Method for querying a specification feature of a medical technical functional means, a medical technical functional means, a medical device and a control unit

• US 9,550,021 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2012
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH (Fresenius Medical Care AG)
• Original Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH (Fresenius Medical Care AG)
• Inventors: Beden, Josef, Klewinghaus, Juergen
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael G
• Assistant Examiner(s): TARDIF, DAVID P
• Application Number:
  US13/352,843
• Publication Number:
  US 20120181331A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,833 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 1/154 with sensing means or components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/155 with treatment-fluid pumping means or components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/1563 Details of incorporated filters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/3621 Extra-corporeal blood circuits single-needle circuits A61M1/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/36224 with sensing means or components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/36225 with blood pumping means or components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/362262 Details of incorporated reservoirs
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/362265 Details of valves
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/362266 Means for adding solutions or substances to the blood
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/3672 Means preventing coagulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/12 with interchangeable cassettes forming partially or totally the fluid circuit
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3306 Optical measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3317 Electromagnetic, inductive or dielectric measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3368 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 : with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/581 : by audible feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/583 : by visual feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6018 : providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6054 : Magnetic identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 : Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6081 : Colour codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 : Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 : by using bar codes

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for querying a specification feature arranged in, at or on a medical technical functional means, the method comprising the step of: querying the specification feature by means of a medical device functionally coupled to or to be coupled to the medical technical functional means or by means of a device or means connected to or being arranged in signal transmission with the medical technical treatment apparatus. The invention further relates to a medical technical functional means, a medical device and a control unit. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a digital storage medium, a computer program product and a computer program.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for querying a specification feature arranged in, at or on a medical technical functional means, the method comprising the steps of:

connecting or contacting the medical technical functional means with a medical device or a detection device connected to the medical device;

querying the specification feature via a control unit of the medical device functionally coupled to the medical technical functional means or via a device or means connected to the medical device, wherein the medical device is a blood treatment apparatus;

selecting a medical treatment option at the medical device;

detecting the specification feature via the medical device or via the detection device, the medical device or detection device at least one of embodied as, or connected with, a signal generation device configured to generate a signal for detecting the specification feature;

at least one of identifying or assigning a function associated with the specification feature;

comparing the medical treatment option selected at the medical device with the at least one identified or assigned function; and

functionally coupling the medical technical functional means and the medical device when the treatment option that has been selected at the medical device and the function that has been identified or assigned by means of the specification feature of the medical technical functional means conform to each other.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the specification feature is designed or embodied as an identification mark or label.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the identification mark or label is at least one of a barcode, a dot matrix code, a RFID chip or a color label or a mixture thereof.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the specification feature is provided or intended for being fixed or attached to or at the medical technical functional means via sticking, printing, coating, dying, staining, engaging, snapping or clipping.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the specification feature is provided or intended for marking or identifying, an extracorporeal blood tubing set or a defined or specific embodiment or design or suitability of the extracorporeal blood tubing set.

6. The method according to claim 1, comprising the further step of:

starting defined queries with respect to at least one of a correct functional coupling or suitability of the medical technical functional means in a planned medical treatment.

7. The method according to claim 6, comprising the further step of:

at least one of alerting or reporting if the selected medical treatment option and the at least one identified or assigned function at least one of deviate or differ from each other, do not conform or are not compatible with each other.

8. A control unit, at least one of suited, provided, intended or designed or embodied or configured for performing the method according to claim 1.

9. The control unit according to claim 8, comprising:

at least one detection device or an identification means or a comparison means or a querying device or an alert means or a reporting means or being functionally coupled to at least one such means or being arranged in signal transmission with at least one such means.

10. A digital storage medium, comprising:

electronically readable control signals and being configured for interacting with a programmable computer system such as to prompt an execution of the steps of the method according to claim 1,

wherein the digital storage medium is a disc, a CD or a DVD or an EPROM.

11. A computer program product comprising:

a program code stored on a machine-readable storage medium for prompting an execution of the steps of the method according to claim 1 when executing the computer program product on a computer.

12. A computer program comprising:

a program code for prompting an execution of the steps of the method according to claim 1 when executing the computer program on a computer.