# US 2021/0241897 A1 · Transfer of breathing assistance apparatus data

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- Number: US 2021/0241897 A1
- Document ID: US20210241897A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/188,200
- Filed: 2021-03-01
- Published: 2021-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-11-26
- Assignees: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
- Applicants: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
- Inventors: Benjamin Wilson Casse; Matthew Joel Read
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241897A1

## CPC

- G16H 40/63: for local operation
- G06F 16/9554: {by using bar codes}
- G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
- G16H 40/20: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
- H04L 41/0293: {for accessing web services by means of a binding identification of the management service or element}
- 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
- F04C 2270/041: Controlled or regulated
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- F04C: ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS (engines F03C); ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS

## Abstract

A medical apparatus is adapted to facilitate a transfer of data to a computer system using a mobile device. The apparatus has a store of data, a display and a controller that generates a barcode encoding an access address for the computer system and the data, and displaying the barcode on the display.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

-31. (canceled)

### Claim 32

A breathing assistance apparatus comprising:
a controller;
a display;
a memory accessible by the controller;
at least one sensor configured to provide medical data to the controller, the controller being configured to store the medical data in the memory,
wherein the controller generates a scannable image at a time after the medical data has been stored in the memory,
wherein the scannable image generated by the controller encodes the medical data and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the URL comprising an access address of a computer system, and
wherein controller displays on the display the scannable image to be captured by a mobile telecommunications device with a camera and a barcode reader application for processing and telecommunications functions in conjunction with hardware of the mobile telecommunications device to access and transfer the medical data to the computer system.

### Claim 33 (depends on 32)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 32, wherein the medical data is encoded into a byte array that is subsequently base 64 encoded into a text string, the text string being appended to the access address as a sub path.

### Claim 34 (depends on 32)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 32, wherein the medical data comprises patient data.

### Claim 35 (depends on 34)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 34, wherein the patient data comprises at least one of the following:
runtime;
usage time;
AHI;
leak;
compliance data;
usage data; and
efficacy data.

### Claim 36 (depends on 34)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 34, wherein the patient data comprises at least one of the following:
runtime in hours from 0.0 to 10.0;
usage time in hours from 0.0 to 10.0;
AHI in index up to 255; and
leak in litres per minute up to 120.

### Claim 37 (depends on 32)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 32, wherein the medical data comprises medical apparatus data or diagnostic data.

### Claim 38 (depends on 32)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 32, wherein the breathing assistance apparatus comprises a PAP apparatus, a flow therapy apparatus, or an oxygen apparatus.

### Claim 39 (depends on 32)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 32, wherein the breathing assistance apparatus comprises a CPAP apparatus comprising a housing with an internal blower for providing pressurised air to a patient.

### Claim 40 (depends on 39)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 39, wherein the pressurised air is humidifiable by a chamber that is internal, external, or separate to the CPAP apparatus.

### Claim 41 (depends on 39)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 39, wherein the CPAP apparatus comprises a user interface comprising the display and a user input interface comprising one or more buttons, switches, or dials.

### Claim 42 (depends on 39)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 39, wherein
the CPAP apparatus comprises one or more sensors including flow, pressure, temperature, humidity, and other sensors internal to or otherwise forming part of the CPAP apparatus.

### Claim 43 (depends on 39)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 39, wherein the CPAP apparatus comprises or is configured to be connected to one or more external sensors that measure one or more physiological parameters of a patient, the physiological parameters comprising heart rate, breathing rate, temperature, humidity, pressure, or flow.

### Claim 44 (depends on 32)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 32, wherein the controller is configured to record, process, and collate the medical data.

### Claim 45 (depends on 32)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 32, further comprising a housing with an internal blower and an internal chamber to humidify air.

### Claim 46 (depends on 32)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 32, wherein the medical data is patient-specific data from the breathing assistance apparatus, the medical data being appended to the access address as a sub path, the sub path updated based on the use of the breathing assistance apparatus by the patient over a period of time.

### Claim 47 (depends on 32)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 32, wherein the mobile telecommunications device extracts the URL from the scannable image, wherein the mobile telecommunications device sends a request for access to the computer system, the request comprising the URL.

### Claim 48 (depends on 32)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 32, wherein the computer system is configured to extract a sub path from the URL, extract the medical data from the sub path, and store the extracted medical data on a database of the computer system.

### Claim 49 (depends on 32)

The breathing assistance apparatus of claim 32, wherein the mobile telecommunications receives a dynamically composed web page from the computer system based on the medical data.

### Claim 50

A scannable image for display on a display of a breathing assistance apparatus, the scannable image comprising:
an image generated and displayed by a controller of the breathing assistance apparatus, the image comprising an encoded a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the URL comprising an access address of a computer system and medical data, the medical data being appended to the access address as the sub path, the image configured to be scanned when displayed on the display of the breathing assistance apparatus.

### Claim 51 (depends on 50)

The scannable image of claim 50, wherein the medical data is encoded into a byte array that is subsequently base 64 encoded into a text string, the text string being appended to the access address as the sub path.