Patent ID: 9198582
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a characteristic value of a physiological parameter of a patient in a clinical setting, the method comprising: monitoring, using a processor, values of the physiological parameter of the patient across a first time period and a second time period that is subsequent to the first time period based at least in part on a signal obtained from a patient sensor, wherein the first time period does not overlap with the second time period and wherein the first time period and the second time period are defined by the occurrence of a physiological event caused by the clinical setting; identifying, using a processor, the physiological event based on the values of the physiological parameter in the first time period and based on the patient being in the clinical setting; determining, using a processor, the characteristic value of the physiological parameter of the patient based on the values of the physiological parameter in the second time period wherein the characteristic value of the physiological parameter is determined to assess a clinical status of the patient, wherein the physiological parameter is a blood pressure, wherein the physiological event is a blood pressure event, and wherein the characteristic value of the physiological parameter is a characteristic value of blood pressure; determining, using a processor, an initial value of the blood pressure based at least in part on a value of the blood pressure in the first time period; and identifying, using a processor, an endpoint defined by a relaxation time following the blood pressure event, wherein the determining the characteristic value of the blood pressure is based at least in part on a value of the blood pressure after the endpoint and wherein the relaxation time is identified based at least in part on a slope of the values of the blood pressure across the second time period reaching a threshold value.