used as an accessory of the monitor. The relevant circuits of the monitor can be placed in the housing, and can include one or more signal acquisition circuits 12 and a front-end signal processing circuit 13 corresponding to the physiological parameters. The signal acquisition circuits 12 can be selected from an ECG circuit, a respiration circuit, a body temperature circuit, a blood oxygen circuit, a non-invasive blood pressure circuit, an invasive blood pressure circuit, etc. These signal acquisition circuits 12 are electrically connected to the corresponding sensor interfaces, respectively, for electrical connection to different physiological parameter sensor accessories 11, and the output ends thereof are coupled to the front-end signal processing circuit 13. The communication port of the front-end signal processing circuit 13 is coupled to a processor 24, and the processor 24 is electrically connected to the external communication interface 19 and the power interface 16. The sensor accessories 11 and the signal acquisition circuits 12 corresponding to various physiological parameters can use the general circuits in the prior art. The front-end signal processing circuit 13 completes the sampling and analog-to-digital conversion of the output signals of the signal acquisition circuits 12, and outputs control signals to control the measurement process of the physiological signals. These parameters include, but are not limited to, ECG, respiration, body temperature, blood oxygen, non-invasive blood pressure, and invasive blood pressure parameters. The front-end signal processing circuit 13 can be implemented by a single-chip microcomputer or other semiconductor devices, for example, a mixed-signal single-chip microcomputer such as LPC2136 of PHLIPS or ADuC7021 of ADI, or an ASIC or FPGA. The front-end signal processing circuit 13 can be powered by an isolated power supply. The data obtained by sampling is packaged after simple processing, and is sent to the processor 24 through an isolated communication interface. For example, the front-end signal processing circuit 13 can be coupled to the processor 24 through an isolated power supply interface 14 and a communication interface 15. The front-end signal processing circuit 13 is powered by an isolated power supply, which is a DC / DC power supply isolated by a transformer, and serves to isolate the patient from the power supply device. The main purposes are: (1) isolation of the patient, through an isolation transformer, the application part is floating ground, so that the patient leakage current is small enough; (2) to prevent the voltage or energy of the defibrillation or electrosurgical application from affecting the board and devices of the intermediate circuit (guaranteed by the creepage distance and electrical clearance). Of course, the front-end signal processing circuit 13 can also be directly connected to the processor 24 through a cable.The processor 24 is used to complete the calculation of the physiological parameters, and sends the calculation results and waveforms of the parameters to a host (such as a host with a display, a PC, a central display device, etc.) through the external communication interface 19; wherein the processor 24 can be connected directly with the external communication interface 19 through a cable to communicate, and connected directly with the power interface 16 through a cable to take power; the monitor can also include a power supply and battery management circuit 17, which takes power from the host through the power interface 16, and supplies the processor 124 after processing, such as rectification and filtering, etc.; the power supply and battery management circuit 17 can also monitor, manage and protect the power supply for the power taken from the host through the power interface 16. The external communication interface 19 can be one or a combination of a local area network interface composed of Ethernet, Token Ring, Token Bus, and Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) as the backbone network of the three networks, and can also be one or a combination of wireless interfaces such as infrared, Bluetooth, wifi, WMTS communication, or one or a combination of wired data connection interfaces such as RS232, USB. The external communication interface 19 can also be one or a combination of wireless data transmission interfaces and wired data transmission interfaces. The host can be a host of the monitor or any computer device such as a computer, and the software installed in cooperation can form a monitoring system. The host can also be a communication device, such as a mobile phone, and the monitor sends data to the mobile phone supporting Bluetooth communication through the Bluetooth interface to realize remote transmission of data. After the processor 24 completes the calculation of the physiological parameters, it can also determine whether the physiological parameters are abnormal, and if so, an alarm can be given through the alarm circuit 20. The memory 18 can store intermediate and final data of the monitor, and store program instructions or codes for execution by the processor 24, etc. If the monitor has the function of blood pressure measurement, it can also include a pump valve driving circuit 21, which is used to inflate or deflate under the control of the processor 24.

[0104] The monitor can monitor the physiological parameters of the patient, and provides a good way for medical staff to comprehensively, intuitively and timely grasp the patient's condition. Generally, the monitor is divided into two types of bedside monitor and transport monitor. The bedside monitor is an instrument arranged beside the bed and connected with the patient, which can continuously monitor various physiological parameters or certain states of the patient, and give display, alarm or record. In actual situations, during the hospitalization period, etc., as the patient's condition changes, the patient will be transferred between different beds in the same department, or may need to go out for examination, or may be transferred to different departments, and during the process of being transported from one location to another, the patient is replaced by the transport monitor for monitoring.

