Interactive medical device monitoring and management system

• US 9,183,720 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2013
• Issued: 11/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Docview Solutions LLC
• Original Assignee: Docview Solutions LLC
• Inventors: Miladin, John D., Landau, Steven A., Nasis, Kostas Ilias
• Primary Examiner(s): Pope, Daryl
• Application Number:
  US14/074,838
• Publication Number:
  US 20140062694A1
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.1, 340/539.11, 340/539.12, 340/539.13, 340/506, 340/3.1, 340/573.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A system for improving medical device management for a patient is also provided. The system can include a portable wireless device having an ECU, memory and an interactive remote patient monitoring module (IRPMM) for at least one medical device. The IRPMM has a medical device data request module that is operable to request and receive medical device data input from the at least one medical device. The medical device data can be input by the patient, or in the alternative, be automatically received without input from the patient. The IRPMM also has a medical device data supply module receives medical device information from an outside third party and provides the medical device information to the patient.

Claims

1. A process for improving medical device management for a patient, the process comprising:

providing a plurality of portable wireless devices to a plurality of patients that having a plurality of medical devices such that each of the plurality of patients have one of the medical devices and one of the portable wireless devices, each of the plurality of wireless devices having an electronic control unit (ECU), memory and an interactive remote patient monitoring module (IRPMM) for at least one medical device, the plurality of portable wireless devices each operable to transmit and receive information to/from an outside third party, the IRPMM having a medical device data request module operable to request and receive subjective data input from the patient and medical device data related to the at least one medical device input from the patient or automatically receive medical device data without input from the patient;

providing a clinical data analysis module with at least one assessment tool selected from a group consisting of a web-based assessment tool, clinical guidelines, health risk assessments, a pharmaceutical protocol, a best practice for the at least one disease, an algorithm and a decision tree, the clinical data analysis module operable to receive the subjective and medical device data from each of the plurality of patients, generate a score for each received subjective and medical device data from each of the plurality of patients and provide a certified decision and/or protocol as a function of the medical device data input from the patient;

requesting information related to the medical device from each of the plurality of patients using the IRPMM;

each of the plurality of patients inputting subjective data related to the medical device into the IRPMM of the portable wireless device that each patient has;

transmitting the input subjective and medical device data input by the patient or automatically received medical device data to the clinical data analysis module, the clinical data analysis module providing a certified decision and/or protocol and a score for each patient as a function of the medical device data;

evaluation of the input subjective data and medical device data from each patient as a function of the score for each patient by a clinician, the clinician accepting or changing the certified decision and/or protocol;

transmitting the accepted or changed certified decision and/or protocol for each patient to the patient'"'"'s portable wireless device; and

each patient receiving the accepted or changed certified decision and/or protocol from the clinician.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein the medical device data request module has one or more data input queries related to the at least one medical device, the medical device data request module operable to request data from the at least one medical device.

3. The process of claim 2, wherein the at least one medical device is a Food and Drug Association (FDA) approved medical device.

4. The process of claim 3, wherein the FDA approved medical device is a Class II medical device.

5. The process of claim 3, wherein the FDA approved medical device is a Class III medical device.

6. The process of claim 5, wherein the medical device data analysis module has a module to provide a level of measurement operable to provide an indication of operation of the at least one medical device as a function of the received medical device data from the at least medical device and the at least one assessment tool.

7. The process of claim 6, wherein the system is operable to compare the indication of operation to a standard intervention protocol based on a baseline of the patient or the at least one medical device.

8. The process of claim 1, furthering comprising providing an end-to-end chain of custody visual notification operable to show a chain of custody for a given medical device data reporting event.

9. The process of claim 8, wherein the end-to-end chain of custody visual notification is operable to show a completed step in a Pending Initial Data Review—

Treatment Recommended—

Treatment Reviewed and Approved—

Approved Treatment Sent to Patient—

Patient Acknowledges Receipt chain of custody for the given medical device data reporting event.

10. The process of claim 9, wherein the system is monitoring the patients'"'"' activity and notifies a named party or parties that a specified event did or did not take place;

and wherein the system makes an action occur is at least an SMS/Text message, a phone call, a fax, an email, a page to notify the named party or parties that the specified event did, or did not, take place indicating an action is required.