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US 11,688,514 B2Granted
Remote control of multiple medical devices
AssigneeFresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
InventorsAiyuan Wang, Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Fei Wang, Sue-Jane Lee, David Yuds, Hak Kan Leung, Jeffrey Tarn
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to remote control of dialysis machines. In certain aspects, a method includes receiving a request for a network connection from a dialysis machine and establishing the network connection with the dialysis machine. The method also includes receiving, from a client device, a request to access the dialysis machine, authorizing the client device to access the dialysis machine, receiving, from the dialysis machine, information pertaining to an operation of the dialysis machine, and providing, to the client device, the received information.
Claims18
A system comprising:
- a network device;
- multiple medical machines connected to the network device over a network;
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- one or more client devices connected to the network device over the network,
- wherein the network device is configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a first client device in the one or more client devices, a first request to connect to at least one of the multiple medical machines,
- determining, based on an access control list, that the first client device is authorized to access a first set of medical machines comprising one or more particular medical machines, wherein the access control list indicates which client devices have authorization to access which medical machines,
- receiving designations of respective levels of access control to each of the one or more particular medical machines,
- transferring, through the network, and between the first client device and at least a first medical machine in the one or more particular medical machines, first information pertaining to one or more of an operation of the first medical machine or an operation of the first client device in accordance with a designation received for the first medical machine,
- receiving, from a second client device in the one or more client devices, a second request to connect to one or more of the multiple medical machines,
- determining based on the access control list, that the second client device is authorized to access a second set of medical machines, the second set of medical machines being different from the first set of medical machines in at least one distinguishing medical machine, wherein at least one common medical machine is shared between the first set of medical machines and the second set of medical machines, and
- transferring, through the network, and between the second client device and at least a second medical machine in the second set of medical machines, second information pertaining to one or more of an operation of the second medical machine or an operation of the second client device.
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A method executed by a computer, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a first client device, a first request to connect to at least one of multiple medical machines;
- determining, based on an access control list, that the first client device is authorized to access a first set of medical machines comprising one or more particular medical machines, wherein the access control list indicates which client devices have authorization to access which medical machines;
- receiving designations of respective levels of access control to each of the one or more particular medical machines;
- transferring, through a network, and between the first client device and at least a first medical machine in the one or more particular medical machines, first information pertaining to one or more of an operation of the first medical machine or an operation of the first client device in accordance with a designation received for the first medical machine;
- receiving, from a second client device, a second request to connect to one or more of the multiple medical machines;
- determining, based on the access control list, that the second client device is authorized to access a second set of medical machines, the second set of medical machines being different from the first set of medical machines in at least one distinguishing medical machine, wherein at least one common medical machine is shared between the first set of medical machines and the second set of medical machines;
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- transferring, through the network, and between the second client device and at least a second medical machine in the second set of medical machines, second information pertaining to one or more of an operation of the second medical machine or an operation of the second client device.
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A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a first client device, a first request to connect to at least one of multiple medical machines;
- determining, based on an access control list, that the first client device is authorized to access a first set of medical machines comprising one or more particular medical machines in the multiple medical machines, wherein the access control list indicates which client devices have authorization to access which medical machines;
- receiving designations of respective levels of access control to each of the one or more particular medical machines;
- transferring, through a network, and between the first client device and at least a first medical machine in the one or more particular medical machines, first information pertaining to one or more of an operation of the first medical machine or an operation of the first client device in accordance with a designation received for the first medical machine;
- receiving, from a second client device, a second request to connect to one or more of the multiple medical machines;
- determining, based on the access control list, that the second client device is authorized to access a second set of medical machines, the second set of medical machines being different from the first set of medical machines in at least one distinguishing medical machine, wherein at least one common medical machine is shared between the first set of medical machines and the second set of medical machines;
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- transferring, through the network, and between the second client device and at least a second medical machine in the second set of medical machines, second information pertaining to one or more of an operation of the second medical machine or an operation of the second client device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.