Dynamically controlled treatment protocols for autonomous treatment systems

A therapeutic delivery method comprising:

• providing a therapy delivery mechanism operably coupled to a processor and adapted to deliver a therapy to a patient according to a treatment parameter operating point defined by a set of parameters associated with the delivery of the therapy in response to receiving a command signal transmitted by the processor;
• providing a communication interface configured for communicating information about the patient to a remote or local server, the communicated information including information about a result of the therapy applied to the patient by the therapy delivery mechanism;
• providing the processor operably coupled to control the therapy delivery mechanism according to the treatment parameter operating point, and operably coupled to the communication interface to generate a message that includes the result of the therapy applied to the patient by the therapy delivery mechanism;
• and,
• providing a memory device operably coupled to the processor and containing instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations to dynamically adjust the treatment parameter operating point, the operations comprising:
• receive a current treatment parameter operating point that lies within a first predetermined operating region defined by a first set of operating points for which automatic incremental adjustment of a parameter in the current operation is permitted;
• receive a request to alter the current treatment parameter operating point to a second treatment parameter operating point that lies outside of the first predetermined operating region and in a second predetermined operating region defined by a second set of operating points for which authorization is required, wherein the second predetermined operating region lies outside of the first predetermined operating region in a space of operating points;
• request authorization to alter the treatment parameter operating point from the first predetermined operating region to the second predetermined operating region;
• if the requested authorization is received, then generate a second command signal to the therapy delivery mechanism for delivering therapy to the patient according to the second treatment operating point;
• and,
• if the requested authorization is denied, then generate a first command signal to the therapy delivery mechanism for delivering therapy to the patient according to the first treatment operating point,
• adapting the therapy delivery mechanism to deliver a first predetermined therapy to the patient in response to the first command signal being received at the therapy delivery mechanism, wherein the first predetermined therapy is associated with the first treatment operating point,
• adapting the therapy delivery mechanism to deliver a second predetermined therapy to the patient in response to the second command signal being received at the therapy delivery mechanism, wherein the second predetermined therapy is associated with the first treatment operating point.

A therapeutic delivery apparatus comprising:

• a communication interface configured for communicating information about the patient to a remote or local server, the communicated information including information about a result of the therapy applied to the patient by a therapy delivery mechanism operably coupled to a processor, wherein the therapy delivery mechanism is adapted to deliver a therapy to a patient according to a treatment parameter operating point defined by a set of parameters associated with the delivery of the therapy;
• the processor operably configured to control the therapy delivery mechanism according to the treatment parameter operating point, and operably coupled to the communication interface to generate a message that includes the result of the therapy applied to the patient by the therapy delivery mechanism;
• and,
• a memory device operably coupled to the processor and containing instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations to dynamically adjust the treatment parameter operating point, the operations comprising:
• receive a current treatment parameter operating point that lies within a first predetermined operating region defined by a first set of operating points for which automatic incremental adjustment of a parameter in the current operation is permitted;
• receive a request to alter the current treatment parameter operating point to a second treatment parameter operating point that lies outside of the first predetermined operating region and in a second predetermined operating region defined by a second set of operating points for which authorization is required, wherein the second predetermined operating region lies outside of the first predetermined operating region in a space of operating points;
• request authorization to alter the treatment parameter operating point from the first predetermined operating region to the second predetermined operating region;
• and,
• if the requested authorization is received, then generate a second command signal to the therapy delivery mechanism for delivering therapy to the patient according to the second treatment operating point,
• wherein in response to the second command signal being received at the therapy delivery mechanism, the therapy delivery mechanism delivers a second therapy to the patient, the second predetermined therapy being associated with the second treatment operating point.