SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING FIRMWARE OF MEDICAL DEVICES WHILE MINIMIZING CLINICAL IMPACT

• Main Authors: WEILER, Aron, HULAN, Greg T, RAJENDRAN, Karthi, BORGES, Gregory
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.01.2024
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; PHYSICS

Systems and methods for updating firmware of medical devices while minimizing clinical impact are described. A method includes receiving, by a control module of a patient care device, a new configuration package, including firmware for the control module and/or a first functional module of the patient care device, storing the new configuration package in a first memory bank of the control module, wherein a second configuration package comprising a current version of firmware for at least one of the control module and the first functional module is currently stored in a second memory bank of the control module, determining whether the new configuration package includes a new version of the firmware, and when a new version is included, transmitting the new version to the first functional module, for storage in a different memory bank than a memory bank currently storing a firmware currently used by the first functional module.