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

Claim 0:
1. A computing system to facilitate integration and tracking of a medical device lifecycle, the computing system comprising:
a cloud-based server including an application programming interface (API) framework to track a medical device lifecycle for a plurality of medical devices, wherein the API framework is configured to receive calls from a plurality of disparate computing devices associated with the plurality of medical devices along the device lifecycle, wherein the plurality of disparate computing devices make calls to the API framework in response to events occurring during the medical device lifecycle to provide event data comprising design data, manufacturing data, supply chain data, usage data, sales data, and post-market data regarding the plurality of medical devices based on a unique identifier for each of the plurality of medical devices;
one or more distributed ledgers implemented on the computing system to establish a blockchain that secures the event data relating to the medical device lifecycle regarding the plurality of medical devices received via the API framework;
wherein the cloud-based server includes a plurality of instructions that, when executed, cause the cloud-based server to:
receive event data from the plurality of disparate computing devices along the medical device lifecycle regarding the plurality of medical devices received via the API framework, wherein event data received via the API framework comprises manufacturing data, supply chain data, sales data, post-market data, and usage data regarding the plurality of medical devices based on the unique identifier for each of the plurality of medical devices; and
generate one or more blocks in the blockchain to capture the event data from the plurality of disparate computing devices along the medical device lifecycle in the one or more distributed ledgers in response to receiving event data via the API framework, wherein each block in the blockchain includes the unique identifier for the medical device to which the event data relates;
wherein one or more blocks in the blockchain link the unique identifier for the medical device with event data to which the 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.