Medical device system including information technology infrastructure having secure cluster domain supporting external domain

A medical device system comprising:

• a cluster including a plurality of nodes, wherein the cluster is configured to run proprietary software;
• a plurality of medical devices implementing at least some of the nodes;
• at least one of the nodes being an access node;
• a distributed database shared along the cluster and hosted by at least some of the nodes;
• and
• at least one external equipment separate from the cluster, the at least one external equipment running software different than the proprietary software and able to perform at least one of (i) writing to at least some of the distributed database via the access node or (ii) reading from at least some of the distributed database via the access node.

A medical device system comprising:

• a cluster including a plurality of nodes;
• each of at least a set of the plurality of nodes implemented by at least one of a plurality of medical devices;
• a distributed database hosted by each of the plurality of medical devices;
• at least one first access node that hosts the distributed database;
• at least one second access node provided separately from the distributed database;
• and
• at least one external equipment separate from the cluster, the at least one external equipment able to perform at least one of (i) writing to the distributed database via the at least one first access node or the at least one second access node, or (ii) reading from the distributed database via the at least one first access node or the at least one second access node.

A medical device system comprising:

• a cluster including a plurality of nodes;
• a plurality of medical devices implementing at least at least some of the nodes;
• at least one of the nodes being an access node including an external part and an internal part;
• a distributed database provided along the cluster and hosted by at least some of the nodes, the distributed database, if stored by the at least one access node, associated with the internal part of the access node;
• and
• at least one external equipment separate from the cluster, the at least one external equipment able to perform at least one of (i) writing to at least some of the distributed database via the external part of access node or (ii) reading from at least some of the distributed database via the external part of access node.

A medical device system comprising:

• a cluster including a plurality of nodes;
• a plurality of medical devices implementing at least some of the nodes, each medical device including a first processor and a memory configured to perform a medical procedure;
• and
• a distributed database shared along the cluster by at least some of the nodes, the distributed database deployed on the plurality of medical devices, the distributed database separated from the first processor and memory configured to perform the medical procedure by a second processor and a memory manager configured to (i) provide, to the first processor and memory, data coming from the distributed database and (ii) provide, to the distributed database, data coming from the first processor and memory.

A medical device system comprising:

• a cluster including a plurality of nodes;
• a plurality of medical devices implementing at least some of the nodes;
• a distributed database shared along the cluster and hosted by the plurality of medical devices;
• an external equipment separate from the cluster;
• and
• a virtual access node of the cluster formed with the external equipment and one of the medical devices, the virtual access node providing a secure data exchange environment so as to ensure security of the distributed database when the external equipment (i) writes to the medical device or (ii) reads from the medical device.