Patent ID: 8051414

Claim:
For use with a system comprising a first server, a second server storing software update history for medical devices located in a plurality of countries, a third server located in a country and storing software update history for medical devices located in that country, and a database storing a plurality of software updates for various medical devices, a method for remote software updating of a medical device, the method comprising: (a) sending, from the first server to the second server, a request for a software update for the medical device; (b) sending a command, from the second server to the database, to send the software update to the medical device; (c) sending the software update from the database to the medical device; (d) after an attempt has been made to install the software update in the medical device, sending a message regarding installation of the software update from the medical device to the database; and (e) after receiving the message from the medical device, sending a message regarding installation of the software update from the database to the second server and remotely sending a message regarding installation of the software update from the second server to the third server to automatically update the software update history for the medical device in the second and third servers.