Low-power signaling for medical devices and medical device personnel

• US 9,886,680 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2016
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Inventors: Johnson, Guy Robert, Freeman, Gary A., Herken, Ulrich
• Primary Examiner(s): Bolourchi, Nader
• Application Number:
  US15/076,085
• Publication Number:
  US 20160283900A1
• Time in Patent Office: 687 Days
• Field of Search: 34053913
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3904 External heart defibrillators [EHD]
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3993 User interfaces for automatic external defibrillators
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include at least one medical device having a device transceiver configured to wirelessly broadcast a device signal including at least unique identifier data and an information system is configured to maintain an active list of medical device inventory associated with a particular emergency response vehicle, and the processor is configured to automatically determine presence of the at least one medical device.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one medical device having a device transceiver configured to wirelessly broadcast a device signal including at least unique identifier data; and

an information system comprising a system transceiver, at least one display device, at least one processor, and at least one database, wherein the information system is configured to maintain an active list of medical device inventory associated with a particular emergency response vehicle, and the at least one processor is configured to;

automatically determine presence of the at least one medical device in response to the system transceiver receiving the device signal;

measure a signal strength of the device signal and determine whether the at least one medical device is in one of at least three location-based conditions in response thereto, wherein the at least three location-based conditions include an out-of-range condition, a pairing condition, and an intermediate condition;

provide an indication on the at least one display device if the at least one medical device is present and the location-based condition of the at least one medical device; and

provide an indication on the at least one display device when the at least one medical device transitions between one or more of the at least three location-based conditions.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one mobile transceiver arranged with at least one member of a crew for a particular emergency response vehicle and configured to wirelessly broadcast a crew signal that includes unique identifier data.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to measure a signal strength of the crew signal and determine if the at least one member of the crew is in one of at least three location-based conditions in response thereto.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provide an alert on the at least one display device indicating the spatial location of the at least one member of the crew relative to the spatial location of the at least one medical device.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one mobile transceiver is provided with a smart watch, smart phone, or tablet.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the information system is a hand-held device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one medical device is at least one of a defibrillator, an automatic external defibrillator, and a wearable cardioverter defibrillator.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to automatically determine spatial locations of the at least one medical device and the at least one member of the crew with respect to the information system.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to measure the signal strength of the device signal to determine a spatial location of the at least one medical device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provide an alert on the at least one display device indicating the at least one medical device is missing in response to the system transceiver not receiving the device signal.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one medical device includes a plurality of medical devices each having a device transceiver configured to wirelessly broadcast an associated device signal, each device signal having unique identifier data, and wherein each of the plurality of medical devices are on the active list of medical device inventory.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

automatically determine presence of at least one of the plurality of medical devices in response to the system transceiver receiving one or more of the plurality of associated device signals; and

provide an indication on the at least one display device if at least one of the plurality of medical devices is present.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein each of the plurality of associated device signals includes device identifier data and other data unique to each of the plurality of medical devices.

14. The system of claim 12, further comprising at least one mobile transceiver arranged with at least one member of a crew for a particular emergency response vehicle configured to wirelessly broadcast a crew signal that includes crew identifier data, and wherein the at least one processor is configured to display the active list of medical device inventory on the at least one display device in response to the system transceiver receiving the crew signal.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one database includes data indicative of a storage capacity of the emergency response vehicle, and data indicative of a storage location of the active list of medical device inventory within the emergency response vehicle.

16. A system comprising:

a plurality of medical devices each having transceivers configured to wirelessly broadcast a plurality of associated device signals having unique identifier data; and

an information system comprising a system transceiver, at least one display device, at least one processor, and at least a first and a second database, wherein the information system is configured to;

maintain an active list of medical devices associated with a particular emergency response situation; and

maintain an active list of crew responding to the emergency response situation; and

the at least one processor is configured to;

automatically determine presence of at least one medical device of the plurality of medical devices in response to the system transceiver receiving one of the plurality of device signals;

provide an indication on the at least one display device if the at least one medical device is present;

update the active list of medical devices in response to the system transceiver receiving the plurality of associated device signals, wherein the plurality of associated device signals include device identifier data and other data unique to each of the plurality of medical devices;

store the updated active list of medical devices within the first or second database;

update the active list of crew responding to the emergency response situation in response to the system transceiver receiving a crew signal; and

store the updated active list of crew within the second database; and

at least one mobile transceiver arranged with at least one member of the crew responding to the emergency response situation and configured to wirelessly broadcast the crew signal that includes crew identifier data.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one medical device is at least one of a defibrillator, an automatic external defibrillator, and a wearable cardioverter defibrillator.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to measure a signal strength of the device signal and determine whether the at least one medical device is in one of at least three location-based conditions in response thereto, wherein the at least three location-based conditions include an out-of-range condition, a pairing condition, and an intermediate condition.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provide an indication on the at least one display when the at least one medical device transitions between one or more of the at least three location-based conditions.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to measure a signal strength of the crew signal and determine if the at least one member of the crew is in one of at least three location-based conditions in response thereto.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provide an alert on the at least one display device indicating the spatial location of the at least one member of the crew relative to the spatial location of the at least one medical device.

