MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SERVICING

• US 20140031884A1
• Filed: 07/26/2012
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Inventors: Elghazzawi, Ziad F.
• Granted Patent: US 9,220,912 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/5
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3904 External heart defibrillators [EHD]
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/39044 in combination with cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3931 Protecting, e.g. back-up systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Systems and techniques for centralized management and servicing of medical equipment such as automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are described herein.

Claims

1. A method comprising

receiving status updates from multiple automated external defibrillators;

receiving, from a user, a request to access status information; and

sending, to the user, summary level status information for at least some of the multiple automated external defibrillators, the summary level status information being grouped based on a measure of geographic proximity of the multiple automated external defibrillators.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a location; and

displaying status information for individual automated external defibrillators associated with the location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein sending summary level status information grouped based on a measure of geographic proximity comprises sending summary level status information grouped based on the city in which the automated external defibrillator is located.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein sending summary level status information grouped based on a measure of geographic proximity comprises sending summary level status information grouped based on a building in which the automated external defibrillator is located.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising grouping the automated external defibrillators based on a geographic location of the automated external defibrillators.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a subset of automated external defibrillators based on an identity of the user and access information for the automated external defibrillators.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the status information further comprises information about available software updates and the method further comprises sending instructions to cause an automated external defibrillator to perform at least one of automatically installing a software update and updating a configuration.

8. A computer program product comprising instructions to cause a processor to:

receive status updates from multiple automated external defibrillators;

receive a request to access status information; and

send summary level status information for at least some of the multiple automated external defibrillators, the summary level status information being grouped based on a measure of geographic proximity of the multiple automated external defibrillators.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising instructions to cause the processor to:

receive a selection of a location; and

display status information for individual automated external defibrillators associated with the location.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the instructions to send summary level status information grouped based on a measure of geographic proximity comprise instructions to send summary level status information grouped based on the city in which the automated external defibrillator is located.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the instructions to send summary level status information grouped based on a measure of geographic proximity comprise instructions to send summary level status information grouped based on a building in which the automated external defibrillator is located.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising instructions to cause the processor to group the automated external defibrillators based on a geographic location of the automated external defibrillators.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising instructions to cause the processor to determine a subset of automated external defibrillators based on an identity of the user and access information for the automated external defibrillators.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the status information further comprises information about available software updates and the method further comprises sending instructions to cause an automated external defibrillator to perform at least one of automatically installing a software update and updating a configuration.

15. A system comprising:

a database that includes status information for emergency response equipment;

a computer configured to;

receive status updates from multiple automated external defibrillators;

store the status updates in the database;

receive a request to access status information; and

send summary level status information for at least some of the multiple automated external defibrillators, the summary level status information being grouped based on a measure of geographic proximity of the multiple automated external defibrillators.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the computer is further configured to:

receive a selection of a location; and

display status information for individual automated external defibrillators associated with the location.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions to send summary level status information grouped based on a measure of geographic proximity comprise instructions to send summary level status information grouped based on the city in which the automated external defibrillator is located.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions to send summary level status information grouped based on a measure of geographic proximity comprise instructions to send summary level status information grouped based on a building in which the automated external defibrillator is located.

19. The system of claim 15, further comprising instructions to cause the processor to group the automated external defibrillators based on a geographic location of the automated external defibrillators.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the status information further comprises information about available software updates and the method further comprises sending instructions to cause an automated external defibrillator to automatically perform at least one of installing a software update and updating a configuration.