Medical device

Abstract

A medical device is characterized in that a first function module and at least one second function module are arranged in a shell, at least one of the first function module and the second function module is a module with a medical function, the first function module is used for outputting first information, and the second function module is used for outputting second information. The first function module and the second function module share the same displayer to display the first information and / or the second information, and when the first information and the second information need to be displayed at the same time, the first function module and the second function module can serve as an information receiving end module and an information sending end module respectively; and the receiving end module receives the first information or the second information needing to be displayed from the sending end module, generates a first display signal based on the first information and the second information, and sends the first display signal to the display, so that the display displays the first information and the second information at the same time. According to the medical equipment, information of different functions on single equipment can be displayed on the same display at the same time.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of medical devices, and more specifically to a medical device. Background Art

[0002] Medical staff may use multiple functional devices to diagnose and treat patients. For example, physiological parameter monitoring equipment is needed to detect physiological parameters and display and alarm; medical information access equipment is needed to view historical cases or other patient information. With the advancement of technology, the integration of medical equipment is getting higher and higher. Two or more functional devices in the past can now be integrated into one medical device, becoming two or more functional modules of one medical device. For example, physiological parameter monitoring function and information system access function can be realized on one medical device at the same time.

[0003] The need for display of various functional modules has not changed. Technically, each functional module that needs to be displayed can be equipped with at least one display device or display interface (for connecting a display device). However, this has several disadvantages, specifically: (1) Multiple display devices are relatively expensive (multiple display interfaces need to be connected to multiple display devices at the same time); (2) The space in the medical environment is limited, and placing multiple display devices takes up a large space, which will squeeze the operating space of medical staff; (3) When medical staff use different functional modules, they need to observe different display devices. When different display devices are far apart or display in different directions, it is inconvenient for medical staff to view and operate.

[0004] Therefore, it is necessary to provide a solution so that a single medical device with more than one functional module can display relevant information of its different functional modules on a smaller number of display devices. Summary of the invention

[0005] The present application is proposed to solve the above problems. On the one hand, the present application provides a medical device, wherein the housing of the medical device includes a first functional module and at least one second functional module, at least one of the first functional module and the second functional module is a module with medical function, the first functional module is used to output first information, the second functional module is used to output second information, the first functional module and the second functional module share the same display to display the first information and / or the second information, wherein: when the first information and the second information need to be displayed at the same time, the first functional module and the second functional module can both serve as a receiving module and a sending module of the information respectively; the receiving module receives the first information or the second information to be displayed from the sending module, the receiving module generates a first display signal based on the first information and the second information, and sends the first display signal to the display, so that the display displays the first information and the second information at the same time.

[0006] The medical device of the present application includes at least two functional modules. Through the information interaction between the functional modules, the information related to different functions on a single device can be displayed on the same display at the same time, solving the problems of the existing single device including multi-functional modules requiring the use of more displays, resulting in high cost, squeezing the operating space of medical staff, and inconvenience for medical staff to view and operate. In addition, since the data interaction between the functional modules is only a data interaction with a very small amount of data and does not involve the interaction of display signals, the amount of data that needs to be processed by the receiving end module is greatly reduced, and the design requirements for the signal transmission link are also greatly reduced. There is no need to use a high-performance display signal processing system, which can reduce the cost and difficulty of implementing the display fusion function of the display. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0007] The above and other purposes, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing the embodiments of the present invention in more detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The accompanying drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the present invention and constitute a part of the specification. Together with the embodiments of the present invention, they are used to explain the present invention and do not constitute a limitation of the present invention. In the accompanying drawings, the same reference numerals generally represent the same components or steps.

[0008] Figure 1 A schematic structural block diagram of a medical device according to an embodiment of the present application is shown.

[0009] Figure 2 Show Figure 1 The illustrated embodiment is a schematic diagram of interaction when the first functional module acts as a transmitting module and the second functional module acts as a receiving module in a scenario where the medical device needs to display the first information and the second information at the same time.

[0010] Figure 3 Show Figure 1 The illustrated embodiment is a schematic diagram of interaction when the second functional module acts as a transmitting module and the first functional module acts as a receiving module in a scenario where the medical device needs to display the first information and the second information at the same time.

[0011] Figure 4 Show Figure 1 The illustrated embodiment is a schematic diagram of interaction of the medical device in a scenario where the first information needs to be displayed but the second information does not need to be displayed.

[0012] Figure 5 Show Figure 1 The illustrated embodiment is a schematic diagram of interaction of the medical device in a scenario where the second information needs to be displayed but the first information does not need to be displayed.

