US 12,094,601 B2
Auto-association of medical devices with location
Wilfredo Almaguer, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Medical Informatics Corp., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Medical Informatics Corp., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on May 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/322,707.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/704,613, filed on May 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0358610 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G16H 40/40 (2018.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC G16H 40/40 (2018.01) [A61B 90/98 (2016.02); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for automatic association of a medical device with a patient, comprising:
a medical facility platform, comprising at least one computer;
a database of network interface to room associations hosted by the medical facility platform;
a database of patient to room associations, hosted by the medical facility platform;
a software for execution by the medical facility platform, comprising software that:
establishes a network session between a mobile medical device and a network device via a network port in a room of a medical facility in which the mobile medical device is located;
identifies a network interface of the network device associated with the network port to which the mobile medical device is connected;
performs a first lookup of the network interface in the database of network interface to room associations to identify the room of the medical facility in which the mobile medical device is located;
performs a second lookup of the room of the medical facility in which the mobile medical device is located in the database of patient to room associations to identify a patient associated with the room; and
automatically associates the mobile medical device with the patient responsive to the first lookup and the second lookup.