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Definitions

• the present invention is related to ventilators, and more particularly to systems and methods for identification of time dependent signals and/or respiratory parameters in a dynamic ventilation system.
• Ventilators are designed to ventilate a patient's lungs with gas, and to thereby assist the patient when the patient's ability to breathe on their own is somehow impaired. Ventilation is achieved by providing a defined gas mixture to the patient according to a prescribed ventilation modality. As each patient may require a different ventilation strategy, modern ventilators can be customized for the particular needs of an individual patient.
• Modern ventilators are dynamic systems whose dynamic behavior and outputs, such as pressures and flows delivered to the patient, are driven by input signals, such as gas flows. Proper operation of such ventilators relies on some understanding of a variety of respiratory parameters including the resistance of the patient airways and the compliance of the lung. These parameters may vary significantly from one ventilation system to another, and from one patient to another. In many cases, proper operation of a ventilation system is limited by the accuracy at which such parameters are defined or estimated.
• identifying the ventilation parameters for a particular individual or a particular ventilation situation have been developed. Such methods can be divided into two different categories: static methods and dynamic methods.
• static methods respiratory parameters are typically estimated during short periods of induced equilibrium states (i.e., maneuvers) of the system using only a few measurements of quantities that are related to the estimated parameters.
• dynamic methods operate to describe the dynamic behavior of the patient under ventilation, and are typically based on continuous or segmented continuous measurement of ventilator conditions.
• identifying respiratory parameters posed a challenge in the case of the ventilation system driven by unknown input signals.
• patient breathing effort has been estimated using the equation of motion, and relying exclusively on the measurement of gas flow in and out of the patient's lungs along with a pressure measurement.
• the reliability of such an approach is limited by the accuracy at which gas flow in and out of the patient's lungs may be measured.
• Such a measurement is inherently inaccurate as it relies on a flow sensor at or near a tube inserted in the patient's trachea.
• the accuracy of the flow sensor is substantially reduced due to the humidity of gas exhaled from the lung.
• a flow sensor near the patient's trachea is often not available in existing ventilation systems. Hence, there exists a need in the art for advanced ventilation systems, and methods for using such.
• the present disclosure is related to ventilators, and more particularly to systems and methods for controlling the delivery of gas based at least in part on a patient's effort to breathe.
• Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide ventilation systems that include a graphical display, a processor and a computer readable medium.
• the computer readable medium is communicably coupled to the processor and includes instructions executable by the processor to receive a measured pressure value and receive a net flow value.
• the instructions are further executable to calculate a patient effort value based on a relationship between patient effort, the measured pressure value and the net flow value; and to plot the patient effort value to the graphical display.
• the relationship uses a first patient effort value to help determine a second patient effort value.
• the patient effort value is an estimate of actual patient effort for a particular time instant, hi other instances, the patient effort value is the first derivative of the actual patient effort for a particular time instant.
• the patient effort value is the filtered patient effort for a time instant.
• the instructions are further executable by the processor to calculate a mean time between breaths, and to display the mean time between breaths to the graphical display.
• the instructions are further executable by the processor to identify a peak breathing effort, and to display the peak breathing effort to the graphical display.
• the instructions are further executable by the processor to identify a peak effort for a particular breath, and to display the peak effort for the particular breath to the graphical display.
• the instructions are further executable by the processor to calculate a duration of last inspiration and/or a duration of last expiration, and to display the duration of last inspiration and/or last expiration to the graphical display.
• the patient effort value is further based on a combination of one or more intermediate values calculated using the measured pressure and net flow values.
• the intermediate values may be selected from an estimated normalized prediction error ( ⁇ ), a filtered pressure value (z), a regression vector ( ⁇ ⁇ ), and a current estimated value of a parameter vector ( ⁇ ).
• the relationship used to calculate a patient effort value is a parameterized system input to output relationship.
• the parameterized input to output relationship may be derived from a transfer function, where in some instances the transfer function is derived from the model:
• Other embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods for providing graphical respiratory feedback. Such methods include measuring a pressure and providing a measured pressure; and measuring an inlet flow and an outlet flow, and providing a measured net flow. A relationship between a first value related to the measured pressure, a second value related to the measured net flow and a third value related to patient effort is used to calculate an estimate of patient effort. The estimate of patient effort is displayed as a function of time via a graphical display. In some instances the methods include calculating and/or graphically displaying various ventilation characteristics based on or related to the estimate of patient effort. These characteristics include, but are not limited to, a mean time between breaths, a peak breathing effort, a peak effort for a particular breath, a duration of last inspiration, a duration of last expiration, an average duration of inspiration, and an average duration of expiration.
• Ventilation systems that include a gas inlet, a gas outlet, a tube or conduit coupling the gas inlet and the gas outlet, a pressure sensor operable to provide a measured pressure value indicating a pressure in the tube, a first flow sensor operable to provide an inlet flow value indicating a flow associated with the gas inlet, a second flow sensor operable to provide an outlet flow value indicating a flow associated with the gas outlet, a graphical display, and a processor coupled to a computer readable medium.
• the computer readable medium includes instructions executable by the processor to: receive a measured pressure value and receive a net flow value.