[0013] Figure 6 Show Figure 1 The illustrated embodiment is a schematic diagram of interaction of the medical device 100 in a scenario where the first information needs to be displayed but the second information does not need to be displayed and the first functional module 110 serves as a receiving end module.

[0014] Figure 7 Show Figure 1 The illustrated embodiment is a schematic diagram of interaction of the medical device 100 in a scenario where the first information needs to be displayed but the second information does not need to be displayed, and the first functional module 110 serves as a transmitting module.

[0015] Figure 8 Show Figure 1 The illustrated embodiment is a schematic diagram of interaction of the medical device 100 in a scenario where the second information needs to be displayed but the first information does not need to be displayed, and the second functional module 120 serves as a receiving end module.

[0016] Fig. 9 Show Figure 1 The illustrated embodiment is a schematic diagram of interaction of the medical device 100 in a scenario where the second information needs to be displayed but the first information does not need to be displayed, and the second functional module 120 serves as a transmitting module. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0017] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the present invention more obvious, the exemplary embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments of the present invention, and it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments described herein. Based on the embodiments of the present invention described in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work should fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0018] Figure 1FIG. 1 is a schematic structural block diagram of a medical device according to an embodiment of the present application. Figure 1 As shown, the housing of the medical device 100 includes a first functional module 110 and at least one second functional module 120 .

[0019] Here, for simplicity, Figure 1 Only one second functional module 120 is shown in the figure. In practice, the medical device 100 may include more second functional modules 120, which may be different functional modules from each other.

[0020] At least one of the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 is a module with medical functions. For example, the first functional module 110 may include any one of the following functional modules: monitoring functional module, respiratory functional module, anesthesia functional module, and ultrasound functional module; the second functional module 120 is different from the first functional module 110, and the second functional module 120 includes at least one of the following functional modules: computer functional module, respiratory functional module, anesthesia functional module, ultrasound functional module, and monitoring functional module. Therefore, the medical device 100 is a device that implements multiple functions (at least one function is a medical function) on a single device. In this article, the functional modules are divided according to the functions, and each functional module does not have to be an independent printed circuit board (PCBA) board or module. Different functional modules can be in the same one or more PCBA boards, and can be in the same one or more physical modules.

[0021] The information output by the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 respectively depends on the functions they respectively implement. For example, when the first functional module 110 is a monitoring functional module, the information it outputs is information related to the monitoring data; when the first functional module 110 is a respiratory functional module, the information it outputs is information related to the respiratory data. Similarly, when the second functional module 120 is an ultrasound functional module, the information it outputs is information related to ultrasound data; when the second functional module 120 is a computer functional module, the information it outputs is information related to computer data (such as information generated on a computer, information stored on a computer, information retrieved on a computer, or information displayed on a computer, etc., such as patient information retrieved from an information access system running on a computer). For the sake of brevity in description, Figure 1 In the illustrated embodiment, it is described that the first functional module 110 is used to output the first information, and the second functional module 120 is used to output the second information.

[0022] exist Figure 1 In the illustrated embodiment, the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 share the same display to display the first information and / or the second information. Figure 1In the figure, only one display is shown. In practice, the number of displays may be more than one, depending on the number of the second functional modules 120. For example, when the number of the second functional modules 120 is large, making it difficult to display the information of all functional modules on one display, the number of displays may be increased, such as two, three, etc. In general, the solution of the medical device 100 provided in the present application is to use as few displays as possible. For example, Figure 1 As shown, the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 can share a display. The display can be a part of the medical device 100, or a device external to / independent of the medical device 100.

[0023] Specifically, in a scenario where the first information and the second information need to be displayed simultaneously (such as medical scenarios such as surgery, emergency, intensive care, etc.), one of the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 can be used as a receiving end module, and the other can be used as a sending end module. The receiving end module receives the first information or the second information to be displayed from the sending end module, and the receiving end module generates a first display signal based on the first information and the second information, and sends the first display signal to the display, so that the display displays the first information and the second information simultaneously.

[0024] Therefore, the medical device 100 provided in the present application includes at least two functional modules, and through information interaction between the functional modules, the information related to different functions on a single device can be simultaneously displayed on the same (for example, the same) display, thereby solving many problems such as the need to use more displays for existing single devices including multi-functional modules, resulting in high costs, squeezing the operating space for medical staff, and inconvenience for medical staff to view and operate.

[0025] When the first information and the second information need to be displayed simultaneously, the first function module 110 and the second function module 120 can be used as the receiving module and the sending module of the information respectively. That is, when the first information and the second information need to be displayed simultaneously, it can be: (1) the first function module 110 is used as the sending module and the second function module 120 is used as the receiving module; or (2) the second function module 120 is used as the sending module and the first function module 110 is used as the receiving module. Figure 2 and Figure 3 To describe these two situations.

