Patent application EP20177452A (EP), filed 2020-05-29
Publication number: EP3745681A1
Title: TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING DATA PACKAGES TO ANALYTICAL DEVICES
Abstract: A hospital or laboratory network including analytical devices for performing in-vitro diagnosis (25) and a gateway (24) is proposed. The network is configured to:- send a data package request including information regarding the analytical devices from the gateway to a remote service platform (22);- receive from the remote service platform information regarding available data packages;- determine a selection of the available data packages to be downloaded from the remote service platform specific to the analytical devices in the network;- request the selection of the available data packages from the remote service platform;- download the requested selection of the available data packages from the remote service platform;- provide the requested selection of the available data packages to the analytical devices.Furthermore, respective methods, computer systems, and computer-readable mediums are proposed.
IPC codes: H04L  29/    08            A I
G06F   8/    61            A I
G06F   8/    65            A I
G16H  40/    40            A I
H04L  67/    00            A I
H04L  67/    12            A I
H04L  67/    56            A I
H04L  67/  5651            A I
H04L  67/   566            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A hospital network or a laboratory network including a plurality of analytical devices for performing in-vitro diagnosis (25) and a gateway (24) connected to the analytical devices,
wherein the network is configured to:
number: 2
text: The network of claim 1, wherein the data packages include information that is used in operating the plurality of analytical devices.
number: 3
text: The network of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the data packages include configuration information for a particular test or assay or information related to a particular consumable.
number: 4
text: The network of claim 3, wherein the consumable is a reagent, a calibration material or a quality control material or another substance required for carrying out tests or assays at the analytical device.
number: 5
text: The network of anyone of claims 1 to 4, wherein the wherein the data packages includes information regarding a particular reagent lot.
number: 6
text: The network of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the information regarding the analytical devices includes information regarding installed consumables of the devices, optionally wherein the consumables are reagents, calibration materials or quality control materials.
number: 7
text: The network of any one of claims 1 to 6, further configured to:
number: 8
text: The network of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the step of determining a selection of the plurality of available data packages includes determining which data packages are required for the plurality of analytical devices in the network, optionally wherein the determining which data packages are required includes determining which data packages are missing on respective ones of the plurality of analytical devices in the network.
number: 9
text: The network of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein each data package is only downloaded by the gateway once regardless of a number of analytical devices in the network the data package is to be installed on.
number: 10
text: The network of any one of the preceding claims 1 to 9, wherein the receipt of the data packages is scheduled at a predetermined time or happens upon receiving a message.
number: 11
text: The network of any one of the preceding claims 1 to 10, further configured to: provide information indicating the received selection of the plurality of available data packages to a remote location, optionally wherein the remote location is a location of a distributor of the data packages.
number: 12
text: The network of any one of the preceding claims 1 to 11, further configured to: schedule, at the gateway, a distribution of the received selection of the plurality of available data packages to the plurality of analytical devices according to one or more data package selection or data package distribution rules, optionally wherein the rules include a rule forcing a staggered distribution of data packages to analytical devices of the same type to ensure that at least one device of the type is available at a given time and/or a rule scheduling a distribution to the analytical devices taking into account an idle state and/or a work load of the analytical devices.
number: 13
text: A method of providing data packages (23) of a plurality of devices for performing in-vitro diagnosis (25) in a hospital network or a laboratory network (27) of devices for performing in-vitro diagnosis (25) (25) including a gateway (24), the method comprising:
number: 14
text: A method of providing data packages of a plurality of analytical devices for performing in-vitro diagnosis (25) in a hospital or laboratory network (27) of analytical devices including a gateway (24), the method comprising:
number: 15
text: A computer system (28) comprising a remote service platform (22) connected to a network comprising a plurality of analytical devices and a gateway connected to the plurality of analytical devices,
the computer system including a remote service platform being configured to carry out the steps of the method of claim 14.
number: 16
text: A computer-readable medium including instructions which when carried out by a computer system causes the computer system to carry out the steps of the method of any one of claims 13 or 14.
Office action: search_report, dated 2020-12-02
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: US2013036415A1
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severity: background
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severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: - Anita Taylor, "Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 Operations Guide", (20090101), URL: http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/4/F/34F1F24F-4A0F-4D41-BC05-084D10BA6A48/WSUS30SP2OpsGuide.pdf, (20191029), XP055637128 [I] 1-16 * "Overview of Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2" and "Software Updates"; page  12, line  1  - line  36 * * "Setting Up Synchronizations"; page  13, line  10  - page  14, line  9 * * "Synchronizing Manually or Automatically"; page  16, line  15  - line  33 * * "Overview of Updates"; page  19  - page  23 * * "Approving the Updates"; page  25, line  11  - page  27, line  24 * * "Approving Updates Automatically"; page  29  - page  31 * * page  33 * * "Managing the Database"; page  36, line  16  - line  34 * * "Other best practices"; page  49, line  22  - line  31 *
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
Final disposition: pending (2020-12-02)