Patient Monitoring Hub Layout for Multi-Device Data Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The current patient monitoring environment is chaotic due to the lack of communication and integration among diverse medical devices from different manufacturers, leading to inefficient data management and potential distractions for caregivers.
Innovation Solution
A medical device cable configured to connect to a patient monitoring hub, featuring a board-in-cable device with a hardware processor that calculates physiological parameters, receives and processes data from other devices, and communicates a wellness index to the hub for display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate medical devices from different manufacturers are used to service a patient, then a wide variety of monitoring and treatment endeavors can be accomplished, but the caregiver environment becomes scattered with multiple displays and alarms leading to a chaotic experience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate medical device functions into a single integrated patient monitoring system. The hub device consolidates data from various sensors (ECG, SpO2, NIBP, temperature, respiration) and treatment devices (infusion pumps, ventilators) into one unified platform, eliminating the need for multiple separate displays and control interfaces while maintaining comprehensive monitoring and treatment capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The patient monitoring hub is designed as a universal platform that can interface with multiple types of medical devices and sensors from different manufacturers. It provides multi-functional capabilities including physiological monitoring, alarm management, data storage, and integration with electronic health records, allowing a single device to replace multiple specialized devices
2Reliability
If each medical device has its own control, display, and alarms, then each device can be optimized for its specific function, but patient information entry occurs at each device and data management becomes inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the data management and processing functions from individual medical devices and centralizes them in the hub device. Each sensor and treatment device focuses on its specific measurement or treatment function, while the hub handles data aggregation, processing, display, and integration with electronic health records, eliminating redundant data entry and improving overall efficiency
3Loss of information
If multiple displays and alarms are used to monitor patient data from different devices, then comprehensive patient information can be displayed, but caregiver distraction and patient disturbance increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate alarm systems and displays into a single unified alarm system with a centralized display interface. The hub consolidates alarms from all connected devices and presents them through one interface, reducing caregiver distraction while maintaining complete patient data visibility through integrated monitoring of ECG, SpO2, NIBP, temperature, and respiration parameters
Data Source
AI summary
A patient monitoring hub can communicate bidirectionally with external devices such as a board-in-cable or a dongle. Medical data can be communicated from the patient monitoring hub to the external devices to cause the external devices to initiate actions. For example, an external device can perform calculations based on data received from the patient monitoring hub, or take other actions (for example, creating a new patient profile, resetting baseline values for algorithms, calibrating algorithms, etc.). The external device can also communicate display characteristics associated with its data to the monitoring hub. The monitoring hub can calculate a set of options for combined layouts corresponding to different external devices or parameters. A display option may be selected for arranging a display screen estate on the monitoring hub.