[0026] Figure 2 Show Figure 1 The medical device 100 of the embodiment shown is a schematic diagram of interaction when the first functional module 110 is used as a transmitting module and the second functional module 120 is used as a receiving module in a scenario where the first information and the second information need to be displayed simultaneously. Figure 2As shown, when the first information and the second information need to be displayed simultaneously, the first functional module 110 acts as a sending end module, and transmits the first information output by it to the second functional module 120 (for example, through a communication module, not shown, the communication module can be located between the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120, or can be a component of these two functional modules), and the second functional module 120 generates a first display signal based on the received first information and the second information generated by itself, and sends the first display signal to the display, so that the display displays the first information and the second information simultaneously.

[0027] Figure 3 Show Figure 1 The medical device 100 of the embodiment shown is a schematic diagram of interaction when the second functional module 120 is used as a transmitting module and the first functional module 110 is used as a receiving module in a scenario where the first information and the second information need to be displayed simultaneously. Figure 2 As shown, when the first information and the second information need to be displayed simultaneously, the second functional module 120 acts as a sending end module, and transmits the second information output by it to the first functional module 110 (for example, through a communication module, not shown, the communication module can be located between the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120, or can be a component of these two functional modules), and the first functional module 110 generates a first display signal based on the received second information and the first information generated by itself, and sends the first display signal to the display, so that the display displays the first information and the second information simultaneously.

[0028] It should be noted here that in the related art, there is also a solution for displaying the data output by each of the two functional modules through a display. However, in such a technology, an intermediate module (display fusion module) is generally required to receive display signals from each of the two functional modules, and to fuse the display signals and display them on a display. This technology is different from the technology described above in this application: first, it requires an intermediate module (usually an FPGA / SOC / CPU / GPU with strong image processing performance as the processing core, to form a complete processing system, including a power supply system, a storage system, etc.), which is costly; secondly, the data transmitted by the two functional modules to the intermediate module is not the first information and the second information described above, but the display signal obtained after processing the first information and the second information (which may be an uncompressed display signal or a compressed display signal). There is an essential difference between transmitting the first information and the second information and transmitting the display signal. Because the first and second information are essentially different from the display signal.

[0029] For example, the first functional module 110 is a monitoring functional module, and the first information outputted by it is, for example, the patient's heart rate data 60. The first information is a digital expression of the heart rate data 60, corresponding to a certain digital form. Multiple expressions such as binary, decimal, or ASCII code can be used, which has nothing to do with the image expression form. For example, the second functional module 120 is a respiratory functional module, and the second information outputted by it is, for example, the patient's respiratory rate data 15 times / minute. The second information is a digital expression of the respiratory rate data 15 times / minute, corresponding to a certain digital form. Multiple expressions such as binary, decimal, or ASCII code can be used, which has nothing to do with the image expression form. The first display signal generated based on the first information and the second information is the image expression of the heart rate data 60 and the respiratory rate data 15 times / minute, corresponding to the image pixel information. The image may occupy 100x100 pixels, or 500x300 pixels, and may be displayed in green or in red. The first information and the second information usually have a small amount of data. For example, the number 60 can be expressed using only 1 to 2 bytes. Transmitting the first information or the second information does not require a large transmission channel bandwidth. However, the display signal usually has a large amount of data. In the uncompressed case, the larger the image, the larger the amount of data of the display signal, and the larger the transmission channel bandwidth required by the display signal. The transmission channel bandwidth occupied by the display signal is usually several orders of magnitude larger than the transmission channel bandwidth occupied by the data to be displayed, such as the first and second information.

[0030] Therefore, compared with the related technologies mentioned above, the data interaction between the functional modules of the medical device 100 provided by the present application is only a data interaction with a very small amount of data, and does not involve the interaction of display signals, so that the amount of data that needs to be processed by the receiving module is greatly reduced, and the design requirements for the signal transmission link (such as bandwidth and rate requirements) are also greatly reduced. There is no need to use a high-performance display signal processing system, which can reduce the implementation cost and difficulty of the display fusion function of the display.

[0031] In an embodiment of the present application, the receiving end module generates a first display signal based on the first information and the second information, which may include: arranging the first information and the second information based on display requirements, and generating a first display signal based on the arrangement result; wherein the display requirements include at least one of the following: the respective priorities of the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120; the respective priorities of the first information and the second information; the information content included in the first information and the second information; and the requirements input by the user.