• the instructions are further executable to calculate a patient effort value based on a relationship between patient effort, the measured pressure value and the net flow value; and to plot the patient effort value to the graphical display.
• et further embodiments of the present disclosure provide ventilation systems that include a graphical display, a processor and a computer readable medium.
• the computer readable medium is communicably coupled to the processor and includes instructions executable by the processor to receive a measured pressure value and a net flow value.
• the instructions are further executable to calculate an estimate of the respiratory parameter based on a relationship between respiratory parameter, the measured pressure value and the net flow value; and to plot the at least one estimate to the graphical display.
• the respiratory parameter may include, but is not limited to, patient resistance, lung compliance, tubing compliance, patient effort and a leakage.
• the estimate is displayed on the graphical display in numerical fashion, in a time plot fashion, in a bar graph, or other visual indication. In other instances, peak and/or average values of the estimate of the respiratory characteristic is/are displayed on the graphical display. In some instances, the estimates correspond to a first or to a particular instance in time.
• Fig. 1 depicts a ventilation system including, among other things, an adaptive calculation module capable of providing adaptively estimated respiratory parameters and patient effort in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention
• Fig. 2 shows a patient ventilator system and associated parameterized model that may be used for determining patient effort in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention
• Fig. 3 provides a graphical example of patient effort con-elated to other signals that is achievable through implementation of a particular embodiment of the present invention
• Fig. 4 is a flow diagram depicting a method in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention for determining patient effort
• Fig. 5 shows a microprocessor based system for determining patient effort in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention
• Fig, 6 is a flow diagram depicting a method in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention for triggering a ventilation cycle
• Fig, 7 is a timing diagram showing triggering a ventilation cycle based upon an estimated patient effort signal in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention
• Fig. 8 are timing diagrams comparing a process triggering off of a pressure sensor verses triggering off of an estimated patient effort signal in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention
• Fig. 9 is a flow diagram showing a method for providing ventilation in proportion to patient effort in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention.
• Fig, 10 illustrates a group of timing diagrams that graphically depict providing ventilation in proportion to patient effort in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention
• Fig, 11 shows an exemplary graphical interface showing the display of patient effort corresponding to an actively breathing patient in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention
• Fig. 12 shows an exemplary graphical interface showing the display of a respiratory parameter corresponding to an actively breathing patient in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention.
• the present disclosure is related to ventilators, and more particularly to systems and methods for controlling the delivery of gas based on a patient's effort to breathe.
• a patient may be making to breathe on their own (i.e., patient effort).
• an accurate ventilator trigger whereby the ventilator initiates a breath as soon as the patient attempts to inhale.
• Some ventilators use a pressure trigger which senses a change in ventilation circuit pressure caused by the patient attempting to inhale, while other ventilators use a flow trigger which senses a change in flow caused by the patient attempting to inhale.
• delays between the patient's effort and the ventilator response can occur due to a variety of reasons. For example, a leak in the ventilation circuit may allow air to enter the circuit when the patient inhales.
• the ventilator may be delayed in initiating the breath.
• Some embodiments of the present invention facilitate improved synchronization through providing a reasonably accurate estimate of patient effort that may be used either alone or in relation to other signals to trigger the onset and end of a ventilation cycle.
• the estimated patient effort may be additionally used in relation to controlling proportional ventilation of a patient. Such proportional ventilation operates to deliver a gas to a patient in proportion to the patient's effort to receive such gas.
• the estimated patient effort and/or respiratory parameters may be used to drive a graphical display that may be used by a clinician for patient monitoring and/or diagnostic purposes.
• At least one un-measured input signal may be derived from measured input signals, such as measured pressure and measured flow, and used to estimate the respiratory parameters.
• the un-measured input signal may be, but is not limited to, patient effort and/or a derivative of patient effort, a ventilation system gas leak (i.e., a leak occurring in the tubing or patient interface connecting a ventilator to a patient), a patient gas leak (e.g., a leak in the patient's lung), and/or flow and pressure sensing errors.
• the respiratory parameters may include, but are not limited to, lung compliance (C L ), patient resistance (Rp), and tubing compliance (C T ).
• estimation of both respiratory parameters and the un-measured input signal(s) is simultaneous.
• the un-measured input signal has a strong correlation to patient effort, and therefore can be used as a surrogate for patient effort in subsequent ventilator actions.
• methods of the present invention allow the respiratory parameters to be continuously provided. In this manner, patient effort may be determined, as well as respiratory or ventilation system parameters such as lung compliance, patient resistance, leak, etc.
• a relationship between measurable pressure, measurable flow and an unknown patient effort is exploited to provide a continuous estimate of patient effort along with a variety of respiratory parameters.
• the relationship is defined as a transfer function relating, inter alia, measured pressure, measured flow and patient effort.
• the transfer function may be reduced using linear regression techniques to yield one or more interim values that may in turn be used to estimate patient effort.
• ongoing inputs of measured pressure and measured flow are plugged into the transfer function to estimate patient effort and, as needed, one or more respiratory parameters.
