Method and system for control of electromechanical medical devices

• US 10,304,566 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2016
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Mietke, Sebastian
• Primary Examiner(s): Bachner, Robert G
• Application Number:
  US15/247,962
• Publication Number:
  US 20180060514A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,005 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A control system, a control method, and a computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer executable program code for controlling a set of electromechanical medical devices records is disclosed herein. The method comprises: receiving by a control system an instruction to be executed by an electromechanical medical device of the set; translating the received instruction into a batch of commands parsable by an electronic controller of the electromechanical device; and sending the batch of commands from the control system to the electromechanical medical device.

Claims

1. A control method for controlling a set of electromechanical medical devices, the method comprising:

receiving, by a control system, an instruction to be executed by an electromechanical medical device of the set;

translating the received instruction into a batch of commands parsable by an electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device;

sending the batch of commands from the control system to the electromechanical medical device;

receiving the batch of commands by the electromechanical medical device;

causing, by the electronic controller, the electromechanical medical device to execute the batch of commands;

registering, by the electronic controller, performance data related to the execution of the batch of commands;

sending the performance data from the electromechanical medical device to the control system;

receiving the performance data by the control system using an input-output port of the control system and an input-output port of the electromechanical medical device, the input-output ports being communicatively coupled with each other via a computer network,

registering, by the control system, a data transmission value characterizing an amplitude, a frequency, or a slew rate of a data carrying signal received by the input-output port of the control system from the input-output port of the electromechanical medical device, the receiving of the performance data comprises registering, by the control system, the data transmission value in a process of the receiving of the performance data;

storing, in a database of the control system, the data transmission value assigned to trend data, the trend data characterizing the amplitude, the frequency, or the slew rate of the data carrying signal; and

deriving failure conditions of the electromechanical medical device based on the trend data and reference trend data, the failure conditions specifying conditions when a probability of occurrence of a failure of the electromechanical medical device in a process of execution of further batches of commands by the electromechanical medical device is above a desired value.

2. The control method of claim 1,

wherein the instruction comprises an instruction specification and an identification information for identifying the electromechanical medical device,

wherein the control method further comprises:

storing, in a database of the control system, batches of commands parsable by electronic controllers of the electromechanical medical devices of the set, technical data enabling identification of a device type of electromechanical medical device by respective identification information of the electromechanical medical device, and parameter values for entering in parameter fields of commands of the batches of commands, each of the electromechanical medical devices of the set having a respective device type, each of the batches of commands being associated with a respective instruction specification and a respective device type of an electromechanical medical device of the set, each of the parameter values being associated with a respective command in the batch of commands and an identification information of a respective electromechanical medical device of the set, and

wherein the translating of the received instruction into the batch of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device comprises;

identifying, in the database, a device type associated with the identification information comprised in the instruction using the technical data;

identifying, in the database, the batch of commands associated with the identified device type and the instruction specification comprised in the instruction;

identifying, in the database, a parameter value associated with the identification specification and a command of the identified batch of commands; and

entering the identified parameter value in a respective parameter field of the command of the identified batch of commands.

3. The control method of claim 1,

wherein the performance data comprises an indicator value, and

wherein the control method further comprises:

receiving, by the control system, another instruction to be executed by the electromechanical medical device of the set;

translating the another received instruction into another batch of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device; and

performing the following in response to the indicator value comprised in the performance data received by the control system complying with a specification of the indicator value, compliance of the indicator value with the specification of the indicator value indicating that the batch of commands is executed successfully on the electromechanical medical device;

sending the another batch of commands from the control system to the electromechanical medical device;

receiving the another batch of commands by the electromechanical medical device;

the electronic controller causing the electromechanical medical device to execute the another batch of commands;

registering, by the electronic controller, another performance data related to the execution of the another batch of commands;

sending the another performance data from the electromechanical medical device to the control system; and

receiving, by the control system, the another performance data.

4. The control method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, in a database of the control system, rules determining sequence of execution of batches of commands;

receiving, by the control system, another instruction to be executed by another electromechanical medical device of the set;

translating the another received instruction into another batch of commands parsable by another electronic controller of the another electromechanical medical device;

sending the another batch of commands from the control system to the another electromechanical medical device, wherein the sending of the another batch of commands from the control system to the another electromechanical medical device is executed after the receiving of the performance data by the control system in response to one of the rules indicating the batch of commands has to be executed before the another batch of commands;

receiving the another batch of commands by the another electromechanical medical device; and

the another electronic controller causing the another electromechanical medical device to execute the another batch of commands.

