Patent ID: 6829501
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A patient monitoring system comprising:(A) a non-invasive cardiac output sensor, the non-invasive cardiac output sensor being capable of acquiring a signal from a patient indicative of blood flow through a heart of the patient; (B) a multi-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor, the multi-lead ECG sensor comprising a plurality of ECG electrodes capable of acquiring a plurality of ECG signals from the patient; and (C) a patient monitor console, including (1) an analysis module, the analysis module being coupled to the non-invasive cardiac output sensor and to the multi-lead ECG sensor, the analysis module processing the signal from the patient indicative of blood flow to produce a value pertaining to cardiac output, and (2) a display, the display being coupled to the analysis module, and the display configured to display the value pertaining to cardiac output and a plurality of ECG waveform generated based on the ECG signals; a communication interface capable of establishing a communication link between the patient monitoring system and a local area network of a medical facility in which the patient monitoring system is located; a plurality of additional sensors; and a dial operator input device, wherein the display displays a cardiac output parameter window that allows access to non-invasive cardiac output options and a plurality of additional parameter windows corresponding to parameters sensed by respective ones of the plurality of additional sensors, wherein the dial operator input device is rotatable in either direction to highlight different parameter windows, and wherein, when the cardiac output parameter window is highlighted, and the dial operator input device is pressed while the cardiac output parameter window is highlighted, the display displays a plurality of cardiac output menu options, the cardiac output menu options being selectable by an operator to cause the display to display additional information pertaining to cardiac output to the operator and to receive inputs from the operator to adjust processing of the signal from the cardiac output sensor.