Controlling and communicating with respiratory care devices

US10255647B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CAIRE Inc. · US

Inventors

• Terrell Lee Rodman · Carlsbad, US
• Ningda Andy Dai · Carlsbad, US
• Patrick T. Bird · San Diego, US
• Paul L. Edwards · Encinitas, US
• Ronald F. Richard · Temecula, US
• Peter S. Armstrong · Poway, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D2259/4533
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed are methods, systems, apparatus, and products, including a method for operating a respiratory care device that includes collecting at a respiratory care device data representative of operation of the respiratory care device, and communicating to a computing-based device external to the respiratory care device at least some of the collected data to control the operability of the respiratory care device. In some embodiments, the method may further include communicating to the respiratory care device data to controllably change one or more operation parameters of the respiratory care device to cause a change in the operation of the respiratory care device, changing the operation parameters of the respiratory care device according to the communicated data, and communicating to the external computing-based device resultant data representative of operation of the respiratory care device resulting from the controllable change to the one or more operation parameters.