US 11,783,943 B2
Reduced pressure therapy device operation and authorization monitoring
Edward Armstrong, Palm Harbor, FL (US); Carrie Lee Childress, Dallas, TX (US); Tim Warren Dana, Seminole, FL (US); William W. Gregory, Gainesville, FL (US); William Joseph Jaecklein, Saint Petersburg, FL (US); Michael Mosholder, Palm Harbor, FL (US); and Felix C. Quintanar, Hull (GB)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,145.
Application 17/703,145 is a division of application No. 15/766,213, granted, now 11,315,681, previously published as PCT/US2015/057211, filed on Oct. 23, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/238,501, filed on Oct. 7, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0215946 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 40/06 (2012.01); G06Q 40/04 (2012.01); G06N 5/04 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 40/63 (2018.01) [A61M 1/96 (2021.05); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61M 1/962 (2021.05); A61M 1/982 (2021.05); A61M 2205/3561 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/505 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A method for processing registration and usage information for a plurality of negative pressure wound therapy devices, the method comprising:
storing, in a memory device, account information for a plurality of negative pressure wound therapy devices; and
by a computer system comprising computer hardware:
receiving a registration request to register a negative pressure wound therapy device of the plurality of negative pressure wound therapy devices to an account in the account information, the account associated with a user;
determining, based at least on the registration request, that the negative pressure wound therapy device is authorized to be registered to the account;
in response to determining that the negative pressure wound therapy device is authorized to be registered to the account, registering the negative pressure wound therapy device to the account so that data gathered by the computer system about operations of the negative pressure wound therapy device is accessible via the account;
receiving a first usage notification for the negative pressure wound therapy device, the first usage notification indicating a first location of the negative pressure wound therapy device and a first operation performed by the negative pressure wound therapy device;
determining, based at least on a comparison of the first location to a first location identifier corresponding to an authorized location and a comparison of the first operation performed by the negative pressure wound therapy device to a first operation identifier corresponding to an authorized operation, that the negative pressure wound therapy device is being operated in a different location from the authorized location or that the first operation performed by the negative pressure wound therapy device is not the authorized operation;
in response to determining that the negative pressure wound therapy device is being operated in the different location from the authorized location or that the first operation performed by the negative pressure wound therapy device is not the authorized operation, performing an exception action;
receiving a second usage notification for the negative pressure wound therapy device, the second usage notification indicating a second location of the negative pressure wound therapy device and a second operation performed by the negative pressure wound therapy device;
determining, based at least on a comparison of the second location to the first location identifier corresponding to the authorized location and a comparison of the second operation performed by the negative pressure wound therapy device to the first operation identifier corresponding to the authorized operation, that the negative pressure wound therapy device is being operated in the authorized location and that the second operation performed by the negative pressure wound therapy device is the authorized operation; and
in response to determining that being operated in the authorized location and that the second operation performed by the negative pressure wound therapy device is the authorized operation, storing in the memory device an indication of performance of the second operation by the negative pressure wound therapy device to the account.