JPH1147099A - Event input device and patient monitor system having the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To freely arrange the components of a patient monitor system. SOLUTION: Event switches 3A, 3B, 3C... corresponding to the number of patients to be monitored by a patient monitoring device and a key controller 2 for outputting an event signal (b) to the state monitor data of patients corresponding to the respective event switches 3A, 3B, 3C... when the event switches 3A, 3B, 3C... are operated, are provided. Then, a keyboard cable 1 is provided for transmitting the event signal (b) outputted by this key controller 2 to the patient monitoring device installed in the other room.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an event input device, and more particularly to an event input device for inputting a characteristic change (biological signal) of a patient as an event when a characteristic change occurs. The present invention further relates to a patient monitoring system for inputting an event in real time by disposing an event input device in a separate room when an intensive care unit (ICU) or the like is narrow.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional patient monitoring apparatus, a switch for recording an event is always pressed in front of the patient monitoring apparatus.

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional patient monitoring apparatus, when a slave monitor is installed in another place, it is only possible to monitor a patient's biological signal there. If you wanted to record, you couldn't press the switch to record the event unless you were in front of the patient monitor. Then, there is a disadvantage that an event mark cannot be added in real time.

[0004] Further, when the place where the patient monitoring device is installed (for example, ICU, CCU, etc.) is small, if the event recording is performed in front of the patient monitoring device, etc., the patient needs treatment or emergency. At the time of treatment, there has been a problem that this has been hindered.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to remedy the disadvantages of the prior art and, in particular, to provide an event input device for freely arranging the components of a patient monitoring system. The present invention further provides a patient monitoring system capable of monitoring patient status information measured in an intensive care unit in a separate room and attaching an event mark to the patient status information when an event occurs in the patient status. That is also its purpose.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention provides an event input device which monitors a patient's condition and is connected to a patient monitor for storing the condition monitoring data and outputs an event signal to the patient monitor. A number of event switches corresponding to the number of patients to be monitored by the patient monitoring device, and a key for outputting an event signal to the patient status monitoring data corresponding to the event switch when each of the event switches is operated. The configuration includes a control unit and a cable for transmitting an event signal output by the key control unit to a patient monitoring device installed in another room. This aims to achieve the above-mentioned object. The patient monitoring device monitors the condition of the patient and accumulates condition monitoring data such as biological signals. This status monitoring data is displayed on a monitor in another room in real time. Then, the observer simultaneously observes the state information of a plurality of patients on a monitor having a screen divided into a plurality of screens. Then, the monitor operates the event switch according to the state information when a certain state information of the plurality of state information has a specific change, for example, when an arrhythmia occurs in the case of an electrocardiogram. I do. When the event switch is depressed, for example, the key control unit outputs an event signal according to the state information. And this event signal is
It is transmitted to the patient monitor via a relatively long cable. For this reason, by arranging the slave monitor and the event input device according to the present invention, for example, at a place different from the place where the patient monitoring device is arranged, a place different from, for example, the intensive care unit where the patient monitoring apparatus is arranged. , Real-time monitoring of state information and recording of events are performed.

[0007]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, an event input device 7 according to the present embodiment monitors a patient's condition and accumulates the condition monitoring data.
It is connected to the. Further, the event input device 7 has a number of event switches 3A, 3B, 3C,... Corresponding to the number of patients monitored by the patient monitoring device 4, and the event switches 3A, 3B, 3C,. A key control unit (key controller) 2 for outputting an event signal b in response to the patient's condition monitoring data according to the event switches 3A, 3B, 3C,..., And the event signal b output by the key controller 2 to another room And a keyboard cable 1 for transmitting to the installed patient monitoring device 4.

[0008] The patient monitoring device 4 monitors a biological signal of the patient. This biological signal is stored in the patient monitoring device as condition monitoring data, and further displayed on the monitor. In this monitor, a monitor monitors changes in the state monitoring data in real time. And the event switch 3
When an abnormality is confirmed in a patient's biological signal, an event signal a is input to the key controller 2 by pressing the event switch 3 corresponding to the patient by the monitor. The key controller 2 sends an event signal b indicating which event switch 3 has been pressed to the patient monitoring device by the keyboard cable 1.

By providing the event switch 3, the key controller 2, and the cable 1 for connecting to the patient monitoring device 4 arranged in a separate room as described above, even if the ICU is narrow, an event input can be made in another room. It can be carried out.

Next, a specific example of use shown in FIG. 2 will be described. The patient monitor 4 displays the patient's biological signal on the center monitor 5 and also on the slave monitor 6. At this time, the observer can view the slave monitor 6 placed in the separate room 9 and input an event using the event input device 7.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the intensive care unit (ICU) is equipped with 12 beds 10. In this embodiment, the patient monitoring system is provided near each of the plurality of beds to monitor the status of the patient.
A control means (patient monitoring device) 4 for receiving a status signal output from the status monitoring means 12, and a first display for displaying a status signal for each status monitoring means 12 received by the patient monitoring device 4. Means (center monitor) 5.