[0105] Please refer toFigure 2 In order to facilitate medical staff to remotely understand the physiological condition of the patient, a central display device can be introduced. In some embodiments, the central display device can save the data of the monitor and other devices for monitoring and / or treating the patient mentioned in the present application, such as a respirator, an anesthesia machine, an infusion pump, a syringe pump, a hemodialysis machine, etc., centrally manage the patient information and care information, and facilitate the saving of historical data and the arrangement of alarm information. Specifically, the central display device can be connected with one or more devices for monitoring and / or treating the patient mentioned in the present application, and each device for monitoring and / or treating the patient can generate alarm information and transmit the alarm information to the central display device. The connection between the central display device and the devices can be wired or wireless.

[0106] Please refer to Figure 3 The central display device of the present application can process the alarm information generated by the devices for monitoring and / or treating the patient, i.e., the devices 1, 2, 3, and N in the figure, optimize the alarm information, so that the medical staff can quickly locate some alarm information worth paying attention to when a large amount of alarm information appears in a period of time, especially in a short period of time. Of course, it can be understood that Figure 3 The devices 1, 2, 3, and N in the present application are all for monitoring and / or treating the same patient, i.e. Figure 3 The alarm information generated by the devices 1, 2, 3, and N in the present application is for the same object, i.e., the same patient. Please refer to Figure 4 In some embodiments, the central display device includes a display 30, a processor 32, and a memory 34. The memory 34 stores a plurality of program instructions 36, or the central display device further includes a plurality of program instructions 36 stored in the memory 34, which can be called by the processor 32 to execute corresponding steps and complete corresponding functions, which will be described below.

[0107] Please refer to Figure 5 and Figure 6 In some embodiments, the processor 32 can call the above-mentioned plurality of program instructions 36 to execute the following steps:

[0108] Step 100: Real-time acquisition of a plurality of alarm information generated by one or more devices, or acquisition of a plurality of alarm information generated by one or more devices within a preset time period.

[0109] It can be understood that the one or more devices herein refer to devices connected with the central display device and capable of generating alarm information and transmitting the alarm information to the central display device, and when there are a plurality of devices, the devices are for monitoring and / or treating the same patient.

[0110] Step 120: judging the relevance between the multiple alarm information obtained in step 100.

[0111] Step 140: combined alarm according to the relevance between the multiple alarm information.

[0112] It can be seen that the relevance between the alarm information is involved in both step 120 and step 140. In some embodiments, the alarm information triggered by the same original event, such as the change of the setting parameter of the same device, the change of the same physiological state of the patient, etc., is determined as relevant.

[0113] Therefore, in some embodiments, the combined alarm according to the relevance between the multiple alarm information in step 140 can include: combined alarm according to the alarm information of one or more devices triggered by the same original event.

[0114] In some specific embodiments, the combined alarm according to the alarm information of one or more devices triggered by the same original event can include, for example: combined alarm according to the alarm information of one or more devices caused by the change of the setting parameter of the same device. The following examples are given for illustration.

[0115] For example, example 1: after the ventilator resets a relatively low respiratory rate, it may cause the respiratory alarm and the alarm of low blood oxygen value of the monitor, etc. - of course, the ventilator itself may also perform the respiratory alarm; at this time, the two alarm information of the respiratory alarm and the alarm of low blood oxygen value of the monitor, and the respiratory alarm of the ventilator, are caused or triggered by the change of the setting parameter of the ventilator, i.e. the respiratory rate, so combined alarm can be performed according to the two alarm information of the respiratory alarm and the alarm of low blood oxygen value of the monitor and the respiratory alarm of the ventilator.

[0116] For another example, example 2: the change of the dialysis amount of the hemodialysis machine, for example, increase, leads to the input of a large amount of fluid to the patient, which may cause the temperature alarm, the alarm of low blood oxygen value, the alarm of low heart rate, and the alarm of low blood pressure of the monitor; since at this time, the four alarm information of the temperature alarm, the alarm of low blood oxygen value, the alarm of low heart rate, and the alarm of low blood pressure of the monitor are caused or triggered by the change of the setting parameter of the hemodialysis machine, i.e. the dialysis amount, so combined alarm can be performed according to the four alarm information of the respiratory alarm, the alarm of low blood oxygen value, the alarm of low heart rate, and the alarm of low blood pressure of the monitor.

