Respiration system and respiration apparatus and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021393899-A1
Application number	US-202117446740-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 2, 2021
Priority date	Aug 28, 2014
Publication date	Dec 23, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods for operating a respiration apparatus and a respiration system, and also a respiration apparatus and a respiration system. The respiration system comprises a respiration apparatus and a computer software program for an external computer to operate the respiration apparatus. The respiration apparatus comprises a processor device and an apparatus software program and an apparatus configuration. The validities of the computer software, the apparatus software and the apparatus configuration are in each case characterized by a version. The versions are compared with one another to detect a version conflict. If invalid versions are present, the computer software is provided with a program component with a limit value and a plausibility rule, or the setting parameters are sorted into a first group and a second group. The setting parameters of the first group are retained.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for operating at least one respiration system with at least one respiration apparatus and with at least one computer software program for an external computer for operating the respiration apparatus via at least one interface, wherein the respiration apparatus comprises at least one processor device to control a plurality of apparatus functions and wherein the processor device comprises at least one apparatus software program and at least one apparatus configuration with setting parameters, wherein a validity of the computer software and a validity of the apparatus software and a validity of the apparatus configuration are characterized in each case by at least one version and wherein the at least one version of apparatus software and the at least one version of apparatus configuration are compared at least partially with one another in order to detect a version conflict, and wherein, if a valid version of the apparatus software and an invalid version of the computer software are present, at least one program component for the computer software is provided by the apparatus software, the program component defining at least one limit value and at least one plausibility rule for the computer software, by which at least one setting parameter can be set in the apparatus configuration from the computer software.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one interdependency between at least two setting parameters is defined by the program component.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one program code is provided by the program component in at least one program library jointly used by the apparatus software and the computer software.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the program code is provided by at least one executable file.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the program code is provided by at least one DLL file.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer software is designed as at least partially backward-compatible, so that an operation is possible with at least one version of an apparatus software program recognized as invalid.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a parallel setting of a multiplicity of apparatus configurations is undertaken by at least one master program and wherein the master program is executable with valid versions only.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one auxiliary program is used to set the apparatus configuration, by which at least one rule is defined for setting at least one setting parameter.

9 . A respiration system with at least one respiration apparatus and with at least one computer software program for an external computer to operate the respiration apparatus via at least one interface, wherein the respiration apparatus comprises at least one processor device to control a plurality of apparatus functions and wherein the processor device has at least one apparatus software program and at least one apparatus configuration with setting parameters, wherein a validity of the computer software, a validity of the apparatus software and a validity of the apparatus configuration are characterized in each case by at least one version and wherein the processor device is suitable and designed to compare the at least one version of the computer software, the at least one version of apparatus software, and the at least one version of apparatus software at least partially with one another in order to detect a version conflict, is suitable and designed to register a valid version of the apparatus software and an invalid version of the computer software and to provide at least one program component stored in the apparatus software for the computer software, the program component comprising at least one limit value and at least one plausibility rule for the computer software, by which at least one setting parameter is settable in the apparatus configuration from the computer software.

Assignees

• Loewenstein Medical Tech Sa

Inventors

• Bychkov Igor
• Stockwald Florian

Classifications

• A61M16/024 Primary

  including calculation means, e.g. using a processor · CPC title

• G16H40/40

  for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades · CPC title

• A61M2205/50

  with microprocessors or computers · CPC title

• A61M2205/58

  Means for facilitating use, e.g. by people with impaired vision · CPC title

• A61M16/00 Primary

  Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. ventilators (iron lungs A61H31/02); Tracheal tubes · CPC title