US 11,688,514 B2
Remote control of multiple medical devices
Aiyuan Wang, San Ramon, CA (US); Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Walnut Creek, CA (US); Fei Wang, Concord, CA (US); Sue-Jane Lee, Fremont, CA (US); David Yuds, Hudson, NH (US); Hak Kan Leung, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Jeffrey Tarn, Walnut Creek, CA (US)
Assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed by Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/711,450.
Application 17/711,450 is a continuation of application No. 17/025,341, filed on Sep. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,302,442.
Application 17/025,341 is a continuation of application No. 16/546,462, filed on Aug. 21, 2019, granted, now 10,855,774, issued on Dec. 1, 2020.
Application 16/546,462 is a continuation of application No. 16/182,801, filed on Nov. 7, 2018, granted, now 10,404,803, issued on Sep. 3, 2019.
Application 16/182,801 is a continuation of application No. 15/910,276, filed on Mar. 2, 2018, granted, now 10,154,097, issued on Dec. 11, 2018.
Application 15/910,276 is a continuation of application No. 15/446,084, filed on Mar. 1, 2017, granted, now 9,948,720, issued on Apr. 17, 2018.
Application 15/446,084 is a continuation of application No. 14/865,173, filed on Sep. 25, 2015, granted, now 9,635,111, issued on Apr. 25, 2017.
Application 14/865,173 is a continuation of application No. 14/288,442, filed on May 28, 2014, granted, now 9,178,891, issued on Nov. 3, 2015.
Application 14/288,442 is a continuation of application No. 13/298,740, filed on Nov. 17, 2011, granted, now 8,769,625, issued on Jul. 1, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0230739 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G16H 40/60 (2018.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); A61M 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 40/60 (2018.01) [A61M 1/1601 (2014.02); G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.02); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3553 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a network device;
multiple medical machines connected to the network device over a network; and
one or more client devices connected to the network device over the network,
wherein the network device is configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a first client device in the one or more client devices, a first request to connect to at least one of the multiple medical machines,
determining, based on an access control list, that the first client device is authorized to access a first set of medical machines comprising one or more particular medical machines, wherein the access control list indicates which client devices have authorization to access which medical machines,
receiving designations of respective levels of access control to each of the one or more particular medical machines,
transferring, through the network, and between the first client device and at least a first medical machine in the one or more particular medical machines, first information pertaining to one or more of an operation of the first medical machine or an operation of the first client device in accordance with a designation received for the first medical machine,
receiving, from a second client device in the one or more client devices, a second request to connect to one or more of the multiple medical machines,
determining based on the access control list, that the second client device is authorized to access a second set of medical machines, the second set of medical machines being different from the first set of medical machines in at least one distinguishing medical machine, wherein at least one common medical machine is shared between the first set of medical machines and the second set of medical machines, and
transferring, through the network, and between the second client device and at least a second medical machine in the second set of medical machines, second information pertaining to one or more of an operation of the second medical machine or an operation of the second client device.