US 12,106,840 B2
System and method for controlling operability of multiple medical devices
Steffan Sowards, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Anthony K. Misener, Bountiful, UT (US); and William Robert McLaughlin, Bountiful, UT (US)
Assigned to Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/205,979.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/991,782, filed on Mar. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0295978 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. G16H 20/40 (2018.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); G16H 40/60 (2018.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC G16H 20/40 (2018.01) [A61B 8/0833 (2013.01); A61M 25/0152 (2013.01); G16H 40/60 (2018.01); A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 2560/045 (2013.01); A61B 2562/225 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device monitoring system, comprising:
a computing platform including a first housing that houses a processor and a memory; and
a data collection module including:
a second housing distinct from the first housing,
a first input/output (I/O) interface configured to establish a first communicative coupling with the computing platform,
a second I/O interface including one or more connectors; and
one or more control logic units deployed to operate within the second housing, wherein each control logic unit of the one or more control logic units is configured to (a) communicatively couple to a separate connector of the one or more connectors of the second I/O interface, (b) control operations of a medical device being communicatively coupled to the separate connector, and (c) collect a subset of data acquired at least during placement of a vascular access device within a vasculature of a patient.