Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090150484 | MEDICAL DEVICE METADATA - Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments. In one such embodiment, a method for use of metadata on medical devices is disclosed. A method includes associating metadata with one or more medical devices, the metadata corresponding to an attribute of the medical devices. The method also includes storing the metadata on a server, the server configured to communicate with each of the medical devices by using the metadata. | 06-11-2009 |
20090156991 | Communication of Original and Updated Pump Parameters for a Medical Infusion Pump - Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments. In one aspect, a method of tracking changed parameters in a medical infusion pump is disclosed. The method includes establishing a communication session between a medical infusion pump and a medical device server, and communicating an original parameter value, an updated parameter value, and a final parameter value from the medical infusion pump to the medical device server. The method further includes storing the original parameter value, the updated parameter value, and the final parameter value on the medical device server. Metadata associated with one or more of the parameter values identifies that parameter value to the medical device server and the medical infusion pump. | 06-18-2009 |
20090157202 | THERAPY RULES FOR CLOSED LOOP PROGRAMMING OF MEDICAL DEVICES - Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments. In one aspect, a medical device server is disclosed. The medical device server includes a memory configured to store patient status information and command information and a programmable circuit operatively connected to the memory. The programmable circuit is configured to execute program instructions to receive patient status information from a first medical device, the patient status information related to a patient and determine the need for treatment of the patient. The programmable circuit is also configured to execute program instructions to transmit a command to a second medical device configured to provide the treatment. | 06-18-2009 |
20090157622 | FILTERING EVENT LOGS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES BY A PARAMETER - Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments. In one aspect, a method of retrieving medical event log results is disclosed. The method includes receiving at a server event log data generated by a medical device, and storing the event log data in a memory of the server. The method further includes receiving a request for a subset of the event log data, the subset of the event log data defined by at least one characteristic. The method also includes filtering the event log data based on the characteristic. | 06-18-2009 |
20090157695 | Central Server for Medical Devices - Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments. In one aspect, a server is disclosed which includes a memory configured to store identification information regarding a plurality of medical devices at different customer sites, and a programmable circuit operatively connected to the memory. The programmable circuit is configured to execute program instructions to receive data from medical devices at one or more of the different customer sites, store data in the memory associated with the one or more different customer sites, and associate a portion of the data with the medical device that transmitted that portion of data. | 06-18-2009 |
20090158274 | Software Development Kit for a Medical Device and Web-Based Server - Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments. In one aspect, a software development kit is disclosed. The kit includes medical device installation software containing computer-readable instructions allowing a user to define metadata related to one or more characteristics of a medical device. The kit also includes data package delivery software including computer-readable instructions configured to deliver a data package from a server to a medical device. The kit further includes server software containing computer-readable instructions for execution on a medical device server, the server software configured to control communication from the server to the medical device. | 06-18-2009 |
20090177248 | Synchronizing Clocks on a Medical Device and Server - Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments. In one aspect, a method of synchronizing clocks between a medical device and a medical device server is disclosed. The method includes maintaining a server time value on a medical device server communicatively connected to a medical device, and transmitting the server time value from the medical device server to the medical device, the medical device maintaining a device time value. The method further includes replacing the device time value with the server time value. | 07-09-2009 |
20090177249 | PACKAGE DEPLOYMENT OF DATA BETWEEN A SERVER AND A MEDICAL DEVICE - Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments. In one aspect, a method of deploying information to a medical device is disclosed. The method includes storing information in a data package on a server, the information intended to be delivered to a medical device. The method also includes receiving a message from the medical device, and in response to receiving the message, indicating to the medical device that information intended for the medical device resides on the server. The method further includes receiving a request for the information, and upon receiving the request, delivering the data package to the medical device. | 07-09-2009 |
20090177769 | DETERMINING ONLINE STATUS OF A MEDICAL DEVICE - Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments. In one aspect, a method of determining the on-line status of a medical device is disclosed. The method includes expecting communication from the medical device within a predetermined period, and determining whether a message has been received from the medical device within the predetermined period. The method further includes establishing an on-line status for the medical device based on the determining step. | 07-09-2009 |