5. The control method of claim 1, comprising:

reporting, by the control system, a failure of the electromechanical medical device in response to a value of a time interval between the sending of the batch of commands from the control system to the electromechanical medical device and the receiving of the performance data by the control system being bigger than a desired value.

6. The control method of claim 1, wherein

the instruction comprises an instruction specification and an identification information for identifying the electromechanical medical device, and

the control method comprises:

storing, in a database of the control system, batches of commands parsable by electronic controllers of the electromechanical medical devices of the set and technical data enabling identification of a device type of the electromechanical medical device by the identification information of the electromechanical medical device, each batch of commands stored in the database being associated with a respective instruction specification and a respective device type of an electromechanical medical device of the set, each electromechanical medical device having a respective device type;

storing, in an exchange server communicatively coupled to the control system, batches of commands parsable by electronic controllers of electromechanical medical devices, instruction specifications, and values of time interval, each batch of commands stored on the exchange server associated with a respective device type, a respective instruction specification, and respective value of time interval;

identifying, in the database, a device type associated with the identification information comprised in the instruction using the technical data;

identifying, in the database, the batch of commands associated with the identified device type and the instruction specification comprised in the instruction, wherein the identified batch of commands is the one which is executed in the step of the electronic controller causing the electromechanical medical device to execute the batch of commands;

sending, by the control system, to the exchange server the identified device type, the instruction specification comprised in the instruction, the identified batch of commands, the desired value, and the value of the time interval between the sending of the batch of commands from the control system to the electromechanical medical device and the receiving of the performance data by the control system;

storing, in the exchange server, the identified batch of commands in association with the identified device type, the instruction specification comprised in the instruction, and the value of the time interval between the sending of the batch of commands from the control system to the electromechanical medical device and the receiving of the performance data by the control system; and

receiving, by the control system, from the exchange server, the batch of commands stored on the exchange server in response to the value of the time interval between the sending of the batch of commands from the control system to the electromechanical medical device and the receiving of the performance data by the control system being bigger than the desired value and the batch of commands stored on the exchange server being associated with the identified device type, the instruction specification included in the instruction, and the value of time interval being equal or less than the value of the time interval between the sending of the batch of commands from the control system to the electromechanical medical device and the receiving of the performance data by the control system.

7. The control method of claim 1,

wherein the performance data comprises a functionality performance value characterizing performance of a functionality of the electromechanical medical device,

wherein the control method comprises:

registering the functionality performance value in response to the functionality being activated in a process of the execution of the batch of commands by the electromechanical medical device

reporting, by the control system, a failure of the functionality in response to the functionality performance value does not comply with a specification of the functionality performance value.

8. The control method of claim 1,

wherein the instruction comprises an instruction specification and an identification information for identifying the electromechanical medical device, and

wherein the control method comprises:

registering, a functionality performance value in response to a functionality being activated in a process of execution of the batch of commands by the electromechanical medical device, each electromechanical medical device having a respective device type, the performance data comprising the functionality performance value characterizing performance of the functionality of the electromechanical medical device,

storing, in a database of the control system, batches of commands parsable by electronic controllers of electromechanical medical devices of the set and technical data enabling identification of the device type of the electromechanical medical device by an identification information of the electromechanical medical device, each of the batches of commands stored in the database associated with a respective instruction specification and a respective device type of an electromechanical medical device of the set;

storing, in an exchange server communicatively coupled to the control system, batches of commands parsable by electronic controllers of electromechanical medical devices, instruction specifications, and functionality performance values characterizing performance of functionalities of electromechanical medical devices, each of the batches of commands stored on the exchange server associated with a respective device type, a respective instruction specification, and at least one respective functionality performance value;

identifying, in the database, a device type associated with the identification information comprised in the instruction using the technical data;

identifying, in the database, the batch of commands associated with the identified device type and the instruction specification description comprised in the instruction, wherein the identified batch of commands is the one which is executed in the step of the electronic controller causing the electromechanical device to execute the batch of commands;

sending, by the control system, to the exchange server the identified device type, the instruction specification comprised in the instruction, the identified batch of commands, the specification, and the functionality performance value characterizing performance of the functionality which is activated in the process of the execution of the batch of commands by the electromechanical medical device;

storing, by the exchange server, the identified batch of commands in association with the identified device type, the instruction specification comprised in the instruction, and the functionality performance value characterizing performance of the functionality which is activated in the process of the execution of the batch of commands by the electromechanical medical device; and

receiving, by the control system, from the exchange server the batch of commands stored on the exchange server in response to the functionality performance value characterizing performance of the functionality which is activated in the process of the execution of the batch of commands by the electromechanical medical device not complying with the specification and the batch of commands stored on the exchange server being associated with the identified device type, the instruction specification included in the instruction and the functionality performance value complying with the specification.

