General Electric Company

Paul Hunsicker

Scott William Robinson

Jonathan Robert Polhamus

Jessica B Payne

Matthew Michael Stephenson

A medical system having a ventilator coupled to a breathing circuit is provided. The ventilator is configured to exchange gases with the patient via the breathing circuit. The system includes one or more sensors configured to acquire measurement data associated with the patient, and a memory storing the measurement data. The system further includes a monitor configured to display a tidal volume and lung compliance viewer, and a processor. The processor is programmed to display a virtual gauge within the tidal volume and lung compliance viewer displayed on the monitor. The virtual gauge having a tidal volume indicator and a tidal volume and compliance indicator. The tidal volume and compliance indicator includes a color pattern positioned along a side of the tidal volume indicator. The color pattern representing a degree of tidal volume and compliance relationship with respect to a position on the virtual gauge.

Ventilator system and method

Methods and systems for displaying information on life support systems (LSS) are provided. One LSS includes a patient monitoring portion configured to acquire, as LSS information, patient measurement information from a monitored patient. The LSS also includes a communication device configured to communicate with a remote device to obtain, as non-LSS information, information acquired by the remote device. The LSS further includes a display configured to display a user interface that presents the non-LSS information.

Method and system for displaying information on life support systems

A system and method for operating a ventilator to compensate for external gas flow reaching a patient from an external device, such as a nebulizer. A control unit of the ventilator monitors the gas flow rate from the ventilator and compares the gas flow rate from the ventilator to an expired gas flow rate from the patient. The difference between the inspired flow rate and the expired flow rate is due to the external device. The control unit modifies the operation of the ventilator to compensate for the external gas flow rate such that the flow of gas reaching the patient is maintained at a desired level.

Compensation for unmeasurable inspiratory flow in a critical care ventilator

Methods and systems for visualizing mechanical ventilation information are provided. One system includes a user interface for a medical system having a ventilator is provided. The user interface includes a memory storing one or more sensor measurements for a patient and a processor. The processor is programmed to display a visualization of a tidal volume determined from one of the sensor measurements of the patient and display a visualization of lung compliance for the patient, wherein the tidal volume visualization and the lung compliance visualization are displayed concurrently.

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Hales Corners, WI, United States of America

Paul Hunsicker