Medical device having failsafe state machine
AssigneeFresenius Vial SAS
InventorDamien Barbeyrac
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Abstract
A medical device (1) comprises a control device (12) for controlling operation of the medical device (1), the control device (12) comprising a first processing unit (120) for controlling a first function of the medical device (1) and a second processing unit (121) for controlling a second function of the medical device (1). The control device (12) comprises a failsafe state machine (122) configured to monitor a first operational status of the first processing unit (120) and a second operational status of the second processing unit (121) and to control a state of the medical device (1) dependent on the first operational status and the second operational status.
Claims15
A medical device, comprising:
- a control device for controlling operation of the medical device, the control device comprising a first processing unit for controlling a first function of the medical device and a second processing unit for controlling a second function of the medical device,
- wherein the control device comprises a failsafe state machine configured to monitor a first operational status of the first processing unit and a second operational status of the second processing unit and to control a state of the medical device dependent on the first operational status and the second operational status.
A method for operating a medical device, comprising:
- controlling, using a control device, operation of the medical device, the control device comprising a first processing unit for controlling a first function of the medical device and a second processing unit for controlling a second function of the medical device, and
- monitoring, using a failsafe state machine of the control device, a first operational status of the first processing unit and a second operational status of the second processing unit and controlling a state of the medical device dependent on the first operational status and the second operational status.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.