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Medical device with contextual awareness

  • US 8,945,043 B2
  • Filed: 11/28/2012
  • Issued: 02/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical device comprising:

  • an interventional element communicating with a patient to perform a medical procedure on the patient;

    a data input device for receiving data related to an interventional task performed by the interventional element;

    a data communication link for electronic data communication with external devices including an external data serving device and at least one external predicate data device; and

    an electronic controller communicating with the interventional element, the data input device, and the data communication link and executing a stored program to;

    (a) transmit the data related to the interventional task to the external data serving device to receive an operation protocol according to the data related to the interventional task, the operation protocol providing rules related to performance of the interventional task and an identification of required predicate data for the performance of the interventional task;

    (b) based on the received operation protocol, discover predicate data of the required predicate data from the at least one external predicate data device; and

    (c) execute and monitor execution of the interventional task according to the received operation protocol and predicate data from the external data serving device and the at least one external predicate data device.

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