Home therapy machine

US10061899B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Baxter International Inc. · US
• Baxter Healthcare SA · CH

Inventors

• Joshua James Miller · Wilmette, US
• Derek Wiebenson · Zürich, CH
• Douglas L. Wilkerson · Gurnee, US
• Neil Tiwari · Wood Dale, US
• Timothy G. Robinson · Easton, US
• Marc Steven Minkus · Bannockburn, US
• Matthew R. Muller · Lindenhurst, US
• Anders Wellings · Newark, US
• Kathryn Louise Hansbro · Yeadon, US
• Borut Cizman · Highwood, US
• Brian S. Kunzeman · Grayslake, US
• Robin D. Cooper · Wauconda, US
• Timothy L. Kudelka · Lindenhurst, US
• Angelo A. Sarto · Franksville, US
• Steve Joseph Lindo · Chicago, US
• Jostein Baustad · Evanston, US
• Duston Mounts · The Colony, US
• Shafali Hill · Gurnee, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 17, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 28, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/50
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A home therapy machine is configured to perform a home therapy on a patient at a home or dwelling of the patient. The home therapy machine includes at least one processor operating a connectivity agent having an activated mode and a deactivated mode. When the connectivity agent is in the activated mode, the at least one processor is able to send data to and receive data from a system hub. When the connectivity agent is in the deactivated mode, the at least one processor is not able to send data to or receive data from the system hub. The home therapy machine further includes a user interface configured to receive a patient selection of a device program received from the system hub and at least one pump under control of the at least one processor for performing the home therapy according to the selected device program.