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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
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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.

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