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Remote monitoring of telemedicine device

  • US 9,838,645 B2
  • Filed: 01/02/2014
  • Issued: 12/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of monitoring usage of a patient medical support system, comprising:

  • providing a patient with a patient medical support system, the patient medical support system including;

    at least one article of medical equipment;

    electrical control circuitry configured todetermine two or more different operational modes of the at least one article of medical equipment;

    determine a first usage data signal indicative of an amount of usage of the at least one article of medical equipment in a first operational mode, the first operational mode being one of the two or more different operational modes; and

    determine a second usage data signal indicative of an amount of usage of the at least one article of medical equipment in a second operational mode, the second operational mode being one of the two or more different operational modes; and

    communication circuitry for transmitting the first usage data signal and an identification data signal from a patient location remote from a monitoring location to the monitoring location;

    receiving the first usage data signal at the monitoring location;

    receiving the second usage data signal at the monitoring location;

    receiving the identification data signal at the monitoring location;

    determining at least one user identification associated with a user of the patient medical support system based at least in part on the identification data signal;

    determining a first amount of usage of the at least one article of medical equipment based at least in part on the first usage data signal during a first time period;

    determining a second amount of usage of the at least one article of medical equipment during a second time period based at least in part on the second usage data signal;

    retrieving at least one base rate, a first unit rate for usage of the at least one article of medical equipment in the first operational mode, and a second unit rate for usage of the at least one article of medical equipment in the second operational mode from a database in a data storage system; and

    determining a monetary value of the usage of the at least one article of medical equipment based at least in part on the first amount of usage and at least in part on the second amount of usage of the at least one article of medical equipment by multiplying the first amount of usage and the first unit rate to obtain a first value, multiplying the second amount of usage and the second unit rate to obtain a second value, and summing the at least one base rate the first value and the second value.

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