• the estimate of patient effort may be used recursively to derive a more accurate estimate of patient effort during succeeding calculation periods. Thus, through use of recursion, the accuracy of an estimated patient effort value may be continuously improved.
• the measured flow is a net flow value that combines a net flow of gas out of the system with a net flow of gas into the system.
• the net flow of gas into the system includes a flow of Oxygen combined with a flow of Air into the system.
• Such flows are reasonably easy to measure, and are not subject to the inaccuracies that often attend the measurement of gas flow near the lung.
• a patient effort signal or some proxy thereof calculated as described above may be used to trigger a ventilation cycle. Use of such signals can allow a ventilation system to more accurately synchronize mechanical ventilation with the efforts being made by a patient to breathe on their own.
• the respiratory parameters and the derivative of patient effort may be inputs to the same model, and may be calculated using interdependent equations derived from that same model.
• the values calculated from some of the interdependent equations are used as inputs to other interdependent equations, they may be genetically referred to as interim values.
• interim value is used in its broadest sense to mean a value derived from one equation that is used as an input to another equation. It will be noted based on reading this disclosure that a variety of interim values may be utilized in relation to the various embodiments of the present invention.
• Ventilation system 1 includes a ventilator 10, an adaptive calculation module 20, a graphical user interface 40, and a proportional and triggering control module 30.
• Ventilator 10 may be any ventilator known in the ait that is capable of providing a measured pressure 65, a measured inlet flow 70 and a measured outlet flow 75.
• Adaptive calculation module 20 receives pressure 65, inlet flow 70 and outlet flow 75 and calculates an estimated patient effort 55 and estimated respiratory parameters 60.
• Patient effort 55 may be patient effort itself or some signal that is strongly correlated to patient effort. Signals correlated to patient effort are more fully discussed below.
• Respiratory parameters 60 may include a variety of parameters that are more fully described below.
• the calculations performed by adaptive calculation module 20 may be adaptive in nature relying on previous interim values to generate updated respiratory parameters 60 and patient effort 55 estimates.
• interim values may include the patient effort 55 and/or the respiratory parameter estimates 60 as shown by dashed lines in FIG. 1.
• the previous interim values used by adaptive calculation module 20 may be composite parameters that do not directly correspond to any identifiable respiratory parameter (such as, for example, the covariance matrix and parameter vector discussed in greater detail below).
• patient effort 55 is provided to proportional and triggering control module 30. Based on patient effort 55, proportional and triggering control module 30 generates one or more control signals 80 that are provided to ventilator 10.
• control signals 80 control the timing of gas delivery to a patient.
• control signals 80 control the amount of gas to be delivered to a patient, where the amount of gas is in proportion to patient effort 55.
• Ventilator 10 provides control signals 90 that drive graphical user interface 40.
• Graphical user interface 40 may be included as part of ventilator 10 to allow for interaction with a user including, but not limited to, receiving user commands and/or displaying data relevant to ventilator operation.
• ventilator 10 may direct graphical user interface 40 to display information 85 provided by adaptive calculation module 20. Such information may include, but is not limited to, respiratory parameters 60 and/or patient effort 55 as is more fully discussed below.
• Ventilator system 100 includes an inlet air flow 105 ( q Am ), an inlet Oxygen flow 110 ( q O2 ), and an outlet gas flow 115 ( q F ).
• ventilator system 100 shows two gas sources, Air and Oxygen, more or fewer inlet gas sources may be used in relation to different embodiments of the present invention. For example, it may be that only an Air source is used, or that in addition to the inlet Air source and the inlet Oxygen source, a Helium and/or Heliox source may be included. Based on the disclosure provided herein, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize a variety of other gas sources that may be used in relation to different embodiments of the present invention.
• Tubing, flow valves, and/or pressure monitors included in the system introduce some resistance to gas flow in ventilator system 100.
• an air resistance 120 R mr
• an Oxygen resistance 125 R 02
• an exhalation resistance 130 R EV
• a patient resistance 135 R p
• a pressure sensor 150 measures the pressure ( ⁇ f ) at the inlet at a location where the air flow and Oxygen flow is combined
• a pressure sensor 155 measures the pressure ( ⁇ H ) in an exhalation output. It should be noted that pressure sensor 150 may be replaced by individual pressure sensors associated with respective inlet lines.
• the pressure (p ⁇ ) at a location where inlet and outlet gases combine is represented as a baffles 140 (e.g., wye gas pressure), and the pressure (p L ) in the patient's lungs is represented by another baffles.
• ⁇ ⁇ is determined though use of a pressure measurement device mounted at or near the particular location corresponding to the pressure.
• p r is set equal to either p ⁇ or p E
• p ⁇ is set to the average of p ⁇ and p E .
• p ⁇ is considered to be "directly measured” as it is either a measurement or is an average of other direct measurements.
• a gas flow associated with a leakage 160 ( q neak ) in the tubing, and a gas flow associated with a leakage 165 ( q Pkak ) in the patient are also identified.
• a patient effort value 195 (p P ) is shown as a force interacting with the force of moving gas in and out of a patient's lung.
• parameterized model 190 may be modified to account for the different gases in accordance with other embodiments of the present invention.