[0032] For example, the first functional module 110 has a higher priority than the second functional module 120. When the first information and the second information are arranged, the area displaying the first information in the display screen is larger or the font is larger, etc. (wherein, the priority of the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 can be preset, or set in real time based on user input, or determined in real time according to the information output by the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120, etc.). For another example, the information content included in the first information contains alarm information, and the information content included in the second information does not include alarm information. When the first information and the second information are arranged, the area displaying the first information in the display screen is larger or the font is larger or a prominent prompt is provided. For another example, the user is more concerned about the information of the first functional module 110 at this moment. Based on the demand input by the user, when the first information and the second information are arranged, the area displaying the first information in the display screen is larger or the font is larger, etc. Therefore, the simultaneous display of the first information and the second information on the display can meet various display requirements and is flexibly applicable to different application scenarios.

[0033] In the embodiment of the present application, which one of the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 is used as the receiving end module (and the other is used as the transmitting end module) can be pre-set, or determined based on user input, or determined based on the interaction between the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120. For example, when the receiving end module is pre-set, the one with higher processing performance can be pre-set as the receiving end module according to the processing performance of the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120, which can make the generation of the first display signal faster, so that the user can see the first information and the second information displayed on the display more timely, and the high processing performance makes the display screen arrangement based on the first information and the second information more flexible, and can meet more display requirements.

[0034] In an embodiment of the present application, when the receiving end module is determined based on the interaction between the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120, the above-mentioned interaction may include: the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 send the current amount of data to be processed to each other, and the one with less amount of data to be processed currently serves as the receiving end module. In this embodiment, the determination of the receiving end module is real-time, and the one with less amount of data to be processed currently serves as the receiving end module, which is conducive to improving the processing speed, making the generation of the first display signal faster, so that the user can see the first information and the second information displayed on the display more timely.

[0035] The above describes the scenario where the first information and the second information need to be displayed simultaneously. Figure 4 and Figure 5The scenarios in which only the first information or the second information needs to be displayed are described respectively.

[0036] Figure 4 Show Figure 1 The schematic diagram of the interaction of the medical device 100 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in a scenario where the first information needs to be displayed but the second information does not need to be displayed. Figure 4 As shown, in a scenario where the first information needs to be displayed but the second information does not need to be displayed, the first functional module 110 can directly generate a second display signal (named as such to distinguish it from the first display signal mentioned above) based on the first information, and send the second display signal to the display so that the display displays the first information. At this time, the second functional module 120 may not work, or work but not output the second information, or output the second information only for storage and not display on the display.

[0037] Further, during the period when the display displays the first information but does not display the second information: the first functional module 110 may also periodically send a first status signal reflecting that it is in a normal working state to the second functional module 120, or the second functional module 120 may also periodically send a first inquiry signal to the first functional module 110 to inquire whether it is in a normal working state; when the second functional module 120 does not receive the first status signal or the response signal of the first inquiry signal within a preset time, the second functional module 120 generates a third display signal based on the second information, and sends the third display signal to the display, so that the display displays the second information. In this embodiment, a fault detection mechanism is provided, that is, during the period when the first information output by the first functional module 110 is displayed, if the first functional module 110 works abnormally, the second functional module 120 can detect it in time, and after detecting that the first functional module 110 works abnormally, the display displays the information output by the second functional module 120 itself, so as to avoid the user not being able to view any information. In addition, the second functional module 120 may also output an alarm message to prompt that the first functional module 110 has a working abnormality.

[0038] Figure 5 Show Figure 1 The schematic diagram of the interaction of the medical device 100 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the interaction of the medical device 100 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in a scenario where the second information needs to be displayed but the first information does not need to be displayed. Figure 5 As shown, in a scenario where the second information needs to be displayed without displaying the first information, the second functional module 120 can directly generate a third display signal based on the second information (named as such to distinguish it from the first display signal and the second display signal mentioned above), and send the third display signal to the display so that the display displays the second information. At this time, the first functional module 110 may not work, or work but not output the first information, or output the first information only for storage and not display on the display.

[0039] Further, during the period when the display displays the second information but does not display the first information: the second functional module 120 may also periodically send a second state signal reflecting that it is in a normal working state to the first functional module 110, or the first functional module 110 may also periodically send a second inquiry signal to the second functional module 120 to inquire whether it is in a normal working state; when the first functional module 110 does not receive the second state signal or the response signal of the second inquiry signal within a preset time, the first functional module 110 generates a second display signal based on the first information, and sends the second display signal to the display, so that the display displays the first information. In this embodiment, a fault detection mechanism is provided, that is, during the period when the second information output by the second functional module 120 is displayed, if the second functional module 120 works abnormally, the first functional module 110 can detect it in time, and after detecting that the second functional module 120 works abnormally, the display displays the information output by the first functional module 110 itself, so as to avoid the user not being able to view any information. In addition, the first functional module 110 may also output an alarm message to prompt that the second functional module 120 has a working abnormality.

