Medical treatment system including an ancillary medical treatment apparatus with an associated data storage medium

• US 8,961,441 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2009
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sanuwave, Inc. (SANUWAVE Health, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sanuwave, Inc. (SANUWAVE Health, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cioanta, Iulian, Brauchli, Rene, Menzi, Manfred, Cashman, Christopher M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Tse
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC
• Application Number:
  US12/437,411
• Publication Number:
  US 20090281464A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,119 Days
• Field of Search: 601/2
• US Class Current: 601/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00988 Means for storing information, e.g. calibration constants, or for preventing excessive use, e.g. usage, service life counter
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/00 Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves imaging of objects using sonar G01S15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/96 using barcodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/98 using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 37/0092 using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic vibrations, e.g. phonophoresis
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2007/0013 Fracture healing
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2007/0017 Wound healing
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 7/00 Ultrasound therapy lithotripsy A61B17/22, A61B17/225; massage using supersonic vibration A61H23/00 ; using ultrasound for introducing media into the body A61M37/0092
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A medical treatment system includes an electronic controller with a medical treatment apparatus, a data reader, an ancillary treatment apparatus used with the electronic medical treatment apparatus and a data storage medium associated with the ancillary treatment apparatus. The controller is configured to receive information from the data storage medium, and to control the medical treatment apparatus with medical treatment parameters compatible with the desired medical treatment and the ancillary treatment apparatus.

Claims

1. A medical treatment system comprising:

an input device operatively coupled to an electronic controller, wherein the input device comprises a physical data input device operatively coupled to the electronic controller;

the electronic controller including a microprocessor and a microprocessor-readable data storage medium having microprocessor-executable instructions configured to determine specific medical treatment control parameters to apply for treatment of a body target location based on at least one of physical, anatomical and medical characteristics of the body target location received from the input device and configured to apply the specific medical treatment control parameters to an electronic medical treatment apparatus operatively coupled to the electronic controller;

an ancillary treatment apparatus configured as an interface between a patient and the electronic medical treatment apparatus for use under the specific medical treatment control parameters, and wherein the electronic controller includes a microprocessor-readable data storage medium having microprocessor-executable instructions configured to display that the ancillary treatment apparatus should be selected from among a plurality of available ancillary treatment apparatuses based on medical treatment data received from the physical data input device;

a physical ancillary data storage medium packaged together with the ancillary treatment apparatus and packaged independent of the electronic medical treatment apparatus, wherein the physical ancillary data storage medium is configured with predetermined further instructions that provide authentication to the electronic controller that the ancillary treatment apparatus is authorized for use with at least one of application of the specific medical treatment control parameters and the electronic medical treatment apparatus;

a data reader configured for reading the predetermined further instructions of the ancillary data storage medium, wherein the data reader is operatively coupled to the microprocessor of the electronic controller; and

a display operatively coupled to the microprocessor of the electronic controller, wherein a microprocessor-readable data storage medium of the electronic controller is configured with instructions executable by the microprocessor of the electronic controller that provide a visual confirmation on the display that the electronic medical treatment apparatus is activated for use after the data reader reads the predetermined further instructions from the ancillary data storage medium and authorization of use of the ancillary treatment apparatus has been authenticated.

2. The medical treatment system of claim 1, wherein the electronic medical treatment apparatus is an acoustic pressure wave device.

3. The medical treatment system of claim 2, wherein the acoustic pressure wave device is a shock wave device.

4. The medical treatment system of claim 3, wherein the ancillary treatment apparatus is selected from the group consisting of a sleeve, a pad, sterility barrier coupling gel, drug delivery device, drape, reflector, lens and an applicator head.

5. The medical treatment system of claim 1, wherein the electronic controller includes a microprocessor-readable data storage medium including microprocessor-readable instructions configured to visually confirm on the display that information for a treatment area of a body received from the physical data input device is compatible with treatment by the electronic medical treatment apparatus according to the predetermined further instructions contained on the physical ancillary data storage medium.

