Extracorporeal blood treatment system

• US 20020082728A1
• Filed: 10/05/2001
• Published: 06/27/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: B.Braun Medizintechnologie GmbH
• Original Assignee: B.Braun Medizintechnologie GmbH
• Inventors: Szamko, Peter, Dolgos, Sandor, Mueller, Friedrich
• Granted Patent: US 7,044,927 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/90
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/16 with membranes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

An extracorporeal blood treatment system comprises an ECB station with an ECB unit, such as a dialysis machine. Via a web server and a browser, the ECB station communicates with a data net to which external browsers and external web servers are connected. Thus, settings and maintenance operations may be performed on the ECB unit from a remote location. On the other hand, patient-related, machine-related or drug-related data or statistical data or consumption-related data can be transmitted from the ECB station to a remote location. The communication between a user interface, e.g., a touch screen, and the ECB unit is done via the internal browser. Thus, the user interface has access to the data net. The ECB unit receives all data, information and instructions via the web server. Thereby, data of different sources can be processed in the same format and be given different authorizations.

Claims

1. An extracorporeal blood treatment system with an ECB station comprising an ECB means, an internal web server communicating with the ECB means, an internal browser communicating with the internal web server, and a user interface communicating with the internal browser, the internal browser being adapted to communicate with external web servers over a data net and/or the internal web server being adapted to communicate with external browsers via the data net, and wherein the data communication between the user interface and the ECB means is effected via the internal browser.

2. The extracorporeal blood treatment system of claim 1, wherein a central station remote from the ECB station calls and registers treatment parameters, treatment results and/or economically relevant data of the ECB operation via the external browser.

3. The extracorporeal blood treatment system of claim 1 or 2, wherein a service station remote from the ECB station calls treatment data or operation data from the ECB station via the external browser.

4. The extracorporeal blood treatment system of claim 1, wherein, from a database remote from the ECB station, machine-related, patient-related or drug-related data are transmitted to the internal browser via a web server.

5. The extracorporeal blood treatment system of claim 4, wherein some of the transmitted data are used to set or vary operation parameters of the ECB means.

6. The extracorporeal blood treatment system of claim 1, wherein the internal web server issues an authorization for parameter settings, information access and control operations depending on the identity of the communicating browser or web server.