Electrotherapy device control system and method
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of controlling the operation characteristics of an electrotherapy device comprising:
- providing an electrotherapy device having a controller and a first memory, the first memory containing instructions for use by the controller to operate the electrotherapy device;
attaching a second memory to the electrotherapy device without detaching the first memory from the electrotherapy device, the second memory containing instructions for use by the controller to operate the electrotherapy device; and
operating the electrotherapy device using instructions from the second memory.
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Abstract
An electrotherapy device control system that improves on prior art electrotherapy device control systems by providing for operation of the electrotherapy device with software code or instructions stored on an attachable memory device. In one embodiment, the invention is a method of controlling the operation characteristics of an electrotherapy device, including the steps of providing an electrotherapy device having a controller and a first memory, the first memory containing instructions for use by the controller to operate the electrotherapy device; attaching a second memory to the electrotherapy device, the second memory containing instructions for use by the controller to operate the electrotherapy device; and operating the electrotherapy device using instructions contained only in the second memory. The invention also includes an apparatus for performing the method and a memory device for use with the apparatus.
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46 Claims
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1. A method of controlling the operation characteristics of an electrotherapy device comprising:
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providing an electrotherapy device having a controller and a first memory, the first memory containing instructions for use by the controller to operate the electrotherapy device; attaching a second memory to the electrotherapy device without detaching the first memory from the electrotherapy device, the second memory containing instructions for use by the controller to operate the electrotherapy device; and operating the electrotherapy device using instructions from the second memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of operating an electrotherapy device comprising:
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attaching a memory to a memory port in a housing of the electrotherapy device; and reading instructions from the memory to operate the electrotherapy device. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A control system for an electrotherapy device comprising:
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a controller; a first memory communicating with the controller, the first memory containing instructions for use by the controller to operate the electrotherapy device; and a second memory communicating with the controller via a memory port, the second memory containing instructions for use by the controller to operate the electrotherapy device without instructions from the first memory. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A control system for an electrotherapy device comprising:
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a controller; a first memory communicable with the controller, the first memory containing instructions for use by the controller to operate the electrotherapy device; and means for establishing communication between the controller and a second memory without removing the first memory from the electrotherapy device and for operating the electrotherapy device using instructions from the second memory without using instructions from the first memory.
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31. An electrotherapy device comprising:
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a controller; an energy delivery system communicable with the controller; and a first memory communicable with the controller, the first memory containing instructions for use by the controller to operate the electrotherapy device; the controller comprising means for establishing communication between the controller and a second memory without removing the first memory from the electrotherapy device and for operating the electrotherapy device using instructions from the second memory without using instructions from the first memory. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. An electrotherapy device comprising:
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a controller; an energy delivery system communicable with the controller; and a memory port; the controller comprising means for establishing communication between the controller and a memory attached to the memory port and for operating the electrotherapy device using instructions from the memory.
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36. A memory device for use with an electrotherapy device comprising:
a housing;
a connector adapted to connect with a memory port of an electrotherapy device;
memory comprising instructions for operating an electrotherapy device;
control logic; and
a memory device identification.
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37. A method of operating an electrotherapy device comprising the following steps:
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attaching a memory unit to a memory unit port in the electrotherapy device; and determining whether the memory unit is a recording memory unit to which information may be written by the electrotherapy device and whether the memory unit is an executing memory unit from which executable code may be obtained by the electrotherapy device. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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41. An electrotherapy device comprising:
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an energy source; an electrode interface; a controller operatively connected with the energy source and the electrode interface to deliver energy from the energy source to the electrode interface; a memory port; the controller comprising means for determining whether a memory unit attached to the memory port is a recording memory unit to which information may be written by the controller and whether the memory unit is an executing memory unit from which execution code may be obtained by the controller. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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45. A memory unit for use with an electrotherapy device, the memory unit comprising:
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a connector; digital memory storage; a memory unit identification identifying the memory unit as a recording memory unit to which information may be written by an electrotherapy device to which the memory unit is attached or as an executing memory unit from which executable code may be obtained by the electrotherapy device; and a bus communicating the digital memory storage and the memory unit identification to the connector.
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46. A method of controlling the operation characteristics of an electrotherapy device comprising:
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providing an electrotherapy device having a controller and a first memory, the first memory containing instructions for use by the controller to operate the electrotherapy device; attaching a second memory to the electrotherapy device, the second memory containing instructions for use by the controller to operate the electrotherapy device; and operating the electrotherapy device in code transfer mode to replace instructions in the first memory with instructions in the second memory.
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Specification