# US 12,403,331 B2 · Medical device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,403,331 B2 - Document ID: US12403331B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/102,044 - Filed: 2023-01-26 - Published: 2023-06-01 - Granted: 2025-09-02 - Earliest claimed: 2010-10-12 - Assignees: Smith & Nephew, Inc. - Applicants: Smith & Nephew, Inc. - Inventors: Kevin J. Tanis; Jin Zhang; Kelly Ann Umstead - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12403331B2 ## CPC - A61N 7/00: Ultrasound therapy (lithotripsy A61B17/22, A61B17/225; massage using supersonic vibration A61H23/00 {; using ultrasound for introducing media into the body A61M37/0092}) - A61B 5/1172: using fingerprinting - A61B 34/25: {User interfaces for surgical systems} - G16H 40/63: for local operation - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - A61B 90/90: Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags - A61B 2034/258: {providing specific settings for specific users} - A61B 2090/0803: {Counting the number of times an instrument is used} - A61M 2205/6009: for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security - A61N 2007/0013: {Fracture healing} - A61N 2007/0078: {with multiple treatment transducers} - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A medical device includes a treatment module configured to apply a treatment to a patient. The medical device includes an interface configured to operatively connect to a removable storage device storing authorization data that identifies a level of treatment authorization. The medical device includes a processing device configured to perform operations in response to receiving user input indicating a treatment should be initiated. The operations include determining whether the removable storage device is valid for use with the medical device. If the removable storage device is determined to be valid, the authorization data is accessed. The processing device determines whether the treatment is authorized based on the accessed authorization data. If the treatment is determined to be authorized, the treatment module is controlled to apply the treatment. If the treatment is determined to not be authorized, the treatment module is controlled such that the treatment is not applied. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of operating a medical therapy system, the method comprising: by a medical therapy device that includes electronic processing circuitry: causing provision of a therapy to a wound of a patient; generating a compliance data reflecting a degree to which a duration of provision of the therapy has complied with a therapy prescription; and communicating the compliance data to one or more remote computing device; and by the one or more remote computing devices that include at least one processor: at a first time: determining that the compliance data does not satisfy a compliance threshold; and responsive to determining that the compliance data does not satisfy the compliance threshold, causing provision of an indication that the compliance data does not satisfy the compliance threshold. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein provision of the indication is performed on a user interface of the medical therapy device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the indication is provided to the patient via a cellular network. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising, by the one or more remote computing devices: receiving the therapy prescription from a physician; and transmitting the therapy prescription to the medical therapy device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the therapy prescription from the physician is responsive to the physician diagnosing the patient with a particular health condition. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, further comprising, by the medical therapy device, activating provision of the therapy to the wound of the patient in response to receiving the therapy prescription, wherein provision of the therapy is performed according to the therapy prescription. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising, by the one or more remote computing devices, transmitting an indication to the patient to contact a physician of the patient. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the compliance threshold comprises 80%. ### Claim 9 A medical therapy system comprising: a medical therapy device including: a driving circuitry configured to cause provision of a therapy to a wound of a patient; a transmission circuitry configured to transmit data to one or more remote computing devices; and an electronic processing circuitry configured to: generate a compliance data reflecting a degree to which a duration of provision of the therapy has complied with a therapy prescription; and cause the transmission circuitry to communicate the compliance data to the one or more remote computing devices; and the one or more remote computing devices including at least one processor configured to: responsive to a determination that the compliance data does not satisfy a compliance threshold, cause provision of an indication that the compliance data does not satisfy the compliance threshold. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The medical therapy system of claim 9, wherein the medical therapy device further comprises a user interface, and wherein the indication is provided to the patient via the user interface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The medical therapy system of claim 9, wherein the indication is provided by the electronic processing circuitry responsive to a communication received from the one or more remote computing devices. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The medical therapy system of claim 9, wherein the indication is provided to the patient via a cellular network. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The medical therapy system of claim 9, wherein the one or more remote computing devices are further configured to: receive the therapy prescription from a physician; and transmit the therapy prescription to the transmission circuitry. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The medical therapy system of claim 13, wherein receipt of the therapy prescription from the physician is responsive to the physician diagnosing the patient with a particular health condition. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The medical therapy system of claim 13, wherein the electronic processing circuitry is further configured to activate provision of the therapy to the wound of the patient in response to receipt of the therapy prescription, and wherein provision of the therapy is performed according to the therapy prescription. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The medical therapy system of claim 9, wherein the one or more remote computing devices are further configured to transmit an indication to the patient to contact a physician of the patient. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The medical therapy system of claim 9, wherein the compliance threshold comprises 80%. ### Claim 18 (depends on 9) The medical therapy system of claim 9, wherein the medical therapy device comprises an ambulatory medical device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 10) The medical therapy system of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor of the one or more remote computing devices is further configured to: responsive to the determination that the compliance data does not satisfy the compliance threshold, cause the medical therapy device to provide the indication as a first graphical object on the user interface; and responsive to a determination that the compliance data satisfies the compliance threshold, cause the medical therapy device to provide an indication that the compliance data satisfies the compliance threshold as a second graphical object on the user interface. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising, by the one or more remote computing devices: at the first time: causing the medical therapy device to provide the indication as a first graphical object on a user interface of the medical therapy device; and at a second time: determine that the compliance data satisfies the compliance threshold; and responsive to determining that the compliance data satisfies the compliance threshold, causing the medical therapy device to provide an indication that the compliance data satisfies the compliance threshold as a second graphical object on the user interface.