US 12,004,865 B2
Sepsis detection and monitoring
Steven D. Baker, Beaverton, OR (US); Jotpreet Chahal, Fayetteville, NY (US); Stacey Fitzgibbons, Dewitt, NY (US); Craig M. Meyerson, Syracuse, NY (US); David E. Quinn, Auburn, NY (US); Lori Ann Zapfe, Milroy, IN (US); and Gene J. Wolfe, Pittsford, NY (US)
Assigned to Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US)
Filed by Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/339,389.
Application 18/339,389 is a continuation of application No. 16/832,672, filed on Mar. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,730,421.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/825,844, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329628 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/1491 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/412 (2013.01) [A61B 5/14552 (2013.01); A61B 5/1491 (2013.01); A61B 5/6831 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for evaluating a septic patient, the system comprising:
a patient support device including a frame connected to a motor, the frame configured to tilt from a rested position to a tilted position;
a sensor configured to non-invasively measure one or more vital signs before and after the frame is tilted; and
a control device having a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the control device to:
obtain a first vital sign measurement from the septic patient when the frame is in the rested position;
tilt the frame from the rested position into the tilted position;
obtain a second vital sign measurement from the septic patient when the frame is in the tilted position; and
determine whether a status of the septic patient is improving based on the first and second vital sign measurements.