[0117] For example, Example 3: the infusion speed of the infusion pump, which represents the speed of the infusion. If the infusion speed changes, it can cause the heart rate alarm, the blood oxygen value alarm, and the blood pressure alarm of the monitor. Therefore, when the heart rate alarm, the blood oxygen value alarm, and the blood pressure alarm of the monitor are triggered by the change of the infusion speed of the infusion pump, the joint alarm can be performed according to the three alarm information of the heart rate alarm, the blood oxygen value alarm, and the blood pressure alarm of the monitor.

[0118] For example, Example 4: the speed of the input of the anesthetic of the anesthetic machine, which represents the speed of the anesthesia. If the speed of the input of the anesthetic changes, it can cause the heart rate alarm and the respiration alarm of the monitor. Therefore, when the heart rate alarm and the respiration alarm of the monitor are triggered by the change of the speed of the input of the anesthetic of the anesthetic machine, the joint alarm can be performed according to the two alarm information of the heart rate alarm and the respiration alarm of the monitor.

[0119] The above is a description of the joint alarm according to the alarm information of one device or multiple devices caused by the change of the setting parameter of the same device. In some specific embodiments, the joint alarm according to the alarm information of one device or multiple devices triggered by the same original event can also include the joint alarm according to the alarm information of one device or multiple devices caused by the change of the same physiological state.

[0120] For example, Example 5: when the rhythm of the heart of the patient changes, it can cause the heart rate alarm, the pulse rate alarm of the blood oxygen value parameter, and the pulse rate alarm of the blood pressure parameter of the monitor. Since these alarm information are caused by the change of the rhythm of the heart of the patient, the joint alarm can be performed according to the three alarm information of the heart rate alarm, the pulse rate alarm of the blood oxygen value parameter, and the pulse rate alarm of the blood pressure parameter of the monitor.

[0121] The above is a description of one aspect of the joint alarm, that is, the joint alarm according to the alarm information of one device or multiple devices triggered by the same original event. On the other hand, in some embodiments, the joint alarm according to the correlation between multiple alarm information in step 140 also includes determining the alarm level of the current joint alarm. In some specific embodiments, determining the alarm level of the current joint alarm can include determining the corresponding alarm level of the current joint alarm according to the criticality of the patient.

[0122] For example, in some embodiments, the criticality of the patient can be divided into three levels from severe to light.

[0123] The first level: analyze the root cause of the combined alarm, which can be dangerous to the patient's life, and needs medical staff to handle in time, accordingly, the level of this combined alarm is high. For example, in the treatment of patients with high blood pressure, the alarm of the infusion pump and the blood pressure alarm of the monitor constitute a combined alarm; therefore, the combined alarm at this time represents whether the patient's blood pressure is abnormal, thereby determining whether the infusion pump is reasonable, if the drug is not reasonable, it can endanger the patient's life, and the level of the combined alarm is high. For another example, the breathing alarm of the ventilator and the breathing alarm of the monitor constitute a combined alarm; if the breathing rate set by the ventilator is not reasonable, it will trigger the breathing alarm of the monitor, and can also endanger the patient's life, and the level of the combined alarm is high.

[0124] The second level: analyze the root cause of the combined alarm, which can not be dangerous to the patient's life, or can not be a more urgent danger to the patient's life, but needs medical staff to pay attention or intervene, accordingly, the level of this combined alarm is medium. For example, during heart surgery, the body circulation instrument is used to replace the heart pump, at this time, the alarm of the body circulation instrument and the heartbeat stop alarm of the monitor constitute a combined alarm; since the heart has stopped beating, medical staff need to pay attention or intervene, and since it is in surgery at this time, there will be medical staff around to continuously intervene, and the level of the combined alarm is medium. For another example, the patient's heartbeat is fast, triggering the high heart rate alarm, the high pulse rate alarm of the blood oxygen value parameter, and the high pulse rate alarm of the blood pressure parameter, which constitute a combined alarm. Since the fast heartbeat does not endanger the patient's life, but needs to be prevented from further speeding up, medical staff need to pay attention, and the level of the combined alarm is medium.

