Viral distribution of battery management parameters
AssigneeZoll Circulation, Inc.
InventorSean Yip
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Abstract
A carrier, such as a battery, that queries a memory of a charger or charging circuit, or the memory of equipment or discharging circuit powered by the battery, to determine the relative date or version of data, operating parameters and/or software on both the battery and the equipment, and either provides updated data, operating parameters and/or software to the equipment, or retrieves later dated data, operating parameters and/or software from the equipment to update the memory of the battery and/or further distribute the updated data, operating parameter sand/or software to other batteries or equipment.
Claims21
(canceled)
A system for distributing updated operating parameters, configuration information, and/or software to medical equipment via rechargeable batteries, the system comprising:
- a charger configured to releasably receive a rechargeable battery, the charger comprising
- a network communication interface,
- a charger memory, and
- a charger processor,
- wherein the charger processor is configured to
- obtain, via the network communication interface, at least one of operating parameters, configuration information, or a software program,
- store the operating parameters, the configuration information, or the software program to the charger memory, and
- transfer, after insertion of the rechargeable battery, the operating parameters, the configuration information, or the software program to a battery memory of the rechargeable battery;
- and
- a medical device configured to releasably receive the rechargeable battery, the medical device comprising
- a device memory, and
- a device processor configured to
- receive, from the battery memory of the rechargeable battery while the rechargeable battery is releasably inserted in the medical device, the operating parameters, the configuration information, or the software program, and
- update the device memory with the operating parameters, the configuration information, or the software program.
A system for distributing updated operating parameters, configuration information, and/or software to medical equipment via rechargeable batteries, the system comprising:
- a charger configured to releasably receive a rechargeable battery, the charger comprising
- a charger memory, and
- a charger processor,
- wherein the charger processor is configured to
- download, to the charger memory from a network or server, at least one of operating parameters, configuration information, or a software program, and
- after the rechargeable battery is releasably received by the charger, enable download of the operating parameters, the configuration information, or the software program to a battery memory of the rechargeable battery;
- and
- a medical device configured to releasably receive the rechargeable battery, the medical device comprising
- a device memory, and
- a device processor configured to, while the rechargeable battery is releasably received by the medical device, upload, from the battery memory of the rechargeable battery, the operating parameters, the configuration information, or the software program to the device memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.