CONTROL OF A WATER DEVICE VIA A DIALYSIS MACHINE USER INTERFACE

• US 20130193041A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Baxter Healthcare SA (Baxter International Inc.), Baxter International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Baxter Healthcare SA (Baxter International Inc.), Baxter International Inc.
• Inventors: Rohde, Justin B.
• Granted Patent: US 10,973,968 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 210/143
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/1656 Apparatus for preparing dialysates
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/166 Heating for sterilisation A61M1/1686
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/44 having means for cooling or heating the devices or media
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A home medical device system includes a home therapy machine for performing a home therapy on a patient; a user interface operably connected to the home therapy machine, the user interface receiving operator inputs; a water treatment device in fluid communication with the home therapy machine; and a data connection between the home therapy machine and the water treatment device, wherein the home therapy machine transmits data via the connection to the water treatment device for control of the water treatment device, the data provided based on at least one of the operator inputs received via the user interface.

Claims

1. A home medical device system comprising:

a home therapy machine for performing a home therapy on a patient;

a user interface operably connected to the home therapy machine, the user interface receiving operator inputs;

a water treatment device in fluid communication with the home therapy machine; and

a data connection between the home therapy machine and the water treatment device, wherein the home therapy machine transmits data via the connection to the water treatment device for control of the water treatment device, the data provided based on at least one of the operator inputs received via the user interface.

2. The home medical device system of claim 1, wherein the water treatment device transmits to the home therapy machine at least one of:

(i) state information, (ii) component life information, (iii) self test results, (iv) alert information or (v) version information.

3. The home medical device system of claim 2, wherein the user interface displays at least one of:

(i) the state information, (ii) the component life information, (iii) the self test results, (iv) the alert information or (v) the version information.

4. The home medical device system of claim 1, in which the home therapy machine transmits to the water treatment device at least one of:

(i) state change requests, (ii) status queries, (iii) flowrate change requests, (iv) software upgrades or downgrades, or (v) file transfers.

5. The home medical device system of claim 4, wherein the user interface displays at least one of:

(i) the state change requests, (ii) the status queries, (iii) the flowrate change requests, (iv) the software upgrades or downgrades, or (v) the file transfers.

6. The home medical device system of claim 1, wherein the at least one operator input leading to the transmitted data concerns a water treatment device parameter.

7. The home medical device system of claim 1, wherein the at least one operator input leading to the transmitted data concerns a home therapy machine parameter, the transmitted data an automatic result of a change in the home therapy machine parameter.

8. A home therapy medical system comprising:

a home therapy machine for performing a home therapy on a patient;

a user interface operably connected to the home therapy machine, the user interface receiving operator inputs;

a water treatment device in fluid communication with the home therapy machine;

a server in data flow communication with the home therapy machine; and

a data connection between the home therapy machine and the water treatment device, wherein the home therapy machine transmits data via the connection to the water treatment device, the data based on a therapy prescription sent from the server to the home therapy machine.

9. The home therapy medical system of claim 8, wherein the transmitted data is for control of the water treatment device.

10. The home therapy medical system of claim 8, wherein the therapy prescription specifies the data transmitted from the home therapy machine to the water treatment device.

11. The home therapy medical system of claim 8, wherein the therapy prescription specifies an operating parameter for the home therapy machine, the transmitted data based on the specified operating parameter.

12. The home therapy medical system of claim 11, wherein the home therapy machine determines the transmitted data based on the specified operating parameter.

13. The home therapy medical system of claim 11, wherein the water treatment device uses the data to determine a corresponding operating parameter for the water treatment device.

14. The home therapy medical system of claim 8, wherein the server is configured to send a software upgrade to the home therapy machine, the software upgrade if meant for the water treatment device forwarded by the home therapy machine to the water treatment device.

15. The home therapy medical system of claim 14, wherein the software upgrade is automatically installed on the water treatment device or installed upon acceptance by a user via the user interface.

16. The home therapy medical system of claim 8, wherein the server is in data communication with a service computer, the service computer enabling a service person to access the water treatment device via the data connection with the home therapy machine to perform at least one service procedure.

17. The home therapy medical system of claim 8, wherein upon startup, the home therapy machine is configured to determine if the water treatment device is in a hibernation mode and if so to perform a startup procedure not involving the water treatment device.

18. The home therapy medical system of claim 8, which is configured to enable a user via the user interface to run at least one self test for the home therapy machine and at least one self test for the water treatment device.

19. A home therapy medical system comprising:

a home therapy machine for performing a home therapy on a patient;

a user interface operably connected to the home therapy machine, the user interface receiving operator inputs;

a water treatment device in fluid communication with the home therapy machine;

a server in data flow communication with the home therapy machine; and

a data connection device between the home therapy machine and the water treatment device, wherein the water treatment device is configured to transmit data via the data connection to the home therapy machine, which forwards the data to the server.

20. The home therapy medical system of claim 19, wherein the transmitted data includes treatment log data.

21. The home therapy medical system of claim 19, wherein the transmitted data includes component usage or component replacement data.