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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1996
Steven K Somerson, Madison, WI (US);
Kevin G Tissot, Brooklyn, WI (US);
James R Homuth, DeForest, WI (US);
Ohmeda Inc., Liberty Corner, NJ (US);
Abstract
An algorithm is disclosed that enables the display for a medical ventilator to automatically adjust its wave characteristics depending on the settings for that ventilator established by the clinician. As the respiratory rate, or rate at which the ventilator provides breaths to the patient, is changed by the user, the rate of sweep of the waveform generator displaying that data is also changed to insure that the data is displayed in the most relevant manner. As another parameter, as the pressure limit in the patient circuit is set by the clinician, the waveform vertical scale is adjusted to make sure the particular limit of pressure is displayed. As the pressure limit or the respiratory rate are changed in the ventilator by the clinician, the waveform of he data displayed also is automatically modified to make that data best presentable to the clinician.