Medical device rights and recall management system
First Claim
1. A medical device rights and recall management system, comprising:
- a microprocessor based medical device comprising a sensor for collecting a data set about at least one of;
a patient or an environment;
a service provider device operably connected to said microprocessor based medical device, said service provider device supplying software for execution on said microprocessor based medical device, said service provider device configured for maintaining a virtual device master record, said service provider device further configured for anonymously tracking and managing transactions with the software;
a content device for creating said software operably connected to said service provider device, the content device not in direct communication with the microprocessor based medical device;
a coding key embedded in said microprocessor based medical device;
a key server communicatively coupled to said microprocessor based medical device and to said service provider device;
the key server for controlling data transfer between the microprocessor based medical device and the service provider device, the key server including a set of rules for how said software can be used; and
an intellectual property rights management device communicatively connected to said key server, the intellectual property rights management device not in direct communication with the microprocessor based medical device;
wherein the key server interrogates said intellectual property rights management device to validate the coding key embedded in said microprocessor based medical device and said intellectual property rights management device communicates a result of said interrogation to the service provider device, the result of said interrogation including a return key code indicating whether the microprocessor based medical device is authentic and a user of the microprocessor based medical device is eligible to use the software, thereby enabling the service provider device to selectively unlock and activate said software via the connection between the microprocessor based medical device and the service provider device.
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Abstract
The embodiments provide systems and methods for medical device rights and recall management system. A digital IP rights and recall management device activates a central key server to authenticate software contents and services operated on a microprocessor based medical devices through a coding key that may be embedded in a medical device or in a service provider server or in an end user computer. The recall management server unlocks the software content transmitted from or to a value-added service provider and selectively recall the value-added software component without requiring any physical recall of the medical device. The system maintains a virtual device master record which enables quality control and recall capability for software elements independent of any physical hardware recall.
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1. A medical device rights and recall management system, comprising:
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a microprocessor based medical device comprising a sensor for collecting a data set about at least one of;
a patient or an environment;a service provider device operably connected to said microprocessor based medical device, said service provider device supplying software for execution on said microprocessor based medical device, said service provider device configured for maintaining a virtual device master record, said service provider device further configured for anonymously tracking and managing transactions with the software; a content device for creating said software operably connected to said service provider device, the content device not in direct communication with the microprocessor based medical device; a coding key embedded in said microprocessor based medical device; a key server communicatively coupled to said microprocessor based medical device and to said service provider device;
the key server for controlling data transfer between the microprocessor based medical device and the service provider device, the key server including a set of rules for how said software can be used; andan intellectual property rights management device communicatively connected to said key server, the intellectual property rights management device not in direct communication with the microprocessor based medical device; wherein the key server interrogates said intellectual property rights management device to validate the coding key embedded in said microprocessor based medical device and said intellectual property rights management device communicates a result of said interrogation to the service provider device, the result of said interrogation including a return key code indicating whether the microprocessor based medical device is authentic and a user of the microprocessor based medical device is eligible to use the software, thereby enabling the service provider device to selectively unlock and activate said software via the connection between the microprocessor based medical device and the service provider device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A software recall management method in a medical device rights and recall management system, comprising the steps of:
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providing a microprocessor based medical device configured to receive at least one of a service or software;
the microprocessor based medical device further comprising a sensor for collecting a data set about at least one of a patient or an environment;embedding a coding key in the microprocessor based medical device; communicatively connecting a service provider device to the microprocessor based medical device, the service provider device supplying software for execution on the microprocessor based medical device; communicatively connecting a key server to the microprocessor based medical device and to the service provider device, the key server including a set of rules for how said software can be used; communicatively connecting an intellectual property rights management device to the key server; interrogating the intellectual property rights management device to validate the coding key embedded in the microprocessor based medical device, said interrogation including a determination if the microprocessor based medical device is authentic and a user of the microprocessor based medical device is eligible to use the software; authenticating the coding key through the key server operated by the intellectual property rights management device; communicating a result of said interrogation to the service provider device, the result of said interrogation including a return key code, the result of said interrogation completed without exchanging any data from the data set with the microprocessor based medical device; selectively unlocking and activating the software via the connection between the microprocessor based medical device and the service provider device; and anonymously tracking transactions with the software without accessing the data set or the software. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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