• leakage 160 may be assumed to exhibit the following linear relationship between the tubing leak flow and the pressure drop across an opening:
• parameterized model 190 may be reduced to the following model:
• the transfer function for ⁇ ⁇ is defined as follows: where the instantaneous sum of each of the measured flows (e.g., q A1R +q 02 -q E ) i$
• q N for net flow.
• q N represents a transfer function from the net flow ( q N ) to the output ( ⁇ ⁇ )
• ) represents a transfer function from the derivative of patient effort (p P ) to the output ( ⁇ ⁇ ), and represents a transfer function ⁇ ) from patient leakage (q Phak ) to the output ( p y ).
• the first term in the preceding transfer function i.e., the q N term
• the second term in the preceding transfer function i.e., the p p term
• the third term i.e., the q pleak term is assumed to be zero for the sake of simplification.
• a first step in defining the parameterized linear regression output model includes defining an unknown parameter vector such as the following: From the unknown parameter model, once estimated, all lumped parameters of ventilator system 100 (e.g., C 1 . , C L , R P , md ⁇ LEAK ) may be recovered. Through algebraic manipulation of the transfer function for p ⁇ may be represented as:
• the pressure represents pressure p ⁇ (s) after filtering through a proper filter, .
• a proper filter relies on a polynomial A(s) that is the same or of higher order than s 2 (e.g., s 1 , s 3 , s* . . .).
• z is the output pressure value
• ⁇ p ⁇ is the regression vector representing a collection of known signals
• ⁇ d is filtered patient effort.
• Ms is a stable polynomial, and is a proper linear filter, it is apparent that the unknown filtered patient effort (i.e., ⁇ ⁇ ) is a smooth signal. Based on this understanding, the value of the unknown filtered patient effort at any time t can be approximated by its value at the time t-dt, where dt represents an infinitesimal or finite, but small amount of time:
• dt is five milliseconds or less.
• the aforementioned approximation represents a reasonable guess, or prediction, of the unknown filtered patient effort signal at time t that may be used in calculating respiratory parameters, and thereafter in calculating patient effort. This reasonable guess can be used to determine the predicted value (z ) of the system output (z ) can be defined in accordance with the following equation:
• J( ) is a convex (e.g., O 2 ) function of ⁇ .
• a modified recursive least squares method may be used. More detail related to a non- modified mathematical implementation of such an approach is more fully described in one or both of (1) Lennart Ljung, "System Identification, Theory for the User", Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 1999 (ISBN 0-13-656695-2) and (2) Petros Komnou and Jing Sun, Robust Adaptive Control, Prentice Hall, 1995 (ISBN 9780134391007). Both of the aforementioned references are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes, In implementing a modified recursive least squares method, a prediction error ( ⁇ ) is first normalized and signals are adopted for the normalized signals as set forth in the following equation:
• ⁇ is the normalized prediction error
• z and ⁇ are the differences of the output and regressor respectively corresponding to the time interval dt
• m is the normalization signal.
• a modified function J( ) (referred to as a cost function) is adopted in accordance with the following equation: where ⁇ > 0 and Q 0 ⁇ 0 are referred to as a forgetting factor and a penalty matrix. Based on this, the following stationaiy conditions must be met at the solution ⁇ :
• Matrix P and vector ⁇ satisfy the following two differential equations which complete the definition of the recursive algorithm that can be used to solve the parameter identification problem:
• ⁇ is the normalized error or difference between the last measured values and current measured values.
• an estimate of the derivative of patient effort of the real derivative of patient effort (p P ) can be computed as follows: Based on the following equation, it is apparent that a prediction error signal, z - z , is correlated with the patient effort signal, p P , and the filtered version thereof, ⁇ d : Using the transfer function defined above and the current estimate of the parameter vector ⁇ , a prediction ( p y ) of the current pressure in the tubing ( ⁇ y ) is represented by the following equation: From this, the prediction error may be described by the following equation:
• a timing diagram 210 depicts patient effort (p P ) as a function of time.
• a timing diagram 205 depicts the first derivative of patient effort (p P ) as a function of time.
• a timing diagram 215 depicts p y - p y and a timing diagram 220 depicts z- z .
• each of P p , P P , P y - P y and z- z is represented in centimeters OfH 2 O.
• diagrams 205 and 220 demonstrate a strong correlation between the first derivative of the patient effort, p P , and the signal z - z ,
• the reconstructed signals can be used to predict the otherwise unknown signals p p and p p .
• a flow diagram 300 depicts a method in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention for determining patient effort.
• a ventilator system is provided that includes a ventilator that is coupled to a subject using various tubing. The ventilator receives one or more inlet gas flows and includes an outlet gas flow in addition to an inlet/outlet to the subject. Following flow diagram 300, pressure in the tubing (p y ) is measured along with the inlet flow(s) and the outlet flow to generate a net flow (q n ) (block 305).
• the pressure value (p y ) is filtered and provided as an output (z) (block 310), and the pressure (p y ) and net flow value (q n ) are filtered and combined in a regression vector ( ⁇ ⁇ ) (block 315). Differences and/or derivatives of the aforementioned values (i.e., z and ⁇ ⁇ ) are calculated to generate outputs m 2 , z and ⁇ (block 320).
