Method and apparatus for automatic registration of a patient-bound medical unit

• US 7,859,400 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2007
• Issued: 12/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Biotronik SE & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Biotronik VI Patent AG (Biotronik SE & Company KG)
• Inventors: Diebold, Michael, Bode, Sven, Seidelt, Andre, Urbaszek, Albrecht
• Primary Examiner(s): POPE, DARYL C
• Application Number:
  US11/754,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20070282175A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,309 Days
• Field of Search: 340/505, 340/538.15, 340/539.1, 340/539.11, 340/539.12, 340/539.13, 340/539.21, 340/539.23, 340/573.4, 340/10.1, 340/286.08, 340/573.1
• US Class Current: 340/539.12
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0271 using a remote monitoring unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/045 with a separable interface unit, e.g. for communication
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0017 transmitting optical signals transmission by light H04B10/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• 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

Abstract

A method for automatic registration of a patient-bound medical device with a remote data processing system, physician identification data being transmitted to the patient-bound medical device, the physician identification data being combined together with device identification data to form a registration message, the registration message being transmitted from the patient-bound medical device to the data processing system, and the data processing system checking the data contained in the registration message and, in case of success, performing the registration, as well as apparatuses for this purpose.

Claims

1. A method for automatic registration of a patient-bound medical device (1) at a remote data processing system (2), comprising:

transmitting physician identification data (102, 201) to a patient-bound medical device (1);

assembling device identification data from identification data of individual system components (11, 12) of the patient-bound medical device (1);

combining the physician identification data together with device identification data to form a registration message (103, 205, 202);

transmitting the registration message (103, 205, 202) by the patient-bound medical device (1) to the data processing system (2); and

,

checking via the data processing system (2), data contained in the registration message (103, 202) and performing a registration in case of success.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising checking compatibility of the individual system components (11, 12) via the data processing system (2) using the device identification data.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising checking authorization using the physician identification data in the data processing system (2).

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

querying the device identification data (101) via a programming device (3) from the patient-bound medical device (1, 11);

combining said device identification data (101) with said physician identification data stored in the programming device (3) to form said registration message (102); and

,

transmitting said registration message (102) via the programming device (3) to the patient-bound medical device (1, 12).

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising incorporating personal data in the physician identification data.

6. The method according to claim 4, further comprising transmitting a confirmation (104a) via the data processing system (2) to the patient-bound medical device (1, 12) in the case of successful registration and otherwise transmitting an error message (104b).

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a key expression (201a) as the physician identification data; and

,

transmitting said physician identification data by a programming device (3) to the patient-bound medical device (1, 11).

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising transmitting a triggering command (201b) for triggering a registration message from the programming device (3) to the patient-bound medical device (1) and combining the physician identification data with the device identification data stored in the patient-bound medical device to form the registration message in the patient-bound medical device (1).

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising transmitting a registration request (203) by the programming device (3) to the data processing system (2).

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising incorporating any combination of

the device identification data,

the physician identification data,

personal data

in the registration request (203).

11. The method according to claim 9, further comprising transmitting via the data processing system (2) a confirmation (204a) to the programming device (3) in case of successful registration and otherwise transmitting an error message (204b).

12. The method according to claim 9, further comprising comparing the data contained in the registration message in the data processing system (2) to the data contained in the registration request.

13. The method according to claim 9, further comprising checking in the data processing system (2) whether registration message (202) and associated registration request (203) have been received within a predefined time slot.

14. The method according to claim 9, further comprising checking in the data processing system (2) whether precisely one registration message (202) has been received for a received registration request (203).

15. The method according to claim 4, further comprising producing an infrared connection between the programming device (3) and the patient-bound medical device (1, 12).

16. The method according to claim 4, further comprising producing an Internet connection between the programming device (3) and the data processing system (2).

17. The method according to claim 1, further comprising producing a movable wireless connection between the patient-bound medical device (1, 12) and the data processing system (2).

