Adaptive software configuration for a medical device
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1. A method of configuring a medical device, the method comprising:
- automatically comparing a geographical jurisdiction of a regulatory approval to a geographical location identifier stored in at least one of the medical device or a second device operable to communicate with the medical device;
updating a regulatory approval status, stored in at least one of the medical device or the second device, in accordance with the comparison, the regulatory approval status corresponding to least one function performable by the medical device; and
enabling or a disabling the at least one function in the medical device based on the regulatory approval status.
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Abstract
This document describes, among other things, a method of operating a medical device comprising updating a regulatory approval status stored in at least one of the medical device or a second device operable to communicate with the medical device, and enabling or disabling the at least one function in the medical device based on the regulatory approval status. The regulatory approval status corresponds to at least one function performable by the medical device.
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1. A method of configuring a medical device, the method comprising:
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automatically comparing a geographical jurisdiction of a regulatory approval to a geographical location identifier stored in at least one of the medical device or a second device operable to communicate with the medical device; updating a regulatory approval status, stored in at least one of the medical device or the second device, in accordance with the comparison, the regulatory approval status corresponding to least one function performable by the medical device; and enabling or a disabling the at least one function in the medical device based on the regulatory approval status. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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28. A method of adjusting whether a function of a first medical device is active, the method comprising:
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storing regulatory approval information in a second device operable to communicate with the first device, the approval information including regulatory approval by geographic location; storing in the first device geographic location information associated with the first device, and storing in the second device geographic location information associated with the second device; using approval status identifiers to enable or disable at least one function of the first device, wherein a first status identifier value is stored in the first device to represent a first regulatory approval status of the function, and wherein a second status identifier value is stored in the second device to represent a second regulatory approval status of the function; and updating the first and second status identifiers according to at least one rule, wherein the at least one rule is applied to stored information including the stored geographical information and the status identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (30, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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