SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A MEDICAL DEVICE
First Claim
1. A system for locating a medical device comprising:
- a device identification subsystem configured to receive a unique identifier associated with a medical device via one of a plurality of network connection points on a network;
a device tracking subsystem configured to associate the unique identifier with the medical device and to track a last known location of the medical device; and
a location subsystem configured to store a location of each of the plurality of network connection points;
wherein the device tracking subsystem identifies the medical device based on the unique device identifier and updates the last known location of the medical device based on the location stored in the location subsystem of the one of the plurality of network connection points used to transmit the unique device identifier.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and method for locating medical devices on a network. The medical devices to be located comprise a unique identifier, which may be transmitted to a server over the network. The network may have a plurality of network connection points. The server may include a location subsystem configured to store a location of each of the plurality of network connection points. The server may also include a device tracking subsystem configured to store a last known device location based on the unique device identifier. The last known location of the medical device may be updated when the medical device is connected to the network based on the location of the one of the plurality of network connection points used to transmit the unique device identifier.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for locating a medical device comprising:
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a device identification subsystem configured to receive a unique identifier associated with a medical device via one of a plurality of network connection points on a network; a device tracking subsystem configured to associate the unique identifier with the medical device and to track a last known location of the medical device; and a location subsystem configured to store a location of each of the plurality of network connection points; wherein the device tracking subsystem identifies the medical device based on the unique device identifier and updates the last known location of the medical device based on the location stored in the location subsystem of the one of the plurality of network connection points used to transmit the unique device identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for locating a device on a network, the system comprising:
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a network having a plurality of network connection points; a medical device comprising; a unique device identifier; and a network interface to transmit the unique device identifier via one of the plurality of network connection points; a server comprising; a server network adapter configured to connect to the network; a location subsystem configured to store a location of each of the plurality of network connection points; and a device tracking subsystem configured to store a last known device location based on the unique device identifier; wherein the device tracking subsystem identifies the medical device based on the unique device identifier and updates the last known device location based on the location of the one of the plurality of network connection points used to transmit the unique device identifier. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for locating a medical device comprising:
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receiving a unique identifier associated with a sensor module at a server via one of a plurality of network connection points on a network; determining at the server a location of the network connection point of the sensor module using a location subsystem configured to store a location of each of the plurality of network connection points; and updating at the server a last known location of the sensor module based on the location of the one of the plurality of network connection points used to transmit the unique identifier. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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21. The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., further comprising:
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connecting a sensor comprising a unique sensor identifier to the sensor module; transmitting the unique sensor identifier to the server via the sensor module; updating a last known sensor location based on the location of the one of the plurality of network connection points used to transmit the unique sensor identifier.
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29. A computer-readable medium comprising program instructions executable on a computer to cause the computer to perform a method for locating a device on a network, the computer-readable medium comprising:
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program instructions for receiving a unique identifier associated with a medical device via one of a plurality of network connection points on a network; and determining a location of the network connection point of the medical device using a location subsystem configured to store a location of each of the plurality of network connection points; and updating a last known location of the medical device in a device tracking subsystem based on the location of the one of the plurality of network connection points used to transmit the unique identifier.
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