• time delayed versions of z (i.e., ze 'sdt ) and ⁇ (i.e., ⁇ e "sdt ) are created (blocks 317, 318), m 2 , z , ⁇ and ⁇ r are combined to generate an estimated normalized prediction error ( ⁇ ) (block 325); and m 2 , ⁇ and ⁇ are used along with a previously computed covariance matrix (Po) to calculate an updated covaria ⁇ ce matrix (P) (block 330).
• the newly calculated covariance matrix (P) is stored and maintained as the previously computed covai ⁇ ance (Po) for use in later updating of the covariance matrix (block 335).
• the updated covariance matrix (P) is used along with the previously computed ⁇ and ⁇ values to calculate an updated system parameter vector ( ⁇ ) (block 340).
• a time delayed version of ⁇ i.e., ⁇ e ⁇ sdt
• the system parameter vector ( ⁇ ) incorporates various system parameters including, for example, tubing compliance ( C 7 . ), lung compliance (C L ) 5 lumped resistance (R P ) t and leakage ⁇ 1 ⁇ AK ).
• various of the interim values may be used either separately or in combination to estimate patient effort (block 345).
• z correlates to patient effort.
• the constituent elements may also be used to estimate patient effort. Based on the disclosure provided herein, one of ordinary skill in the ait will recognize other uses of the constituent elements to predict patient effort.
• System 400 includes a microprocessor 410 communicably coupled to a computer readable medium 460.
• Microprocessor 410 may be any processor known in the art that is capable of receiving various input values, and executing software or firmware instructions to provide an output based on the input values.
• Computer readable medium 460 may be any media capable of storing instructions that are executable by microprocessor 410. Based on the disclosure provided herein, one of ordinary skill in the ait will recognize a variety of processors that may be used in relation to different embodiments of the present invention.
• computer readable medium 460 may be a hard disk drive, a tape drive, a portable solid state memory, a CD ROM, a RAM, combinations of the aforementioned, or the like. Based on the disclosure provided herein, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize a variety of media and combinations of the media that may be used in relation to different embodiments of the present invention.
• the received I/O include measured inlet gas flows 422, 424, and a measured outlet gas flow 426.
• the measured inlet gas flows measure the flow of Air and Oxygen, respectively. It should be noted that more or fewer than two inlet gas flows may be measured depending upon the particular embodiment of the present invention.
• Outlet gas flow 426 measures the gas flow being exhaled from system 400.
• the received I/O include measured inlet gas pressures 428, 430 associated with the respective inlet gas flows 422, 424. It should be noted that where there are more or fewer inlet gas flows that the I/O may include more or fewer measured gas pressure inputs.
• a single gas pressure input may be provided in place of inlet gas pressures 428, 430 where a single gas pressure sensor is placed in system 400 at a location that allows it to provide a pressure value that effectively combines inlet gas pressures 428, 430.
• instructions 450 when executed cause microprocessor 410 to implement a patient effort algorithm using the I/O received via VO interface 420, and providing a patient effort output 440.
• a patient effort algorithm may be, but is not limited to, the patient effort algorithms discussed above in relation to Fig. 2 and Fig, 4.
• instructions 450 cause microprocessor 410 to calculate a variety of otherwise unknown system parameters including, but not limited to, tubing compliance 412 ( C 7 ), lung compliance 414 ( C L ), lumped resistance 416 (R P ), and leakage 418 ( ⁇ [MAK ).
• the aforementioned system parameters may be used in a variety of interim calculations with the results of one or more of the interim calculations providing results that are predictive of patient effort output 440.
• microprocessor based system 400 may include a graphical user interface driver 490 and a graphical user interface 495.
• Graphical user interface 495 may be any interface that provides for graphically portraying information from microprocessor based system 400 to a user.
• graphical user interface 495 may be any display known in the art.
• graphical user interface 495 may further include an ability to receive input from a user. The ability to receive input may be provided by, for example, a touch screen capability, a keyboard, a mouse, and/or the like deployed in association with graphical user interface 495.
• Graphical user interface driver 490 may be any circuit, system or device known in the art that is capable of converting information from microprocessor based system 400 into graphical information displayable via graphical user interface 495.
• Fig. 6 is a flow diagram 500 depicting a method in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention for triggering a ventilation cycle. Following flow diagram 500, a pressure is measured (block 505), an inlet flow is measured (block 510), and an outlet flow is measured (block 515). In some cases, the pressure is measured in a tube connecting a ventilator to a person being ventilated. In some cases, the pressure is measured near a gas inlet and/or near a gas outlet. In other cases, the pressure is measured near a junction of the gas inlet with the gas outlet.
• the pressure measurement is a single point pressure measurement, while in other cases the pressure measurement is a multiple point pressure measurement and the measured pressure is a mathematical combination of two or more pressure measurements.
• Measuring the inlet flow may include measuring the flow of a single gas, or measuring the flows of two or more gases and aggregating the multiple flow values.