[0040] In the above combination Figure 4 and Figure 5 In the example shown, when only the information output by one functional module needs to be displayed, the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 do not need to be distinguished as a receiving module and a transmitting module, but the source of the information to be displayed (the first information or the second information) (the first functional module 110 or the second functional module 120) directly generates a corresponding display signal based on the information output by itself and sends it to the display for display. When switching to other scenarios, such as the need to display the information output by another functional module, or the need to display the information output by different functional modules at the same time, the corresponding processing can be performed according to the above description.

[0041] In other examples, when only the information output by one functional module needs to be displayed, the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 can still be distinguished from each other as a sending end module and a receiving end module, and no matter which functional module's information needs to be displayed, the receiving end module needs to generate a display signal based on the information and send it to the display for display. The advantage of such a setting is that for a scenario where the sending end module and the receiving end module are pre-set, the sending end module does not need to have good processing performance because it never needs to generate a display signal. Figures 6 to 9 to describe with examples.

[0042] Figure 6 Show Figure 1 The medical device 100 of the embodiment shown in the figure is an interactive diagram in a scenario where the first information needs to be displayed but the second information does not need to be displayed, and the first functional module 110 serves as a receiving end module. Figure 6As shown, in a scenario where the first information needs to be displayed but the second information does not need to be displayed, and the first functional module 110 serves as a receiving end module, the first functional module 110, as a receiving end module, can directly generate a second display signal based on the first information, and send the second display signal to the display, so that the display displays the first information. At this time, the second functional module 120 may not work, or work but not output the second information, or output the second information only for storage and not displayed on the display.

[0043] Figure 7 Show Figure 1 The illustrated embodiment is a schematic diagram of the interaction of the medical device 100 in a scenario where the first information needs to be displayed but the second information does not need to be displayed, and the first functional module 110 serves as a transmitting module. Figure 6 As shown, in a scenario where the first information needs to be displayed but the second information does not need to be displayed, and the first functional module 110 acts as a sending end module, the first functional module 110 acts as a sending end module and needs to send the first information it outputs to the second functional module 120. The second functional module 120 acts as a receiving end module and generates a second display signal based on the first information, and sends the second display signal to the display so that the display displays the first information.

[0044] Figure 8 Show Figure 1 The medical device 100 of the embodiment shown in the figure is an interactive diagram in a scenario where the second information needs to be displayed but the first information does not need to be displayed, and the second functional module 120 serves as a receiving end module. Figure 8 As shown, in the scenario where the second information needs to be displayed without displaying the first information, and the second functional module 120 serves as a receiving end module, the second functional module 120, as a receiving end module, can directly generate a third display signal based on the second information, and send the third display signal to the display, so that the display displays the second information. At this time, the first functional module 110 may not work, or work but not output the first information, or output the first information only for storage and not displayed on the display.

[0045] Fig. 9 Show Figure 1 The medical device 100 of the embodiment shown in the figure is a schematic diagram of interaction in a scenario where the second information needs to be displayed but the first information does not need to be displayed, and the second functional module 120 serves as a sending end module. Fig. 9 As shown, in a scenario where the second information needs to be displayed without displaying the first information, and the second functional module 120 acts as a sending end module, the second functional module 120 acts as a sending end module and needs to send the second information it outputs to the first functional module 110. The first functional module 110 acts as a receiving end module and generates a third display signal based on the second information, and sends the third display signal to the display, so that the display displays the second information.

[0046] In the above combination Figures 6 to 9 In the described example, a fault detection mechanism can also be provided. Specifically, the receiving end module can periodically send a status signal to the sending end module reflecting that it is in a normal working state, or the sending end module can also periodically send an inquiry signal to the receiving end module to inquire whether it is in a normal working state; when the sending end module does not receive the status signal sent by the receiving end module or the response signal of the inquiry signal within a preset time, the sending end module generates a display signal based on the information output by itself, and sends the generated display signal to the display, so that the display displays the information output by the sending end module itself. This can avoid the problem that the display cannot display any information due to a fault in the receiving end module.

[0047] Displaying the first information or the second information separately can provide a fault detection mechanism as described above. Similarly, a fault detection mechanism can also be provided during the period when the display simultaneously displays the first information and the second information. Specifically, during the period when the display simultaneously displays the first information and the second information: the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 can also periodically send a status signal reflecting that they are in a normal working state to each other, and when one of the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 does not receive the status signal sent by the other within a preset time, one sends an updated display signal to the display, so that the display is displayed based on the updated display signal. In this embodiment, a fault detection mechanism is provided, that is, during the period when the first information output by the first functional module 110 and the second information output by the second functional module 120 are displayed, if the first functional module 110 works abnormally, the second functional module 120 can detect it in time, and after detecting that the first functional module 110 works abnormally, send an updated display signal to the display (for example, a display signal generated based on the second information, and / or a display signal generated based on an alarm message, the alarm message prompting that the first functional module 110 works abnormally). On the contrary, if the second functional module 120 operates abnormally, the first functional module 110 can detect it in time, and after detecting that the second functional module 120 operates abnormally, send an updated display signal to the display (for example, a display signal generated based on the first information, and / or a display signal generated based on the alarm information, and the alarm information prompts that the second functional module 120 operates abnormally).

