Patent ID: 7081091
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: A61B,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of analysis of data measured in a time-varying environment, the method comprising the steps of: (a) recording data items generated during a selected time period from both monitoring equipment and recording intervention data entered by personnel; (b) comparing each data item recorded at step (a) with preset threshold values; (c) selecting a group of functions, each function having a status which is contributory to an overall status of the environment and the number of functions in the group being less than the number of data items, scoring each function on the basis of the comparisons made at step (b) for all data items indicative of the status of that function; (d) converting scores obtained at step (c) to a color representation and assigning these colors to correspondingly scoring functions at the time period, (e) displaying a series of bar charts on a display screen, wherein each bar chart corresponds to one of the group of functions and comprises a linear series of time-divided segments, and wherein each segment corresponding to the time period on each bar chart is colored with the color assigned to the corresponding function at step (d); and (f) repeating steps (a) to (e) for an adjacent time period, while preserving bar chart segment coloration for at least one previous time period, wherein the data items relate to the physical condition of a patient and the group of functions comprise the functioning of six of respiratory, cardiovascular, coagulation, renal, hepatic, neurological systems, and gastrointestinal systems.