MEDICAL DEVICE RIGHTS AND RECALL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A medical device rights and recall management system, comprising:
- a microprocessor based medical device;
a service provider device operably connected to said microprocessor based medical device, said service provider device supplying software for execution on said microprocessor based medical device;
a content device for creating said software operably connected to said service provider device;
a coding key embedded in said microprocessor based medical device for controlling data transfer between the microprocessor based medical device and the service provider device;
a key server communicatively coupled to said microprocessor based medical device and to said service provider device; and
at least one of a digital IP rights management unit and a recall manager each communicatively connected to said key server;
wherein the key server interrogates at least one of said digital IP rights management unit and said recall manager to validate the coding key embedded in said microprocessor based medical device and communicates the results of said interrogation to the service provider device enabling the service provider device to selectively unlock and activate said software and to recall said software via the connection between the microprocessor based medical device and the service provider device.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The embodiments provide systems and methods for medical device rights and recall management system. A digital IP rights and recall management device activates a central key server to authenticate software contents and services operated on a microprocessor based medical devices through a coding key that may be embedded in a medical device or in a service provider server or in an end user computer. The recall management server unlocks the software content transmitted from or to a value-added service provider and selectively recall the value-added software component without requiring any physical recall of the medical device. The system maintains a virtual device master record which enables quality control and recall capability for software elements independent of any physical hardware recall.
-
Citations
22 Claims
-
1. A medical device rights and recall management system, comprising:
-
a microprocessor based medical device; a service provider device operably connected to said microprocessor based medical device, said service provider device supplying software for execution on said microprocessor based medical device; a content device for creating said software operably connected to said service provider device; a coding key embedded in said microprocessor based medical device for controlling data transfer between the microprocessor based medical device and the service provider device; a key server communicatively coupled to said microprocessor based medical device and to said service provider device; and at least one of a digital IP rights management unit and a recall manager each communicatively connected to said key server; wherein the key server interrogates at least one of said digital IP rights management unit and said recall manager to validate the coding key embedded in said microprocessor based medical device and communicates the results of said interrogation to the service provider device enabling the service provider device to selectively unlock and activate said software and to recall said software via the connection between the microprocessor based medical device and the service provider device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A method for creating and validating software content, comprising:
-
composing software content utilizing a content creation tool comprising a scripting language; generating an authentication key; posting the authentication key to a key server; assigning a coding key to a medical device; verifying the software content by comparing the coding key assigned to the medical device with the authentication key posted to the key server. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
-
-
16. A software recall management method in medical device rights and recall management system, comprising:
-
operating a key server to authenticate software and services for the execution of a microprocessor based medical device through a coding key; communicating with a key server upon connecting of a microprocessor based medical device with a network services provider for value-added software, remotely programmed content or remote monitoring and data collection services; and authenticating a coding key by a service provider through a central key server operated by a digital IP rights and recall management provider. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
-
Specification