[0048] In another embodiment, one of the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 is used as a receiving module and the other is used as a sending module. During the period when the display simultaneously displays the first information and the second information: the receiving module may also periodically send a status signal to the sending module reflecting that it is in a normal working state, or the sending module may also periodically send an inquiry signal to the receiving module to inquire whether it is in a normal working state; when the sending module does not receive the status signal sent by the receiving module or the response signal of the inquiry signal within a preset time, the sending module sends a corresponding display signal to the display, so that the display displays the corresponding information of the sending module. In the above embodiment, the "identity" of the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 is not distinguished from each other - that is, which one of the two is the receiving module and which one is the sending module, that is, whether each other is in a normal working state is determined by the status signals sent by each other. In this embodiment, the "identities" of the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 are distinguished from each other, and a similar fault detection mechanism is provided from the perspectives of the receiving module and the transmitting module. The main purpose is to ensure that the receiving module works normally because it is the receiving module that generates the display signal based on the first information and the second information to enable the display to display.

[0049] In general, the above-mentioned embodiments of providing fault detection can provide better protection for the operation of the medical device 100 and improve the user experience.

[0050] In the above, different scenarios and data processing situations in different scenarios are described. Among them, the scenarios mainly include displaying only the first information, displaying only the second information, and displaying the first information and the second information at the same time. In an embodiment of the present application, whether the first information and / or the second information needs to be displayed is determined based on at least one of the following: the analysis result of the first information by the first functional module 110; the analysis result of the second information by the second functional module 120; user input.

[0051] For example, after analyzing the first information, the first functional module 110 determines that the first information contains important information indicating an abnormality or any other information that needs to be displayed to the user, and then determines that the first information needs to be displayed currently. Similarly, after analyzing the second information, the second functional module 120 determines that the second information contains important information indicating an abnormality or any other information that needs to be displayed to the user, and then determines that the second information needs to be displayed currently.

[0052] After determining that the first information needs to be displayed, it is assumed that the identities of the first function module 110 and the second function module 120 are pre-set, and the first function module 110 is a sending end module, and the second function module 120 is a receiving end module. Then, the first function module 110 can send a prompt message to the second function module 120, prompting that the first information needs to be displayed at present (the prompt message can also carry the first information, or not carry the first information). At this time, if the second function module 120 determines that the second information does not need to be displayed, the second function module 120 can reply to the prompt message, prompting the first function module 110 to process by itself to display the first information; or, the second function module 120 can also replace the first function module 110 to generate a display signal based on the first information for display by the display; if the second function module 120 determines that the second information needs to be displayed, the second function module 120 can act as a receiving end module, generate a first display signal based on the first information and the second information, and send it to the display for display. On the contrary, if the first functional module 110 is a receiving module and the second functional module 120 is a transmitting module, then if the first functional module 110 does not currently receive a prompt message from the second functional module 120 (prompting to send the second information), the first functional module 110 can directly generate a display signal based on the first information and send it to the display for display. Assuming that the identities of the first functional module 110 and the second functional module 120 are not pre-set, the identities of the two can be determined first, and then the above process is performed. After determining that the second information needs to be displayed, a similar process is also performed, which will not be repeated here.

[0053] Alternatively, the medical device 100 may further include a display switching module, which may be independent of the first functional module 110 or the second functional module 120, or may be included in the first functional module 110 or the second functional module 120, and reuse their various software and hardware resources. Then, when the first functional module 110 determines or determines based on user input that the first information needs to be displayed, the first functional module 110 may send a display signal generated based on the first information to the display switching module; similarly, when the second functional module 120 determines or determines based on user input that the second information needs to be displayed, the second functional module 120 may send a display signal generated based on the second information to the display switching module. If the display switching module receives a display signal from a functional module, it will be directly sent to the display for display. If it receives display signals from more than one functional module, the receiving end module will perform the above processing (i.e., generate a first display signal based on the first information and the second information).

