Downloading and booting method and system for a wearable medical device

• US 10,269,452 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2016
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Inventors: Volpe, Shane
• Primary Examiner(s): Holmes, Rex R
• Application Number:
  US15/053,635
• Publication Number:
  US 20160253471A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,153 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/332 Portable devices specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/346 Analysis of electrocardiograms
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0484 Garment electrodes worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3968 Constructional arrangements, e.g. casings A61N1/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3993 User interfaces for automatic external defibrillators
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1417 Boot up procedures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1433 during software upgrading
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4401 Bootstrapping security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4408 Boot device selection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades

Abstract

A wearable medical monitoring device can include a monitor and an update manager. The monitor is configured to monitor a physiological parameter of a subject. The update manager is configured to receive a software update corresponding to the at least one software module for the monitor, and cause an installation of the software update such that the at least one software module installed on the monitor is updated. A wearable medical monitoring device can also include at least one processor, and a supervisory circuit configured to provide redundant booting. The supervisory circuit is configured to monitor a state of the processor when the processor is configured to boot from a current drive. The supervisory circuit is further configured to control the processor to boot from an alternative drive based on the state of the at least one processor or if there is an error caused by the current drive.

Claims

1. A wearable medical monitoring device, comprising:

a monitor configured to monitor a physiological parameter of a subject, the monitor comprising at least one processor configured to execute a plurality of instructions according to at least one software module; and

an update manager operably connected to the monitor and configured to receive a software update corresponding to the at least one software module for the monitor, and cause an installation of the software update such that the at least one software module is updated, wherein a time period to install the software update is determined based on an operational state of the wearable medical monitoring device,

wherein the time period to install the software update is determined based on the physiological parameter of the subject,

wherein the monitor is configured to calculate, for the time period, an event estimation of risk score associated with a potential medical event for the subject occurring within the time period based on the physiological parameter of the subject, and

wherein the monitor is configured to determine the time period to install the software update based on the event estimation of risk score.

2. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the time period to install the software update is further determined based on an operational state of a remote server from which the software update is made available.

3. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the time period to install the software update is specified at a remote server from which the software update is made available.

4. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the monitor comprises:

a processor including a first core and a second core, wherein the first core of the processor is configured to install the software update, and wherein the second core of the processor is configured to monitor the physiological parameter of the subject independent of the first core and substantially simultaneous to installation of the software update by the first core.

5. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, further comprising:

a medical treatment device configured to deliver a medical treatment to the subject.

6. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 5, wherein the medical treatment comprises an electric shock.

7. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 5, wherein the monitor is configured to delay the time period to install the software update when the medical treatment device is delivering the medical treatment to the subject.

8. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein one of the monitor and a remote server from which the software update is made available is configured to determine if the software update affects a critical function of the monitor, and wherein the one of the monitor and the remote server is configured to delay the time period to install the software update based on a determination that the software update affects the critical function of the monitor.

9. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein one of the monitor and a remote server from which the software update is made available is configured to determine if the software update affects a critical function of the monitor, and wherein the one of the monitor and the remote server is configured to delay the time period to install the software update, cancel indefinitely the software update, or only partially carry out the software update based on a determination that the software update affects the critical function of the monitor.

10. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the time period to install the software update is determined based on whether the software update affects a function for at least one of delivering a therapeutic pulse, charging one or more capacitors, providing an alert to the subject, addressing a subject-related event detected by the device, addressing a device-related event detected by the device, and deploying conductive gel on skin of the subject.

11. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the time period to install the software update is determined based on whether the software update affects a function for one or more of the following:

determining a treatment for the subject, preparing the treatment for the subject, and applying the treatment to the subject.

12. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the time period to install the software update is determined based on whether the software update affects a function for one or more of the following:

determining a current or future medical event for the subject, preparing the current or future medical event for the subject, and notifying the subject and/or another party of the current or future medical event for the subject.

13. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the time period to install the software update is determined based on whether the software update affects a function that is scheduled for use during the time period to install the software update.

14. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the time period to install the software update is determined based one or more of the following:

a time needed for download, unpacking, and installation of the software update, a size of the software update, and a relationship of a type of the software update to a function of the device currently in use or scheduled for future use.

15. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the monitor is configured to automatically install the software update in response to a maintenance operation performed on the wearable medical monitoring device, the wearable medical monitoring device being assigned to a new subject, or an instruction from an authorized user.

16. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the monitor is configured to provide a prompt to the subject or an authorized user to install the software update.

17. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the monitor is configured to install the software update when the subject is not wearing the wearable medical monitoring device.

18. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the monitor is configured to access a plurality of different media drives, and wherein the monitor is configured to install the software update to a first media drive and maintain boot availability and operation of the wearable medical monitoring device based on a second media drive during the installation to the first media drive.

19. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the monitor is configured to determine a download period to download the software update based on a data usage of a cellular data modem and a data usage threshold.

20. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 19, wherein the monitor is configured to determine a projected data usage for the download period based on a history of data usage during one or more previous download periods and a schedule of future data downloads.

21. A wearable medical monitoring device, comprising:

a monitor configured to monitor a physiological parameter of a subject, the monitor comprising at least one processor configured to execute a plurality of instructions according to at least one software module; and

an update manager operably connected to the monitor and configured to receive a software update corresponding to the at least one software module for the monitor, and cause an installation of the software update such that the at least one software module is updated,

wherein a time period to install the software update is determined based on an operational state of the wearable medical monitoring device, and

wherein the monitor comprises;

a processor including a first core and a second core, wherein the first core of the processor is configured to install the software update, and wherein the second core of the processor is configured to monitor the physiological parameter of the subject independent of the first core and substantially simultaneous to installation of the software update by the first core.

22. A wearable medical monitoring device, comprising:

a monitor configured to monitor a physiological parameter of a subject, the monitor comprising at least one processor configured to execute a plurality of instructions according to at least one software module; and

an update manager operably connected to the monitor and configured to receive a software update corresponding to the at least one software module for the monitor, and cause an installation of the software update such that the at least one software module is updated, wherein a time period to install the software update is determined based on an operational state of the wearable medical monitoring device,

wherein the monitor is configured to install the software update when the subject is not wearing the wearable medical monitoring device.

23. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 22, wherein the operational state of the wearable medical monitoring device comprises an operational state where resources for facilitating the installation of the software update are performing another task.

24. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 22, wherein the operational state of the wearable medical monitoring device includes at least one of the following functions of the wearable medical monitoring device:

providing an alert to the subject, addressing a subject-related event detected by the device, and addressing a device-related event detected by the device.

25. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 22, wherein the monitor is configured to determine when the subject is not wearing the wearable medical monitoring device based on an appointment schedule of the subject.

26. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 22, wherein the software update is associated with updating at least one of the following functionalities of the wearable medical monitoring device:

monitoring the physiological parameter of the subject, providing defibrillation, conducting device-administered tests, receiving data from a remote server, and transmitting data to a remote server.

27. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 26, wherein the software update is associated with monitoring the physiological parameter of the subject, and wherein the software update changes a heart rate threshold associated with the functionality of monitoring the physiological parameter of the subject.

28. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 26, wherein the software update is associated with providing defibrillation, and wherein the software update changes an energy level associated with the functionality of providing defibrillation.

29. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 26, wherein the software update is associated with conducting device-administered tests, and wherein the software update changes a time at which the device-administered tests are conducted.

30. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 22, wherein the time period to install the software update is further determined based on an operational state of a remote server.

31. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 22, wherein the time period to install the software update is further determined based on whether the software update affects a function that is scheduled for use during the time period to install the software update.

32. The wearable medical monitoring device of claim 22, wherein the monitor is configured to access a plurality of different media drives, and wherein the monitor is configured to install the software update to a first media drive and maintain boot availability and operation of the wearable medical monitoring device based on a second media drive during the installation to the first media drive.

33. A wearable medical monitoring device, comprising:

a monitor configured to monitor a physiological parameter of a subject, the monitor comprising at least one processor configured to execute a plurality of instructions according to at least one software module; and

an update manager operably connected to the monitor and configured to

receive a software update corresponding to the at least one software module for the monitor, and

cause an installation of the software update such that the at least one software module is updated, wherein a time period to install the software update is determined based on an operational state of the wearable medical monitoring device,

wherein the monitor is configured to determine a download period to download the software update based on a data usage of a cellular data modem and a data usage threshold.