Method and system of remote control and remote monitor in treating respiratory patients

Inventors

Wang, Qing • Hull, Andrew

Abstract

Embodiments provide an oxygen supply device having multiple operational states including a first state and a second state. In the first state, the oxygen supply device is controllable to a local control instruction such that the oxygen supply device can be operated by a user physically located within a proximity of the oxygen supply device. In the second state, the oxygen supply device is only controllable to a remote-control instruction such that the oxygen supply device can be operated by a user remote to the oxygen supply device. For example, the user can be located in an office remote to a location of the oxygen supply device, which, for example, may be placed at a patient's home. In the second state, the user is enabled to control the oxygen supply device from a device associated with the user in the remote location.

Core Innovation

The oxygen supply device provides multiple operational states, including a first state and a second state. In the second state, the oxygen supply device is controllable to a remote-control instruction, while in the first state, the oxygen supply device is controllable only to a local control instruction. A circuit receives a switch request requesting to switch the oxygen supply device from the second state to the first state and determines whether the switch request is authorized to effectuate the switch.

Authorization of switching is determined based on authorization-related information included with the switch request and/or based on user-related information. The determination can be based on biometric information of a user and/or identification associated with one or more authorized users. In the case where authorization is determined for remote control, the remote request can be used to change at least one parameter of the oxygen supply device, with the request being generated based on receiving patient physiological parameter related information from a personal digital device.

A method and supporting computing medium are also described for facilitating remote controlling with authorization gating across operational states. In the method, a first switch request and a second switch request are both received, and in response to a determination that the first and second switch requests are both authorized, the system determines to effectuate the first switch request but not the second switch request. A non-transitory computer medium stores computer programs that receive a request from a remote user, determine whether the request is authorized, and, if authorized, send the request to the oxygen supply device for execution.

Claims Coverage

The independent claims include three inventive aspects: an oxygen supply device with multiple operational states and authorized switching with timed reversion, a method that selectively effectuates one of two switch requests when both are authorized, and a non-transitory computer medium for authorization-gated remote controlling of an oxygen supply device. Across these, the claims emphasize authorized requests and controlling transitions between remote-control and local-control states, with optional biometric/user identification and parameter-change requests based on patient physiological parameter related information.

Together, the independent claims cover an oxygen supply device that switches between remote-control and local-control operational states only upon authorization of a switch request, followed by a timed return; a method that, when two switch requests are both authorized, effectuates only the switch request in one direction; and a non-transitory computer medium that performs authorization determination for remote requests and sends authorized requests to the oxygen supply device for execution.

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