Systems and methods for determining spatial locations of patient data gathering devices

• US 10,143,375 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2017
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Inventors: Johnson, Guy Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Cass, Jean Paul
• Application Number:
  US15/611,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20170332905A1
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• Field of Search: 701454
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method for determining a spatial location of at least one patient data gathering device includes the steps of receiving at least one signal from a geolocation system and analyzing the at least one signal to determine the spatial location of the at least one patient data gathering device.

Claims

1. A medical equipment management system comprising:

a defibrillation device database stored on a central server located remotely from a plurality of defibrillation devices and a remote computing device associated with an end user, the defibrillation device database comprising defibrillation device information for the plurality of defibrillation devices, the defibrillation device information comprising defibrillation device location information; and

processor executable instructions stored on a non-transitory storage medium, the instructions configured to cause one or more processors associated with the central server to;

receive the defibrillation device location information;

store the defibrillation device location information in the defibrillation device database;

generate, based on a location of the remote computing device and the defibrillation device location information in the defibrillation device database, mapping information and a list of defibrillation devices that are indicative of one or more defibrillation device locations relative to the location of the remote computing device, wherein the location of the remote computing device is an assigned monitoring area; and

provide to the remote computing device, the mapping information and the list of defibrillation devices.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the defibrillation device information comprises device capabilities and device settings.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the defibrillation device location information comprises defibrillation device storage location information.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the defibrillation device information comprises address information comprising one or more of a state, a city, and a ZIP code.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the defibrillation device information comprises one or more of a device type, a serial number, a model number, and a physical location description for one or more of the plurality of defibrillation devices.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the remote computing device is a mobile device.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the mapping information comprises mapping information indicative of one or more defibrillation device locations in proximity to the remote computing device.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the location of the remote computing device comprises one or more of a city area and a zip code area.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the mapping information comprises three-dimensional mapping information.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the three-dimensional mapping information is indicative of the one or more defibrillation device locations within a multi-level building.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the three-dimensional mapping information comprises geographic longitude and latitude coordinates and comprises elevation or altitude.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein one or more of the mapping information and the list of defibrillation devices are provided in an interactive format.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the interactive format provides at least one selectable icon representative of at least one defibrillation device of the plurality of defibrillation devices.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the at least one selectable icon enables the end user of the remote computing device to select the at least one defibrillation device.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the instructions are configured to cause the one or more processors to activate a locating process in response to the selection of the at least one defibrillation device.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the locating process provides navigation instructions that direct the end user of the remote computing device to the selected at least one defibrillation device.

17. The system of claim 13 wherein the at least one selectable icon is indicative of a status of the at least one defibrillation device.

18. The system of claim 13 wherein the at least one selectable icon is representative of a defibrillation device storage location within a multi-level building for the at least one defibrillation device and wherein the instructions are configured to cause the one or more processors to activate a locating process in response to a selection, by the end user of the remote computing device, of the at least one selectable icon.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the locating process provides navigation instructions that enable the end user of the remote computing device to find the defibrillation device storage location within the multi-level building.

20. A medical equipment management system comprising:

a defibrillation device database stored on a central server located remotely from a plurality of defibrillation devices and a remote computing device associated with an end user, the defibrillation device database comprising defibrillation device information for the plurality of defibrillation devices wherein the defibrillation device information comprises defibrillation device location information that includes at least one defibrillation device storage location within a multi-level building; and

processor executable instructions stored on a non-transitory storage medium, the instructions configured to cause one or more processors associated with the central server to;

receive the defibrillation device location information;

store the defibrillation device location information in the defibrillation device database;

generate, based on a location of the remote computing device and the defibrillation device location information, mapping information and a list of defibrillation devices that are indicative of one or more defibrillation device locations relative to the location of the remote computing device; and

provide to the remote computing device, the mapping information and the list of defibrillation devices,

wherein one or more of the mapping information and the list of defibrillation devices are provided in an interactive format that provides at least one selectable icon representative of the at least one defibrillation device storage location within the multi-level building, and

wherein the instructions are configured to cause the one or more processors to activate a locating process in response to a selection, by the end user of the remote computing device, of the at least one selectable icon.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein the defibrillation device information comprises device capabilities and device settings.

22. The system of claim 20 wherein the defibrillation device information comprises address information comprising one or more of a state, a city, and a ZIP code.

23. The system of claim 20 wherein the defibrillation device information comprises one or more of a device type, a serial number, a model number, and a physical location description for one or more of the plurality of defibrillation devices.

24. The system of claim 20 wherein the remote computing device is a mobile device.

25. The system of claim 20 wherein the one or more defibrillation device locations indicated by the mapping information are in proximity to the remote computing device.

26. The system of claim 20 wherein the location of the remote computing device comprises one or more of a city area and a zip code area.

27. The system of claim 20 wherein the mapping information is three-dimensional mapping information for the multi-level building.

28. The system of claim 27 wherein the three-dimensional mapping information comprises geographic longitude and latitude coordinates and comprises elevation or altitude.

29. The system of claim 20 wherein the at least one selectable icon is indicative of a status of at least one defibrillation device.

30. The system of claim 20 wherein the locating process provides navigation instructions that enable the end user of the remote computing device to find the at least one defibrillation device storage location within the multi-level building.