System and method for exchanging duty-cycle information in wireless networks
First Claim
1. A wireless medical device, comprising:
- at least one of a sensor configured to monitor physiological data of a patient and an actuator which delivers therapy to the patient;
a wireless transceiver configured to transmit and/or receive information packets related to at least one of the monitored physiological data and delivered therapy, the wireless transceiver having a duty-cycle limit;
a duty-cycle module configured to determine duty-cycle parameters of the wireless transceiver according to the duty-cycle limit, the duty-cycle parameters including at least;
a current transmission duty-cycle which defines the duty-cycle within a current time window;
a remaining transmission duty-cycle which defines the available duty-cycle during the current time window; and
a time offset from the current time when sufficient duty-cycle will become available;
a communication module configured to control the transceiver to broadcast at least one duty-cycle parameter when transmitting an information packet or when acknowledging receiving an information packet from a neighboring wireless medical device.
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Abstract
A wireless medical device (12) includes at least one sensor (14, 18, 22) which monitors physiological data of a patient or an actuator (26) which delivers therapy to the patient. A wireless transceiver (40) transmits and receives information packets related to at least one of the monitored physiological data and the delivered therapy. The wireless transceiver (40) has a duty-cycle limit. The duty-cycle module (50) determines the duty-cycle parameters for the wireless transceiver (40) according to the duty-cycle limit. A communication module (60) controls the transceiver (40) to broadcast at least one duty-cycle parameter when transmitting an information packet or when acknowledging receiving an information packet from a neighboring wireless medical device.
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18 Claims
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1. A wireless medical device, comprising:
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at least one of a sensor configured to monitor physiological data of a patient and an actuator which delivers therapy to the patient; a wireless transceiver configured to transmit and/or receive information packets related to at least one of the monitored physiological data and delivered therapy, the wireless transceiver having a duty-cycle limit; a duty-cycle module configured to determine duty-cycle parameters of the wireless transceiver according to the duty-cycle limit, the duty-cycle parameters including at least;
a current transmission duty-cycle which defines the duty-cycle within a current time window;
a remaining transmission duty-cycle which defines the available duty-cycle during the current time window; and
a time offset from the current time when sufficient duty-cycle will become available;a communication module configured to control the transceiver to broadcast at least one duty-cycle parameter when transmitting an information packet or when acknowledging receiving an information packet from a neighboring wireless medical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17)
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11. A non-transitory computer readable medium carrying a computer program which controls one or more processors to perform a method for wirelessly transmitting medical information, comprising:
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at least one of a monitoring physiological data of a patient and delivering therapy to the patient; wirelessly transmitting and/or receiving information packets related to at least one of the monitored physiological data and delivered therapy, the wireless transmission having a duty-cycle limit, the duty-cycle limit represents a maximum transmission on time within a predefined time window; determining duty-cycle related parameters of the wireless transmission according to the duty-cycle limit, the duty-cycle parameters including at least; a current transmission duty-cycle which defines the duty-cycle within a current time window, a remaining transmission duty-cycle which defines the available duty-cycle during the current time window; and a time offset from the current time when sufficient duty-cycle will become available; broadcasting at least one duty-cycle parameter when transmitting an information packet or when acknowledging receiving an information packet from a neighboring wireless medical device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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18. A wireless medical device, comprising:
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at least one of a sensor which configured to monitor physiological data of a patient and an actuator which delivers therapy to the patient; a wireless transceiver which configured to transmit and/or receive information packets related to at least one of the monitored physiological data and delivered therapy, the wireless transceiver having a duty-cycle limit, the duty-cycle limit represents a maximum transmission on time within a predefined time window; at least one processor programmed to; determine duty-cycle parameters of the wireless transceiver according to the duty-cycle limit, the duty-cycle parameters including at least a current transmission duty-cycle which defines the duty-cycle within a current time window, a remaining transmission duty-cycle which defines the available duty-cycle during the current time window, and a time offset from the current time when sufficient duty cycle will become available; control the transceiver to broadcast at least one duty-cycle parameter when transmitting an information packet or when acknowledging receiving an information packet from a neighboring wireless medical device; control the transceiver to receive at least one duty-cycle parameter from neighboring wireless medical devices; and determine a transmission mode based on at least one of the current duty-cycle, remaining duty-cycle, and time offset parameters of the wireless medical device and of the neighboring wireless medical devices.
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