Remote respiratory therapy device management
Inventors
Delangre, Peter • Birchall, Paul Frederick • CHURCHILL, Dawn Rosemary • Cutcliffe, Graham Stephen • Roberts, Christopher John • Somaiya, Chinmayee • Templeton, Bradley Scott • Trull, Wendall Eric • Tyler, Matthew Scott
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Publication Number
US-11752286-B2
Publication Date
2023-09-12
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Abstract
A system and method for updating patient devices is disclosed. The patient devices may include respiratory therapy devices that operate in accordance with instruction sets, such as software or firmware. A server may maintain a database of configuration data indicating the versions of the software and firmware that is currently installed on the patient devices. The server may also transmit updated instructions from over a network, including a wireless network. Particular patient devices may be selected for updating based on the configuration data. Upon performing an update a patient device may transmit configuration data to the server.
Core Innovation
The disclosed remote management approach updates a plurality of patient devices that each implement a set of instructions. One or more servers access configuration data relating to the plurality of patient devices, where the configuration data includes a record of instruction updates previously transmitted to each patient device and an indication of whether each transmitted instruction update was successfully or unsuccessfully applied. The server uses this configuration data to identify which patient devices should be updated based on determining which of the patient devices has configuration data that meets one or more criteria.
After identifying the one or more patient devices, the server transmits an instruction update to the one or more patient devices. Each patient device provides an indication that an updated patient device component has been checked, and based on the received indication, the one or more processors update the configuration data for each patient device that has installed the instruction update.
In the system context, the instruction update process is managed by one or more servers and communicates with patient devices over a network to provide remote instruction-set and instruction update functionality for respiratory therapy devices. The configuration data is synchronized with the update outcome record based on the checked-component indication, and the update management supports instruction-update contents and controls such as scheduling, confirmation, cancellation of pending upgrades, bulk upgrades, and status checking, along with integrity or verification and retransmission based on whether installation was successfully applied.
Claims Coverage
The provided independent claims are clm-00001, clm-00011, and clm-00021, and they describe server-implemented updating of patient devices using configuration data that records prior instruction updates and their success or unsuccessful application, selecting target devices based on criteria, transmitting instruction updates, receiving checked-component indications, and updating records or confirming update occurrence.
Configuration data recording prior instruction update outcomes
Accessing configuration data relating to a plurality of patient devices, wherein the configuration data includes a record of instruction updates that have previously been transmitted to each patient device and an indication of whether each transmitted instruction update was successfully or unsuccessfully applied to each patient device.
Identifying patient devices based on configuration data criteria
Identifying one or more patient devices, from the plurality of patient devices, that should be updated, wherein the identifying is based on determining which of the plurality of patient devices has configuration data that meets one or more criteria.
Transmitting instruction updates to selected patient devices
Transmitting an instruction update to the one or more patient devices.
Receiving checked-component indication and updating configuration data
Receiving from each of the one or more patient devices an indication that an updated patient device component has been checked; and based on the received indication, updating the configuration data for each of the one or more patient devices that has installed the instruction update.
Remote instruction update received over a network and applied to generate updated instructions
Receiving an instruction update from a remote computing device over a network, wherein the instruction update is received based on the patient device being one of a plurality of patient devices having configuration data that meets one or more criteria, and updating the first set of instructions in accordance with the instruction update so as to generate an updated set of instructions.
Checked indication generation and confirmation back to remote computing device
Generating an indication that an updated patient device component has been checked; transmitting confirmation to the remote computing device that an update of the first set of instructions has occurred, the transmitting including the generated indication that the updated patient device component has been checked; and performing a second set of operations in accordance with the updated set of instructions.
Across the independent claims, the core claim coverage is directed to maintaining configuration data that records prior instruction updates and their success or unsuccessful application, using the configuration data to select patient devices that meet criteria, transmitting instruction updates, receiving checked-component indications from updated patient device components, and then updating the stored configuration data or confirming update occurrence back to a remote computing device, followed by performing operations using updated instructions.
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