[0125] The third level: analyze the root cause of the combined alarm, which can not be dangerous to the patient's life, or can not be a more urgent danger to the patient's life, and does not need medical staff to pay attention and intervene in a short time, accordingly, the level of this combined alarm is low. For example, when the hemodialysis instrument is working, the alarm prompt of the hemodialysis instrument and the low body temperature alarm of the monitor constitute a combined alarm; since the hemodialysis will input a large amount of liquid to the human body and discharge it, which will lower the body temperature, but at this time it is in the treatment period, which does not endanger the patient's life, and does not need medical staff to pay attention and intervene in a short time, and the level of the combined alarm is low.

[0126] The above is the explanation of the alarm level of the combined alarm. On the other hand, in some embodiments, step 140 performs combined alarm according to the relevance between multiple alarm information, and also includes: displaying the current combined alarm. The following will specifically explain how to display the combined alarm.

[0127] In some embodiments, displaying the current joint alarm can include displaying only one alarm information when the same original event triggers multiple alarm information of the same type of device. Displaying only one alarm information of the same type of device triggered by the same original event can reduce the disturbance when the medical staff looks at the alarm information. Further, in some embodiments, the display 30 can also display a symbol for further information, such as displaying "…" near the displayed one alarm information, and the user can click the symbol through the input device such as a mouse; and in response to the click on the symbol, the display 30 displays the multiple alarm information of the same type of device triggered by the same original event, and / or displays the same original event triggering the alarm information.

[0128] For example, please refer to Figure 7 In an example, the same original event, such as the change of the breathing rate parameter of the ventilator, causes the breathing alarm of the ventilator and the breathing alarm of the monitor, and since they are both breathing alarms, they belong to the same type of alarm information. If the breathing alarm is the alarm information of high breathing rate at this time, only one alarm information of high breathing rate can be displayed. It can be understood that if the breathing alarm is the alarm information of low breathing rate at this time, only one alarm information of low breathing rate can be displayed. Further, a clickable symbol can be displayed near the displayed breathing alarm, and when the user clicks the symbol, the breathing alarm information of the ventilator and the breathing alarm information of the monitor can be displayed, and / or the original event of the change of the breathing rate parameter of the ventilator causing the two breathing alarm information can be displayed.

[0129] In some embodiments, displaying the current joint alarm can include displaying all the alarm information when the same original event triggers multiple alarm information of different types of devices. Displaying all the alarm information for joint alarm can facilitate the medical staff to understand the types of the current alarm information and find the cause. Further, in some embodiments, the display 30 can also display a symbol for further information, such as displaying "…" in the interface displaying the above alarm information, and the user can click the symbol through the input device such as a mouse; and in response to the click on the symbol, the display 30 displays the same original event triggering the multiple alarm information of different types of devices.

[0130] For example, please refer to Figure 8For example, in one example, a same original event, such as a change of infusion speed of an infusion pump, causes a bubble alarm of the infusion pump and a blood pressure alarm of a monitor, which belong to different types of alarm information. The combined alarms are displayed together, which helps the medical staff to understand the type of the current alarm and the cause of the alarm. Further, a clickable symbol can be displayed in the interface or area where the bubble alarm of the infusion pump and the blood pressure alarm of the monitor are displayed. When the user clicks the symbol, the original event, i.e. the too fast infusion speed of the infusion pump, can be displayed.

[0131] In some embodiments, displaying the current combined alarm can include: when different types of alarm information of multiple devices are triggered by a same original event, the alarm information is classified and displayed as an alarm of the same original event. The different types of alarm information are analyzed and classified as the alarm of the same original event, which helps the medical staff to understand the cause of the current alarm information. Further, in some embodiments, the display 30 can also display a symbol for further understanding, such as displaying “…” near the alarm of the same original event. The user can click the symbol through a mouse or other input device. In response to the clicking of the symbol, the display 30 displays the different types of alarm information of the multiple devices.

[0132] For example, refer to Figure 9 In one example, a same original event, such as a change of infusion speed of an infusion pump, causes a bubble alarm of the infusion pump and a blood pressure alarm of a monitor, which belong to different types of alarm information. The combined alarms are displayed together, which helps the medical staff to understand the type of the current alarm and the cause of the alarm. Further, a clickable symbol can be displayed in the interface or area where the bubble alarm of the infusion pump and the blood pressure alarm of the monitor are displayed. When the user clicks the symbol, the original event, i.e. the too fast infusion speed of the infusion pump, can be displayed.

