ZOLL EMS Smartphone ePCR Patent Application
Summary
ZOLL Medical Corporation filed US Patent Application 18864115 (US20260100268A1) on May 9, 2023, published April 9, 2026, covering a smartphone-based electronic patient care record system for emergency medical services. The system uses touchscreen user interface controls to receive ePCR data field entries and dynamically presents subsequent data entry screens based on prior entries. The patent names ten inventors including Corissa J. Bowman, Stephen A. Frye, and others, with CPC classifications G16H 40/20 and G16H 10/65 covering health informatics. This application does not create compliance obligations but establishes intellectual property rights for ZOLL's ePCR software technology used in EMS operations.
“A smartphone is provided for documenting an emergency medical services (EMS) call within an electronic patient care record (ePCR).”
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ZOLL Medical Corporation has filed a patent application for a smartphone-based electronic patient care record system designed for emergency medical services documentation. The system comprises a memory storing ePCR data fields, a touchscreen display, and a processor configured to present sequential data entry screens that adapt based on user inputs through touchscreen gestures. The technology covers dynamic screen progression where subsequent data entry screens are identified and displayed based on prior ePCR field entries.
For compliance officers at EMS agencies and healthcare providers using ZOLL equipment, this patent signals ZOLL's continued investment in mobile ePCR technology and potential future product developments. While patent applications do not create immediate compliance obligations, organizations evaluating ePCR vendors or software procurement should note ZOLL's intellectual property position in smartphone-based EMS documentation workflows. The CPC classifications G16H 40/20 and G16H 10/65 indicate this falls within health informatics standards for medical data handling.
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMS ENCOUNTER RECORDS
Application US20260100268A1 Kind: A1 Apr 09, 2026
Assignee
ZOLL Medical Corporation
Inventors
Corissa J. Bowman, Stephen A. Frye, Keenan S. Early, Frederick W. Forester, Eric H. Strand, Adam C. Mihlfried, Gordon P. Nall, Jared K. Williams, Burton Daniel Nayman, Peter G. Goutmann
Abstract
A smartphone is provided for documenting an emergency medical services (EMS) call within an electronic patient care record (ePCR). The smartphone includes a memory storing an ePCR including data fields; a touchscreen; and a processor coupled to the memory and the touchscreen. The processor is configured to provide a first data entry screen through the touchscreen, the first data entry screen including user interface controls configured to receive ePCR data field entries through touchscreen gestures, receive the ePCR data field entries through the user interface controls, store each ePCR data field entry in a respective data field of the data fields, identify at least one second data entry screen based on a data field entry of the ePCR data field entries, and provide the second data entry screen through the touchscreen.
CPC Classifications
G16H 40/20 G16H 10/65
Filing Date
2023-05-09
Application No.
18864115
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