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US 2026/0244472 A1Published application
Systems and methods for resolving an error condition of a medical device
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsJames D. Voll, Robert Mark Zerhusen, Nishita Vanita Shashikant
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Abstract
A system and method for resolving an error condition of a medical device includes the medical device, a mobile device, and a host computer. The medical device generates a machine readable code, the machine readable code is read by the mobile device, and the remote computer hosts a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the machine readable code such that the mobile device can access the URL.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a medical device including a control system having (i) a user interface having at least one display and (ii) at least one controller, the controller including a processor and a memory device, the memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to communicate an error condition to the user interface, the user interface including a processor and a memory device, the memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the user interface to display a machine readable code that is associated with a uniform resource locator (URL);
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- a remote computer hosting an interactive menu driven webpage associated with the URL associated with the machine readable indicia;
- wherein, when the URL is accessed by an internet browser, the internet browser displays the menu driven webpage such that a user to interact with the menu driven webpage through the browser, the menu driven webpage operable to provide information specific to the error condition communicated to the user interface to allow the user to identify and resolve the error condition.
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A method of resolving an error condition of a medical device comprising:
- generating a man readable indication of the error condition on a display of the medical device;
- in response to an input from a user activating a help function while the error condition is displayed, generating a machine readable code on the display of the medical device, the machine readable indicia corresponding to a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the specific error condition;
- utilizing an optical detector to read the machine readable code, the optical detector configured to cause an internet browser to be opened and directed to the URL;
- displaying, on the internet browser, a menu driven webpage associated with the URL;
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- providing, through the menu driven webpage, information specific to the error condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.