[0054] The above exemplarily describes the medical device 100 according to the embodiment of the present application. Based on the above description, the medical device 100 according to the embodiment of the present application includes at least two functional modules. Through the information interaction between the functional modules, the information related to different functions on a single device can be displayed on the same display at the same time, which solves the many problems that the existing single device including a multi-functional module needs to use more displays, resulting in high cost, squeezing the operating space of medical staff, and inconvenience for medical staff to view and operate. In addition, since the data interaction between the functional modules is only a data interaction with a very small amount of data and does not involve the interaction of display signals, the amount of data that needs to be processed by the receiving end module is greatly reduced, and the design requirements for the signal transmission link are also greatly reduced. There is no need to use a high-performance display signal processing system, which can reduce the cost and difficulty of implementing the display fusion function of the display.

[0055] Although example embodiments have been described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it should be understood that the above example embodiments are merely exemplary and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention thereto. Various changes and modifications may be made therein by one of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention. All such changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention as required by the appended claims.

[0056] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present invention.

[0057] In the several embodiments provided by the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only schematic, for example, the division of units is only a logical function division, and there may be other division methods in actual implementation, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another device, or some features can be ignored or not executed.

[0058] In the description provided herein, a large number of specific details are described. However, it is understood that embodiments of the present invention can be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques are not shown in detail so as not to obscure the understanding of this description.

[0059] Similarly, it should be understood that in order to streamline the present invention and help understand one or more of the various inventive aspects, in the description of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the various features of the present invention are sometimes grouped together into a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof. However, the method of the present invention should not be interpreted as reflecting the following intention: the claimed invention requires more features than the features explicitly stated in each claim. More specifically, as reflected in the corresponding claims, the inventive point is that the corresponding technical problem can be solved with less than all the features of a single disclosed embodiment. Therefore, the claims following the specific embodiment are hereby expressly incorporated into the specific embodiment, wherein each claim itself serves as a separate embodiment of the present invention.

[0060] It will be understood by those skilled in the art that, except for mutually exclusive features, all features disclosed in this specification (including the accompanying claims, abstracts and drawings) and all processes or units of any method or device disclosed in this specification may be combined in any combination. Unless otherwise expressly stated, each feature disclosed in this specification (including the accompanying claims, abstracts and drawings) may be replaced by an alternative feature that provides the same, equivalent or similar purpose.

[0061] In addition, those skilled in the art will appreciate that, although some embodiments herein include certain features included in other embodiments but not other features, the combination of features of different embodiments is meant to be within the scope of the present invention and form different embodiments. For example, in the claims, any one of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.

[0062] The various component embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that a microprocessor or digital signal processor (DSP) may be used in practice to implement some or all of the functions of some modules in the article analysis device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The present invention may also be implemented as a device program (e.g., a computer program and a computer program product) for executing part or all of the methods described herein. Such a program implementing the present invention may be stored on a computer-readable medium, or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such a signal may be downloaded from an Internet website, or provided on a carrier signal, or provided in any other form.

[0063] It should be noted that the above embodiments illustrate the present invention rather than limit it, and that those skilled in the art may devise alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference symbol between brackets shall not be construed as a limitation on the claims. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in the claims. The word "one" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements. The present invention may be implemented by means of hardware comprising a number of different elements and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In a unit claim enumerating a number of devices, several of these devices may be embodied by the same hardware item. The use of the words first, second, and third, etc., does not indicate any order. These words may be interpreted as names.

[0064] The above is only a specific embodiment or description of a specific embodiment of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art who is familiar with the technical field can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention, which should be included in the protection scope of the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention shall be based on the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A medical device, characterized in that: The housing of the medical device includes a first functional module and at least one second functional module, at least one of the first functional module and the second functional module is a module with a medical function, the first functional module is used to output first information, the second functional module is used to output second information, and the first functional module and the second functional module share the same display to display the first information and / or the second information, wherein: When the first information and the second information need to be displayed simultaneously, the first functional module and the second functional module can serve as a receiving end module and a sending end module of the information respectively; The receiving end module receives the first information or the second information to be displayed from the sending end module, generates a first display signal based on the first information and the second information, and sends the first display signal to the display, so that the display displays the first information and the second information at the same time.

2. The medical device according to claim 1, characterized in that The receiving end module is preset, or determined based on user input, or determined based on the interaction between the first functional module and the second functional module.

3. The medical device according to claim 2, characterized in that When the receiving end module is preset, one of the first functional module and the second functional module having a higher processing performance serves as the receiving end module.

4. The medical device according to claim 2, characterized in that When the receiving end module is determined based on the interaction between the first functional module and the second functional module, the interaction includes: The first functional module and the second functional module send the current amount of data to be processed to each other, and the one with the smaller amount of data to be processed currently serves as the receiving end module.

