Oxygenation Visualization via Continuous Flow Quadrants
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing oxygenation system graphical user interfaces (GUIs) in healthcare settings are either too complex, overwhelming clinicians with excessive detail, or insufficient, failing to timely alert them to deteriorations in oxygen delivery efficacy or organism conditions, due to the difficulty in presenting and interpreting numerous physiological parameters effectively.
Innovation Solution
A graphical representation method using a continuous physiological flow graphical element that passes through visually-annotated quadrants, conveying relationships between oxygenation parameters like lung function, gas transfer, blood hemoglobin content, and cardiac output, allowing clinicians to intuitively understand oxygenation progress and potential effects of parameter changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple physiological parameters are displayed in detail, then the information completeness is improved, but the device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The oxygenation process is segmented into four distinct quadrants (lung function, gas transfer, blood hemoglobin content, cardiac output), each displaying specific physiological parameters. This segmentation allows comprehensive information presentation while organizing complexity into manageable sections that clinicians can interpret systematically.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms multiple numerical parameters into a two-dimensional spatial visualization where the continuous flow graphical element passes through quadrants with different spatial dimensions. Each quadrant's position and the flow element's path through space convey relationships between parameters, adding a visual dimension that simplifies interpretation of complex data.
2Loss of information
If multiple physiological parameters are displayed in detail, then the information completeness is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple physiological parameters are merged into a single continuous flow graphical element that traverses all four quadrants. This unified visual representation integrates lung function, gas transfer, hemoglobin content, and cardiac output parameters into one coherent display, reducing cognitive load by presenting comprehensive information through a single interpretable structure rather than separate disconnected elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-processes multiple physiological parameters and pre-organizes them into the four-quadrant structure with the continuous flow element before presentation to the clinician. This preliminary organization of data into meaningful spatial relationships eliminates the need for clinicians to mentally process and organize raw numerical data, significantly reducing cognitive effort.
3Ease of operation
If a compact visual format is used, then the ease of operation is improved, but the information completeness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Each quadrant is assigned specific physiological parameters and relationships appropriate to that functional area (lung function in one quadrant, gas transfer in another, etc.). The continuous flow graphical element displays different local information in each quadrant, allowing compact visualization while maintaining detailed parameter information in the appropriate local context of each functional system.
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AI summary
Methods and apparatus disclosed herein relate to graphical representation of oxygenation of an organism. In various embodiments, one or more measured physiological parameters of an organism may be analyzed. Based on the analysis, a graphical user interface (GUI) may be rendered. The GUI may convey oxygenation of an organism visually as a continuous physiological flow graphical element (236) that passes through four quadrants in a cycle. In various embodiments, each quadrant includes an abscissa and an ordinate that represent a relationship between at least two of the measured physiological parameters. In various embodiments, for at least some of the four quadrants, the ordinate of one quadrant comprises the abscissa of the next quadrant of the cycle. In various embodiments, the GUI may be used to simulate changes in a physiological parameter.