Remote diagnostics of respiratory therapy devices

US11241550B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ResMed Corp. · AU

Inventors

• Peter Delangre · Sydney, AU
• Andrew Roderick Bath · Sydney, AU
• Paul Frederick Birchall · Sydney, AU
• Dawn Rosemary Churchill · Sydney, AU
• Graham Stephen Cutcliffe · Sydney, AU
• Peter James Dassos · Sydney, AU
• Mina Samir Kirollos · Sydney, AU
• Rehana Nathwani · Sydney, AU
• Chinmayee Somaiya · Sydney, AU
• Hayden Thomas Stephenson · Sydney, AU
• Bradley Templeton · Sydney, AU
• Wendall Eric Trull · San Diego, US
• Natalie Zotelo · Sydney, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 29, 2020
• Grant date: Feb 8, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 27, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A90/10
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and method is disclosed for performing diagnostics on patient devices. The patient devices may include respiratory therapy devices that operate in accordance with instruction sets, such as software or firmware. A server may maintain a database of diagnostic data indicating faults in one or more of a plurality of patient devices. The server may transmit this diagnostic data to one or more computing devices, including identification of faults that have occurred. The server may also transmit service data to the plurality of patient devices in order to address the identified faults.