• Measuring the outlet flow may include, but is not limited to, measuring the flow of gas at the outlet of the ventilation system. The outlet flow is subtracted from the inlet flow at a particular instance to generate an instantaneous net flow (block 520). The net flow and measured pressure for a given instant are used to calculate an updated prediction of patient effort (block 525). This process may be done using the approach discussed above in relation to Fig. 4.
• the updated prediction of patient effort indicates an onset condition (block 530). Where an onset condition is indicated (block 530), a ventilation cycle is triggered to begin (block 535).
• the updated prediction of patient effort may be the filtered patient effort signal ( ⁇ d ) that was discussed above.
• the filtered patient effort signal is a function of the derivative of patient effort (p p ) as set forth in the following equation:
• the filtered patient effort signal is expected to be negative when the actual patient effort ( P p ) is decreasing. Therefore, the onset of inspiration is indicated when the filtered patient effort signal becomes less than zero (e.g., exhibits a negative zero crossing where the signal transitions from a positive value to a negative value).
• This indicator may be used to synchronize the onset of a ventilation cycle with patient effort. Such synchrony results in improved patient ventilation.
• a ventilation cycle is triggered to begin once the filtered patient effort signal is less than zero. In other cases, a ventilation cycle is triggered to begin once the filtered patient effort signal reaches a predefined negative threshold value or positive threshold value.
• filtered patient effort signal is used in the preceding example, that one or more other signals may be similarly used.
• prediction error signal, z - z may also be used as it is similarly correlated with actual patient effort.
• the updated prediction of patient effort may be the same filtered patient effort signal used to trigger the onset of inspiration.
• the filtered patient effort signal is a function of the derivative of patient effort
• the end of inspiration is indicated when the filtered patient effort signal becomes greater than zero (e.g., exhibits a positive zero crossing where the signal transitions from a negative value to a positive value).
• Such an indicator may be used to synchronize the termination of a ventilation cycle with patient effort, and thereby provide improved patient ventilation.
• a ventilation cycle is triggered to end once the filtered patient effort signal is greater than zero.
• a ventilation cycle is triggered to end once the filtered patient effort signal reaches a predefined negative threshold value or positive threshold value.
• prediction error signal, z- z may also be used as it is similarly correlated with actual patient effort. Based on the disclosure provided herein, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize a variety of other signals that may be used to terminate a ventilation cycle.
• a timing diagram 600 shows the process of triggering multiple ventilation cycles based on a proxy of patient effort.
• the proxy of patient effort is the filtered patient effort signal ( ⁇ ) 610.
• An actual patient effort signal (P p ) 620 is shown to demonstrate the synchrony achievable using different embodiments of the present invention.
• filtered patient effort signal 610 is shown as the ventilation trigger, that one or more other signals may be similarly used.
• prediction error signal, z- z may also be used as it is similarly correlated with actual patient effort. Based on the disclosure provided herein, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize a variety of other signals that may be used to effectuate triggering,
• filtered patient effort signal 610 As shown, the transition of filtered patient effort signal 610 through a negative zero crossing point 612a corresponds to the beginning of an actual patient inspiration effort 622a. A subsequent positive zero crossing point 614a corresponds to the onset of exhalation 624a. This process is depicting for a number of ventilation cycles. Consistent with timing diagram 600, a positive zero crossing of filtered patient effort signal 610 may be used to trigger the beginning of a ventilation cycle, and a negative zero crossing of filtered patient effort signal 610 may be used to trigger the end of a ventilation cycle. Fig.
• timing diagram 8 includes a timing diagram 710 showing a process of triggering off of a pressure sensor corresponding to p y , a timing diagram 720 showing a process of triggering off of an estimated patient effort signal, ⁇ y - ⁇ y , and a timing diagram 730 showing a process of triggering off of another signal correlated to patient effort, z - z ,
• the pressure sensor exhibits a noise level 711 with a trigger threshold 713 set a noise buffer amount 712 below the expected noise level 711 to avoid false triggering.
• the pressure corresponding to ⁇ y eventually drops below trigger threshold 713 resulting in a detected inspiration onset 714 (represented a vertical dashed line).
• Detected inspiration threshold 714 occurs a delay period 715 after an actual inspiration onset 716 (represented by a vertical dashed line). As can be seen from timing diagram 710, the magnitude of delay period 715 is a function of noise level 711 and noise buffer amount 712.
• Noise associated with a pressure measurement is not necessarily correlated with that associated with flow measurements.
• the amount of noise expected is typically reduced when compared with the noise expected when only a single measurement is used.
• a noise buffer amount is often chosen based on the magnitude of expected noise.
• both the expected noise level and noise buffer amount are less than that exhibited in single measurement systems. The reduction of these variables allows for a detected inspiration that is correlated more closely in time with an actual inspiration onset. Timing diagrams 720, 730 graphically depict such a reduced trigger delay.
• the estimated patient effort signal, p y - p y exhibits a relatively small noise level 721 with a trigger threshold 723 set a noise buffer amount 722 above the expected noise level 721 to avoid false triggering, As shown, the estimated patient effort signal eventually exceeds trigger threshold 723 resulting in a detected inspiration onset 724 (represented a vertical dashed line). Detected inspiration onset 724 occurs a delay period 725 after an actual inspiration onset 726 (represented by a vertical dashed line). Delay period 725 is less than that which results when only a single point of measurement is used.