[0133] In some embodiments, displaying the current combined alarm can include: when different types of alarm information of multiple devices are triggered by a same original event, the alarm information is classified and displayed as an alarm of the same original event. Further, the display 30 can also display a symbol for further understanding, such as displaying “…” near the alarm of the same original event. The user can click the symbol through a mouse or other input device. In response to the clicking of the symbol, the display 30 displays the different types of alarm information of the multiple devices.

[0134] For example, refer to Figure 10For example, in one case, the same original event, for example, the rhythm of the patient's heart changes, which leads to the heart rate alarm of the monitor, the pulse rate alarm of the blood oxygen value parameter, and the pulse rate alarm of the blood pressure parameter. These alarm information are summarized and displayed as a rhythm alarm. Further, a clickable symbol can be displayed near the rhythm alarm. When the user clicks on the symbol, the classified alarm information can be displayed, i.e., the heart rate alarm of the monitor, the pulse rate alarm of the blood oxygen value parameter, and the pulse rate alarm of the blood pressure parameter, so that the medical staff can specifically understand which parameter triggered the rhythm alarm.

[0135] The above is some description of the joint alarm in step 140, which involves three aspects, the same original event, the level of the joint alarm, and how to display the joint alarm. Understandably, when the level of the joint alarm is determined, the level can be displayed at the same time when the joint alarm is displayed, or the medical staff can understand the level of the joint alarm through other ways that can be thought of by those skilled in the art.

[0136] Step 160: According to the alarm level of each joint alarm, sort and display each joint alarm. For example, the display 30 displays the sorted joint alarm information.

[0137] The processor 32 of the central display device implements the alarm processing method by executing the step flow of Figure 5 or Figure 6 The alarm processing method can be applied to real-time alarm occasions, for example, when the multiple alarm information generated by one or more devices respectively is acquired in real time in step 100, and the acquired alarm information is combined into a joint alarm through steps 120 and 140; the alarm processing method can also be applied to alarm review occasions, for example, when the multiple alarm information generated by multiple devices within a preset time period is acquired in step 100, and the alarm information is combined into a joint alarm through steps 120 and 140, and then the constructed joint alarm is sorted and displayed through step 160.

[0138] In some embodiments, one of the devices 1, 2, 3,..., N (referred to as device A for convenience) in Figure 3 can replace the central display device. The device A can be used for monitoring and / or treating a patient, and the device A is connected with other devices mentioned in the present application for monitoring and / or treating a patient. The device A itself can also monitor and / or treat a patient, and it can be understood that the device A and the devices connected with the device A are used for monitoring and / or treating the same object, i.e., the same patient. Please refer to Figure 11The device A in some embodiments can include a display 40, a processor 42 and a memory 44. The memory 44 stores a plurality of program instructions 46, or the device A further includes a plurality of program instructions 46 stored in the memory 44, which can be invoked by the processor 42 to perform corresponding steps and complete corresponding functions. Specifically, the processor 42 of the device A can invoke the above-mentioned plurality of program instructions 46 to perform the steps and processes shown in any of the above-mentioned embodiments. Figure 12 or Figure 13 The steps and processes shown in any of the above-mentioned embodiments are described in detail as follows.

[0139] Please refer to Figure 12 or Figure 13 In some embodiments, the processor 32 can invoke the above-mentioned plurality of program instructions 36 to perform the following steps:

[0140] Step 200: Obtain vital sign related data.

[0141] Step 220: Determine whether to generate an alarm information according to the obtained vital sign related data.

[0142] Step 240: When multiple alarm information is generated, determine the relevance between the alarm information.

[0143] Step 260: Joint alarm according to the relevance between the alarm information.

[0144] The relevance between the alarm information is involved in both step 240 and step 260. In some embodiments, the alarm information triggered by the same original event, such as the same device setting parameter change or the same physiological state change of the patient, is determined to be relevant.

[0145] Therefore, in some embodiments, the joint alarm according to the relevance between the alarm information in step 260 can include: when the alarm information is triggered by the same original event, the joint alarm is performed according to the alarm information; wherein the same original event includes the change of the setting parameter of the device or the same physiological state change.

[0146] For example, the device A generates multiple alarm information in a short period of time, which is caused by the change of the setting parameter of the device A, the change of the setting parameter of other devices or the same physiological state change of the patient, so that the alarm information has relevance, and the device A performs joint alarm according to the relevance between the alarm information.

[0147] In some embodiments, step 260 combines the alarms based on the correlation between the alarms, including: determining an alarm level for the current combined alarm; and / or displaying the current combined alarm, e.g., by display 40.

