Server for medical device

• US 8,954,336 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2005
• Issued: 02/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. (Smiths Group International Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. (Smiths Group International Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Blomquist, Michael L.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HIEP VAN
• Application Number:
  US11/066,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20050246416A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,640 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

One aspect of the present invention is a server for communicating with a medical device. The server comprises a web browser process for communicating with a remote device and a pump interface process for communicating with a medical device. Another aspect of the present invention is a medical device. The medical device comprises memory configured to store data and a programmable circuit in electrical communication with the memory. The programmable circuit is programmed with a web server for communicating data with a remote device. Another aspect of the invention is a server for communicating with a medical device. The server comprises memory for storing data and a programmable circuit in electrical communication with the memory. The programmable circuit programmed with an interface for communicating with a medical device.

Claims

1. A medical pump comprising:

memory configured to store data; and

a programmable circuit in electrical communication with the memory, the programmable circuit comprising a web server, wherein data communicated between the medical pump and a remote device comprises data related to operation of the medical pump, wherein the web server includes a standardized interface adapted to communicate with a plurality of remote devices, wherein at least two of the plurality of remote devices can be connected to the interface at the same time, and wherein at least one of the plurality of remote devices comprises a medical device server, the medical device server configured to transmit and receive data related to operation of the medical pump,

wherein the medical pump is operably coupleable to a patient and configured to provide a therapy to the patient.

2. The medical pump of claim 1 wherein the programmable circuit is further programmed to communicate text files with the remote device.

3. The medical pump of claim 2 wherein the text files are coded with a markup language.

4. The medical pump of claim 3 wherein the text files include text having a format selected from the group consisting of:

hypertext markup language (HTML), standard generalized markup language (SGML), and eXtensible markup language (XML).

5. The medical pump of claim 1 wherein the medical pump is a pole-mounted pump.

6. A system for communicating with at least two medical devices pumps, the system comprising:

a first medical pump operably coupleable to a patient and configured to provide a therapy to the patient;

a second medical pump operably coupleable to the patient or a second patient and configured to provide a therapy to the patient or the second patient;

at least one remote device configured to transmit and receive data related to operation of the first and second medical pumps;

a first server comprising;

memory for storing data, and

a programmable circuit in electrical communication with the memory, the programmable circuit programmed with a first interface for communicating with the first medical pump, the data communicated between the first medical pump and the first server comprising data related to operation of the first medical pump, and a second interface for communicating with the second medical pump, data communicated between the second medical pump and the first server comprising data related to operation of the second medical pump;

a second server comprising;

memory for storing data, and

a programmable circuit in electrical communication with the memory, the programmable circuit programmed with an interface for communicating with the at least one remote device, the data communicated between the at least one remote device and the second server comprising data related to operation of the first and second medical pumps;

a computer network operably coupling the first server with the first medical pump, the first server with the second medical pump, the second server with the at least one remote device, and the first server with the second server; and

a virtual connection between the first medical pump and the second medical pump, the virtual connection being coordinated by the first server such that at least one of the first medical pump or the second medical pump, receives data related to the other via the first server.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the programmable circuit of the first server is further programmed to communicate text files with the first medical pump.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the text files are coded with a markup language.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the text files include text having a format selected from the group consisting of:

hypertext markup language (HTML), standard generalized markup language (SGML), and eXtensible markup language (XML).

10. The system of claim 6 wherein the first medical pump is a pole-mounted pump.

11. The system of claim 6 wherein the programmable circuit of the first server further comprises a web server, wherein the web server includes a standardized interface adapted to communicate with a plurality of remote devices.

12. The system of claim 6 wherein the programmable circuit of the first server is further programmed to execute functions related to the operation and monitoring of the first and second medical pumps.

13. The system of claim 6 wherein the programmable circuit of the first server is further programmed to disable operation of the first medical pump.

14. The system of claim 6 wherein the programmable circuit of the first server is further programmed to enable operation of the first medical pump.

15. The system of claim 6 wherein the programmable circuit of the first server is further programmed, based on a set of programmed rules, to selectively associate the first medical pump with the second medical pump such that the first medical pump communicates with the second medical pump via the virtual connection and the first medical pump is configured to make operating decisions based on data related to the second medical pump.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the programmable circuit of the first server is further programmed, based on a set of programmed rules, to selectively associate the first medical pump with a third medical pump wherein the first medical pump is configured to make operating decisions based on data related to the third medical pump and the virtual connection is further configured to establish a data link between the first medical pump and the third medical pump, the virtual connection being coordinated such that the first medical pump receives data related to the third medical pump.

17. The system of claim 6 wherein the data communicated between the first medical pump and the first server comprises an alerting state message related to the first medical pump, and the data communicated between the first medical pump and the first server further comprises an acknowledgment of the alerting state message.

18. The system of claim 6 wherein the second medical pump is a pole-mounted pump.

19. A method of programming a medical pump with a medical device server, the method comprising:

receiving, by the medical device server, an initiation signal indicating an initiation of programming;

sending a disable command to the medical pump to disable the medical pump from normal operation;

programming operating parameters into the medical pump at the medical pump, while the medical pump is disabled;

identifying that the medical pump programming is complete;

receiving, by the medical device server, a programming complete signal from the medical pump; and

sending, by the medical device server, an enable command to the medical pump to enable the medical pump to operate with the programmed operating parameters.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein identifying that the medical pump programming is complete comprises reviewing the programmed operating parameters.

21. A system for communicating between a clinician or other caregiver and a patient, the system comprising:

a remote device configured to be operated by the clinician or other caregiver outside of a network accessible by the patient;

a medical pump configured to be operated by the patient; and

a medical device server comprising;

memory configured to store data; and

a programmable circuit in electrical communication with the memory, the programmable circuit comprising;

a web server configured to interface with the remote device and the medical pump, and

a display interface accessible to the remote device,

wherein the remote device and the medical pump are operably coupled to the medical device server such that data related to the operation of the medical pump is received by the web server from the medical pump and displayed on the remote device by the display interface to facilitate the exchange of information between the clinician or other caregiver and the patient about the medical pump.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the data related to the operation of the medical pump is received by the web server and stored in memory.

23. The system of claim 21, further comprising a patient remote device operated by the patient, wherein the web server is further configured to interface with the patient remote device, and the display interface is further accessible to the patient remote device.