Medical devices and related methods and systems for data transfer
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- an interfacing device comprising;
a connection arrangement for a physical communications medium; and
a first wireless communications module; and
a medical device comprising;
a data storage element to maintain operational data;
a switched resistance arrangement coupled to a terminal of the medical device;
a second wireless communications module; and
a control module coupled to the switched resistance arrangement and the second wireless communications module to initiate a wireless communications session between the first and second wireless communications modules in response to detecting the connection arrangement coupled to the terminal, operate the switched resistance arrangement to modulate an electrical signal on the physical communications medium in a manner corresponding to the operational data, and receive acknowledgment of the operational data from the interfacing device via the wireless communications session.
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Abstract
Medical devices and related systems and operating methods for communicating data therewith are provided. An exemplary method involves the medical device detecting an interfacing device coupled to the medical device via a physical communications medium, initializing a wireless communications session with the interfacing device in response to detecting the interfacing device, modulating an electrical signal between the interfacing device and the medical device to transmit data from the medical device to the interfacing device via the physical communications medium, and receiving communications, such as acknowledgments of the transmitted data, from the interfacing device via the wireless communications session.
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10 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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an interfacing device comprising; a connection arrangement for a physical communications medium; and a first wireless communications module; and a medical device comprising; a data storage element to maintain operational data; a switched resistance arrangement coupled to a terminal of the medical device; a second wireless communications module; and a control module coupled to the switched resistance arrangement and the second wireless communications module to initiate a wireless communications session between the first and second wireless communications modules in response to detecting the connection arrangement coupled to the terminal, operate the switched resistance arrangement to modulate an electrical signal on the physical communications medium in a manner corresponding to the operational data, and receive acknowledgment of the operational data from the interfacing device via the wireless communications session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A medical device comprising:
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a supply voltage terminal; a data storage element; a switched resistance arrangement coupled to the supply voltage terminal; a wireless communications module; and a control module coupled to the switched resistance arrangement and the wireless communications module to transmit operational data maintained in the data storage element by operating the switched resistance arrangement to modulate an input current at the supply voltage terminal in a manner corresponding to the operational data and receive acknowledgment of the transmitted operational data via the wireless communications module. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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