US 12,260,958 B2
Method and device for remote monitoring and control of medical fluid management devices
Georg Brand, Wuerzburg (DE); Daniel Hauck, Sulzheim (DE); Peter Kloeffel, Nuedingen (DE); and Thomas Stahl, Esselbach (DE)
Assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg (DE)
Filed by Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg (DE)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/523,209.
Application 18/523,209 is a continuation of application No. 17/825,284, filed on May 26, 2022, granted, now 11,869,660.
Application 17/825,284 is a continuation of application No. 13/549,628, filed on Jul. 16, 2012, granted, now 11,355,235, issued on Jun. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/457,947, filed on Jul. 15, 2011.
Claims priority of application No. 102011107795.6 (DE), filed on Jul. 15, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2024/0096488 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01)
CPC G16H 40/67 (2018.01) [H04L 1/0026 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by a first remote device, one or more images of at least parts of a screen content presented on a display of a medical device, the at least parts of the screen content including setting indicators representing one or more settings of the medical device;
transmitting, from the first remote device to the medical device, a confirmation message comprising a timestamp associated with reception of the one or more images of the screen content provided by the medical device;
determining, by the medical device, whether there was a problem in receiving the one or more images at the first remote device, wherein the determining includes checking, by the medical device, the timestamp associated with the reception of the one or more images;
in response to determining that there was a problem, providing an error message or an alarm signal by the medical device;
displaying on a user interface of the first remote device (i) the one or more images of the screen content of the medical device, and (ii) a treatment state of the medical device;
transmitting, by the first remote device, first data to the medical device, the first data being generated to influence controlling of the medical device, wherein the first data comprises a first command signal for altering at least one of the setting indicators of the medical device, and the first command signal has a first priority;
receiving, by the medical device, second data from a second device, the second data being generated to influence the medical device, the second data comprising a second command signal that has a second priority; and
performing, by the medical device, operations based on the first command signal and the second command signal, and according to the first priority and the second priority.