Patent ID: 9024746
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: A61B,A61M,G05B,G08B,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A method for verifying proper use of a medical treatment device, comprising: authenticating an authorized person other than a patient to be treated using an authenticating device attached to said treatment device used to treat said patient, the authorized person enabling said treatment device to be operable during a treatment session at a treatment location; generating an enabling signal to cause said treatment device to become operable in response to a result of said authenticating by a controller attached to, embedded in, or co-located with the treatment device; generating, automatically and at predefined time intervals during the treatment session, one or more verification request signals requesting an individual other than said patient to input a verification response into a user interface of the controller in response to the one or more verification request signals, each of the verification responses including: prompting said individual to input the verification response into the controller via the user interface; receiving the verification response to the one or more verification request signals; verifying that the verification response was received at the user interface and confirming that the verification response was received from the individual other than said patient; performing a warning procedure responsively to a result of said verifying, said warning procedure including: generating a first signal to indicate an impending termination of the treatment session within a specified time if the verifying failed to confirm that the verification response was received at the user interface; and generating a second signal to activate an alarm indicating said impending termination if the verifying failed to confirm that the verification response was received from the individual other than said patient; waiting for said individual to input a verification response to verify his or her identity and presence at the treatment location within said specified time responsive to the generated first signal; and terminating said treatment session of said patient responsively to lack of verification of the identity and presence of said individual other than the patient at the treatment location after said waiting.