Remote maintenance system and relay unit
AssigneeNihon Kohden Corporation
InventorsTsutomu Wakabayashi, Shinji Tezuka, Tadashi Nakayama
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Abstract
A remote maintenance system includes: a medical device which includes: a first power source; a first power source controller which controls an ON/OFF operation of the first power source; a checker which checks a check item; and a first communicator which transmits first information including a result of a check by the checker; and a relay unit which includes: a second power source; a second power source controller which automatically controls an ON/OFF operation of the second power source; and a second communicator which communicates with the first communicator and which receives the first information from the first communicator.
Claims29
A remote maintenance system comprising:
- an external medical device which includes:
- a first power source;
- a first power source controller which controls an ON/OFF operation of the first power source;
- a checker which checks a check item;
- and
- a first communicator which transmits first information including a result of a check by the checker, and
- a relay unit which includes:
- a second power source;
- a second power source controller which automatically controls an ON/OFF operation of the second power source;
- and
- a second communicator which communicates with the first communicator and which receives the first information from the first communicator,
- wherein
- after the first communicator transmits the first information to the second communicator, the first power source controller turns OFF the first power source,
- in response to receiving of the first information by the second communicator, the second power source controller automatically turns OFF the second power source,
- when the first power source is turned OFF, the first power source does not provide power to the checker, and
- the checker checks the check item using a power, the power supplied from the first power source when the first power source controller turns ON the first power source.
A remote maintenance system comprising:
- an automated external defibrillator (AED) which includes:
- a first battery;
- a body portion;
- electrode pads:
- a first battery controller which controls an ON/OFF operation of the first battery:
- a checker which checks, using a power supplied from the first battery when the first battery controller turns ON the first battery, a state of at least one of the first battery, the body portion, and the electrode pads;
- and
- a first wireless communicator which transmits first information including a result of the check by the checker of the state of at least one of the first battery, the body portion, and the electrode pads,
- wherein when the first battery is turned OFF, the first battery does not provide power to the checker;
- and
- a relay unit comprising:
- a second battery;
- a second battery controller which turns ON/OFF the second battery at prescribed intervals or at a prescribed time;
- a second wireless communicator which performs short-range wireless communication with the first wireless communicator;
- and
- a communicator which transmits second information corresponding to the first information, which is transmitted from the first wireless communicator and is acquired from the second wireless communicator, wherein
- in response to receiving the first information from the first wireless communicator, the second battery controller automatically turns OFF the second battery, and
- the second wireless communicator communicates with the first wireless communicator using a power, the power supplied from the second battery when the second battery controller turns ON the battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.