SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING OVER A NETWORK WITH A MEDICAL DEVICE

• US 20110231504A1
• Filed: 04/11/2011
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eVent Medical Incorporated (Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: eVent Medical Incorporated (Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company Limited)
• Inventors: Chamblee, Brent, Chan, Johnny Yat Ming
• Application Number:
  US13/084,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20110231504A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A device is provided for connecting a medical apparatus to a network. The device collects data from the medical apparatus and performs a variety of processing functions, such as trending, protocol translation, generating reports, etc. related to the collected data. The device then transmits the collected data over a network to interested parties. In some implementations, the device can transmit the collected data as an email message.

Claims

1. A device for connecting a medical apparatus to a network, the device comprising:

a first port for physically connecting the device to the medical apparatus;

a second port for connecting the device to the network;

a data storage system for storing medical data received from the physically connected medical apparatus; and

a computer system configured to;

receive an email message including a request for medical data associated with the physically connected medical apparatus;

transmit the request to the physically connected medical apparatus;

receive medical data from the physically connected medical apparatus using a first protocol;

store the received medical data for future analysis;

format the received medical data for transmission using a second protocol;

generate a report related to the received medical data; and

generate an email message comprising the received medical data.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the computer system generates an applet for viewing the received medical data and transmits the applet along with the email message including the received medical data to the network.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the second port is connected to a different network and the medical data is received from the physically connected medical apparatus and transmitted to the second network without reconfiguring the physically connected medical apparatus.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the computer system further performs trending on the received medical data.

5. A computer-implemented method of communicating with a network device over a network, the method comprising:

generating a first email message including a request for medical data;

transmitting the first email message over the network to the network device;

receiving data over the network from the network device, the data comprising a second email message including the requested medical data and an applet for displaying the requested medical data; and

outputting the requested medical data for display using the applet;

wherein the network device is physically connected to a medical apparatus and the network device generates the second email message including the requested medical data and the applet for viewing the requested medical data.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the network device further generates reports related to the requested medical data and performs trending analysis on the requested medical data.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the network device is located within a medical institution.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the medical institution includes a firewall.

9. A device for connecting a ventilator to a network, the device comprising:

a first port for physically connecting the device to the ventilator;

a second port for connecting the device to the network;

a data storage system for storing medical data received from the physically connected ventilator; and

a computer system configured to;

receive an email message including a request for medical data associated with the physically connected ventilator;

transmit the request to the physically connected ventilator;

receive medical data from the physically connected ventilator using a first protocol;

store the received medical data for future analysis;

format the received medical data for transmission using a second protocol;

generate a report related to the received medical data; and

generate an email message comprising the received medical data.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the computer system generates an applet for viewing the received medical data and transmits the applet along with the email message including the received medical data to the network.