Modular components for medical devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016287470-A1
Application number	US-201615084116-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 29, 2016
Priority date	Mar 30, 2015
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A medical device is disclosed. The device may include a service component for use in detecting patient data, at least one processor coupled with the service component, a care protocol module executable by the at least one processor to provide healthcare to a patient at least in part by generating a request for processing by the service component, and a resource module executable by the at least one processor to manage access to the service component by identifying a level of service associated with the care protocol module and responding to the request by managing the service component to meet the level of service. The care protocol module implements a patient care protocol that includes a sequence of actions directed to the patient. The level of service indicates a level of performance that the patient care protocol requires of the resource module. Selective offloading of modular functions is also enabled.

First claim

1 . A medical device comprising:
a service component for use in detecting patient data; at least one processor; a care protocol module executable by the at least one processor to provide healthcare to a patient at least in part by generating a request for processing by the service component; and a resource module executable by the at least one processor to manage access to the service component by identifying a level of service associated with the care protocol module and responding to the request by managing the service component to meet the level of service; wherein:
the care protocol module implements a patient care protocol that includes a sequence of actions directed to the patient that can be repeated, terminated, or altered dynamically; and
the level of service indicates a level of performance that the patient care protocol requires of the resource module.

2 . The medical device of claim 1 , wherein there are at least two care protocol modules, each configured to generate a request for processing by the service component, and the medical device further comprises:
a conflict arbitration engine configured to resolve conflicts between multiple requests for processing by the service component at least in part by comparing the multiple requests, identifying a source component associated with at least one request of the multiple requests, and initiating processing of the at least one request.

3 . The medical device of claim 1 , wherein the resource module is executable by the at least one processor to respond to the request at least in part by translating the level of service into an allocation requirement for a capacity of the service component, and managing the service component includes allocating the capacity of the service component to the request according to the allocation requirement.

4 . The medical device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one electrode, wherein the care protocol module implements a heart monitoring protocol and the resource module includes an ECG beat detection resource module.

5 . The medical device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one electrode, wherein the care protocol module implements a heart monitoring protocol, the resource module includes an ECG beat detection resource module.

6 . The medical device of claim 5 , wherein the resource module is executable by the at least one processor to respond to the request at least in part by translating the level of service into an allocation requirement for a capacity of the service component, and managing the service component includes allocating the capacity of the service component to the request according to the allocation requirement, and the allocation requirement includes receiving ECG data sampled at 250 Hz or greater.

7 . The medical device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one electrode, wherein the care protocol module implements a cardiopulmonary resuscitation protocol and the resource module includes a compression resource module.

8 . The medical device of claim 1 , wherein the resource component is executable by the at least one processor to:
receive a request to register a component, the request including an identifier of the component and an identifier of a type of notification for which registration is requested; store, in response to receiving the request to register, the identifier of the component and the identifier of the type; and transmit a notification of the type to the component in response to detection of a trigger of the type of the notification.

9 . The medical device of claim 1 , wherein the service component includes at least one of an electrode, an accelerometer, and a pulse oximeter.

10 . The medical device of claim 1 , wherein the service component includes at least one sensor for detecting the patient data.

11 . The medical device of claim 1 , further comprising an update component executable by the at least one processor to update the resource module independently from the care protocol module.

12 . A medical device comprising:
a service component for use in detecting patient data; at least one processor; a first care protocol module executable by the at least one processor to provide healthcare to a patient at least in part by generating a first request for processing by the service component; and a first resource module executable by the at least one processor to identify a priority associated with the first care protocol module and to respond to the first request by processing the first request at the priority.

13 . The medical device of claim 12 , further comprising at least one electrode, wherein the first care protocol module implements a heart monitoring protocol and the first resource module includes an ECG beat detection resource module.

14 . The medical device of claim 12 , further comprising at least one electrode, wherein the first care protocol module implements a cardiopulmonary resuscitation protocol and the first resource module includes a compression resource module.

15 . The medical device of claim 12 , further comprising a second care protocol module executable by the at least one processor to provide additional healthcare to the patient at least in part by generating a second request for processing by the service component, wherein the first resource module is executable by the at least one processor to identify a higher priority request and a lower priority request from the first request and the second request and to at least temporarily deny processing of the lower priority request in favor of processing of the higher priority request.

16 . The medical device of claim 15 , further comprising a defibrillation subsystem, wherein the first care protocol module implements a manual charging protocol, the second care protocol module implements a silent charging protocol, and the first resource module includes a defibrillation control resource module.

17 . The medical device of claim 12 , further comprising a second care protocol module executable by the at least one processor to provide additional healthcare to the patient at least in part by generating a second request for processing by the service component, wherein the first resource module is executable by the at least one processor to identify a higher priority request of the first request and the second request by identifying a higher priority between the priority associated with the first care protocol module and a priority associated with the second care protocol module and identifying as the higher priority request a request associated with a care protocol module associated with the higher priority.

18 . The medical device of claim 12 , further comprising a second care protocol module executable by the at least one processor to provide additional healthcare to the patient at least in part by generating a second request for processing by the service component, wherein the first resource module is executable by the at least one processor to identify a higher priority request and a lower priority request from the first request and the second request and to process the higher priority request prior to the lower priority request.

19 . The medical device of claim 18 , further comprising at least one electrode and a defibrillation subsystem, wherein the first care protocol module implements a CPR protocol, the second care protocol module implements a silent charging protocol, and the first resource module includes an ECG rhythm analysis resource module.

20 . A computer program product incl

Assignees

• Zoll Medical Corp

Inventors

• Lewis James
• Johnson Guy R
• Freeman Gary A

Classifications

• A61H31/004

  Heart stimulation · CPC title

• A61N1/3987

  characterised by the timing or triggering of the shock · CPC title

• G06F19/3406

  Physics · mapped topic

• A61H31/005 Primary

  with feedback for the user · CPC title

• A61N1/3925

  Monitoring; Protecting · CPC title