Patent ID: 6369838
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: A61M,G06F,G16H,Y02A,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for programming a respirator for ventilating a patient, comprising:a programmable controller responsive to selected ventilation parameters for controlling the respirator to ventilate the patient and for storing a plurality of ventilation parameters; a display for displaying the plurality of ventilation parameters, including the simultaneous display of ventilation parameters currently used by the controller to control the respirator and a plurality of proposed ventilation parameters, said display including a graphical representation of the ventilation parameters currently used and the proposed ventilation parameters of a breath cycle, and a graphical representation of the effect of the proposed ventilation parameters on the breath cycle; input means cooperating with the controller and the display for selecting one of the proposed ventilation parameters from the plurality of proposed ventilation parameters and for assigning values to the selected proposed ventilation parameter, the selected values being displayed by the display; wherein proposed ventilator parameters may be individually selected in any order and values assigned to each of the proposed ventilator parameters by the user while the controller controls the ventilator using the currently used values of the ventilation parameters; and wherein the user accepts the one or more displayed values of the proposed ventilator parameters by activating an input device and the controller stores the assigned proposed ventilator values in the controller, and controls the ventilator using the newly stored values.