MULTIPART MEDICAL ENGINEERING SYSTEM

• US 20060278222A1
• Filed: 05/04/2006
• Published: 12/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dragerwerk AG & Company KGaA (FPS Vermögensverwaltung GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Drager Medical AG & Co KG (Dragerwerk AG)
• Inventors: Schermeier, Olaf, Ziermann, Frank
• Granted Patent: US 8,677,994 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/204.180
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/08 Bellows; Connecting tubes having means for taking samples G01N1/22; Water traps; Patient circuits
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6054 Magnetic identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/04 Heartbeat characteristics, e.g. ECG, blood pressure modulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/205 partial oxygen pressure (P-O2)
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/50 Temperature

Abstract

A multipart medical engineering system, which comprises at least two components that can be connected via positioning-determining connection feature (410, 411). At least one component (44) is intended to remain in the vicinity of the patient in the connected and unconnected states of the system and at least one component (41) can be removed or replaced with other components in the unconnected state. The component (44) intended to remain in the vicinity of the patient contains a data storage element (45) that can be written to and read via an interface (46) that is mechanically integrated in the position-determining connection means (410, 411).

Claims

1. A multipart medical engineering system comprising:

a data read/write interface;

a position-determining connection means, said interface being mechanically integrated in said position-determining connection means;

two components that can be connected via said position-determining connection means, at least one of said components remaining in a vicinity of a patient in a connected state and in an unconnected state of the system and at least one of said components being removed or replaced with other components in the unconnected state; and

data storage means, said component intended to remain in the vicinity of the patient containing said data storage means, said data storage means being written to and read from via said interface.

2. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said position-determining connection means is part of a fluidic interface and said two components are fluidicly connected therewith.

3. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said component that can be removed from the patient is a respirator.

4. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said component intended to remain at the patient is a breathing tube system.

5. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said component intended to remain at the patient is one of a tube, a mask body, a filter, an SPO₂ sensor, an ECG electrode set, a catheter or a body temperature sensor.

6. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said data read/write interface includes means for contactless data transmission.

7. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said data storage means and/or data transmission means are designed such that they are suitable for the storage and the transmission of patient data, accounting data, therapy data and/or diagnostic data.

8. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said data read/write interface includes a data transmission means and said data storage means and/or said data transmission means store and the transmit respiration parameters.

9. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said data read/write interface includes a data transmission means and said data storage means and/or data transmission means store and transmit data on the components connected by means of the interface.

10. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said data read/write interface includes a data transmission means and said data storage means and/or data transmission means comprise a RFID system.

11. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said data read/write interface includes a data transmission means and said data storage means and/or data transmission means are part of a one-wire system.

12. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said data read/write interface includes a data transmission means and said data storage means and/or data transmission means are suitable for optical data transmission and/or data storage.

13. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said data read/write interface includes a data transmission means and said data storage means and/or data transmission means comprise at least one magnetic storage medium.

14. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said data read/write interface includes is associated with means for coding and decoding the transmitted and/or stored data.

15. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 1, further comprising blocking means to manually store information that prohibits the further use of the component intended to remain at the patient.

16. A multipart medical engineering system comprising:

a patient locale component remaining in a vicinity of a patient in both a system connected state and a system unconnected state;

a removable/replaceable component that can be removed or replaced with other components in the system unconnected state;

a data storage element operatively connected to said patient locale component;

a positioning-determining connection providing an operative connection between said patient locale component and said removable/replaceable component and for fixing said patient locale component and said removable/replaceable component in an operative position; and

a data read/write interface that is mechanically integrated in the position-determining connection.

17. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 16, wherein said position-determining connection is part of a fluidic connection interface and said patient locale component and said removable/replaceable component are fluidicly connected together.

18. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 16, wherein said removable/replaceable component is a respirator and said patient locale component is a breathing tube or one or more component of a breathing tube system.

19. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 16, wherein said removable/replaceable component is one of a tube, a mask body, a filter, an SPO₂ sensor, an ECG electrode set, a catheter or a body temperature sensor.

20. A multipart medical engineering system in accordance with claim 16, wherein said data read/write interface includes a means for contactless data transmission.