Interassociating data of a medical device

• US 8,473,502 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2011
• Issued: 06/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. (Smiths Group International Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. (Smiths Group International Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ledford, Ricky L., Hagg, Jessica Dawn
• Primary Examiner(s): PENG, HUAWEN A
• Application Number:
  US13/010,835
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084303A1
• Time in Patent Office: 886 Days
• Field of Search: 340/635, 604/500, 707/755
• US Class Current: 707/755
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades

Abstract

Methods, a medical device, and a computing system configured to interassociate data of the medical device are provided. The medical device uses a processor to collect data and include a respective event set identifier with data developed in connection with activity starting with a respective identifiable event of the medical device. The data may thus be parsed based on the event set identifier to access data for an identifiable event.

Claims

1. A method of interassociating data of a medical device, comprising:

using a processor to define, for each occurrence of an identifiable event of a plurality of identifiable events of the medical device, a representative event set identifier, such that a plurality of different event set identifiers are each associated with respective identifiable events of the plurality of identifiable events; and

associating, with data collected in connection with activity of the medical device occurring over time and starting with a respective identifiable event until a subsequent identifiable event, the event set identifier associated with the respective identifiable event, such that data collected for the activities occurring between a first and a second identifiable event are interassociated with a respective first event set identifier for the first identifiable event, data collected for the activities occurring between the second and a third identifiable event are interassociated with a respective second event set identifier for the second identifiable event, and the data can be parsed into a set of data for activity occurring between the respective and subsequent identifiable events of the medical device based upon the associated event set identifier for the respective identifiable event.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising using the processor to include the second, different event set identifier with the data collected for the activities occurring between the second and the third identifiable events of the medical device.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising activating the medical device, the activation being the first identifiable event.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising deactivating the medical device, the deactivation being the first identifiable event.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical device is a medical pump, the method further comprising selecting a first infusion regimen, the selection of the first infusion regimen being the first identifiable event.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising selecting a second infusion regimen after the first infusion regimen has been stopped, the selection of the second infusion regimen being the second identifiable event.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising adjusting the first event set identifier to define the second, different event set identifier in response to detecting the second identifiable event.

8. The method of claim 7, adjusting the first event set identifier including incrementing the first event set identifier.

9. The method of claim 7, adjusting the first event set identifier including decrementing the first event set identifier.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting the data collected for the activities occurring between the first and the second identifiable events along with the first event set identifier to a computing system.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising accessing, through the computing system, the data collected for the activities occurring between the first and the second identifiable events by parsing the data for the first event set identifier.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising transmitting data collected for the activities occurring between the second and the third identifiable events along with the second event set identifier to the computing system.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising accessing, through the computing system, the data collected for the activities occurring between the second and the third identifiable events by parsing the data for the second event set identifier.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising accessing the data collected for the activities occurring between the first and the second identifiable events by parsing the data for the first event set identifier.

15. The method of claim 1 further comprising accessing the data collected for the activities occurring between the second and the third identifiable events by parsing the data for the second event set identifier.

16. A method of interassociating data of a medical device, comprising:

including a first event set identifier with data developed in connection with activity of the medical device occurring over time and starting with a first identifiable event until a subsequent second identifiable event of the medical device; and

using a processor to include a second, different event set identifier with data developed in connection with activity of the medical device occurring over time and starting with the second identifiable event until a subsequent third identifiable event of the medical device, such that the data collected for the activities occurring between the first and the second identifiable events is interassociated into a first identifiable set by the first event set identifier, data collected for the activities occurring between the second and the third identifiable event is interassociated into a second identifiable set by the second event set identifier, and the data can be parsed into the respective set of data for activity occurring between the first and second identifiable events or between the second and third identifiable events of the medical device based upon the associated event set identifier for the first or second identifiable event, respectively.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising activating the medical device, the activation being the first identifiable event.

18. The method of claim 16 further comprising deactivating the medical device, the deactivation being the first identifiable event.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the medical device is a medical pump, the method further comprising selecting a first infusion regimen, the selection of the first infusion regimen being the first identifiable event.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising selecting a second infusion regimen after the first infusion regimen has been stopped, the selection of the second infusion regimen being the second identifiable event.

21. The method of claim 16 further comprising adjusting the first event set identifier to define the second, different event set identifier in response to detecting the second identifiable event.

22. The method of claim 21, adjusting the first event set identifier including incrementing the first event set identifier.

23. The method of claim 21, adjusting the first event set identifier including decrementing the first event set identifier.

24. The method of claim 16 further comprising transmitting the data developed in connection with activity of the medical device occurring over time and starting with the first identifiable event until the subsequent second identifiable event of the medical device along with the first event set identifier to a computing system.

25. The method of claim 24 further comprising accessing, through the computing system, the data developed in connection with activity of the medical device occurring over time and starting with the first identifiable event until the subsequent second identifiable event of the medical device by parsing the data for the first event set identifier.

