US 11,712,574 B2
Accessory-based storage for use with a medical device
Jochen H. Hoelscher, Schwabmuenchen (DE); Paolo Giacometti, North Grafton, MA (US); Mohamed Abdelaziz, Nashua, NH (US); Annemarie E. Silver, Bedford, MA (US); and Gary A. Freeman, Waltham, MA (US)
Assigned to ZOLL Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US)
Filed by ZOLL Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/98,676.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/935,849, filed on Nov. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0146146 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/39 (2006.01); A61H 31/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/39044 (2017.08) [A61H 31/005 (2013.01); A61N 1/046 (2013.01); A61N 1/3925 (2013.01); A61N 1/3975 (2013.01); A61N 1/3987 (2013.01); A61N 1/3993 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient-coupled treatment device for use with a plurality of medical devices, the patient-coupled treatment device comprising:
a patient-coupled portion configured to provide treatment to a patient;
a connector configured to electrically connect the patient-coupled treatment device to one or more of a first medical device or a second medical device; and
a housing comprising a non-volatile memory and associated circuitry, the non-volatile memory and associated circuitry configured to:
store a device identifier readable by the first medical device and the second medical device to identify the patient-coupled treatment device,
receive medical treatment information from the first medical device via the connector, the medical treatment information comprising one or more of: patient physiological data, patient characteristic data, or rescuer performance data,
receive, from the first medical device, timing information of the medical treatment information via the connector, wherein the timing information comprises a time at which the medical treatment information was recorded by the first medical device,
record the medical treatment information and the timing information, and
transfer, upon detecting an electrical connection to the second medical device, the medical treatment information and the timing information to the second medical device.