9. The control method of claim 1, wherein

the instruction comprises an identification information for identifying the electromechanical medical device, and

the control method comprises:

storing, in the database, a list of service applications and technical data enabling identification of a device type of the electromechanical medical device by respective identification information of the electromechanical medical device, in the database each of the service applications in the list is associated with a respective device type of the electromechanical medical device, each of the electromechanical medical devices of the set having a respective device type,

identifying in the database a device type associated with the identification information comprised in the instruction using the technical data;

identifying a service application in the list, wherein the identified service application is associated with the identified device type; and

sending an alert message to the identified application, the alert message comprising the failure conditions, the identified device type, and the identification information.

10. The control method of claim 1, wherein the reference trend data comprises functionality performance values characterizing performance of one or more functionalities of one or more other electromechanical medical devices.

11. The control method of claim 9, wherein at least one of one or more electromechanical medical devices is not included in the set, wherein the control method further comprises:

receiving, by the control system, from an exchange server, functionality performance values characterizing performance of one or more functionalities of the at least one of the one or more electromechanical medical devices.

12. The control method of claim 9, wherein one or more other electromechanical medical devices are comprised in the set.

13. The control method of claim 1, further comprising:

registering a functionality performance value in response to a functionality being activated in a process of the execution of the batch of commands by the electromechanical medical device, the performance data including the functionality performance value characterizing performance of the functionality of the electromechanical medical device; and

reporting, by the control system, a failure of the functionality in response to the functionality performance value not complying with a specification of the functionality performance value.

14. The control method of claim 1, wherein the reference trend data comprises functionality performance values characterizing performance of one or more functionalities of one or more other electromechanical medical devices.

15. The control method of claim 1,

wherein the instruction comprises an identification information for identifying the electromechanical medical device, and

wherein the control method comprises:

storing, in the database, a list of service applications and technical data enabling identification of a device type of the electromechanical medical device by respective identification information of the electromechanical medical device, in the database each of the service applications in the list is associated with a respective device type of the electromechanical medical device, each of the electromechanical medical devices of the set having a respective device type;

identifying in the database a device type associated with the identification information comprised in the instruction using the technical data;

identifying a service application in the list, wherein the identified service application is associated with the identified device type; and

sending an alert message to the identified application, the alert message comprising the failure conditions, the identified device type, and the identification information.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer instructions stored therein which when executed by a computer processor controlling a control system cause the computer processor to perform the control method of claim 1.

17. A control system for controlling a set of electromechanical medical devices, wherein the control system comprises a computer processor and a non-transitory computer memory storing instructions of a computer executable code which execution by the computer processor causes the control system to perform the following:

receiving an instruction to be executed by an electromechanical medical device of the set;

translating the received instruction into a batch of commands parsable by an electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device;

sending the batch of commands to the electromechanical medical device;

receiving, by the control system, performance data related to the execution of the batch of commands, the receiving of the performance data is performed using an input-output port of the control system and an input-output port of the electromechanical medical device, the input-output port of the control system and the input-output port of the electromechanical medical device being communicatively coupled with each other via a computer network, the receiving of the performance data comprises a step of the control system registering a data transmission value in a process of the receiving of the performance data, the data transmission value characterizing an amplitude, a frequency, or a slew rate of a data carrying signal received by the input-output port of the control system from the input-output port of the electromechanical medical device;

storing, in a database of the control system, trend data characterizing the amplitude, the frequency, or the slew rate of the data carrying signal;

storing, in the database, the data transmission value assigned to the trend data; and

deriving failure conditions of the electromechanical medical device on a basis of comparison of the trend data with reference trend data, the failure conditions specifying conditions when a probability of occurrence of a failure of the electromechanical medical device in a process of execution of further batches of commands by the electromechanical medical device is above a desired value.