Systems and methods for EMS device communications interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10765873-B2
Application number	US-201213647744-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2012
Priority date	Apr 9, 2010
Publication date	Sep 8, 2020
Grant date	Sep 8, 2020

Abstract

A system for supplementing communications capabilities of a patient monitoring device, the system including an interface device configured to communicably couple with and to receive the patient monitoring information from the patient monitoring device, a memory device hosted by the interface device and configured to store at least a portion of the patient monitoring information, a wireless transceiver hosted by the interface device, a database hosted by the interface device; and a processor communicably coupled to the wireless transceiver and the asset management database, the processor configured to format the patient monitoring information into one or more data objects, each of the one or more data objects associated with an EMS incident during which the patient monitoring information was gathered, the processor further configured to store the one or more data objects to the database and to transmit the one or more data objects with the wireless transceiver.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communications interface device for making available information collected by a patient monitoring device, the communications interface device comprising:
an asset management database configured to store framed data comprising the information collected by the patient monitoring device;
a transceiver configured to transmit information via wireless communications; and
a processor electrically coupled via an integrated circuit to the asset management database and the transceiver, the processor configured to:
receive streaming full disclosure data from a patient monitoring device module that processes the full disclosure data, streams the full disclosure data to the processor, and operates the patient monitoring device, wherein the processor is interposed between the patient monitoring device module and the transceiver,
format the full disclosure data into a plurality of full disclosure data frames, each full disclosure data frame of the plurality of full disclosure data frames associated with an incident identifier that identifies an emergency medical services (EMS) incident during which the full disclosure data was gathered,
store the plurality of full disclosure data frames to the asset management database,
receive, via the transceiver, a first request to retrieve a subset of the full disclosure data during monitoring or treatment of a patient by the patient monitoring device,
receive, via the transceiver, a second request for data delivery of frames associated with error codes generated by the patient monitoring device,
in response to the first request, retrieve the subset of the full disclosure data from the asset management database during the monitoring or treatment of the patient by the patient monitoring device, the subset corresponding to specific incident-based data and comprising one or more frames of the plurality of full disclosure data frames from the asset management database,
in response to the first request, transmit to a first receiving device the retrieved subset of the full disclosure data from the patient monitoring device during the monitoring or treatment of the patient by the patient monitoring device by the transceiver for transmission via the wireless communications,
in response to the second request, retrieve the frames associated with the error codes generated by the patient monitoring device, and
in response to the second request, transmit to a second receiving device the frames associated with the error codes generated by the patient monitoring device,

wherein the communications interface device interfaces with the patient monitoring device in the patient monitoring device, is powered by the patient monitoring device, and does not comprise a keyboard and a display, and
wherein the information collected by the patient monitoring device comprises patient monitoring information and the error codes generated by the patient monitoring device.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first request comprises a specific incident identifier associated with a specific EMS incident, and wherein the processor is configured to retrieve the subset of the full disclosure data based on the specific incident identifier.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the patient monitoring device is a defibrillator.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein the subset of the full disclosure data comprises one or more electrocardiogram (ECG) waveforms.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein each full disclosure data frame of the plurality of full disclosure data frames is associated with a block of time.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the transceiver is a WiFi transceiver.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the transceiver is a Bluetooth transceiver.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the communications interface device interfaces with the patient monitoring device in the patient monitoring device via a serial interface, and wherein the processor receives the streaming full disclosure data via the serial interface.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein the processor is communicably coupled to at least one buffer and receives the streaming full disclosure data from the patient monitoring device module via the at least one buffer.

10. The device of claim 1 wherein the full disclosure data comprises all the patient monitoring information recorded by the patient monitoring device.

11. The device of claim 1 wherein the full disclosure data comprises one or more of patient vital signs, twelve-lead data, audio information, ECG information, lead type, gain, defibrillator shock information, system mode, paddle type, heart rate alarm status, heart rate, configuration information, code marker information, non-invasive blood pressure measurements, patient name, patient identification, biphasic defibrillator data, invasive blood pressure information, invasive blood pressure waveform data, temperature data, SpO 2 information, SpO 2 waveform, sample number information, accelerometer information, accelerometer waveform, impedance waveform, CPR field data, APLS waveform, and APLS compression detection.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
in response to the first request, retrieve only the subset of the full disclosure data from the asset management database during the monitoring or treatment of the patient by the patient monitoring device, the subset corresponding to the specific incident-based data and comprising the one or more frames of the plurality of full disclosure data frames from the asset management database,
in response to the first request, transmit to the first receiving device only the retrieved subset of the full disclosure data from the patient monitoring device during the monitoring or treatment of the patient by the patient monitoring device by the transceiver for transmission via the wireless communications,
in response to the second request, retrieve only the frames associated with the error codes generated by the patient monitoring device, and
in response to the second request, transmit to the second receiving device only the frames associated with the error codes generated by the patient monitoring device.

13. A method for making available information collected by a patient monitoring device, the method comprising:
receiving, at a processor of a communications interface device, streaming full disclosure data from a patient monitoring device module that processes the full disclosure data, streams the full disclosure data to the processor, and operates the patient monitoring device, wherein the processor is interposed between the patient monitoring device module and a transceiver and wherein the processor is electrically coupled via an integrated circuit to an asset management database and the transceiver,
formatting, by the processor, the full disclosure data into a plurality of full disclosure data frames, each of the plurality of full disclosure data frames associated with an incident identifier that identifies an EMS incident during which the full disclosure data was gathered;
storing, by the processor, the plurality of full disclosure data frames to the asset management database;
receiving, by the processor via the transceiver, a first request to retrieve a subset of the full disclosure data during monitoring or treatment of a patient by the patient monitoring device;
receiving, by the processor via the transceiver, a second request for data delivery of frames associated with error codes generated by the patient monitoring device,
in response to the first request, retrieving, by the processor, the subset of the full disclosure data from the asset management database during the monitoring or

Assignees

• Zoll Medical Corp

Inventors

• Martin Michael Scott
• Ashmore Chad
• Deines Eric A
• Freeman Gary A
• Helmick Joseph L
• Kaib Thomas E
• Rattanni Richard A
• Reid C Shane
• Soller Jeremy Ryan
• Volpe Shane S
• Ruggiero Gary
• Geheb Frederick J

Classifications

• A61N1/3925

  Monitoring; Protecting · CPC title

• A61N1/3904

  External heart defibrillators [EHD] · CPC title

• G16H40/67 Primary

  for remote operation · CPC title

• A61N1/37217 Primary

  characterised by the communication link, e.g. acoustic or tactile · CPC title

• G16H10/60

  for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records · CPC title