The condition monitoring means 12 is a head amplifier for measuring a patient's electrocardiogram in the example shown in FIG. And I
The CU measures the patient's electrocardiogram, heart rate, blood pressure, and the like for 24 hours, and monitors the screen using, for example, a center monitor 5 or a slave monitor 6 whose screen is divided into 12 sections. By monitoring in real time, necessary measures are immediately taken when the condition of the patient changes.

[0013] Then, on the patient monitoring device 4, a second display means (which is arranged in a separate room 9 of the ICU 4 where the patient monitoring device 4 is arranged and displays the status signals of the status monitoring means 12 on a divided screen is displayed. A slave monitor) 6 and an event input means (FIG. 1) which is operated by an operator when an event occurs in each state signal displayed on the slave monitor 6 and outputs an event signal for each state signal. Event input device) 7. Watchers are
The patient's condition is measured in real time, and whether or not a characteristic change in the electrocardiogram has occurred is monitored. The characteristic change is, for example, an arrhythmia or a change instructed in advance by a doctor. Then, the monitor presses down an event key corresponding to the changed electrocardiogram when there is a characteristic change among the 12 electrocardiograms displayed on the slave monitor 6, for example. As shown in FIG. 1, the event keys 3 are provided from a first event key 3A to a twelfth event key 3L corresponding to the first to twelfth bets.

When one of the event keys 3 is depressed, one of the status signals is depressed in accordance with the depressed key.
And output an event signal. Since the patient monitoring device 4 has a mark adding function of adding an event mark to the status signal output from the status monitoring means 12 when an event signal is output from the event input device 7, the patient monitoring device 4 , Which state signal the event signal is for, and the time at which the event signal was received is marked on the state signal.

Further, the patient monitoring device 4 outputs to the first display means (center monitor) 5 a state signal before and after the time including the event mark when the search for the event mark is instructed by the operator. Mark search function. With this first mark search function, the doctor can grasp the state of the patient's day and display the ECG for one day. An electrocardiogram can be displayed.

Further, the patient monitoring device 4 has a second mark search function of outputting a status signal of a time before and after the event mark including the event mark to the second display means when an event mark search is instructed by the operator. Prepare. In this case, since the doctor's ex-post ECG checking work can be performed in the separate room 9, this is more effective when the ICU is narrow.

[0017]

According to the present invention, the key control unit outputs an event signal in accordance with an operated event key, and the event signal is transmitted through a relatively long cable. To the patient monitoring device, the event can be input at a location different from the location where the patient monitoring device is located, for example, and therefore, for example, with the intensive care unit where the patient monitoring device is located. Can monitor status information in real time and record events at another location, so the size of ICU, CCU, etc. is small. It is possible to provide an unprecedented excellent event input device that can solve the problem of obstruction in the treatment requiring the above. The invention further provides
When the condition monitoring means monitors the condition of the patient, the control means
The status signal is received, displayed on the first display means and the second display means, and an event signal is input from the event input means in response to the display on the second display means.
When an event signal is output from the event input means, the control means attaches an event mark to the status signal output from the status monitoring means.
The input of an event can be performed using the display means and the event input means of the present invention. For this reason, the size of the ICU, CCU, etc. is small. It is possible to provide an unprecedented excellent patient monitoring system that can solve the problem of obstructing the necessary treatment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an event input device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of use of the event input device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a patient monitoring system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Keyboard cable (cable) 2 Key controller (key control part) 3 Event switch 4 Patient monitoring device (control means) 5 Center monitor (first display means) 6 Slave monitor (second display means) 7 Event input device a , B event signal

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An event input device connected to a patient monitoring device for monitoring a condition of a patient and storing the condition monitoring data and outputting an event signal to the patient monitoring device, wherein the number of patients monitored by the patient monitoring device is A key control unit that outputs an event signal to the condition monitoring data of the patient corresponding to the event switch when each of the event switches is operated; and a key control unit that outputs the event signal according to the event switch. And a cable for transmitting an event signal to a patient monitor installed in the other room. 2. A condition monitoring means provided in the vicinity of each of a plurality of beds for monitoring a condition of a patient, a control means for receiving a state signal output from the condition monitoring means, and each condition monitoring received by the control means In a patient monitoring system comprising: a first display means for displaying a status signal for each means; wherein the control means divides a screen of the status signal of each of the status monitoring means which is arranged in a separate room of the control means. A second display means for displaying the status signal, and an event input which is operated by an operator when an event occurs in each status signal displayed on the second display means and outputs an event signal for each status signal. The control means attaches an event mark to the status signal output from the status monitoring means when the event signal is output from the event input means. Patient monitoring system comprising the marking function. 3. The event control device according to claim 2, wherein the event input means outputs a number of event switches corresponding to the number of the status monitoring means, and a key control for outputting an event signal corresponding to the status monitoring means when each of the event switches is operated. The patient monitoring system according to claim 2, further comprising a unit. 4. A first mark search function, wherein the control means outputs a status signal before and after the event mark including the event mark to the first display means when a search for the event mark is instructed by an operator. The patient monitoring system according to claim 2, further comprising: 5. A second mark search function, wherein the control means outputs, to the second display means, a status signal before and after the event mark including the event mark when the search for the event mark is instructed by an operator. The patient monitoring system according to claim 2, further comprising: 6. The patient monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein said condition monitoring means is means for measuring an electrocardiogram of said patient.