Mobile Anesthesia Patient Metric Control Center

Abstract

Anesthesiologists at St. Joseph’s Hospital oversee up to twelve concurrent operating rooms, which increases cognitive load and creates the risk of delayed responses to acute physiological changes. Existing anesthesia machines such as the Apollo Drager Carescape D19KT provide accurate bedside monitoring but lack centralized multi patient visualization. This gap reduces situational awareness, forces frequent room transitions, and increases the risk of delayed recognition of potential patient issues.

VitalSync addresses this clinical gap by developing a centralized monitoring dashboard that aggregates perioperative vital signs from the twelve operating rooms into a singular interface. This system integrates via existing communication ports on the Apollo Dräger units and transmits the encrypted data to a central workstation. The interface uses acuity-based sorting with an alarm latency target under 2 seconds and a waveform update rate of 250 to 350 ms, values consistent with operating room monitoring requirements.
To ensure reliability under real hospital network conditions, the design incorporates a lightweight edge buffering node that stabilizes data transmission during transient latency of packet loss, maintaining continuous display even when brief network disturbances occur. The platform will be developed using established medical protocols, HIPAA compliance, and TLS 1.3 encryption. The system architecture aligns with ISO 80601-2-49 for physiological monitoring responsiveness and IEC 62304 for medical software lifecycle reliability.

Manufacturing and implementation considerations prioritize software, allowing deployment without alteration of existing anesthesia hardware. This supports scalable adoption across operating rooms. The estimated deployment cost is 250 to 350 dollars per room for the edge buffering nodes, with minimal recurring costs.
By improving situational awareness, VitalSync’s aim is to enhance perioperative safety and streamline anesthesiologist workflow in support of more responsive and timely patient care.

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