23. A configuration for executing the method for automatic registration of a patient-bound medical device at a remote data processing system according to claim 1, having a programming device (3), a patient-bound medical device (1) and a data processing system (2) wherein said programming device is

configured to program said patient-bound medical device (1) wherein said programming device comprises at least one interface configured to transmit and receive data and having a memory configured to store and retrieve data, a user data input configured to obtain user data, wherein said programming device is further implemented to query device identification data from the patient-bound medical device (1), wherein the programming device is implemented to generate a data structure from the device identification data and the user data and is also implemented to serialize and transmit the data structure as a registration message (102) to the patient-bound medical device (1, 12)

wherein the data structure has a first data field configured to store the device identification data of a first system component (11) of the patient-bound medical device (1) and a second data field configured to store the device identification data of a second system component (12) of the patient-bound medical device (1) and further data fields configured to store user data

wherein said patient-bound medical device (1) comprises according to claim 22, at least one interface configured to transmit and receive data and having stored device identification data and configured to transmit said registration message (103, 202) to a data processing system (2) wherein said patient-bound medical device is further configured to receive and process physician identification data (201a) and to receive and process a triggering command (201b) for said registration message from a programming device (3) and wherein said patient-bound medical device is further configured to generate said data structure from the device identification data and the physician identification data and further configured to serialize and transmit the data structure as the registration message (205, 202) to the data processing system (2);

and,

wherein said data processing system (2) comprises at least one communication interface configured to receive and transmit messages (103, 104a, 104b, 202, 203, 204a, 204b) and a memory (21) configured to store and retrieve data, wherein said data processings system is configured to receive a registration message 103 202) from said patient-bound medical device (1) to check the data contained therein, and to register and to transmit a confirmation message (104a, 204a) or an error message (104b, 204b) to said patient-bound medical device (1, 12) or to said programming device (3) or to said patient-bound medical device (1, 12) and said programming device (3) and further comprising a timer (23) to establish a device time frame and wherein said data processing system is configured to check whether precisely one registration message (202) was received within a time frame for a registration request (203).

18. A programming device (3) configured to program a patient-bound medical device (1) wherein said programming device comprises at least one interface configured to transmit and receive data and having a memory configured to store and retrieve data, a user data input, wherein programming device is further implemented to query device identification data from the patient-bound medical device (1), wherein the programming device is implemented to generate a data structure from the device identification data and the user data and is also implemented to serialize and transmit the data structure as a registration message (102) to the patient-bound medical device (1, 12) wherein the data structure has a first data field configured to store the device identification data of a first system component (11) of the patient-bound medical device (1) and a second data field configured to store the device identification data of a second system component (12) of the patient-bound medical device (1) and further data fields configured to store user data.

19. A programming device (3) configured to program a patient-bound medical device (1) wherein said programming device comprises at least one interface configured to transmit and receive data and having a memory configured to store and retrieve data, a user data input and wherein programming device is further implemented to query querying device identification data from the patient-bound medical device (1), wherein the programming device is also implemented to generate a data structure from the device identification data and the user data, is implemented to serialize and transmit the data structure as a registration request (203) to a data processing system (2), and is also implemented to generate and transmit a triggering command (201) for a registration message to the patient-bound medical device (1, 11) wherein the data structure has a first data field configured to store the device identification data of a first system component (11) of the patient-bound medical device (1) and a second data field configured to store the device identification data of a second system component (12) of the patient-bound medical device (1) and further data fields configured to store user data.

20. A patient-bound medical device (1) having at least one interface configured to transmit and receive data and having stored device identification data and configured to transmit a registration message (103, 202) to a data processing system (2) wherein said patient-bound medical device is further configured to receive and process physician identification data (201a) and to receive and process a triggering command (201b) for said registration message from a programming device (3) and wherein said patient-bound medical device is further configured to generate a data structure from the device identification data and the physician identification data and further configured to serialize and transmit the data structure as the registration message (205, 202) to the data processing system (2) wherein the data structure has a first data field configured to store the device identification data of a first system component (11) of the patient-bound medical device (1) and a second data field configured to store the device identification data of a second system component (12) of the patient-bound medical device (1) and further data fields configured to store user data.

21. A data processing system (2) having at least one communication interface configured to receive and transmit messages (103, 104a, 104b, 202, 203, 204a, 204b) and a memory (21) configured to store and retrieve data, wherein said data processing system is configured to receive a registration message (103, 202) from a patient-bound medical device (1) to check the data contained therein, and to register and to transmit a confirmation message (104a, 204a) or an error message (104b, 204b) to said patient-bound medical device (1, 12) or to a programming device (3) or to said patient-bound medical device (1, 12) and said programming device (3) and further comprising a timer (23) to establish a device time frame and wherein said data processing system is configured to check whether precisely one registration message (202) was received within a time frame for a registration request (203).

22. The data processing system according to claim 21, configured to receive the registration request (203) and, furthermore, to bring together registration request (203) so received with a received registration message (202).