• the estimated patient effort signal, z - z exhibits a relatively small noise level 731 with a trigger threshold 733 set a noise buffer amount 732 above the expected noise level 731 to avoid false triggering.
• the estimated patient effort signal eventually exceeds trigger threshold 733 resulting in a detected inspiration onset 734 (represented a vertical dashed line).
• Detected inspiration onset 734 occurs a delay period 735 after an actual inspiration onset 736 (represented by a vertical dashed line).
• Delay period 735 is less than that which results when only a single point of measurement is used.
• a flow diagram 800 shows a method for providing ventilation in proportion to patient effort in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention.
• a pressure is measured (block 805), an inlet flow is measured (block 810), and an outlet flow is measured (block 815).
• the pressure is measured in a tube connecting a ventilator to a person being ventilated, hi some cases, the pressure is measured near a gas inlet and/or near a gas outlet. In other cases, the pressure is measured near a junction of the gas inlet with the gas outlet.
• the pressure measurement is a single point pressure measurement, while in other cases the pressure measurement is a multiple point pressure measurement and the measured pressure is a mathematical combination of two or more pressure measurements.
• Measuring the inlet flow may include measuring the flow of a single gas, or measuring the flows of two or more gases and aggregating the multiple flow values.
• Measuring the outlet flow may include, but is not limited to, measuring the flow of gas at the outlet of the ventilation system. The outlet flow is subtracted from the inlet flow at a particular instance to generate an instantaneous net flow (block 820).
• the net flow and measured pressure for a given instant are used to calculate an updated prediction of patient effort (block 825). This process may be done using the approach discussed above in relation to Fig, 4. Desired gas delivery ⁇ arameter(s) of gas to be delivered by the ventilator an instant corresponding to the calculated patient effort is/are then calculated (block 840).
• the gas delivery parameters are flow and/or pressure, In this case, a desired pressure and flow of gas delivery are each a function of patient effort.
• the calculated pressure may be described at an instant using the function g(f(x)) and the calculated flow at an instant may be described by the function h(f(x)) .
• the function g and the function h are each constant multipliers.
• the calculated pressure at an instant x is k x f(x) and the calculated flow at the instant x is k 2 f(x) , where Ic 1 is the constant corresponding to pressure and k 2 is the constant corresponding to flow.
• the pressure used as a metric for delivering gas may be, but is not limited to, wye pressure or patient lung pressure.
• the flow used as a metric for delivering gas may be, but is not limited to, patient lung flow or inlet gas flow.
• an inspiration phase is indicated where the derivative of patient effort p p is greater than zero.
• gas is delivered to a recipient in accordance with the gas delivery parameters previously calculated (block 835).
• gas delivery parameters may include, but are not limited to, pressures and flows of gas or gas components (e.g., oxygen, air, nitrogen, helium, etc.) to be delivered to a patient.
• gas delivery is not provided.
• Such an approach provides for gas delivery at a rate and/or pressure as a function of the patient's effort.
• Such an approach provides for increased patient comfort as well as less interference with a patient's own attempts at breathing.
• timing diagram 910 depicts patient effort as a function of time
• timing diagram 920 depicts a derivative of patient effort as a function of time.
• f(x) the derivative of patient effort is greater than zero (corresponding to an inspiration phase)
• patient effort is described as a function f(x) .
• timing diagram 910 shows patient effort as the same function repeating over time, that a first instance of f ⁇ (x) 912 may differ substantially from the second instance of f 2 (x) 914 depending upon the breathing pattern of the particular patient.
• a timing diagram 930 depicts an effort by a ventilator to increase the pressure at the wye connection to offset a pressure decrease caused by patient effort.
• the ventilator attempts to raise the pressure at the wye connection as a function of patient effort, g ⁇ f ⁇ (x)) 932.
• the ventilator attempts to raise the pressure at the wye as a function of patient effort, g(f 2 (x)) 934.
• the function g is a constant k], however, other time varying functions may be used in accordance with different embodiments of the present invention.
• the ventilator increases the flow of gas to a patient as a function of patient effort, h ⁇ f ⁇ (x)) 942.
• the ventilator increases the flow of gas to a patient as a function of patient effort, h(f 2 (x)) 944.
• the function h is a constant k 2? however, other time varying functions may be used in accordance with different embodiments of the present invention.
• the functions g and h may be proportional or inversely proportional to patient effort. It should be noted that in the sense that gas delivery is provided as a function of patient effort, that patient effort may be determined based directly on patient effort (i.e., patient interpleural pressure), or on a first or higher order derivative of patient effort.
• FIG. 11 an exemplary graphical interface 1000 showing the display of patient effort corresponding to an actively breathing patient in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention.
• Graphical interface 1000 includes a graphical display of filtered patient effort ( ⁇ ) 1010, and patient effort ( p p ) 1020 each as a function of time. It should be noted that other indications of patient effort may be displayed in addition to those depicted or in place of those depicted depending upon the particular embodiment of the present invention, In the depicted embodiment, time is displayed across a horizontal axis and the value of the respective patient effort value is displayed across a left axis. As time proceeds, the time increments across the horizontal axis are updated to reflect a window around the current time.