[0148] In some embodiments, displaying the current combined alarm can include controlling the grouping and display of alarms as alarms for the same original event. Further, display 30 can also display a symbol for further information, e.g., a "..." near the alarms for the same original event, which can be clicked by a user using a mouse or other input device; and in response to the clicking of the symbol, display 30 displays the different types of alarms for device A. For example, in the above example, display 40 displays the alarms for the heart rate, pulse rate of the blood oxygen parameter, and pulse rate of the blood pressure parameter. Figure 10 For example, in the case of device A being a monitor, the alarms for the heart rate, pulse rate of the blood oxygen parameter, and pulse rate of the blood pressure parameter can be grouped and displayed as a rhythm alarm based on the same original event, e.g., a change in the rhythm of the patient's heart. Further, a symbol can be displayed near the rhythm alarm, which can be clicked by a user to expand the grouped alarms, i.e., to display the alarms for the heart rate, pulse rate of the blood oxygen parameter, and pulse rate of the blood pressure parameter, so that the user can see which parameter triggered the rhythm alarm.

[0149] Step 280: ordering and displaying the combined alarms based on the alarm level of each combined alarm. For example, display 40 displays the ordered combined alarms.

[0150] The various illustrative embodiments described herein can be implemented or combined in various ways. For example, steps recited as being performed in a certain order can be performed in a different order or concurrently. Further, various components can be implemented or combined in various ways. For example, a component described as being implemented in a certain way can be implemented in a different way or combined with another component. Further, the various illustrative embodiments can be implemented using any number of hardware devices or software components.

[0151] In the above-described embodiments, all or part can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. In addition, as understood by those skilled in the art, the principles herein can be reflected in a computer program product on a computer readable storage medium preloaded with computer readable program code. Any tangible, non-transitory computer readable storage medium can be used, including magnetic storage devices (hard disk, floppy disk, etc.), optical storage devices (CD-ROM, DVD, Blu Ray disc, etc.), flash memory, and / or the like. These computer program instructions can be loaded onto a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions that execute on the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus create means for implementing the functions specified. These computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory can form an article of manufacture including an implementation to implement the specified functions. The computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process so that the instructions that execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the specified functions.

[0152] While the principles herein have been illustrated in various embodiments, many modifications of structure, arrangement, proportions, elements, materials, and components which are particularly adapted to specific environments and operational requirements can be employed without departing from the principles and scope of the disclosure. These modifications and other changes or modifications will be included within the scope of the principles herein.

[0153] The foregoing detailed description has been described with reference to various embodiments. However, one skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the description is to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of present disclosure. Also, advantages, other advantages, and solutions to problems have been described above with regard to various embodiments. However, the benefits, advantages, solutions to problems and any element(s) that can cause any of such should not be construed as critical, required or essential. The terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variations thereof, are to be construed as non-exclusive, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but can include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Further, the terms "coupled" and any other variations thereof are to be construed as physical connections, electrical connections, magnetic connections, optical connections, communicative connections, functional connections, and / or any other connections.

[0154] One skilled in the art will recognize that the foregoing preferred embodiments can be readily adapted for numerous alterations without departing from the central teachings of the present application. Accordingly, the scope of the present application should be determined by the following claims.

Claims

1. An alarm processing method for processing a plurality of alarm information generated by one or more devices that monitor and / or treat a patient, characterized by, The alarm processing method comprises: real-time acquisition of a plurality of alarm information generated by the one or more devices, or acquisition of a plurality of alarm information generated by the one or more devices within a preset time period; judgment of the relevance between the plurality of alarm information; joint alarm according to the relevance between the plurality of alarm information, wherein the one or more devices are used for monitoring and / or treating the same patient, and the plurality of alarm information generated by the one or more devices is for the same patient, and wherein the joint alarm according to the relevance between the plurality of alarm information comprises joint alarm according to alarm information of one or more devices triggered by the same original event of the same patient.

2. The alarm processing method of claim 1, wherein, The joint alarm according to the alarm information of one or more devices triggered by the same original event of the same patient comprises: joint alarm according to alarm information of one or more devices caused by a change in the setting parameters of the same device.

3. The alarm processing method of claim 1, wherein, The joint alarm according to the alarm information of one or more devices triggered by the same original event of the same patient comprises: joint alarm according to alarm information of one or more devices caused by a change in the same physiological state.

