Medical device interface system

Abstract

A medical device interface system includes a network interface circuit and a processing circuit. The network interface circuit communicates with a plurality of medical devices. The processing circuit receives data through the network interface circuit from each of the medical devices and generates a first screen comprising screen shots or live feeds of screens displayed on the medical devices. Each screen shot or live feed conveys information shown on a respective interface screen of a corresponding medical device. The processing circuit receives through the network interface circuit an indication of an alert or alarm associated with one of the medical devices and generates a corresponding indication of the alert or alarm.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A medical device interface system, comprising
 a network interface circuit configured to communicate with a plurality of medical devices; and   a processing circuit configured to receive data through the network interface circuit from each of the plurality of medical devices, to generate a first screen comprising screen shots or live feeds of screens displayed on the medical devices, each screen shot or live feed to convey information shown on a respective interface screen of a corresponding medical device, the processing circuit further configured to receive through the network interface circuit an indication of an alert or alarm associated with one of the medical devices and to generate a corresponding indication of the alert or alarm.   
     
     
         2 . The medical device interface system of  claim 1 , wherein the screen shots or live feeds are miniature screen representations of screens displayed on the medical devices. 
     
     
         3 . The medical device interface system of  claim 2 , wherein the plurality of medical devices are blood processing instruments, infusion pumps, and/or drug delivery systems. 
     
     
         4 . The medical device interface system of  claim 3 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to receive an indication of user selection of one of the screen shots or live feeds displayed on the first screen and to generate a larger screen representation of the screen shot or live feed of the selected representation. 
     
     
         5 . The medical device interface system of  claim 4 , wherein both the first screen and the larger screen convey indicators of the alert or alarm associated with the one of the devices. 
     
     
         6 . The medical device interface system of  claim 1 , wherein the first screen comprises an indication of a status of a disposable kit for the medical device. 
     
     
         7 . The medical device interface system of  claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to implement a command component configured to multi-cast a single command over the communication channel to place a plurality of the medical devices into a mode. 
     
     
         8 . The medical device interface system of  claim 1 , the processing circuit configured to automatically rearrange the screen shots or live feeds based at least in part on the received indication of the alert or alarm. 
     
     
         9 . A medical device interface system comprising a processing circuit configured to implement:
 a communication channel configured to communicate with a plurality of medical devices, the medical devices selected from a group consisting of a blood processing instrument, an infusion pump, and a drug delivery system, to receive interface screen data for each of the plurality of medical devices;   a processing component configured to generate a first screen comprising representations of the interface screen data from the plurality of medical devices, each representation to convey information shown on a respective interface screen of a corresponding medical device, to receive an indication of user selection of one of the representations displayed on the first screen, and to generate a larger screen representation of the interface screen data of the selected representation, wherein both the first screen and the larger screen convey indicators of an alert or alarm with respect to one of the plurality of medical devices, wherein the representations of the interface screen data from the plurality of medical devices are miniature screen representations of screens displayed on the medical devices.   
     
     
         10 . The medical device interface system of  claim 9  wherein the first screen comprises an indication of a status of a disposable kit for the medical device. 
     
     
         11 . The medical device interface system of  claim 9 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to implement a command component configured to multi-cast a single command over the communication channel to place a plurality of the medical devices into a mode. 
     
     
         12 . The medical device interface system of  claim 9 , wherein the first screen comprises an indication of an amount of drug dispensed by a medical device. 
     
     
         13 . The medical device interface system of  claim 9 , wherein the representations of the interface screen data from the plurality of medical devices are miniature screen shots or live feeds of screens displayed on the medical device, wherein the medical devices are blood processing instruments. 
     
     
         14 . A medical device interface system, comprising
 a network interface circuit configured to communicate with a plurality of medical devices, each medical device providing a medical device screen; and   a processing circuit configured to receive screen data representing the medical device screens through the network interface circuit from each of the plurality of medical devices, to generate a first screen from the received screen data, the first screen comprising a multi-device view of the medical device screens from the plurality of medical devices.   
     
     
         15 . The medical device interface system of  claim 14 , the processing circuit further configured to receive through the network interface circuit an indication of an alert or alarm associated with one of the medical devices and to generate a corresponding indication of the alert or alarm on the first screen. 
     
     
         16 . The medical device interface system of  claim 14 , wherein the received screen data comprises screen captures and/or live feeds of the medical device screens provided by each medical device. 
     
     
         17 . The medical device interface system of  claim 14 , wherein the multi-device view of the medical device screens from the plurality of medical devices comprise screen captures, live feeds, and/or screenshot thumbnails of the medical device screens provided by the medical devices. 
     
     
         18 . The medical device interface system of  claim 14 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to receive a selection of one of the medical device screens while displaying the first screen comprising the multi-device view, wherein the processing circuit is configured to launch a larger view of the selected one of the medical device screens. 
     
     
         19 . The medical device interface system of  claim 18 , wherein the medical device interface system operates on a tablet computer, wherein the selection is received by touching a display of the tablet computer. 
     
     
         20 . The medical device interface system of  claim 14 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to receive a selection of a plurality of the medical device screens by touching a display device displaying the first screen, wherein the processing circuit is configured to make an adjustment to the selected medical devices by sending a command or commands to the selected medical devices.