Patent ID: 8695594
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a recruitment procedure to a patient receiving respiratory support from a mechanical ventilator, the method comprising: monitoring, with a processor, at least one peripheral system for a derecruitment event; monitoring at least one physiological sensor for at least one derecruitment factor with the processor; calculating a derecruitment event score, with the processor, for the at least one derecruitment event; calculating a derecruitment factor score, with the processor, for the at least one derecruitment factor; aggregating the derecruitment event score and the derecruitment factor score into a derecruitment score indicative of a risk of lung derecruitment; comparing, with the processor, the derecruitment score to a recruitment threshold stored on a computer readable medium; and operating a ventilator with the processor to initiate performance of a recruitment procedure based upon the comparison of the derecruitment score to the recruitment threshold.