Customer- or patient-based selective data encryption in medical device management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016321418-A1
Application number	US-201615084369-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 29, 2016
Priority date	Mar 30, 2015
Publication date	Nov 3, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system for remotely managing a medical device includes a selective shielding component, configured to (a) shield with an electronic key any portion of device information that identifies the medical device individually while maintaining unshielded with the electronic key an association between such any portion and a rest of the device information and/or (b) shield with an electronic key any portion of device information that identifies the patient individually while maintaining unshielded with the electronic key an association between such any portion and a rest of the device information, and record the selectively shielded device information; a first communication component configured to facilitate transmitting the selectively shielded device information through a network; and a server device communicatively coupled to the network and configured to use the selectively shielded device information to generate reports about the device information, and the clinical event information, but wherein the server device lacks access to the electronic key.

First claim

1 . A system for remotely managing a medical device, the system comprising:
a selective shielding component, the selective shielding component active on a medical device, the medical device configured for infrequent use in medical situations, the medical device configured to gather device information from the medical device, the device information comprising one or more of clinical event information gathered by the medical device from a patient during a medical event, device readiness information, and device performance information; the selective shielding component configured to create selectively shielded device information by
(a) shielding with an electronic key any portion of the device information that identifies the medical device individually while maintaining unshielded with the electronic key an association between such any portion and a rest of the device information, or
(b) shielding with an electronic key any portion of the device information that identifies the patient individually while maintaining unshielded with the electronic key an association between such any portion and a rest of the device information,
the selectively shielded device information including both (a) the any portion of the device information that identifies the medical device or the patient individually and that has been shielded with the electronic key and (b) the association, and record the selectively shielded device information,
a first communication component configured to facilitate transmitting the selectively shielded device information through a network; a server device communicatively coupled to the network, the server device comprising a second communication component configured to receive the selectively shielded device information and to use the selectively shielded device information to generate reports about one or more of the device readiness information, the device performance information, and the clinical event information, but wherein the server device lacks access to the electronic key.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the server device is a first server device, the system further including a second server device communicatively coupled to the network, the second server device having access to the electronic key.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the second server device is configured to access the selectively shielded device information from the first server device according to a customer subscription service.

4 . The system of claim 2 , the second server device comprising a third communication component configured to receive the selectively shielded device information, wherein the selectively shielded device information includes the association.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the selective shielding component is further configured to generate the electronic key using one or more of: biographical information of the patient, an identity token of the patient, a driver's license of the patient, and biometric data associated with the patient.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the selective shielding component is further configured to
(a) shield with the electronic key any portion of the device information that identifies the medical device individually while maintaining unshielded with the electronic key a first association between such any portion and a rest of the device information, and (b) shield with the electronic key any portion of the device information that identifies the patient individually while maintaining unshielded with the electronic key a second association between such any portion and a rest of the device information.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the selective shielding component is further configured to
(a) shield with a first electronic key any portion of the device information that identifies the medical device individually while maintaining unshielded with the first electronic key a first association between such any portion and a rest of the device information, and (b) shield with a second electronic key any portion of the device information that identifies the patient individually while maintaining unshielded with the second electronic key a second association between such any portion and a rest of the device information; wherein the server device lacks access to the second electronic key.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the server device is a first server device, the system further including a second server device communicatively coupled to the network, the second server device having access to the first and second electronic keys.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the medical device is a portable medical device.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the medical device is a wearable medical device.

11 - 46 . (canceled)

47 . A system for remotely managing a medical device, the system comprising:
a selective shielding component configured to operate on device information gathered by a medical device, the device information comprising one or more of clinical event information gathered by the medical device from a patient during a medical event, device readiness information, and device performance information, the selective shielding component configured to create selectively shielded device information by
(a) shielding with an electronic key any portion of the device information that identifies the medical device individually while maintaining unshielded with the electronic key an association between such any portion and a rest of the device information, or
(b) shielding with an electronic key any portion of the device information that identifies the patient individually while maintaining unshielded with the electronic key an association between such any portion and a rest of the device information,
the selectively shielded device information including both (a) the any portion of the device information that identifies the medical device or the patient individually and that has been shielded with the electronic key and (b) the association, and record the selectively shielded device information, a server device comprising a communication component configured to receive the selectively shielded device information and to use the selectively shielded device information to generate reports about one or more of the device readiness information, the device performance information, and the clinical event information, wherein at least a portion of the selective shielding component resides with the server device, but wherein the server device lacks access to the electronic key.

48 . The system of claim 47 , wherein the server device is a first server device communicatively coupled to a network, the system further including a second server device communicatively coupled to the network, the second server device having access to the electronic key.

49 . The system of claim 48 , wherein the second server device is configured to access the selectively shielded device information from the first server device according to a customer subscription service.

50 . The system of claim 48 , wherein the communication component is a first communication component, the second server device comprising a second communication component configured to receive the selectively shielded device information, wherein the selectively shielded device information includes the association.

51 . The system of claim 47 , wherein the selective shielding component is further configured to generate the electronic key using one or more of: biographical information of the patient, an identity token of the patient, a driver's license of the patient, and biometric data associated

Assignees

• Zoll Medical Corp

Inventors

• Reid C Shane
• SHORTALL Patrick

Classifications

• G16H40/63 Primary

  for local operation · CPC title

• G16H10/65

  stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD · CPC title

• G06F19/3406 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F19/323

  Physics · mapped topic

• G16Z99/00

  Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass · CPC title