5. The medical device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that The receiving end module generates a first display signal based on the first information and the second information, including: Arrange the first information and the second information based on display requirements, and generate the first display signal based on the arrangement result; The display requirement includes at least one of the following: the respective priorities of the first functional module and the second functional module; the respective priorities of the first information and the second information; the information content included in the first information and the second information; and the requirements input by the user.

6. The medical device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that When the first information needs to be displayed but the second information does not need to be displayed, the first functional module generates a second display signal based on the first information, and sends the second display signal to the display, so that the display displays the first information.

7. The medical device according to claim 6, characterized in that During the period when the display displays the first information but does not display the second information: The first functional module also periodically sends a first status signal reflecting that the first functional module is in a normal working state to the second functional module, or the second functional module also periodically sends a first inquiry signal to the first functional module to inquire whether the first functional module is in a normal working state; When the second functional module does not receive the first status signal or the response signal to the first inquiry signal within a preset time, the second functional module generates a third display signal based on the second information and sends the third display signal to the display, so that the display displays the second information.

8. The medical device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that When the second information needs to be displayed but the first information does not need to be displayed, the second functional module generates a third display signal based on the second information, and sends the third display signal to the display, so that the display displays the second information.

9. The medical device according to claim 8, characterized in that During the period when the display displays the second information but does not display the first information: The second functional module also periodically sends a second status signal reflecting that it is in a normal working state to the first functional module, or the first functional module also periodically sends a second inquiry signal to the second functional module to inquire whether it is in a normal working state; When the first functional module does not receive the second status signal or the response signal of the second inquiry signal within a preset time, the first functional module generates a second display signal based on the first information and sends the second display signal to the display, so that the display displays the first information.

10. The medical device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that During the period when the display simultaneously displays the first information and the second information: The first functional module and the second functional module also periodically send status signals to each other reflecting that they are in normal working state. When one of the first functional module and the second functional module does not receive the status signal sent by the other within a preset time, the one sends an updated display signal to the display, so that the display displays based on the updated display signal.

11. The medical device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that One of the first functional module and the second functional module is used as the receiving end module, and the other is used as the sending end module, and during the period when the display simultaneously displays the first information and the second information: The receiving end module also periodically sends a status signal to the sending end module reflecting that it is in a normal working state, or the sending end module also periodically sends an inquiry signal to the receiving end module to inquire whether it is in a normal working state; When the sending end module does not receive the status signal or the response signal of the inquiry signal sent by the receiving end module within a preset time, the sending end module sends a corresponding display signal to the display, so that the display displays the corresponding information of the sending end module.

12. The medical device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that Whether the first information and / or the second information needs to be displayed is determined based on at least one of the following: an analysis result of the first information by the first functional module; an analysis result of the second information by the second functional module; or user input.

13. The medical device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that The first functional module includes any one of the following functional modules: a monitoring functional module, a respiratory functional module, an anesthesia functional module, and an ultrasound functional module; The second functional module is different from the first functional module, and the second functional module includes at least one of the following functional modules: a computer functional module, a respiratory functional module, an anesthesia functional module, an ultrasound functional module, and a monitoring functional module.

14. The medical device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that The medical scenarios requiring simultaneous display of the first information and the second information include at least one of the following: surgery, emergency, and intensive care.

15. The medical device according to claim 1, characterized in that When the first information needs to be displayed but the second information does not need to be displayed, and the first functional module serves as the receiving end module, the first functional module generates a second display signal based on the first information and sends the second display signal to the display, so that the display displays the first information.

16. The medical device according to claim 1, characterized in that When it is necessary to display the first information but not the second information, and the first functional module acts as the sending end module, the first functional module sends the first information to the second functional module, the second functional module generates a second display signal based on the first information, and sends the second display signal to the display, so that the display displays the first information.

17. The medical device according to claim 1, characterized in that When the second information needs to be displayed without displaying the first information, and the second functional module serves as the receiving end module, the second functional module generates a third display signal based on the second information, and sends the third display signal to the display, so that the display displays the second information.

18. The medical device according to claim 1, characterized in that When it is necessary to display the second information without displaying the first information, and the second functional module acts as the sending end module, the second functional module sends the first information to the first functional module, the first functional module generates a third display signal based on the second information, and sends the third display signal to the display, so that the display displays the second information.

19. The medical device according to any one of claims 15 to 18, characterized in that The receiving end module also periodically sends a status signal to the sending end module reflecting that it is in a normal working state, or the sending end module also periodically sends an inquiry signal to the receiving end module to inquire whether it is in a normal working state; When the sending end module does not receive the status signal or the response signal of the inquiry signal sent by the receiving end module within a preset time, the sending end module generates a display signal based on the information output by itself, and sends the generated display signal to the display, so that the display displays the information output by the sending end module itself.

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