Method and apparatus to produce, maintain and report information related to patient treatment using medical devices
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1. A system for generating reports related to medical products and the patients treated through the use of said medical products, at least some of said medical products having a memory in which an indicia of the type of medical product and an indicia of the specific identity of the medical product is stored, said system including a device comprising:
- (a) a mechanism for interrogating the memory of medical products;
(b) a processor, (c) a first database stored on said device containing a plurality of report formats and at least some of said formats having a plurality of data fields; and
(d) a second database for storing data related to patients and the medical products used to treat the patients, at least some of said data derived by interrogating the memory of medical products;
said device capable of generating a report related to a patient and a medical product used to treat the patient by selecting a report format from said first database based upon the indicia of the type of the medical product used to treat the patient and using data stored in the second database related to said patient and said medical device to complete at least some of said data fields in the selected report format.
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Abstract
A system for automating the process of generating reports, such as warranty and registration reports, for programmable medical devices. The system uses a variety of data collecting and checking techniques to make the generator and transmission of such reports more efficient.
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1. A system for generating reports related to medical products and the patients treated through the use of said medical products, at least some of said medical products having a memory in which an indicia of the type of medical product and an indicia of the specific identity of the medical product is stored, said system including a device comprising:
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(a) a mechanism for interrogating the memory of medical products;
(b) a processor, (c) a first database stored on said device containing a plurality of report formats and at least some of said formats having a plurality of data fields; and
(d) a second database for storing data related to patients and the medical products used to treat the patients, at least some of said data derived by interrogating the memory of medical products;
said device capable of generating a report related to a patient and a medical product used to treat the patient by selecting a report format from said first database based upon the indicia of the type of the medical product used to treat the patient and using data stored in the second database related to said patient and said medical device to complete at least some of said data fields in the selected report format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. For generating registration cards for programmable cardiac rhythm management devices, a programmer capable of:
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(a) interrogating the memory of a cardiac rhythm management device to determine its type, its identity, and parameters with which it has been programmed;
(b) storing data derived from interrogating the memory of the cardiac rhythm management device in a database, said database also including patient data and user data;
(c) selecting from a set of report formats the correct format for the registration card for said cardiac rhythm management device based upon its type;
(d) inserting into the format data stored within said database required to complete the registration card;
(e) prompting the user of the programmer to supply data required to complete the registration card but not contained within said database;
(f) transmitting the registration card. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for generating reports related to medical products and the patients treated through the use of said medical products, at least some of said medical products having a memory in which an indicia of the type of medical product and an indicia of the specific identity of the medical product is stored, said system including:
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a. a first database containing a plurality of report formats and at least some of said formats having a plurality of data fields;
b. a second database for storing data related to patients, medical products used to treat the patients, at least one physician who treats the patients, and at least one facility where the patients are treated; and
c. a device capable of interrogating the memory of a medical device to determine the type of medical device and the specific identity of the medical device, supplying said data to said second database, selecting a report format from the plurality of report formats stored in the first database based upon the type of the medical device, completing fields in the selected report format using data from the second database to create a report, and transmitting said report. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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