Patent ID: 11972862
Assignee: MEND MEDICAL, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A method of facilitating integration and tracking of a medical device lifecycle, the method comprising:
receiving event data regarding an individual medical device from a manufacturing plant associated with the individual medical device via an application programming interface (API) framework on a cloud-based server, wherein the event data received from the manufacturing plant comprises one or more manufacturing records that identify the individual medical device with an unique device identifier;
capturing the one or more manufacturing records regarding the individual medical device by generating one or more blocks of a blockchain as a function of the unique device identifier associated with the individual medical device;
receiving event data regarding the individual medical device from a supply chain entity associated with the individual medical device via an application programming interface (API) framework on a cloud-based server, wherein the event data received from the supply chain entity comprises one or more transportation and delivery records that identify the individual medical device with the unique device identifier;
capturing the one or more transportation and delivery records regarding the individual medical device by generating one or more blocks of the blockchain as a function of the unique device identifier associated with the individual medical device;
receiving event data regarding the individual medical device from a retailer entity associated with the individual medical device via an application programming interface (API) framework on a cloud-based server, wherein the event data received from the retailer entity comprises one or more sales records that identify the individual medical device with the unique device identifier;
capturing the one or more sales records regarding the individual medical device by generating one or more blocks of the blockchain as a function of the unique device identifier associated with the individual medical device;
receiving event data regarding the individual medical device from a patient in whom the individual medical device is installed via an application programming interface (API) framework on a cloud-based server, wherein the event data received from the patient comprises one or more usage records that identify the individual medical device with the unique device identifier;
capturing the one or more usage records regarding the individual medical device by generating one or more blocks of the blockchain as a function of the unique device identifier associated with the individual medical device, wherein one or more blocks in the blockchain link the unique identifier for the medical device with event data to which the individual medical device relates representing: (i) design, manufacturing, or supply chain events regarding the medical device, (ii) healthcare usage events regarding the medical device, and (iii) reprocessing or sterility cycle information regarding the medical device;
receiving a query from a user interface that includes the unique device identifier associated with the individual medical device; and
in response to the query, displaying in the user interface each block from the blockchain that contains the unique device identifier associated with the individual medical device.