Granted Patent B2

US 12,462,931 · App. 18/634,319 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Inventors: John P. Pierson (Tewksbury, MA); Kristopher M. Edgell (Shreveport, LA)

Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation

G16H40/20G16H40/40

Abstract

Claims (61)

1 . A medical equipment and responder management computing device comprising:

at least one non-transient memory; and

at least one processor that is operatively coupled with the at least one non-transient memory and that is configured to:

receive, from a computer aided dispatch system, emergency event information that includes an emergency event location;

retrieve, from a medical equipment database, a set of identified medical equipment located within a vicinity of the emergency event location;

send, via a network, (a) the emergency event location and (b) medical equipment location information for the set of identified medical equipment to (i) a first computing device associated with a first registered responder, and (ii) a second computing device associated with a second registered responder;

receive, from the first computing device, a selection of at least one first item of registered medical equipment selected from the set of identified medical equipment;

receive, from the first computing device, a current first responder location;

receive, from the second computing device, a current second responder location;

determine responder status information for the first registered responder based on the current first responder location and at least one of (a) the at least one first item of registered medical equipment or (b) the emergency event location; and

send, via the network, an activity log to the first computing device associated with the first registered responder, the activity log comprising:

a timer that indicates an elapsed time between a current time and a time that the emergency event information was received from the computer aided dispatch system,

the current second responder location,

an indication of the at least one first item of registered medical equipment, and

the responder status information for the first registered responder.

2 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 1 , wherein the responder status information for the first registered responder comprises a navigation status for the first registered responder.

3 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 2 , wherein the navigation status comprises one of:

(a) en route to the at least one first item of registered medical equipment,

(b) arrived at the at least one first item of registered medical equipment,

(c) en route to the emergency event location, or

(d) arrived at the emergency event location.

4 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 1 , wherein the responder status information for the first registered responder comprises an equipment acquisition status.

5 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 4 , wherein the equipment acquisition status comprises one of:

(a) acquired the at least one first item of registered medical equipment, or

(b) proceeding to the emergency event location without acquiring any medical equipment.

6 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 4 , wherein:

the selection of the at least one first item of registered medical equipment is based on a touch screen gesture made on an interactive map displayed on the first computing device, and

the first computing device comprises a touch screen configured to provide the interactive map.

7 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 6 , wherein the interactive map comprises selectable location indicators for registered medical equipment, the selectable location indicators configured to capture the touch screen gesture.

8 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to prompt the first registered responder to confirm acquisition of the at least one first item of registered medical equipment via the touch screen.

9 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

send an emergency assistance request to the first computing device;

receive an acceptance of the emergency assistance request;

send at least a portion of the emergency event information and at least a portion of the medical equipment location information to the first computing device in response to receiving the acceptance of the emergency assistance request from the first computing device; and

automatically track the current first responder location in response to the acceptance of the emergency assistance request.

10 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 1 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine responder status information for the second registered responder based at least in part on the current second responder location;

send the activity log to the second computing device; and

update the activity log provided to the first computing device and to the second computing device to include the responder status information for the first registered responder and the responder status information for the second registered responder.

11 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 10 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

send at least a portion of the medical equipment location information to the second computing device;

receive, from the second computing device, a selection of at least one second item of registered medical equipment;

determine the responder status information for the second registered responder based on the selected at least one second item of registered medical equipment; and

update the activity log provided to the first computing device and to the second computing device to include an indication of the at least one second item of registered medical equipment.

12 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 10 , wherein the activity log includes a time-stamp for the responder status information for the second registered responder.

13 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to update the activity log based on an update to the responder status information for the first registered responder.

14 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 1 , wherein the activity log includes a time-stamp for the responder status information for the first registered responder.

15 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 1 wherein the responder status information for the first registered responder comprises current status information and historical status information.

16 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

send the emergency event location to a plurality of computing devices included in a responder database;

receive an availability indication from each of one or more computing devices that the respective computing device has self-determined itself to be located within a vicinity of the emergency event location, the one or more computing devices comprising the first computing device; and

send an emergency assistance request to the first computing device in response to the received availability indication.

17 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 16 , wherein the vicinity of the emergency event location corresponds to a distance of 0-400 meters from the emergency event location.

18 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

filter responder registration information in the responder database to identify a set of computing devices from the plurality of computing devices, wherein the set of computing devices are currently located within the vicinity of the emergency event location; and

send the emergency event location only to the set of computing devices.

19 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

retrieve, from the medical equipment database, an unfiltered set of identified medical equipment; and

filter the unfiltered set of identified medical equipment to identify the set of identified medical equipment located within a vicinity of the emergency event.

20 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 19 , wherein the vicinity of the emergency event location corresponds to a distance of 0-400 meters from the emergency event location.

21 . The medical equipment and responder management computing device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first item of registered medical equipment comprises one of a patient monitor, an external defibrillator, an automated external defibrillator, ventilation equipment, drug delivery equipment, a physiological sensor, a fire extinguisher, an oxygen tank, a drug overdose kit, a first aid kit, tourniquet equipment, eye wash equipment, an epinephrine auto-injector, or chemical exposure equipment.

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