Medical device integrated with portable display and functionality

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12239841-B2
Application number	US-202318163435-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2023
Priority date	Mar 28, 2019
Publication date	Mar 4, 2025
Grant date	Mar 4, 2025

Abstract

A system is provided for integrating at least one portable computing device with a resuscitative medical device such as a defibrillator. The system may include a carrying case coupled to the resuscitative medical device. The carrying case may include a storage space for the at least one portable computing device and a wireless charging system for charging the at least one portable computing device. The system may be configured to enable secure data transfer between each of the devices, including data communication and data storage. A processor of the resuscitative medical device may be configured to activate the wireless charging system and charge the at least one portable computing device under certain circumstances. The processor may further be configured to prioritize or optimize charging and data transfer between the resuscitative medical device and each of multiple portable computing devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for use in providing resuscitative care to a patient, the system comprising:
a defibrillator comprising:
a power storage device for providing power to the defibrillator, and
a defibrillator processor configured to:
transmit at least one signal to activate at least one communications functionality of at least one portable computing device based at least in part on a power related condition associated with the defibrillator, and
establish at least one bidirectional communication channel with the at least one portable computing device; and

the at least one portable computing device comprising:
a portable computing device processor configured to:
receive the at least one signal to activate the at least one communications functionality of the at least one portable computing device, and
establish data communication with the defibrillator via the at least one bidirectional communication channel.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one portable computing device comprises a tablet computer.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one portable computing device comprises at least one of: a mobile computing device, a mobile phone, a wearable computing device, a laptop, a network device, a network input/output device, and smart glasses.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the defibrillator is configured to be connected to the at least one portable computing device via a wired connection.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the defibrillator is configured to be connected to the at least one portable computing device via a wireless connection.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one portable computing device is configured to display charge level information.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one portable computing device is configured to display alerts.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one portable computing device comprises a plurality of portable computing devices.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the defibrillator is configured to be connected to the plurality of portable computing devices at least in part via at least one wireless network, and wherein at least some of the plurality of portable computing devices are configured to be connected to each other at least in part via the at least one wireless network.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one wireless network comprises the Internet.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one wireless network comprises at least one Wi-Fi network.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the plurality of portable computing devices is configured to control an interface of the defibrillator to adjust information being displayed.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the plurality of portable computing devices is configured to control delivery of treatment by the defibrillator.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein at least some of the plurality of portable computing devices are configured to transfer, to at least some other of the plurality of portable computing devices, at least one of: patient related data and rescue related data.

15. The system of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the plurality of portable computing devices is configured to display charge level information relating to at least one other of the plurality of portable computing devices.

16. The system of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the plurality of portable computing devices is configured to provide a graphical user interface allowing a user to set at least one of: charging prioritization between at least some of the plurality of portable computing devices, and data transfer prioritization between at least some of the plurality of portable computing devices.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one portable computing device comprises a plurality of portable computing devices, and wherein the defibrillator processor is configured to establish the at least one bidirectional communication channel between the defibrillator and each of the plurality of portable computing devices, and between each of the plurality of portable computing devices.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one portable computing device comprises a plurality of portable computing devices, the system comprising:
a carrying case coupled to the defibrillator, the carrying case comprising:
a plurality of storage compartments, comprising a storage compartment for each of the plurality of portable computing devices;
a wireless charging system configured to provide wireless charging for each of the plurality of portable computing devices, the wireless charging system disposed adjacent to each of the plurality of storage compartments; and

the defibrillator comprising:
a defibrillator processor configured to detect the presence of each of the plurality of portable computing devices in a storage space of the plurality of storage spaces and to activate the wireless charging system based at least in part on a power related condition associated with the defibrillator.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the power related condition comprises whether the defibrillator is connected to an external power source.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the defibrillator processor is configured to deactivate the wireless charging system when the defibrillator is not connected to an external power source.

21. The system of claim 18 , wherein the defibrillator processor is configured to prioritize charging between the defibrillator and the plurality of portable computing devices based on set prioritization parameters.

22. The system of claim 18 , wherein the defibrillator processor is configured to optimize charging between the defibrillator and the plurality of portable computing devices based on set optimization parameters.

23. The system of claim 22 , wherein at least some of the set optimization parameters are user-configurable through one or more graphical user interfaces provided on at least one of the defibrillator and the plurality of portable computing devices.

24. The system of claim 22 , wherein the defibrillator processor is configured to optimize charging and data transfer balance between the defibrillator and the plurality of portable computing devices.

25. The system of claim 22 , wherein at least one portable computing device of the plurality of portable computing devices is configured to activate charging of the at least one portable computing device in response to a charge level of the at least one portable computing device being below a predefined threshold.

Assignees

• Zoll Medical Corp

Inventors

• Freeman Gary A
• Giacometti Paolo
• Stever Timothy F
• Newey Frederick K
• Fleischacker Andrew E
• Crowell Suzanne

Classifications

• A61B5/339

  Displays specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• A61B5/33

  specially adapted for cooperation with other devices · CPC title

• A61N1/3968

  Constructional arrangements, e.g. casings (A61N1/375 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61N1/3904

  External heart defibrillators [EHD] · CPC title

• A61B2560/0271

  using a remote monitoring unit · CPC title