26. The method of claim 24 further comprising transmitting data developed in connection with activity of the medical device occurring over time and starting with the second identifiable event until the subsequent third identifiable event of the medical device along with the second event set identifier to the computing system.

27. The method of claim 26 further comprising accessing, through the computing system, the data developed in connection with activity of the medical device occurring over time and starting with the second identifiable event until the subsequent third identifiable event of the medical device by parsing the data for the second event set identifier.

28. The method of claim 16 further comprising accessing the data developed in connection with activity of the medical device occurring over time and starting with the first identifiable event until the subsequent second identifiable event of the medical device by parsing the data for the first event set identifier.

29. The method of claim 16 further comprising accessing the data developed in connection with activity of the medical device occurring over time and starting with the second identifiable event until the subsequent third identifiable event of the medical device by parsing the data for the second event set identifier.

30. A medical device, comprising:

at least one processing unit; and

a memory, the memory containing program code being configured to be executed by the at least one processing unit to define, for each occurrence of an identifiable event of a plurality of identifiable events of the medical device, a representative event set identifier, such that a plurality of different event set identifiers are each associated with respective identifiable events of the plurality of identifiable events, and to associate with data collected in connection with activity of the medical device occurring over time and starting with a respective identifiable event until a subsequent identifiable event, the event set identifier associated with the respective identifiable event, such that data collected for the activities occurring between a first and a second identifiable event are interassociated with a respective first event set identifier for the first identifiable event, data collected for the activities occurring between the second and a third identifiable event are interassociated with a respective second event set identifier for the second identifiable event, and the data can be parsed into a set of data for activity occurring between the respective and subsequent identifiable events of the medical device based upon the associated event set identifier for the respective identifiable event.

31. The medical device of claim 30, the program code being further configured to define activation of the medical device as the first identifiable event.

32. The medical device of claim 30, the program code being further configured to define deactivation of the medical device as the first identifiable event.

33. The medical device of claim 30 being a medical pump, the program code being further configured to define selection of a first infusion regimen as the first identifiable event.

34. The medical device of claim 33, the program code being further configured to define selection of a second infusion regimen after the first infusion regimen has been stopped as the second identifiable event.

35. The medical device of claim 30, the program code being further configured to adjust the first event set identifier to define the second, different event set identifier in response to detecting the second identifiable event.

36. The medical device of claim 35, the program code being further configured to adjust the first event set identifier by incrementing the value thereof.

37. The medical device of claim 35, the program code being further configured to adjust the first event set identifier by decrementing the value thereof.

38. The medical device of claim 30, the program code being further configured to transmit the data collected for the activities occurring between the first and the second identifiable events, and the activities occurring between the second and the third identifiable events along with the associated first and second event set identifiers to a computing system.

39. A method of interassociating data of a medical device adapted to collect data and transmit the data to a computing system, wherein the data collected and transmitted by the medical device includes a respective event set identifier associated with data developed in connection with activity of the medical device occurring over time and starting with a respective identifiable event until a subsequent identifiable event, the method comprising:

receiving at the computing system data and an associated event set identifier in connection with activity of the medical device occurring over time and starting with the respective identifiable event until the subsequent identifiable event, the event set identifier associated with the respective identifiable event, such that data collected for the activities occurring between a first and a second identifiable event are interassociated with a respective first event set identifier for the first identifiable event, and data collected for the activities occurring between the second and a third identifiable event are interassociated with a respective second event set identifier for the second identifiable event; and

parsing the data into a set of data for activity occurring over time and starting with the respective identifiable event until the subsequent identifiable event of the medical device based upon the associated event set identifier for the respective identifiable event.

40. The method of claim 39 further comprising parsing the data into sets of data for a group of identifiable events of the medical device based upon the associated event set identifier for each identifiable event of the group of identifiable events.

41. A computing system for receiving data collected and transmitted by a medical device, the computing system comprising:

at least one processing unit; and

a memory containing program code being configured to be executed by the at least one processing unit to;

receive at the computing system the data and an associated event set identifier in connection with activity of the medical device occurring over time and starting with a respective identifiable event until a subsequent identifiable event, such that data collected for the activities occurring between a first and a second identifiable event are interassociated with a respective first event set identifier for the first identifiable event, and data collected for the activities occurring between the second and a third identifiable event are interassociated with a respective second event set identifier for the second identifiable event; and

parse the data into a set of data for activity of the medical device occurring over time and starting with one respective identifiable event of the first and second identifiable events until the associated subsequent identifiable event of the medical device based upon the associated event set identifier for that one respective identifiable event.

42. The computing system of claim 41, the program code being further configured to parse the data into sets of data for a group of respective identifiable events of the medical device based upon the associated event set identifier for each respective identifiable event of the group of respective identifiable events.