MEDICAL DATA STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20130304143A1
• Filed: 05/08/2013
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: West Affum Holdings Corp
• Original Assignee: Physio-Control Incorporated (Stryker Corporation)
• Inventors: Banville, Isabelle
• Application Number:
  US13/890,236
• Publication Number:
  US 20130304143A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/5
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/98 using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3904 External heart defibrillators [EHD]
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/39044 in combination with cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3925 Monitoring; Protecting
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3993 User interfaces for automatic external defibrillators

Abstract

An external medical device can include a medical data collection port for collecting medical data corresponding to a person using the external medical device, a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication module, and a processor configured to cause the RFID communication module to provide the medical data to an RFID device that is external to the external medical device.

Claims

1. An external medical device, comprising:

a medical data collection port configured to collect medical data corresponding to a patient;

a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication module; and

a processor configured to cause the RFID communication module to transmit the medical data to an RFID device that is external to the external medical device.

2. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the RFID device is an RFID tag.

3. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the RFID device is an RFID card.

4. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the RFID device is configured to provide at least some of the medical data to a base station that is external to the external medical device.

5. The external medical device of claim 4, wherein the base station includes an RFID reader.

6. The external medical device of claim 4, wherein the RFID device is configured to provide the medical data to the base station responsive to the base station requesting the medical data from the RFID device.

7. The external medical device of claim 6, wherein the base station includes a user interface, and wherein the base station requests the medical data responsive to a user request received by the user interface.

8. The external medical device of claim 4, wherein the base station includes a user interface, and wherein the processor is configured to cause the RFID module to transmit the medical data to the base station responsive to a user request received by the user interface.

9. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the external medical device is configured to be worn.

10. The external medical device of claim 9, wherein the external medical device is worn by the patient.

11. The external defibrillator of claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface, and in which

the processor is configured to cause the RFID module to transmit the medical data to the RFID device responsive to a user request received by the user interface.

12. The external medical device of claim 1, further comprising:

an energy storage module configured to store an electrical charge; and

a defibrillation port configured to deliver the electrical charge to the patient.

13. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the patient is a person using the external medical device.

14. A system, comprising:

a radio frequency identification (RFID) device; and

an external defibrillator configured to collect medical data corresponding to a patient, the external defibrillator including a radio frequency identification (RFID) module configured to transmit the medical data to the RFID device.

15. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

a base station that is external to the external defibrillator and configured to receive at least some of the medical data from the RFID device.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the patient is a person using the external defibrillator.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the person using the external defibrillator is wearing the external defibrillator.

18. A method, comprising:

an external defibrillator collecting medical data corresponding to a person using the external defibrillator; and

a radio frequency identification (RFID) module of the external defibrillator transmitting the medical data to an RFID device that is external to the external defibrillator.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

the RFID device providing at least some of the medical data to a base station that is external to the external defibrillator.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

erasing the medical data from the RFID device.