Medical device maintenance system
View Patent ↗A system for maintaining medical devices includes: a computing device including memory and a processor that, when executing instructions stored on the memory, creates a user interface including: a health module providing a summary of a maintenance status of the medical devices; a location module providing a summary of a location of the medical devices; and a maintenance alert module providing a list of the medical devices needing maintenance, the list including a type of maintenance needed for each of the medical devices in the list.
1. A method for providing maintenance information for a plurality of medical devices, the method comprising:
receiving maintenance information from the medical devices;
providing an interface including a summary of the maintenance information, the summary including:
a summary of a maintenance status of the medical devices;
a summary of a location of the medical devices, the location including a facility and a floor;
a summary of a state of connection of the medical devices, the state of connection indicating whether each medical device is currently communicating with a server and a duration for the current state; and
a list of the medical devices needing maintenance, the list including a type of maintenance needed for each of the medical devices in the list and an icon indicating the type of maintenance;
providing access to the summary of the maintenance information outside a network associated with the medical devices;
providing a replacement schedule, including an estimated replacement date, cycle counts, expected life, and average usage;
providing information about replacement of components associated with one of the medical devices;
providing information about calibration of components associated with one of the medical devices;
receiving an indication that maintenance for a given medical device has been performed;
removing the given medical device from the list; and
providing a wireless report including a list of wireless-related data per device, the wireless report including wireless drop-out rates for one or more of the medical devices.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the summary further includes a summary of a state of connection of the medical devices.
3. The method of claim 1 , the summary further includes a summary of available firmware and software upgrades for the medical devices.
4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising allowing a user to approve the firmware or software upgrade to be applied one or more of the medical devices on the list.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising notifying the medical devices to upgrade the firmware or software.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising filtering the list of the medical devices based on a device type or a location.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the type of maintenance needed includes replacement of components associated with the medical devices, and upgrade of firmware or software of the medical devices.
8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoding instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform steps comprising:
receiving maintenance information from the medical devices;
providing a summary of the maintenance information, the summary including:
a summary of a maintenance status of the medical devices;
a summary of a location of the medical devices, the location including a facility and a floor;
a list of the medical devices needing maintenance, the list including a type of maintenance needed for each of the medical devices in the list;
a summary of a state of connection of the medical devices, the state of connection indicating whether each medical device is currently communicating with a server and a duration for the current state;
a replacement module comprising a replacement schedule, an estimated replacement date, cycle counts, expected life, and average usage; and
a summary of firmware and software updates for the medical devices;
filtering the list of the medical devices based on device or location;
allowing a user to approve the firmware or software upgrade to be applied one or more of the medical devices on the list;
notifying the medical devices to update the firmware or software;
providing information about replacement of components associated with one of the medical devices;
providing information about calibration of components associated with one of the medical devices;
receiving an indication that maintenance for a given medical device has been performed;
removing the given medical device from the list; and
providing a wireless report including a list of wireless-related data for one or more medical devices, the wireless report including wireless drop-out rates for one or more of the medical devices.