Patent ID: 6269812
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: A61M,G06F,G16H,Y02A,Y10S

Abstract:
A ventilator controller for a ventilator system, comprising:a display for displaying a plurality of ventilator related parameters;an interface for enabling a user to cause said display to initiate a display of a listing of said plurality of ventilator related parameters and enabling the user to selectively assign values for at least one of said plurality of ventilator related parameters in the listing; anda user input device for causing said display to display a graphical representation of said plurality of ventilator related parameters and parameters of a breath cycle that is to be provided to a patient for the ventilator calculated from the assigned values of the parameters, and whereinthe graphical representation of said plurality of ventilator related parameters and the ventilator parameters of the breath cycle that is to be provided to the patient comprises:a time scale representing the total duration of the breath cycle;an inspiration image disposed on the time scale; andan expiration image disposed on the time scale, adjacent to, but not overlapping, the inspiration image.