Physio-control, Inc.

Kevin C Drew

Matthew Lawrence Bielstein

Barry D Curtin

Randy L Merry

Ken N Peterson

E Thomas McKay

Mina Lim

David Dean Aoyama

James S Neumiller

John C Daynes

Mitchell Allen Smith

Neil G McIlvaine

Ryan William Apperson

Jennifer Elaine Hoss

Karen Kraft Langman

Dana K Lewis

John Robert Knapinski

Todd Klump

Moira Montgomery Galvin

Steve M Silkes

Ken Peterson

E Thomas Mckay

Neil G Mcilvaine

A status monitoring function that simplifies the process of collecting status information for medical devices in a medical device system. Matrix codes are used to associate a medical device with a location. A maintenance application transmits the association information to a centralized tracking system. Status information about the medical device is also transmitted to the centralized tracking system from the maintenance application.

Matrix-coded medical device tracker and maintenance

Matrix-coded AED maintenance

A defibrillator system optimizes the timing and manner of applying a defibrillator charge to a patient based upon data provided to the defibrillator from a utility module or one or more external devices. A parameter module on the utility module provides the defibrillator with patient parameter information. Devices external to the utility module may provide the utility module with coaching data that the utility module may pass through to the defibrillator as a proxy to the external devices. The utility module may also provide external devices with patient data that the utility module may pass through to the external devices as a proxy to the defibrillator on a scheduled or other basis. The utility module may additionally provide a reserve of power to enable defibrillators to be used where power is unavailable and to enable defibrillators to deliver multiple charges more readily anywhere, anytime.

Defibrillator network system

Utility module system

Defibrillator communication system

A medical device for use with a patient is described. The medical device includes a component for administering a treatment to the patient or receiving data of the patient. The component is configured to operate according to an internal setting. The medical device also includes a user interface through which a user can modify the internal setting, as well as a settings signature generator for generating a settings signature that represents a present state of the internal setting. A gateway is also provided for communicating a version of the settings signature out of the medical device.

Medical device including setup option reporting

A defibrillator is disclosed for communication with a transmitter associated with a location. The defibrillator is configured to generate an electronic signature for determining a position of the defibrillator within the location. The electronic signature includes electronic data correlating the position of the defibrillator to the transmitter. The electronic data may include GPS data. The defibrillator is configured to generate the electronic signature during a first and a second window of time to define a first and a second electronic signature. A differential between the first and the second electronic signatures corresponds to a positional state of the defibrillator, indicating movement within or between two locations. In a disclosed system, the first electronic signature is stored in a database and a server is configured to generate the differential and to communicate the positional state of the defibrillator to a stakeholder. Methods of use are also disclosed.

Defibrillator location tracking device

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Snohomish, WA, United States of America

Kevin C Drew