22. The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one mobile transceiver is provided with a smart watch, smart phone, or tablet.

23. The system of claim 16, wherein the information system is a hand-held device.

24. A system comprising:

a plurality of medical devices each having transceivers configured to wirelessly broadcast a plurality of associated device signals having unique identifier data;

a plurality of transceivers associated with crew members and configured to wirelessly broadcast a plurality of associated crew signals having unique identifier data; and

an information system comprising a system transceiver, at least one display device, at least one processor, and at least a first and a second database, wherein the information system is configured to maintain an active list of medical devices associated with a particular emergency response situation, and the at least one processor is configured to;

automatically determine presence of at least one of the plurality of medical devices in response to the system transceiver receiving one of the plurality of device signals;

provide an indication on the at least one display device if the at least one medical device is present;

update the active list of medical devices in response to the system transceiver receiving the plurality of associated device signals, wherein the plurality of associated device signals include device identifier data and other data unique to each of the plurality of medical devices;

store the updated active list of medical devices within the first or second database;

update the active list of crew responding to the emergency response situation in response to the system transceiver receiving a crew signal; and

store the updated active list of crew within the second database; and

at least one mobile transceiver arranged with at least one member of the crew responding to the emergency response situation and configured to wirelessly broadcast the crew signal that includes crew identifier data.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the at least one medical device is at least one of a defibrillator, an automatic external defibrillator, and a wearable cardioverter defibrillator.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to measure a signal strength of the device signal and determine whether the at least one medical device is in one of at least three location-based conditions in response thereto, wherein the at least three location-based conditions include an out-of-range condition, a pairing condition, and an intermediate condition.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provide an indication on the at least one display device when the at least one medical device transitions between one or more of the at least three location-based conditions.

28. The system of claim 24, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to measure a signal strength of the crew signal and determine if the at least one member of the crew is in one of at least three location-based conditions in response thereto.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provide an alert on the at least one display device indicating the spatial location of the at least one member of the crew relative to the spatial location of the at least one medical device.

30. The system of claim 24, wherein the at least one mobile transceiver is provided with a smart watch, smart phone, or tablet.

31. The system of claim 24, wherein the information system is a hand-held device.

32. A system comprising:

at least one medical device having a device transceiver configured to wirelessly broadcast a device signal including at least unique identifier data;

at least one mobile transceiver arranged with at least one member of a crew for a particular emergency response vehicle and configured to wirelessly broadcast a crew signal that includes unique identifier data; and

an information system comprising a system transceiver, at least one display device, at least one processor, and at least one database, wherein the information system is configured to maintain an active list of medical device inventory associated with the particular emergency response vehicle, and the at least one processor is configured to;

automatically determine presence of the at least one medical device in response to the system transceiver receiving the device signal;

measure a signal strength of the device signal and determine whether the at least one medical device is in one of at least three location-based conditions in response thereto, wherein the at least three location-based conditions include an out-of-range condition, a pairing condition, and an intermediate condition; and

provide an indication on the at least one display device if the at least one medical device is present and the location-based condition of the at least one medical device.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provide an indication on the at least one display device when the at least one medical device transitions between one or more of the at least three location-based conditions.

34. The system of claim 32, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to measure a signal strength of the crew signal and determine if the at least one member of the crew is in one of at least three location-based conditions in response thereto.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provide an alert on the at least one display device indicating the spatial location of the at least one member of the crew relative to the spatial location of the at least one medical device.

36. The system of claim 32, wherein the at least one mobile transceiver is provided with a smart watch, smart phone, or tablet.

37. The system of claim 32, wherein the information system is a hand-held device.

38. The system of claim 32, wherein the at least one medical device is at least one of a defibrillator, an automatic external defibrillator, and a wearable cardioverter defibrillator.

39. The system of claim 32, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to automatically determine spatial locations of the at least one medical device and the at least one member of the crew with respect to the information system.

40. The system of claim 32, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to measure the signal strength of the device signal to determine a spatial location of the at least one medical device.

41. The system of claim 32, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provide an alert on the at least one display device indicating the at least one medical device is missing in response to the system transceiver not receiving the device signal.

42. The system of claim 32, wherein the at least one medical device includes a plurality of medical devices each having a device transceiver configured to wirelessly broadcast an associated device signal, each device signal having unique identifier data, and wherein each of the plurality of medical devices are on the active list of medical device inventory.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

automatically determine presence of at least one of the plurality of medical devices in response to the system transceiver receiving one or more of the plurality of associated device signals; and

provide an indication on the at least one display device if at least one of the plurality of medical devices is present.

44. The system of claim 43, wherein each of the plurality of associated device signals includes device identifier data and other data unique to each of the plurality of medical devices.

45. The system of claim 43, further comprising at least one mobile transceiver arranged with at least one member of a crew for a particular emergency response vehicle configured to wirelessly broadcast a crew signal that includes crew identifier data, and wherein the at least one processor is configured to display the active list of medical device inventory on the at least one display device in response to the system transceiver receiving the crew signal.

46. The system of claim 32, wherein the at least one database includes data indicative of a storage capacity of the emergency response vehicle, and data indicative of a storage location of the active list of medical device inventory within the emergency response vehicle.