Method for organizing the software of a fluid management system

• US 8,219,982 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2007
• Issued: 07/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: B. Braun Medizintechnologie GmbH (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: B. Braun Medizintechnologie GmbH (B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Inventors: Harkanyi, Gabor, Osztodi, Tibor, Niemetz, Gunter
• Primary Examiner(s): Bullock, Jr., Lewis A
• Assistant Examiner(s): GOORAY, MARK A
• Application Number:
  US11/651,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20070173979A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,009 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 717/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades

Abstract

A method and device for organizing the software of a fluid management system is disclosed. The processor system of a machine for the treatment of a patient is provided with an interface for connection to an external data storage device. The software of the processor system is divided into a treatment software for controlling and monitoring the treatment of a patient and a tool software for controlling and monitoring the service and/or production activities. In the processor system, the treatment software being stored in the processor system as resident software and the tool software being stored in the processor system as non-resident software. Moreover, updates can be performed with the external data storage device.

Claims

1. A method for organizing the software of a fluid management system comprising at least one processor system with a CPU, a memory means and software stored therein,

executing, by the fluid management system, a treatment software for controlling and monitoring fluid flow of the fluid management system during a treatment period of a patient, the treatment software being installed in a first memory device of the processor system as resident software which is maintained when a power supply of the fluid management system is turned off;

and

executing, by the fluid management system, tool software for testing an operation of the fluid management system during a testing period of the fluid management system and for updating the treatment software in the first memory device, the tool software being loaded from an external device and installed in a second memory device of the processor system as non-resident software which is not maintained when the power supply of the fluid management system is turned off;

wherein the tool software is loaded by system software of the fluid management system after the fluid management system is turned on.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-resident software also includes a software for the execution of updates of the resident software.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein an external data storage device is provided that is adapted to be connected to the processor system and to load the non-resident software into the processor system.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the processor system is adapted to transmit information about the software and data stored to the external data storage device.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the resident software also includes a program loading a specific program for the connected external data storage device from the external data storage device, stores the same as a non-resident software and starts it.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the external data storage device is used to store treatment information and/or service information from the processor system.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the external data storage device is used for an update of the resident software.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the input/output of the external data storage device is controlled by a resident executable software of the processor system.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the input/output of the external data storage device is controlled by a non-resident executable software of the processor system.

10. The method of claim 3, wherein the input/output of the external data storage device is controlled by a processor of the external data storage device using an executable software stored in the external data storage device.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the treatment period and the testing period are separate periods.

11. A machine for treating a patient comprising at least one processor system with a CPU, a memory means and software stored therein,

wherein the software includes:

a treatment software for controlling and monitoring fluid flow of the fluid management system during treatment period of a patient, the treatment software being installed in a non-volatile memory device of the processor system, and

a tool software for testing an operation of the fluid management system during a testing period of the fluid management system and for updating the treatment software in the non-volatile memory device, the tool software being loaded from an external device and installed in a volatile memory device of the processor system;

wherein the tool software is loaded by system software of the fluid management system after the fluid management system is turned on.

12. The machine of claim 11, wherein an external data storage device is provided that is adapted to be connected to the processor system and includes the treatment software and the tool software.

13. The machine of claim 12, wherein the external data storage device is an erasable memory, in particular a memory stick.

14. The machine of claim 12, wherein the external data storage device includes a processor.

15. The machine of claim 11, wherein the treatment period and the testing period are separate periods.