Protective medical device faceplate
AssigneeCerner Innovation, Inc.
InventorAlan Mark Portnoy
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Abstract
Devices are provided that include a faceplate for a medical device. In embodiments, an identifier chip adapted to be affixed to an exterior portion of a faceplate provides a unique identifier for the faceplate. Accordingly, the identifier chip enables tracking and monitoring of an associated medical device. And, in embodiments, the faceplate includes a visual communication alert indicator to enable the faceplate to provide visual cues a user. As such, the status of the medical device and the faceplate can be easily communicated to the user. Methods to use the faceplate are also provided.
Claims25
A wireless communication device integrated with a faceplate, the device comprising:
- a faceplate configured to be removably affixed to a medical device's housing;
- the faceplate having an interior surface and an exterior surface;
- the interior surface having affixed there to at least one processor, computer readable memory, a power supply, a wireless receiver, a wireless transmitter, and a communication port, wherein the communication port is adapted to communicate with the medical device.
A wireless communication device integrated with a faceplate and a visual indicator, the device comprising:
- a faceplate configured to be removably affixed to a medical device's housing;
- the faceplate having an interior surface, an exterior surface, and an opening for housing an indicator window;
- the interior surface having affixed thereto at least one processor, computer readable memory, a power supply, a wireless receiver, a wireless transmitter, a visual communication indicator, and a communication port, wherein the communication port is adapted to communicate with the medical device;
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- an indicator window, the window:
- overlays at least a portion of the visual communication indicator such that the at least a portion of the visual communication indicator is visible at the exterior surface of the faceplate, and
- encloses the visual communication indicator between the interior surface of the faceplate and a surface of the housing of the medical device adjacent to the interior surface of the faceplate.
A method to update a medical device through a wireless communication device integrated with a faceplate, the method comprising:
- receiving a medical device update through a wireless communication network, wherein the update for the medical device is received by a faceplate affixed to a faceplate;
- storing, at least temporarily, the medical device update in the faceplate;
- requesting a status indication from a medical device, wherein the faceplate requests the status indication from the medical device;
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- sending the medical device update to the medical device in response to receiving a predetermined status indication from the medical device.
A removable faceplate adapted to removably attach to a medical device, the removable faceplate comprising:
- an interior surface and an exterior surface;
- the interior surface having a wireless communication device integrated thereon, wherein the wireless communication device comprises at least one processor, computer readable memory, a power supply, a wireless receiver, a wireless transmitter, and a communication port, and wherein the communication port is adapted to communicate with the medical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.