4. The alert handling method of claim 1, wherein, The joint alarm according to the relevance between the plurality of alarm information comprises: determination of the alarm level of the current joint alarm.

5. The alarm processing method of claim 4, wherein, The determination of the alarm level of the current joint alarm comprises: determination of the corresponding alarm level of the current joint alarm according to the criticality of the patient.

6. The alarm processing method of claim 5, wherein, The determination of the corresponding alarm level of the current joint alarm according to the criticality of the patient comprises at least one of: analysis of the root cause of the joint alarm, when the joint alarm may cause danger to the life of the patient and needs to be handled by medical staff in time, the alarm level of the joint alarm is determined to be high; analysis of the root cause of the joint alarm, when the joint alarm may not cause danger to the life of the patient or may not cause more urgent danger to the life of the patient, but needs to be continuously paid attention to or intervened by medical staff, the alarm level of the joint alarm is determined to be medium; analysis of the root cause of the joint alarm, when the joint alarm may not cause danger to the life of the patient or may not cause more urgent danger to the life of the patient, and does not need to be paid attention to and intervened by medical staff in a short time, the alarm level of the joint alarm is determined to be low.

7. The alarm processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein The joint alarm according to the relevance between the plurality of alarm information further comprises display of the current joint alarm.

8. The alert handling method of claim 7, wherein, The display of the current joint alarm comprises: when the same original event of the same patient triggers alarm information of the same type of a plurality of devices, the alarm information is displayed as only one alarm information.

9. The alarm processing method of claim 8, wherein, The display of the current joint alarm further comprises: display of a symbol for further understanding; In response to a click on the symbol, the alarm information is displayed, and / or the same original event of the same patient triggering the alarm information is displayed.

10. The alert handling method of claim 7, wherein, The display of the current combined alarm includes: When different kinds of alarm information of multiple devices are triggered by the same original event of the same patient, all the alarm information is displayed.

11. The alert handling method of claim 10, wherein, The display of the current combined alarm further includes: A symbol for further inquiry is displayed. In response to a click on the symbol, the same original event of the same patient triggering the alarm information is displayed.

12. The alert handling method of claim 7, wherein, The display of the current combined alarm includes: When different kinds of alarm information of the same device are triggered by the same original event of the same patient, the alarm information is classified and displayed as an alarm of the same original event of the same patient.

13. The alert handling method of claim 12, wherein, The display of the current combined alarm further includes: A symbol for further inquiry is displayed. In response to a click on the symbol, the alarm information is displayed.

14. The alert handling method of any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein, The combined alarms are sorted according to alarm levels of the combined alarms, and the sorted combined alarms are displayed.

15. A central display device in connection with one or more devices for monitoring and / or treating a patient, each of the devices for monitoring and / or treating a patient being arranged to generate alarm information and to transmit the alarm information to the central display device, characterized in that The central display device includes a display, a processor, a memory, and a plurality of program instructions stored in the memory, and the processor invokes the plurality of program instructions to perform the following steps: A plurality of alarm information generated by one or more devices is acquired in real time, or a plurality of alarm information generated by one or more devices within a preset time period is acquired, the one or more devices are used for monitoring and / or treating the same patient, and the plurality of alarm information generated by the one or more devices is for the same patient; The relevance between the plurality of alarm information is determined; Combined alarms are performed according to the relevance between the plurality of alarm information, and the combined alarms performed according to the relevance between the plurality of alarm information include combined alarms performed according to alarm information of one or more devices triggered by the same original event of the same patient.

16. The central display device of claim 15, wherein, The combined alarms performed according to alarm information of one or more devices triggered by the same original event of the same patient include: Combined alarms are performed according to alarm information of one or more devices caused by a change in a setting parameter of the same device.

17. The central display device of claim 15, wherein, The combined alarms performed according to alarm information of one or more devices triggered by the same original event of the same patient include: Combined alarms are performed according to alarm information of one or more devices caused by a change in a physiological state.

18. The central display device of claim 15, wherein, The combined alarms performed according to the relevance between the plurality of alarm information include: An alarm level of a current combined alarm is determined.

19. The central display device of claim 18, wherein, The determination of the alarm level of the current combined alarm includes: According to the severity of the patient, a corresponding alarm level of the current combined alarm is determined.

