Medical device including setup option reporting

• US 9,067,077 B2
• Filed: 02/18/2014
• Issued: 06/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Physio-Control Incorporated (Stryker Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Physio-Control Incorporated (Stryker Corporation)
• Inventors: Drew, Kevin C., Neumiller, James S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gedeon, Brian T
• Application Number:
  US14/182,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20140159904A1
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/339 Displays specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3706 Pacemaker parameters stimulation threshold A61N1/371
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37247 User interfaces, e.g. input or presentation means
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3937 Monitoring output parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3993 User interfaces for automatic external defibrillators

Abstract

A medical device for use with a patient is described. The medical device includes a component for administering a treatment to the patient or receiving data of the patient. The component is configured to operate according to an internal setting. The medical device also includes a user interface through which a user can modify the internal setting, as well as a settings signature generator for generating a settings signature that represents a present state of the internal setting. A gateway is also provided for communicating a version of the settings signature out of the medical device.

Claims

1. A method for use with a medical device having a component for administering a treatment to a patient or for receiving data of the patient, the component configured to operate according to an internal setting, the medical device generating a settings signature that represents a present state of the internal setting, the method performed by a remote monitoring facility coupled to a communication network, the method comprising:

receiving a version of the settings signature generated by the medical device over the communication network; and

outputting a warning if it is determined from the settings signature that the internal setting deviates from an expected state of the internal setting.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the settings signature.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

comparing the settings signature to a previously stored signature of the internal setting, and

in which the warning is output based on the comparison.

4. The method of claim 1, in which the system further comprises a remote configuration facility, the method further comprising:

in the remote configuration facility, specifying a particular setup configuration of the internal setting; and

transmitting data identifying the particular setup configuration to the medical device across the communication network.

5. The method of claim 1, in which

the version of the settings signature is received from the medical device periodically.

6. The method of claim 1, in which

the version of the settings signature is received from the medical device based on an event at the medical device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

transmitting a query to the medical device, and

in which the event is the receipt of the query at the medical device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

communicating the warning to an agency other the medical device.

9. A system for use with a medical device having a component for administering a treatment to a patient or for receiving data of the patient, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor result in;

sending a version of the settings signature generated by the medical device over a communication network; and

outputting a warning if it is determined from the settings signature that the internal setting deviates from an expected state of the internal setting.

10. The system of claim 9, in which

the settings signature is stored.

11. The system of claim 10, in which

the settings signature is compared to a previously stored signature of the internal setting, and

the warning is generated based on the comparison.

12. The system of claim 9, in which the system further comprises a remote configuration facility that includes a second processor and a second memory, the system also further comprising:

in the remote configuration facility, instructions stored in the second memory which, when executed by the second processor result in;

specifying a particular setup configuration of the internal setting; and

transmitting data identifying the particular setup configuration to the medical device across the communication network.

13. The system of claim 9, in which

the version of the settings signature is sent from the medical device periodically.

14. The system of claim 9, in which

the version of the settings signature is sent from the medical device based on an event at the medical device.

15. The system of claim 14, in which

a query is transmitted to the medical device, and

the event is the receipt of the query at the medical device.

16. The system of claim 9, in which

the warning is communicated to an agency other the medical device.