6. The medical treatment system of claim 5, wherein the electronic medical treatment apparatus is an acoustic pressure wave device and the information for a treatment area of a body includes a measurement selected from the group consisting of a dimension of a wound and a volume of body target location.

7. The medical treatment system of claim 2, wherein the electronic controller includes a microprocessor-readable data storage medium including microprocessor-readable instructions configured to visually confirm on the display that a body part identification received from the physical data input device is compatible with treatment by the electronic medical treatment apparatus according to the predetermined further instructions contained on the physical ancillary data storage medium.

8. The medical treatment system of claim 2, wherein the electronic controller includes a microprocessor-readable data storage medium including microprocessor-readable instructions configured to visually confirm on the display that a medical condition identification received from the physical data input device is compatible with treatment by the electronic medical treatment apparatus according to the predetermined further instructions contained on the physical ancillary data storage medium.

9. The medical treatment system of claim 2, wherein the ancillary treatment apparatus is selected from the group consisting of a sleeve, a pad, sterility barrier, coupling gel, drug delivery device, drape, reflector, lens and an applicator head.

10. The medical treatment system of claim 9, wherein the medical treatment data includes a measurement selected from the group consisting of length of a wound, diameter of a wound, depth of a wound, length of a wound, width of a wound and a volume of body target location.

11. The medical treatment system of claim 9, wherein the medical treatment data includes at least one of a body part identification, tissue identification and organ identification.

12. The medical treatment system of claim 9, wherein the medical treatment data includes at least one of a medical condition identification and status of a medical condition.

13. The medical treatment system of claim 1, wherein the medical treatment data includes one or more dimensions of a body target location.

14. The medical treatment system of claim 1, wherein the medical treatment data includes at least one of a body part identification, tissue identification and organ identification.

15. The medical treatment system of claim 1, wherein the medical treatment data includes at least one of a medical condition identification and status of a medical condition.

16. The medical treatment system of claim 1, wherein the physical ancillary data storage medium includes a radio frequency identification readable medium and the data reader is a radio frequency identification reader.

17. The medical treatment system of claim 2, wherein the physical ancillary data storage medium includes a radio frequency identification readable medium and the data reader is a radio frequency identification reader.

18. The medical treatment system of claim 17, wherein a microprocessor-readable data storage medium of the electronic controller includes microprocessor-executable instructions configured to apply specific medical treatment control parameters to a medical treatment apparatus operatively coupled to the electronic controller from receipt of predetermined further instructions for applying the specific medical treatment control parameters contained on the physical ancillary data storage medium.

19. The medical treatment system of claim 1, wherein a microprocessor-readable data storage medium of the electronic controller includes microprocessor-executable instructions configured to apply specific medical treatment control parameters to a medical treatment apparatus operatively coupled to the electronic controller from receipt of predetermined further instructions for applying the specific medical treatment control parameters contained on the physical ancillary data storage medium.

20. The medical treatment system of claim 2, wherein a microprocessor-readable data storage medium of the electronic controller includes microprocessor-executable instructions configured to apply specific medical treatment control parameters to a medical treatment apparatus operatively coupled to the electronic controller from receipt of predetermined further instructions for applying the specific medical treatment control parameters contained on the physical ancillary data storage medium.

21. The medical treatment system of claim 20, wherein the predetermined further instructions for applying the specific medical treatment control parameters contained on the physical ancillary data storage medium include one or more parameters selected from the group consisting of number of treatments, length of time of each treatment, total length of treatment time, number of shock to apply in each treatment, total number of shocks, frequency, energy setting, treatment area, treatment penetration depth, ancillary treatment apparatus identification, medical treatment apparatus identification, controller identification and geographic region identification.

22. The medical treatment system of claim 1, wherein the physically ancillary data storage medium includes instructions configured to enable processing by electronic controller to carry out one or more of tracking inventory of ancillary treatment apparatuses, performing inventory control functions, reducing theft, fee provisioning, insurance coding, paying invoices, fee reimbursements, decreasing available treatment and replenishing available treatments.