20. The central display device of claim 19, wherein, The determination of the corresponding alarm level of the current combined alarm according to the severity of the patient includes at least one of the following: analyzing the root cause of the combined alarm, when the combined alarm can cause a dangerous threat to the patient's life, and the medical staff needs to handle it in time, determining the alarm level of the combined alarm as high; analyzing the root cause of the combined alarm, when the combined alarm can not cause a dangerous threat to the patient's life, or can not cause an urgent threat to the patient's life, but the medical staff needs to pay attention or intervene, determining the alarm level of the combined alarm as medium; analyzing the root cause of the combined alarm, when the combined alarm can not cause a dangerous threat to the patient's life, or can not cause an urgent threat to the patient's life, and the medical staff does not need to pay attention and intervene in a short time, determining the alarm level of the combined alarm as low.

21. The central display device of any of claims 15 to 20, wherein, The combined alarm according to the correlation between the multiple alarm information further comprises: controlling the display to display the current combined alarm.

22. The central display device of claim 21, wherein, The display of the current combined alarm controlled by the display comprises: When the same kind of alarm information of multiple devices triggered by the same original event of the same patient, the display controls the alarm information to be displayed as only one alarm information.

23. The central display device of claim 22, wherein, The display of the current combined alarm controlled by the display further comprises: The display controls the display of a symbol for further understanding; In response to the clicking of the symbol, the display displays all the alarm information, and / or the display displays the same original event of the same patient triggering the alarm information.

24. The central display device of claim 21, wherein, The display of the current combined alarm controlled by the display comprises: When the different kinds of alarm information of multiple devices triggered by the same original event of the same patient, the display controls the display of all the alarm information.

25. The central display device of claim 24, wherein, The display of the current combined alarm controlled by the display further comprises: The display controls the display of a symbol for further understanding; In response to the clicking of the symbol, the display displays the same original event of the same patient triggering the alarm information.

26. The central display device of claim 21, wherein, The display of the current combined alarm controlled by the display comprises: When the different kinds of alarm information of the same device triggered by the same original event of the same patient, the display controls the classification and display of the alarm information as the alarm of the same original event of the same patient.

27. The central display device of claim 26, wherein, The display of the current combined alarm controlled by the display further comprises: The display controls the display of a symbol for further understanding; In response to the clicking of the symbol, the display displays all the alarm information.

28. The central display device of any of claims 18 to 20, wherein, The processor further executes the program instructions to sort the combined alarms according to the alarm levels of the combined alarms; The display is further used to display the sorted combined alarms.

29. An apparatus for monitoring or treating a patient, characterized by The display, the processor and the memory, and the program instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor executes the following steps by invoking the program instructions: Obtaining vital sign related data; According to the obtained vital sign related data, determining whether to generate alarm information; When multiple alarm information is generated, the relevance between the alarm information is determined, wherein the multiple alarm information is for the same patient; Joint alarm is performed according to the relevance between the alarm information; the joint alarm according to the relevance between the alarm information comprises: when the alarm information is triggered by the same original event of the same patient, joint alarm is performed according to the alarm information.

30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein, The same original event of the same patient comprises a change in a setting parameter of the device or a change in the same physiological state.

31. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein, The joint alarm according to the relevance between the alarm information comprises: determining the alarm level of the current joint alarm; and / or, controlling the display to display the current joint alarm.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein, The controlling the display to display the current joint alarm comprises: controlling the display to classify and display the alarm information as alarm of the same original event of the same patient.

33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein, The controlling the display to display the current joint alarm further comprises: controlling the display to display a symbol for further understanding; in response to clicking on the symbol, controlling the display to display the alarm information.

34. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein, The determining the alarm level of the current joint alarm comprises: analyzing the root cause of the joint alarm, and when the joint alarm may cause danger to the life of the patient and needs medical staff to handle in time, determining the alarm level of the joint alarm as high; analyzing the root cause of the joint alarm, and when the joint alarm may not cause danger to the life of the patient or may not cause more urgent danger to the life of the patient, but needs medical staff to continuously pay attention to or intervene, determining the alarm level of the joint alarm as medium; analyzing the root cause of the joint alarm, and when the joint alarm may not cause danger to the life of the patient or may not cause more urgent danger to the life of the patient, and does not need medical staff to pay attention to and intervene in a short time, determining the alarm level of the joint alarm as low.

35. The apparatus of claim 31 or 34, wherein, The processor further executes the program instructions to sort the joint alarms according to the alarm levels of the joint alarms. The display is further used to display the sorted joint alarms.

36. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that, The program can be executed by the processor to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

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