System and method for enabling therapeutic delivery of aerosolized medicament to a plurality of subjects to be monitored

• US 9,135,397 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2010
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Denyer, Jonathan S. H., Leppard, Michael James Robbert, Rabbetts, Ian Philip, Dyche, Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Dixon, Annette
• Application Number:
  US13/384,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20120304987A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,891 Days
• Field of Search: 128/200.24, 12820011-20323, 128/203.12, 128/203.15
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A server is configured to be communicatively linked with drug delivery devices used by a plurality of different subjects to receive aerosolized medicament as part of a therapy regime. The server provides a user with a user interface that enables the user to access therapy information related to the therapy of a plurality of different subjects. This may facilitate the monitoring of therapy received by the plurality of subjects.

Claims

1. A system configured to enable one or more users to monitor therapy of a plurality of subjects, wherein such therapy includes the delivery of aerosolized medicament, the system comprising:

server comprising one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules, the one or more modules comprising;

a therapy information acquisition module configured to obtain, over a communications network, therapy information from a plurality of drug delivery apparatuses, wherein the plurality of drug delivery apparatuses comprise at least a first drug delivery apparatus associated with a first subject and a second drug delivery apparatus associated with a second subject, wherein each of the first drug delivery apparatus and the second drug delivery apparatus include a mesh used in the aerosolization of medicament, and wherein the therapy information obtained comprises (i) information related to the breathing patterns of the first subject and the second subject during usage of the first drug delivery apparatus and the second drug delivery apparatus, respectively, and/or (ii) information related to a condition of the mesh included in the first drug delivery device and a condition of the mesh included in the second drug delivery device;

a user interface module configured to generate a definition of a user interface for a user that enables the user to selectively view therapy information obtained by the therapy information acquisition module from the first drug delivery apparatus and the second drug delivery apparatus; and

a communications module configured to provide, over a communications network, the definition of the user interface to a client computing platform associated with the user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the therapy information acquisition module is configured to obtain the therapy information over the Internet.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface defined by the definition generated by the user interface module enables the user to input communication directed toward the first user that is based on the therapy information corresponding to the first drug delivery device that is viewed by the user via the user interface, and to input communication directed toward the first user that is based on the therapy information corresponding to the second drug delivery device that is viewed by the user via the user interface, and wherein the communication module is further configured to obtain such communication from the user interface, and to provide the such communication to the appropriate one of the first subject and/or the second subject over a communications network.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the communication module is configured to provide the communication input by the user to the first subject via one or both of the first drug delivery device and/or a client computing platform associated with the first subject, and to provide communication input by the user to the second subject via one or both of the second drug delivery device and/or a client computing platform associated with the second subject.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the user interface is defined by the definition generated by the user interface module such that the communications input by the user to the first subject or the subject include communications selected from a predefined set of communications indicating action that the first subject or the second subject should take with respect to mesh of the first drug delivery device or the mesh of the second drug delivery device, respectively.

6. A computer implemented method of enabling one or more users to monitor therapy of a plurality of subjects remotely, wherein such therapy includes the delivery of aerosolized medicament, and wherein the method is implemented by a server comprising one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules, the method comprising:

executing one or more computer program modules on the one or more processors of the server to obtain, over a communications network, therapy information from a plurality of drug delivery apparatuses, wherein the plurality of drug delivery apparatuses comprise at least a first drug delivery apparatus associated with a first subject and a second drug delivery apparatus associated with a second subject, wherein each of the first drug delivery apparatus and the second drug delivery apparatus include a mesh used in the aerosolization of medicament, and wherein the therapy information obtained comprises (i) information related to the breathing patterns of the first subject and the second subject during usage of the first drug delivery apparatus and the second drug delivery apparatus, respectively, and/or (ii) information related to a condition of the mesh included in the first drug delivery device and a condition of the mesh included in the second drug delivery device;

executing one or more computer program modules on the one or more processors of the server to generate a definition of a user interface for a user that enables the user to selectively view therapy information obtained by the therapy information acquisition module from the first drug delivery apparatus and the second drug delivery apparatus; and

executing one or more computer program modules on the one or more processors of the server to provide, over a communications network, the definition of the user interface to a client computing platform associated with the user so that the client computing platform presents the user interface to the user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the network over which the therapy information is obtained by the server is the Internet.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the user interface defined by the definition generated by server enables the user to input communication directed toward the first user that is based on the therapy information corresponding to the first drug delivery device that is viewed by the user via the user interface, and to input communication directed toward the first user that is based on the therapy information corresponding to the second drug delivery device that is viewed by the user via the user interface, and wherein the method further comprises:

executing one or more computer program modules on the one or more processors of the server to obtain such communication from the user interface; and

executing one or more computer program modules on the one or more processors of the server to provide the such communication to the appropriate one of the first subject and/or the second subject over a communications network.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the server provides the communication input by the user to the first subject via one or both of the first drug delivery device and/or a client computing platform associated with the first subject, and provides the communication input by the user to the second subject via one or both of the second drug delivery device and/or a client computing platform associated with the second subject.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the user interface is defined such that the communications input by the user to the first subject or the subject include communications selected from a predefined set of communications indicating action that the first subject or the second subject should take with respect to mesh of the first drug delivery device or the mesh of the second drug delivery device, respectively.

11. A system configured to enable one or more users to monitor therapy of a plurality of subjects remotely, wherein such therapy includes the delivery of aerosolized medicament, the system comprising:

means for obtaining, over a communications network, therapy information from a plurality of drug delivery apparatuses, wherein the plurality of drug delivery apparatuses comprise a first drug delivery apparatus associated with at least a first subject and a second drug delivery apparatus associated with a second subject, wherein each of the first drug delivery apparatus and the second drug delivery apparatus include a mesh used in the aerosolization of medicament, and wherein the therapy information obtained comprises (i) information related to the breathing patterns of the first subject and the second subject during usage of the first drug delivery apparatus and the second drug delivery apparatus, respectively, and/or (ii) information related to a condition of the mesh included in the first drug delivery device and a condition of the mesh included in the second drug delivery device;

means for generating a definition of a user interface for a user that enables the user to selectively view therapy information obtained by the therapy information acquisition module from the first drug delivery apparatus and the second drug delivery apparatus; and

means for providing, over a communications network, the definition of the user interface to a client computing platform associated with the user so that the client computing platform presents the user interface to the user.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the network over which the therapy information is obtained by the means for obtaining is the Internet.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the user interface defined by the definition generated by the means for generating enables the user to input communication directed toward the first user that is based on the therapy information corresponding to the first drug delivery device that is viewed by the user via the user interface, and to input communication directed toward the first user that is based on the therapy information corresponding to the second drug delivery device that is viewed by the user via the user interface, and wherein the system further comprises:

means for obtaining such communication from the user interface; and

means for providing the such communication to the appropriate one of the first subject and/or the second subject over a communications network.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the means for providing provides the communication input by the user to the first subject via one or both of the first drug delivery device and/or a client computing platform associated with the first subject, and provides the communication input by the user to the second subject via one or both of the second drug delivery device and/or a client computing platform associated with the second subject.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the user interface is defined such that the communications input by the user to the first subject or the subject include communications selected from a predefined set of communications indicating action that the first subject or the second subject should take with respect to mesh of the first drug delivery device or the mesh of the second drug delivery device, respectively.