US 12,064,554 B2
Two-way communications in a medical device
Gregory Robert Peake, Sydney (AU); Nathan Zersee Liu, Sydney (AU); Sakeena De Souza, Sydney (AU); Andrew Weale, San Diego, CA (US); and Peter James Dassos, Sydney (AU)
Assigned to ResMed Pty, Ltd, Bella Vista (AU)
Filed by ResMed Pty Ltd, Bella Vista (AU)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/114,095.
Application 18/114,095 is a continuation of application No. 17/559,864, filed on Dec. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,612,707.
Application 17/559,864 is a continuation of application No. 16/875,728, filed on May 15, 2020, granted, now 11,583,646, issued on Feb. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/848,991, filed on May 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0024600 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01); A61M 16/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/024 (2017.08) [A61M 16/0003 (2014.02); A61M 16/06 (2013.01); A61M 16/105 (2013.01); A61M 16/16 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0208 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3553 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A processing system comprising:
memory storing a plurality of demographic questions and a plurality of subjective questions for a patient using a medical device, the plurality of subjective questions including at least one question relating to subjective feedback for comfort level in using the medical device and at least one question relating to subjective feedback for sleep satisfaction when using the medical device;
a computing system including at least one hardware processor coupled to the memory, the computing system configured to:
receive, from the medical device or a mobile device configured to execute an application for communicating with the medical device, answers to at least one demographic question and at least one subjective question;
transmit, to the mobile device, a notification indicating that at least one subjective question that is unanswered is available from among the plurality of subjective questions stored in the memory;
responsive to a request received from the mobile device, transmit, to the mobile device, the at least one unanswered subjective question stored in the memory;
receive, from the mobile device, one or more answers to the at least one subjective unanswered question transmitted to the mobile device; and
perform analytics to determine, based on the answers to the at least one demographic question and the at least one subjective question received from the medical device or the mobile device, the one or more answers to the at least one subjective unanswered question, and answers to the plurality of demographic questions and the plurality of subjective questions received from a plurality of other medical devices and/or a plurality of mobile devices, a tailored coaching program for the patient and personalised therapy using the medical device.