Patent ID: 11967403
Assignee: CEPHEID
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for processing test results of a medical device, the method comprising:
creating a reporting policies file with one or more authorization levels, each authorization level corresponding to a type of viewing entity and being indicative of a type of data from the test results of the medical device that is viewable by the type of viewing entity;
loading the reporting policies file onto a medical device over a distributed network;
storing information from the reporting policies file to a memory of a medical device;
obtaining, by the medical device, medical test results;
creating, in the medical device, a reporting file comprising the medical test results;
embedding at least part of the stored information regarding the authorization level of reports for the viewing entity from the reporting policies file into the reporting file, wherein:
the medical test results are categorized into a data category based on each authorization level in the reporting policy for the viewing entity, the data category corresponding to a respective authorization level;
sending from the medical device to a data center over the distributed network, the reporting file including the medical test results and the authorization level of the viewing entity embedded within the reporting file;
requesting access to the test results by a requesting entity; and
using the authorization level in the reporting file corresponding to the requesting entity to do data filtering based on an authorization type to provide access to only authorized data.