Medical treatment system including an ancillary medical treatment apparatus with an associated data storage medium

• US 20100331741A9
• Filed: 05/07/2009
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sanuwave, Inc. (SANUWAVE Health, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sanuwave, Inc. (SANUWAVE Health, Inc.)
• Inventors: Menzi, Manfred, Brauchli, Rene, Cashman, Christopher M., Cioanta, Iulian
• Granted Patent: US 8,961,441 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 601/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00988 Means for storing information, e.g. calibration constants, or for preventing excessive use, e.g. usage, service life counter
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/00 Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves imaging of objects using sonar G01S15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/96 using barcodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/98 using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 37/0092 using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic vibrations, e.g. phonophoresis
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2007/0013 Fracture healing
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2007/0017 Wound healing
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 7/00 Ultrasound therapy lithotripsy A61B17/22, A61B17/225; massage using supersonic vibration A61H23/00 ; using ultrasound for introducing media into the body A61M37/0092
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A medical treatment system includes an electronic controller with a medical treatment apparatus, a data reader, an ancillary treatment apparatus used with the electronic medical treatment apparatus and a data storage medium associated with the ancillary treatment apparatus. The controller is configured to receive information from the data storage medium, and to control the medical treatment apparatus with medical treatment parameters compatible with the desired medical treatment and the ancillary treatment apparatus.

Claims

1. A medical treatment system comprising:

an electronic controller including a microprocessor and a microprocessor-readable data storage medium having microprocessor-executable instructions for applying specific medical treatment control parameters to a medical treatment apparatus operatively coupled to the electronic controller;

a data reader operatively coupled to the microprocessor of the controller;

an ancillary treatment apparatus configured for use with the electronic medical treatment apparatus under the specific medical treatment control parameters;

a physical ancillary data storage medium coupled to or packaged with the ancillary treatment apparatus, wherein the physical ancillary data storage medium includes at least some of the instructions for applying the specific medical treatment control parameters and said at least some of the instructions for applying the specific medical treatment control parameters are received by the data reader and readable by the microprocessor of the electronic controller; and

a display operatively coupled to the microprocessor of the controller, wherein a microprocessor-readable data storage medium of the controller includes microprocessor-executable instructions to provide a visual confirmation on the display that the electronic medical treatment apparatus is activated for use with the ancillary treatment apparatus.

2. The medical treatment system of claim 1, wherein the electronic medical treatment apparatus is an acoustic pressure wave device.

3. The medical treatment system of claim 2, wherein the ancillary treatment apparatus couples to the acoustic pressure wave device.

4. The medical treatment system of claim 3, wherein the ancillary treatment apparatus is selected from the group consisting of a sleeve, a pad, sterility barrier and an applicator head.

5. The medical treatment system of claim 2, wherein the ancillary treatment apparatus is selected from the group consisting of a reflector for the acoustic pressure wave device and a lens for the acoustic pressure wave device.

6. The medical treatment system of claim 1, further comprising a physical data input device operatively coupled to the controller, and wherein the controller includes a microprocessor-readable data storage medium including microprocessor-readable instructions for visually confirming on the display that information for a treatment area of a body received from the physical data input device is compatible with treatment by the electronic medical treatment apparatus according to the instructions contained on the physical ancillary data storage medium.

7. The medical treatment system of claim 6, wherein the electronic medical treatment apparatus is an acoustic pressure wave device and the information for a treatment area of a body includes measurements selected from the group consisting of a dimension of a wound and a volume of body area.

8. The medical treatment system of claim 2, further comprising a physical data input device operatively coupled to the controller, and wherein the controller includes a microprocessor-readable data storage medium including microprocessor-readable instructions for visually confirming on a display that a body part identification received from the physical data input device is compatible with treatment by the electronic medical treatment apparatus according to the instructions contained on the physical ancillary data storage medium.

9. The medical treatment system of claim 2, further comprising a physical data input device operatively coupled to the controller, and wherein the controller includes a microprocessor-readable data storage medium including microprocessor-readable instructions for visually confirming on the display that a medical condition identification received from the physical data input device is compatible with treatment by the electronic medical treatment apparatus according to the instructions contained on the physical ancillary data storage medium.

10. The medical treatment system of claim 2, further comprising a physical data input device operatively coupled to the controller, and wherein the controller includes a microprocessor-readable data storage medium having microprocessor-executable instructions for displaying that the ancillary treatment apparatus should be selected from among a plurality of available ancillary treatment apparatuses based on medical treatment data received from the physical input device.

11. The medical treatment system of claim 10, wherein the medical treatment data includes measurements selected from the group consisting of a dimension of a wound and a volume of body area.

12. The medical treatment system of claim 10, wherein the medical treatment data includes a body part identification.

13. The medical treatment system of claim 10, wherein the medical treatment data includes a medical condition identification.

14. The medical treatment system of claim 1, further comprising a physical data input device operatively coupled to the controller, and wherein the controller includes a microprocessor-readable data storage medium having microprocessor-executable instructions for displaying that the ancillary treatment apparatus should be selected from among a plurality of available ancillary treatment apparatuses based on medical treatment data received from the physical input device.

15. The medical treatment system of claim 14, wherein the medical treatment data includes dimensions of a body area.

16. The medical treatment system of claim 14, wherein the medical treatment data includes a body part identification.

17. The medical treatment system of claim 14, wherein the medical treatment data includes a medical condition identification.

18. The medical system of claim 1, wherein the physical ancillary data storage medium includes a radio frequency identification readable medium and the data reader is a radio frequency identification reader.

19. The medical system of claim 2, wherein the physical ancillary data storage medium includes a radio frequency identification readable medium and the data reader is a radio frequency identification reader.

20. The medical system of claim 19, wherein a microprocessor-readable data storage medium of the controller includes microprocessor-executable instructions to generate the microprocessor-executable instructions for applying specific medical treatment control parameters to a medical treatment apparatus operatively coupled to the electronic controller from receipt of the at least some of the instructions for applying the specific medical treatment control parameters contained on the physical ancillary data storage medium.

21. The medical system of claim 1, wherein a microprocessor-readable data storage medium of the controller includes microprocessor-executable instructions to generate the microprocessor-executable instructions for applying specific medical treatment control parameters to a medical treatment apparatus operatively coupled to the electronic controller from receipt of the at least some of the instructions for applying the specific medical treatment control parameters contained on the physical ancillary data storage medium.

22. The medical system of claim 2, wherein a microprocessor-readable data storage medium of the controller includes microprocessor-executable instructions to generate the microprocessor-executable instructions for applying specific medical treatment control parameters to a medical treatment apparatus operatively coupled to the electronic controller from receipt of the at least some of the instructions for applying the specific medical treatment control parameters contained on the physical ancillary data storage medium.

23. The medical system of claim 2, wherein the at least some of the instructions for applying the specific medical treatment control parameters contained on the physical ancillary data storage medium include one or more parameters selected from the group consisting of number of treatments, length of time of each treatment, total length of treatment time, number of shock to apply in each treatment, total number of shocks, frequency, energy setting, treatment area, treatment penetration depth, ancillary treatment apparatus identification, medical treatment apparatus identification, controller identification and geographic region identification.