1. A network comprising:
an input device usable to create, modify, or delete electronic annotations;
one or more displays that selectively displays the annotations to a user;
a plurality of sensors that are associated with a single patient and take measurements of that patient, the sensors including a memory that stores data; and,
wireless communication devices for wirelessly communicating created annotations, annotation modifications, and annotation deletions to the sensors for storage on at least one of the memories and for communicating annotations wirelessly to at least one of the displays.
2. The network as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display displays a state of the displayed annotations to the healthcare professional based on the identity of the healthcare professional.
3. The network as set forth in claim 2, further including:
an active digital aura device that identifies a healthcare professional to the network.
4. The network as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display displays a categorized annotation as one of active, noticed, and cancelled.
5. The network as set forth in claim 1, further including a central database to which annotations are uploaded for long-term storage.
6. The network as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display displays an annotation that has been classified as critical, and an alarm is triggered.
7. The network as set forth in claim 1, further including:
a body sensor network including a plurality of nodes, the plurality of sensors being at least some of the nodes.
8. The network as set forth in claim 7, wherein the input device and the display are associated with a portable electronic device, which wirelessly communicates with one or more of the nodes of the body sensor network.
9. The network as set forth in claim 7, wherein the input device and the display device are associated with a patient monitor.
10. The network as set forth in claim 7, further including:
a medical facility network that includes at least one of the communications devices for communicating wirelessly with the body sensor network, at least one of the input devices, at least one display, and a central database.
11. A method of compiling medical annotations comprising:
receiving annotations pertaining to a subject;
wirelessly transmitting the annotations to the body sensor network for storage therein;
wirelessly transmitting the stored annotations from a body sensor network that includes a plurality of sensors to a patient monitor for display.
12. The method as set forth in claim 11, further including:
the sensors synchronizing the data they store so that all of the sensors in the plurality store the same data.
13. The method as set forth in claim 12, further including:
connecting an additional sensor to the subject; and
synchronizing the additional sensor with all other sensors in the subject’s body sensor network.
14. The method as set forth in claim 11, further including:
wirelessly transmitting annotations from the body sensor network to a portable electronic device for display.
15. The method as set forth in claim 11, further including:
receiving annotations from a patient monitor that were created at the patient monitor.
16. The method as set forth in claim 11, further including designating each annotation as one of active, noticed, and cancelled.
17. The method as set forth in claim 11, further including:
identifying a healthcare professional viewing an annotation; and,
changing a designation of an annotation depending on the identity of the healthcare professional viewing the annotation.
18. The method as set forth in claim 17, wherein the step of identifying is performed based on a digital aura signal.
19. The method as set forth in claim 10, further including:
designating an annotation as critical and triggering an alarm.
20. The method as set forth in claim 10, further including:
wirelessly transmitting the annotations from the body sensor network to another network.
21. A body sensor network comprising:
a plurality of sensors for storing annotations pertaining to a subject;
a device for selectively displaying annotations communicated from the sensors based on an annotation category.
22. The body sensor network as set forth in claim 21, wherein the annotation category is based at least in part on an identification of a healthcare professional.
23. The body sensor network as set forth in claim 21, wherein the plurality of sensors store common data.
24. A method of handing off a patient comprising:
placing a plurality of wireless sensor devices in close proximity to a patient;
allowing the sensor devices to interconnect with each other into a body sensor network, resulting in all of the sensor devices carrying common data;
moving the patient out of a wireless communication range of a device and into the wireless communication range of a second device, the body sensor network transmitting annotations to the second device after the move;
changing a presentation displayed on a display of the device based on the identity of a healthcare professional accepting the patient hand-off.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A turbine section of a gas turbine engine, the turbine section being annular about a longitudinal axis, the turbine section comprising:
a first turbine with a first inlet and a first outlet;
a second turbine with a second inlet and a second outlet;
an inter-turbine duct extending from the first outlet to the second inlet and configured to direct an air flow from the first turbine to the second turbine; and
a first guide vane disposed within the inter-turbine duct,
wherein the inter-turbine duct is defined by a shroud extending between the first outlet and the second inlet and a hub extending between the first outlet and the second inlet, wherein the shroud and the hub are separated in a radial direction at a first distance, the first guide vane being spaced from the shroud in the radial direction at less than 50% of the first distance.
2. The turbine section of claim 1, wherein the first guide vane is a splitter extending in a circumferential direction about the longitudinal axis.
3. The turbine section of claim 2, wherein the first guide vane generally extends in an axial-circumferential plane.
4. The turbine section of claim 2, wherein the first guide vane is spaced from the shroud in the radial direction at about 20% of the first distance.
5. The turbine section of claim 2, wherein first guide vane is generally parallel to the shroud.
6. The turbine section of claim 2, wherein the first guide vane is configured to prevent separation of air flow from the shroud.
7. The turbine section of claim 1, wherein the first guide vane is a passive flow control device.
8. The turbine section of claim 1, wherein the first turbine is a high pressure turbine and the second turbine is a low pressure turbine.
9. The turbine section of claim 2, further comprising struts extending from the shroud to support the first guide vane.
10. The turbine section of claim 1, further comprising a second guide vane that generally extends in an axial-radial plane.
11. The turbine section of claim 10, wherein the second guide vane extends from the shroud.
12. The turbine section of claim 11, wherein the second guide vane extends from the shroud at a height that is less than about 50% of the first distance.
13. The turbine section of claim 1, wherein the first guide vane is positioned in an upstream section of the inter-turbine duct.
14. An inter-turbine duct extending between a first turbine having a first radial diameter and a second turbine having a second radial diameter, the first radial diameter being less than the second radial diameter, the inter-turbine duct comprising:
a hub;
a shroud circumscribing the hub to form a flow path fluidly coupled to the first turbine and the second turbine; and
a first guide vane coupled to the shroud and generally extending in an axial-radial plane from the shroud at a height that is less than about 50% of a radial distance between the hub and shroud.
15. The inter-turbine duct of claim 14, further comprising a second guide vane and struts coupling the second guide vane to the shroud such that the second guide vane generally extends in an axial-circumferential plane and is spaced from the shroud in the radial direction at less than 50% of the radial distance between the hub and shroud.
16. The inter-turbine duct of claim 14, wherein the second guide vane generally extends in an axial-circumferential plane and is spaced from the shroud in the radial direction at less than 50% of the radial distance between the hub and shroud.
17. The inter-turbine duct of claim 16, wherein the first guide vane couples the second guide vane to the shroud.
18. A turbine section of a gas turbine engine, the turbine section being annular about a longitudinal axis, the turbine section comprising:
a high pressure turbine with a first inlet and a first outlet;
a low pressure turbine with a second inlet and a second outlet;
an inter-turbine duct extending from the first outlet to the second inlet and configured to direct an air flow from the high pressure turbine to the low pressure turbine, the inter-turbine duct comprising
a hub, and
a shroud circumscribing the hub at a first distance;
a first guide vane coupled to the shroud and generally extending in an axial-circumferential plane at a radial direction less than 50% of the first distance, and
a second guide vane coupled to the shroud and generally extending in an axial-radial plane at a height that is less than about 50% of the first distance.