Computer system and method for creating at least one machine-readable file for a medical treatment apparatus

• US 8,560,510 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2010
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH (Fresenius Medical Care AG)
• Original Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH (Fresenius Medical Care AG)
• Inventors: Brueggerhoff, Arnd, Gruendken, Martin, Ripken, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Truong, Dennis
• Application Number:
  US13/265,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20120102010A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,272 Days
• Field of Search: 707/705, 707/702, 705/2, 705/7.27, 715/744, 702/185, 700/30
• US Class Current: 707/702
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

The invention proposes a computer system for creating at least one machine-readable file for a medical treatment apparatus, with a database for providing at least one parameter set, an input device for inputting data regarding the flow behavior of the medical treatment apparatus as parameter set; an output device for creating and outputting a flow definition output file taking into account the input data; and a converting device for creating at least one machine-readable file or machine-readable data in a storage medium utilizing at least the parameter set. Further, a corresponding method, a data medium and a medical apparatus are specified.

Claims

1. A computer system for creating at least one machine-readable file or machine-readable data which is stored in a storage medium for a medical treatment apparatus, said computer system comprising:

a database configured to provide at least one parameter set;

an input device configured to input data regarding the flow behavior of the medical treatment apparatus as a parameter set;

an output device configured to create and output a flow definition output file taking into account the input data; and

a converting device configured to create at least one machine-readable file or machine-readable data in a storage medium utilizing the flow definition output file,

wherein the at least one machine-readable file or machine readable data is configured such that it is machine-readable by a CPU of the medical treatment apparatus for operating, controlling, and/or regulating the medical treatment apparatus, and

wherein the output device is configured to output the flow definition output file in a format which contains server rows, columns, or both.

2. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the operating, controlling, and/or regulating of the medical treatment apparatus comprises the use of a sensor.

3. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the output device is configured to output the flow definition output file as at least one spreadsheet with several rows, columns, or both.

4. The computer system according to claim 3, wherein the spreadsheet of the flow definition output file is subdivided into units which comprise rows or columns for at least information chosen from the group consisting of:

detection statuses, a distribution list, a process block, a system status block and a reaction block.

5. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the flow definition output file includes an alarm definition spreadsheet.

6. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one parameter set is a treatment-specific parameter set.

7. The computer system according to claim 6, wherein the at least one parameter set is a treatment-specific parameter set for dialysis.

8. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one machine-readable file comprises a plurality of machine-readable files, or the machine readable data comprises sets of machine-readable data, wherein at least two files of the plurality of machine-readable files or two sets of the machine-readable data differ from each other.

9. A medical treatment system comprising:

a machine-readable storage medium comprising at least one machine-readable file or machine-readable that was created by a computer system, said computer system comprising;

a database configured to provide at least one parameter set;

an input device configured to input data regarding the flow behavior of the medical treatment apparatus as a parameter set;

an output device configured to create and output a flow definition output file taking into account the input data; and

a converting device configured to create at least one machine-readable file or machine-readable data in a storage medium utilizing the flow definition output file,

wherein the at least one machine-readable file or machine readable data is configured such that it is machine-readable by a CPU of the medical treatment apparatus for operating, controlling, and/or regulating the medical treatment apparatus, and

wherein the output device is configured to output the flow definition output file in a format which contains server rows, columns, or both.

10. The medical treatment system according to claim 9, wherein the storage medium is a ROM, in which the at least one machine-readable file or machine readable data is filed.

11. The medical treatment system according to claim 10, wherein an alarm status tracing device is filed in the ROM.

12. The medical treatment system according to claim 11, further comprising a flow tracing device.

13. The medical treatment system according to claim 9, wherein the medical treatment system is configured to perform dialysis.

14. A method for creating at least one machine-readable file or machine-readable data present stored in a storage medium for a medical treatment apparatus by a computer system, comprising the steps of:

providing at least one parameter set in the computer system;

inputting data regarding the flow behavior of the medical treatment apparatus as a parameter set by an input device;

outputting a flow definition output file taking into account the input data by an output device; and

creating the at least one machine-readable file or machine-readable data present in a storage medium by using the flow definition output file,

wherein the at least one machine-readable file or machine readable data is configured such that it is machine-readable by a CPU of the medical treatment apparatus for operating, controlling, and/or regulating the medical treatment apparatus, and

wherein the output device is configured to output the flow definition output file in a format which contains several rows, columns, or both.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the flow definition output file comprises at least one spreadsheet with several rows, several columns, or both.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

creating the spreadsheet of the flow definition output file such that it comprises units which comprise at least rows or columns for information selected from the group consisting of;

detection statuses, a distribution list, a process block, a system status block and a reaction block.

17. The method according to claim 14 in which the flow definition output file is created as an alarm definition spreadsheet.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the alarm definition spreadsheet comprises a preprocessing spreadsheet, a detection spreadsheet and a relevance spreadsheet.

19. The method according to claim 14, wherein the at least one parameter set is a treatment-specific parameter set.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing a set of instructions that causes a computer to perform a process for creating at least one machine-readable file or machine-readable data for a medical treatment apparatus, said process comprising:

providing at least one parameter set in the computer;

inputting data regarding the flow behavior of the medical treatment apparatus as a parameter set by an input device;

outputting a flow definition output file taking into account the input data by an output device; and

creating the at least one machine-readable file or machine-readable data present in a storage medium by using the flow definition output file,

wherein the at least one machine-readable file or machine readable data is configured such that it is machine-readable by a CPU of the medical treatment apparatus for operating, controlling, and/or regulating the medical treatment apparatus, and

wherein the output device is configured to output the flow definition output file in a format which contains several rows, columns, or both.