System, Method and Apparatus for Electronic Patient Care

• US 20150154364A1
• Filed: 02/06/2015
• Published: 06/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Original Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Inventors: Biasi, John J., Pribyl, Eric L.
• Granted Patent: US 11,424,029 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7465 Arrangements for interactive communication between patient and care services, e.g. by using a telephone network telemetry of measured physiological signal A61B5/0002
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• 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: H04L 45/02 Topology update or discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A system for electronic patient care includes a gateway and a medical device. The gateway is configured to provide at least one of a routing functionality, a medical device software update, and a web service. The medical device is configured to operatively communicate with the gateway using the web service.

Claims

1. A system for electronic patient care, the system comprising:

a gateway configured to provide at least one of a routing functionality, a medical device software update, and a web service; and

a medical device configured to operatively communicate with the gateway using the web service.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the gateway is a web server of the web service and the medical device is a client of the web service.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the web service is a transaction-based web service.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the medical device is an infusion pump.

5. A method of communication between a medical device and a gateway, the method comprising:

establishing communications between the medical device and the gateway;

establishing a web service between the medical device and the gateway; and

communicating between the medical device and the gateway using the web service.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the gateway is a web server of the web service.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the medical device is a web client of the web service.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the gateway routes data for the medical device, wherein the data is communicated between the medical device and the gateway using the web service.