Interassociating Data of a Medical Device

• US 20120084303A1
• Filed: 01/21/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. (Smiths Group International Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. (Smiths Group International Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ledford, Ricky L., Hagg, Jessica Dawn
• Granted Patent: US 8,473,502 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/755
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades

Abstract

Methods, a medical device, and a computing system configured to interassociate data of the medical device are provided. The medical device uses a processor to collect data and include a respective event set identifier with data developed in connection with activity starting with a respective identifiable event of the medical device. The data may thus be parsed based on the event set identifier to access data for an identifiable event.

Claims

1. A method of interassocating data of a medical device, comprising:

using a processor to include a first event set identifier with data collected in connection with activity starting with a first identifiable event of the medical device; and

including a second, different event set identifier with data collected in connection with activity starting with a second identifiable event of the medical device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising using the processor to include the second, different event set identifier with the data developed in connection with activity starting with the second identifiable event of the medical device.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising activating the medical device, the activation being the first identifiable event.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising deactivating the medical device, the deactivation being the first identifiable event.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical device is a medical pump, the method further comprising selecting a first infusion regimen, the selection of the first infusion regimen being the first identifiable event.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising selecting a second infusion regimen after the first infusion regimen has been stopped, the selection of the second infusion regimen being the second identifiable event.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising adjusting the first event set identifier to define the second, different event set identifier in response to detecting the second identifiable event.

8. The method of claim 7, adjusting the first event set identifier including incrementing the first event set identifier.

9. The method of claim 7, adjusting the first event set identifier including decrementing the first event set identifier.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting data collected in connection with activity starting with the first identifiable event along with the first event set identifier to a computing system.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising accessing, through the computing system, the data collected in connection with activity starting with at least the first identifiable event by parsing the data for the first event set identifier.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising transmitting data collected in connection with activity starting with the second identifiable event along with the second first event set identifier to the computing system.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising accessing, through the computing system, the data collected in connection with activity starting with at least the second identifiable event by parsing the data for the second event set identifier.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising accessing the data collected in connection with activity starting with at least the first identifiable event by parsing the data for the first event set identifier.

15. The method of claim 1 further comprising accessing the data collected in connection with activity starting with at least the second identifiable event by parsing the data for the second event set identifier.

16. A method of inerassociating data of a medical device, comprising:

including a first event set identifier with data developed in connection with activity starting with a first identifiable event of the medical device; and

using a processor to include a second, different event set identifier with data developed in connection with activity starting with a second identifiable event of the medical device.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising activating the medical device, the activation being the first identifiable event.

18. The method of claim 16 further comprising deactivating the medical device, the deactivation being the first identifiable event.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the medical device is a medical pump, the method further comprising selecting a first infusion regimen, the selection of the first infusion regimen being the first identifiable event.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising selecting a second infusion regimen after the first infusion regimen has been stopped, the selection of the second infusion regimen being the second identifiable event.

21. The method of claim 16 further comprising adjusting the first event set identifier to define the second, different event set identifier in response to detecting the second identifiable event.

22. The method of claim 21, adjusting the first event set identifier including incrementing the first event set identifier.

23. The method of claim 21, adjusting the first event set identifier including decrementing the first set identifier.

24. The method of claim 16 further comprising transmitting data collected in connection with activity starting with the first identifiable event along with the first event set identifier to a computing system.

25. The method of claim 24 further comprising accessing, through the computing system, the data collected in connection with activity starting with at least the first identifiable event by parsing the data for the first event set identifier.

26. The method of claim 24 further comprising transmitting data collected in connection with activity starting with the second identifiable event along with the second first event set identifier to the computing system.

27. The method of claim 26 further comprising accessing, through the computing system, the data collected in connection with activity starting with at least the second identifiable event by parsing the data for the second event set identifier.

28. The method of claim 16 further comprising accessing the data collected in connection with activity starting with at least the first identifiable event by parsing the data for the first event set identifier.

29. The method of claim 16 further comprising accessing the data collected in connection with activity starting with at least the second identifiable event by parsing the data for the second event set identifier.

30. A medical device, comprising:

at least one processing unit; and

a memory, the memory containing program code being configured to be executed by the at least one processing unit to include a first event set identifier with data collected in connection with activity starting with a first identifiable event of the medical device and include a second, different event set identifier with data developed in connection with activity starting with a second identifiable event of the medical device.

31. The medical device of claim 30, the program code being further configured to define activation of the medical device as the first identifiable event.

32. The medical device of claim 30, the program code being further configured to define deactivation of the medical device as the first identifiable event.

33. The medical device of claim 30 being a medical pump, the program code being further configured to define selection of a first infusion regimen as the first identifiable event.

34. The medical device of claim 33, the program code being further configured to define selection of a second infusion regimen after the first infusion regimen has been stopped as the second identifiable event.

35. The medical device of claim 30, the program code being further configured to adjust the first event set identifier to define the second, different event set identifier in response to detecting the second identifiable event.

36. The medical device of claim 35, the program code being further configured to adjust the first event set identifier by incrementing the value thereof.

37. The medical device of claim 35, the program code being further configured to adjust the first event set identifier by decrementing the value thereof.

38. The medical device of claim 30, the program code being further configured to transmit the data collected in connection with activity starting with the first and second identifiable events along with the associated first and second event set identifiers to a computing system.

39. A method of interassociating data of a medical device adapted to collect data and transmit the data to a computing system, wherein the data collected and transmitted by the medical device includes a respective event set identifier associated with data developed in connection with activity starting with a respective identifiable event of the medical device, the method comprising:

receiving at a computing system the data and associated event set identifier in regard to activity starting with a plurality of identifiable events of the medical device; and

parsing the data into a set of data for activity starting with at least one identifiable event of the medical device based upon the associated event set identifier for that one identifiable event.

40. The method of claim 39 further comprising parsing the data into sets of data for a group of identifiable events of the medical device based upon the associated event set identifier for each identifiable event of the group of identifiable events.

41. A computing system, comprising:

at least one processing unit; and

a memory containing program code being configured to be executed by the at least one processing unit to interassociate data of a medical device adapted to collect data and transmit the data to the computing system, wherein the data collected and transmitted by the medical device includes a respective event set identifier associated with data developed in connection with activity starting with a respective identifiable event of the medical device, the program code being configured to receive at the computing system the data and associated event set identifier in regard to a plurality of identifiable events of the medical device and parse the data into a set of data for activity starting with at least one identifiable event of the medical device based upon the associated event set identifier for that one identifiable event.

42. The computing system of claim 41, the program code being further configured to parse the data into sets of data for a group of identifiable events of the medical device based upon the associated event set identifier for each identifiable event of the group of identifiable events.