Patent ID: 6796305
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: A61B,A61M,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for monitoring ventilation support for a patient having an airway, where said method comprises:(1) utilizing a monitoring system comprising: (a) a plurality of measuring sensors that monitor the patient, or that monitor a breathing circuit coupled to the airway of the patient, each measuring sensor generating an output signal, and (b) an intelligence system that receives at least one of the output signals, wherein the intelligence system evaluates at least one output signal to determine the appropriateness of ventilation for the patient; (2) receiving into the intelligence system at least one of the signals; (3) implementing the intelligence system, without clinician input, to evaluate the at least one output signal to determine the appropriateness of ventilation for the patient; and (4) recommending, without clinician input, a setting for at least one of the plurality of ventilator setting controls based on the evaluation of the at least one output signal by the intelligence system, wherein said setting is appropriate for the patient at that particular time.