Transformation of medical status data into executable programs

• US 8,799,767 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2010
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Welch Allyn Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Welch Allyn Incorporated
• Inventors: Craw, Chad E., Keegan, Christopher M., DelloStritto, James J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Chau
• Assistant Examiner(s): Blackwell, James H
• Application Number:
  US12/790,198
• Publication Number:
  US 20110295082A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,530 Days
• Field of Search: 715234-236, 715/700, 715/760, 600/301, 709/225, 709/229, 709/230, 717/106, 717/115, 717/136, 717/140
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A transformer system receives medical status data generated by a monitoring device. The medical status data represents one or more physiological characteristics of a patient. In response to receiving the medical status data, the transformer system applies a transformation to the medical status data. A script file results from the transformation of the medical status data. The transformation is specified by an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) document. The transformer system then executes the script file. When the transformer system executes the script file, the transformer system can perform various actions. For example, the transformer system can generate result data and provide the result data to one or more other systems.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a computing device;

receiving, by the computing device, medical status data generated by a monitoring device, the medical status data representing a physiological characteristic of a patient;

generating, by the computing device, a script file by applying a transformation to the medical status data, the transformation specified by an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) document;

executing, by the computing device, the script file;

receiving responses from a plurality of receiver systems, each of the responses indicating whether each of the receiver systems successfully received data sent by the computing device;

determining whether one or more of the receiver systems is an authority, wherein one receiver system is an authority when operation of the monitoring device is effected by whether the one receiver system successfully received the data;

disregarding one or more of the responses when one or more of the receiver systems is not an authority;

setting, when one response is a first response received from receiver systems to which the computing device has sent data and the one receiver system is an authority, an overall response to the response;

setting, when the one response is not the first response received from the receiver systems to which the computing device sent data and the one receiver system is an authority, the overall response to a result of performing a logical “

and”

operation on the response and the overall response; and

sending the overall response to the monitoring device when the computing device has received responses from each of the receiver systems to which the computing device sent data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the physiological characteristic is one of:

a blood pressure of the patient, a blood oxygen saturation level of the patient, a pulse rate of the patient, a body temperature of the patient, and an electrocardiogram (ECG) of the patient.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the physiological characteristic is an ECG of the patient;

and

wherein executing the script file causes the computing device to determine, based on the medical status data, whether the patient is suffering a heart arrhythmia.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the script file is a batch file.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the script file comprises:

generating result data; and

storing, by the computing device, the result data in a file.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the script file comprises:

generating result data; and

providing the result data to one of the receiver systems.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

generating, by the computing device, another script file by applying a different transformation to the medical status data, the different transformation specified by another XSLT document; and

executing, by the computing device, the other script file.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein executing the other script file comprises:

generating different data; and

providing the different data to another of the receiver systems.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a transformed version of the medical status data by applying another transformation to the medical status data; and

providing the transformed version of the medical status data to one of the receiver systems.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device executes the script file without requiring a user to provide any input to the computing device after the computing device receives the medical status data.

11. A computing device comprising:

a processing system;

a communication interface that receives medical status data from a monitoring device, the medical status data representing a physiological characteristic of a patient; and

a data storage system that stores;

an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) document;

and

computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the computing device to;

generate a script file by applying a transformation to the medical status data, the transformation specified by the XSLT document;

execute the script file, wherein executing the script file causes the computing device to generate transformed data by applying a different transformation to the medical status data and send transformed data to a plurality of receiver systems;

determine whether a given one of the receiver systems is an authority, wherein the given receiver system is an authority when operation of the monitoring device is effected by whether the given receiver system successfully received the transformed data;

disregard a response received from the given receiver system when the given receiver system is not an authority, the received response indicating whether the given receiver system successfully received the transformed data;

set an overall response to the received response when the received response is a first response received from the receiver systems and the given receiver system is an authority;

set the overall response to a result of performing a logical “

and”

operation on the received response and the overall response when the received response is not the first response received from the receiver systems and the given receiver system is an authority; and

send the overall response to the monitoring device when the computing device has received responses from each of the receiver systems.

12. The computing device of claim 11, wherein execution of the script file causes execution of one or more programs.

13. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the one or more programs are executed by the computing device.

14. The computing device of claim 12, wherein at least one of the one or more programs is part of an operating system of the computing device.

15. The computing device of claim 12, wherein execution of the script file causes the communication interface to provide result data to the given receiver system, the result data generated by the one or more programs based on the medical status data.

16. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processing system, further cause the computing device to:

generate another script file by applying a different transformation to the medical status data, the different transformation specified by another XSLT document; and

execute the other script file,

wherein execution of the other script file causes the communication interface to provide different result data to another of the receiver systems, the different result data being generated by the one or more programs based on the medical status data.

17. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processing system, cause the computing device to execute the script file in response to receiving input from a user to execute the script file.