• two user movable vertical bars 1012, 1022 are disposed over graph 1010 and graph 1020. This allows a user to place a begin bar 1012 and an end bar 1022 at particular times to measure an event. The time difference between begin bar 1012 and end bar 1022 may be displayed to the user, along with the value of filtered patient effort and patient effort at the respective instants in time. In some cases, begin bar 1012 and end bar 1022 may be used via a keyboard command or a mouse command. Based on the disclosure provided herein one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize a variety of VO that may be used to manipulate begin bar 1012 and end bar 1022 in relation to graphs 1010, 1020.
• a mean time between breaths 1030 may be calculated and displayed. Such a mean time may be calculated based on a defined number of breaths, where a time between each of the breaths is calculated from the end of expiration to the beginning of subsequent inspiration. Based on the disclosure provided herein, one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate a variety of approaches that may be used to calculate mean time between breaths in accordance with different embodiments of the present invention.
• a peak breathing effort 1040 may be displayed. Peak breathing effort 1040 may be the maximum value recorded on either of graph 1010 or graph 1020 over the course of a defined number of breaths depending upon the particular implementation.
• peak effort per breath 1050 may be displayed.
• Peak effort per breath 1050 may indicate the peak value of either graph 1010 or graph 1020 for a most current breath. Alternatively it may indicate the peak value of either graph 1010 or graph 1020 for a breath identified by begin bar 1012.
• a duration of last inspiration 1060 may be displayed. Duration of the last inspiration 106 indicates a time from when the onset of inspiration was detected until the end of inspiration was detected for the most recent breath. In one case, this may be achieved by detecting when a first derivative of the patient effort exceeds a threshold until it returns below the threshold.
• a duration of the last expiration 1070 may be displayed, hi some cases, duration of the last expiration 1070 may be calculated by detecting when a first derivative of the patient effort falls below a threshold until the time when the first derivative returns above the threshold.
• an average duration of inspiration 1080 and an average duration of expiration 1090 may be displayed. The may be calculated by averaging a number of the previously discussed expiration durations and inspiration durations.
• an exemplary graphical interface 1100 showing the display of a respiratory parameter corresponding to an actively breathing patient in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention.
• a graph 1110 depicts an estimated value of the patient resistance parameter as a function of time.
• the patient resistance parameter is referred to as "estimated Rp" because it is the result of calculation as distinguished from the actual value of the patient resistance.
• estimate Rp the patient resistance parameter
• graphical interface 1100 is described as showing estimated Rp, that other respiratory parameters may be displayed in accordance with different embodiments of the present invention.
• graphical interface 1100 may be augmented to display lung compliance or leakage parameters, with these additionally displayed parameters determined using the same or similar set of equations as described herein.
• the displayed respiratory parameters may be used by a monitoring clinician for real time assessment of a patient.
• the displayed respiratory parameters may be used to determine a potential system malfunction or to indicate a disconnect of the patient from the ventilator.
• a dramatic increase in Rp may indicate a partial obstruction.
• one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize a variety of advantages that may be achieved in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention, As shown, time is displayed across a horizontal axis and the value of estimated Rp is displayed across a left axis.
• the time increments across the horizontal axis are updated to reflect a window around the current time.
• two user movable vertical bars 1112, 1113 are disposed over graph 1110. This allows a user to place a begin bar 1112 and an end bar 1113 at particular times to measure an event. The time difference between begin bar 1112 and end bar 1113 may be displayed to the user, along with the value of filtered patient effort and patient effort at the respective instants in time. In some cases, begin bar 1112 and end bar 1113 may be used via a keyboard command or a mouse command. Based on the disclosure provided herein one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize a variety of I/O that may be used to manipulate begin bar 1112 and end bar 1113 in relation to graph 1110.
• estimated Rp is initialized with a value of five (5) cmH 2 O/lps. At this time, the actual value of Rp is nearer to thirty (30) cmH 2 O/lps.
• the algorithm used to determine the value of estimated Rp adaptively adjusts until the estimated value approximates the actual value for Rp during a period 1130. Sometime around the fifty (50) second mark, an obstruction is removed from the ventilation system resulting in a dramatic decrease in the actual value of Rp. At this point, the algorithm adaptively adjusts by lowering the value of estimated Rp until the estimated value approximates the actual value. During a period 1140, the value of estimated Rp remains approximately constant near the actual value of Rp.
• various metrics relating to the graphically displayed resistance parameter may be calculated and displayed via graphical interface 1100.
• a current Rp value 1150 may be displayed, and an average Rp value 1160 may be displayed.
• Average Rp value 1160 may be calculated by averaging a number of values for Rp over a particular time period.
• a visual alarm 1170 may be displayed. Such a visual alarm may be triggered whenever a predefined increase or decrease in the value of estimated Rp is detected.
• graphical interface 1100 may be augmented to display a variety of other information.
• the present invention provides novel systems, methods and devices delivering a gas in proportion to a patient effort.

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