Patent ID: 9245265
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A61H,A61N,G06Q,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing payment for use of a medical device on a per-treatment session basis, the method comprising: providing a medical device computing unit including a microcontroller for monitoring a number of treatment sessions available to the medical device and for activating the medical device when the number of treatment sessions available is at least one, the number of treatment sessions available determined based on at least one of a credit limit provided to a customer for postpaid treatment sessions or a number of prepaid treatment credits purchased by the customer; receiving a treatment credit request transmitted from a customer interface of a customer computer system, the treatment credit request having purchase information including at least one of payment of a number of postpaid treatment sessions already performed or payment for a number of prepaid treatment credits; transmitting the treatment credit request to a central payment server for validation; receiving validation information, the validation information corresponding to at least one of the number of postpaid treatment sessions paid for or the number of prepaid treatment credits purchased; and adjusting the number of treatment sessions available to the medical device based on the validation information.