Remote respiratory therapy device management

US11752286B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ResMed Corp. · AU

Inventors

• Peter Delangre · Sydney, AU
• Paul Frederick Birchall · Sydney, AU
• Dawn Rosemary Churchill · Sydney, AU
• Graham Stephen Cutcliffe · Sydney, AU
• Christopher John Roberts · Canton, US
• Chinmayee Somaiya · Sydney, AU
• Bradley Templeton · Sydney, AU
• Wendall Eric Trull · San Diego, US
• Matthew Scott Tyler · San Diego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 20, 2021
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2023
• Expiry date: Aug 20, 2041

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 for updating patient devices is disclosed. 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 configuration data indicating the versions of the software and firmware that is currently installed on the patient devices. The server may also transmit updated instructions from over a network, including a wireless network. Particular patient devices may be selected for updating based on the configuration data. Upon performing an update a patient device may transmit configuration data to the server.