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Granted Patent B2
US 11,724,117 · App. 17/159,316 · Granted Aug 15, 2023

Medical equipment servicing

Inventors: Ziad F Elghazzawi (Newton, MA); Ian B Durrant (Acton, MA); Henry Clay Constantine, III (Rochester, NY)
Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
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Patent No.
US 11,724,117
App. No.
17/159,316
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for medical equipment servicing includes a computing device for medical equipment management configured to communicatively couple to a plurality of remotely located portable medical devices and one or more automated external defibrillators (AEDs), each AED including defibrillation electrodes, a battery, a processor, a memory comprising a set of configurations, and associated circuitry, and a communication interface coupled to the processor and configured to communicatively couple to the computing device via a wireless or cellular network, establish a cellular or WiFi connection with the computing device, and receive at least one configuration update from the computing device via the cellular or WiFi connection, the processor being configured to download and install the at least one configuration update.

Claims (29)

1. A system for medical equipment servicing, the system comprising:

a computing device for medical equipment management configured to communicatively couple to a plurality of remotely located portable medical devices; and

one or more automated external defibrillators (AEDs), each AED comprising:

defibrillation electrodes,

a battery,

a processor, a memory comprising a set of configurations, and associated circuitry, and

a communication interface coupled to the processor and configured to:

communicatively couple to the computing device via a wireless or cellular network,

establish a cellular or WiFi connection with the computing device, and

receive at least one configuration update from the computing device via the cellular or WiFi connection, and

wherein the processor is configured to download and install the at least one configuration update.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication interface is configured to transmit a device identifier associated with a respective AED via the cellular or WiFi connection.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the computing device is configured to associate the at least one configuration update with the respective AED based on the device identifier.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one configuration update comprises at least one of: a language settings update, a CPR rate setting update, a CPR depth setting update, a shock voltage update, and a shock waveform update.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein each AED is configured to alert rescue services upon activation via communications with at least one of: the computing device for medical equipment management, and a dispatch center.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is configured to communicate with at least one of: the computing device for medical equipment management, and a dispatch center, to communicate with a rescuer during use of the AED.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to provide a status update to the computing device via the communication interface.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the status update comprises an update of a functional state of the battery and the defibrillation electrodes.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein each AED is configured to perform a self-test of the battery and the defibrillation electrodes, and the update of the functional state comprises a self-test result.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the self-test result includes a reason for a failure of the self-test.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the functional state comprises expiration information.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the functional state comprises a charge level for the battery.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication interface is configured to receive at least one software update from the computing device via the cellular or WiFi connection, and wherein the processor is configured to download and install the at least one software update.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one configuration update comprises a protocol update.

15. The system of claim 1 , comprising a user interface communicatively coupled to the computing device, wherein the user interface is configured to provide device specific information for the one or more AEDs.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the device specific information comprises a device identifier, a device location, and a device status.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication interface is configured to transmit ECG information.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the one or more AEDs comprises a GPS receiver module.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication interface is configured to communicate via a Bluetooth protocol.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2021
From: ELGHAZZAWI, ZIAD F; DURRANT, IAN; CONSTANTINE, HENRY CLAY, III
To: ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055058/0943 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 16280075 · Feb 20, 2019
Continuation 15957946 · Apr 20, 2018
Continuation 15624779 · Jun 16, 2017
Continuation 14823715 · Aug 11, 2015
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