INTERACTIVE MEDICAL DEVICE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20140062694A1
• Filed: 11/08/2013
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Docview Solutions LLC
• Original Assignee: Docview Solutions LLC
• Inventors: Landau, Steven A., Nasis, Kostas Ilias, Miladin, John D.
• Granted Patent: US 9,183,720 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A system for improving medical device management for a patient is also provided. The system can include a portable wireless device having an ECU, memory and an interactive remote patient monitoring module (IRPMM) for at least one medical device. The IRPMM has a medical device data request module that is operable to request and receive medical device data input from the at least one medical device. The medical device data can be input by the patient, or in the alternative, be automatically received without input from the patient. The IRPMM also has a medical device data supply module receives medical device information from an outside third party and provides the medical device information to the patient.

Claims

1. A system for improving medical device management for a patient, said system comprising:

a portable wireless device having an electronic control unit (ECU), memory and an interactive remote patient monitoring module (IRPMM) for at least one medical device, said portable wireless device operable to transmit and receive information to/from an outside third party;

said IRPMM having a medical device data request module operable to request and receive medical device data input from the patient related to the at least one medical device or automatically receive medical device data without input from the patient, said IRPMM also having a medical device data supply module operable to receive medical device information from the outside third party and provide said clinical information to the patient, said clinical information being a function of said medical device data from the patient for the at least one medical device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said medical device data request module has one or more data input queries related to the at least one medical device, said medical device data request module operable to request data from the at least one medical device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one medical device is a Food and Drug Association (FDA) approved medical device.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the FDA approved medical device is a Class II medical device.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the FDA approved medical device is a Class III medical device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the outside third party has a medical device data analysis module with at least one assessment tool selected from a group consisting of a paper-based manual system, web-based assessment tool, clinical guidelines, health risk assessments, a staffed clinician call-center, a pharmaceutical protocol, a best practice for said at least one medical device, an algorithm and a decision tree.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said medical device data analysis module has a module to provide a level of measurement operable to provide an indication of operation of the at least one medical device as a function of said received medical device data from the at least medical device and said at least one assessment tool.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein said system is operable to compare said indication of operation to a standard intervention protocol based on a baseline of the patient or the at least one medical device.

9. The system of claim 1, furthering comprising an end-to-end chain of custody visual notification operable to show a chain of custody for a given medical device data reporting event.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein said end-to-end chain of custody visual notification is operable to show a completed step in a Pending Initial Data Review-Treatment Recommended-Treatment Reviewed and Approved-Approved Treatment Sent to Patient-Patient Acknowledges Receipt chain of custody for said given medical device data reporting event.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said system is monitoring the patients'"'"' activity and notifies a named party or parties that a specified event did or did not take place;

and wherein said system makes an action occur is at least an SMS/Text message, a phone call, a fax, an email, a page to notify the named party or parties that the specified event did, or did not, take place indicating an action is required.

12. A system for improving medical device management for a patient, said system comprising:

a medical device, said medical device attached to a patient;

a portable wireless device having an electronic control unit (ECU), memory and an interactive remote patient monitoring module (IRPMM) for said medical device, said portable wireless device operable to transmit and receive information to/from an outside third party;

said IRPMM having a medical device data request module operable to request and receive medical device data input from the patient related to said medical device or automatically receive medical device data without input from the patient, said IRPMM also having a medical device data supply module operable to receive medical device information from the outside third party and provide said clinical information to the patient, said clinical information being a function of said medical device data from the patient for said medical device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said medical device data request module has one or more data input queries related to said medical device, said medical device data request module operable to request data from said medical device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said medical device is a Food and Drug Association (FDA) approved medical device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said FDA approved medical device is a Class II medical device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said FDA approved medical device is a Class III medical device.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the outside third party has a medical device data analysis module with at least one assessment tool selected from a group consisting of a paper-based manual system, web-based assessment tool, clinical guidelines, health risk assessments, a staffed clinician call-center, a pharmaceutical protocol, a best practice for said medical device, an algorithm and a decision tree.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said medical device data analysis module has a module to provide a level of measurement operable to provide an indication of operation of said medical device as a function of said received medical device data from said medical device and said at least one assessment tool.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein said system is operable to compare said indication of operation to a standard intervention protocol based on a baseline of the patient or the at least one medical device.

20. The system of claim 12, furthering comprising an end-to-end chain of custody visual notification operable to show a chain of custody for a given medical device data reporting event.