MEDICAL DEVICE WIRELESS ADAPTER
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1. A medical device wireless adapter comprising:
- a radio section;
one or more means for connecting to and exchanging data between said adapter and a host device;
one or more means for exchanging data between said adapter and a network;
a CPU block including integrated support for hosting one or more applications; and
one or more memory means;
wherein said adapter is configured with one or more host interface modes.
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Abstract
The invention relates generally to a medical device wireless adapter, and more particularly, to a module that adapts an existing legacy or newly designed medical device to a healthcare provider'"'"'s wireless infrastructure.
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110 Claims
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1. A medical device wireless adapter comprising:
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a radio section;
one or more means for connecting to and exchanging data between said adapter and a host device;
one or more means for exchanging data between said adapter and a network;
a CPU block including integrated support for hosting one or more applications; and
one or more memory means;
wherein said adapter is configured with one or more host interface modes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92)
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93. A medical device wireless adapter comprising:
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a radio section;
a means for connecting to and exchanging data with at least one host device;
at least one means for exchanging data between said adaptor and a network;
a CPU block including integrated support for hosting at least one application; and
at least one memory means;
wherein said radio section, said connection means, said CPU block, and said memory means are disposed on a unitary structure; and
wherein said adapter is configured with at least one interface mode. - View Dependent Claims (94, 95, 96, 97, 98)
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99. A wireless adapter comprising:
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a radio section;
one or more means for exchanging data between said adapter and a host device;
one or more means for exchanging data between said adapter and a network;
a processing circuit including one or more microprocessors, wherein said one or more microprocessors are configured to host one or more applications and one or more radio transceivers; and
one or more memory means;
wherein said adapter is configured with one or more host interface modes.
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100. A medical device wireless adapter comprising:
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a radio section;
one or more means for exchanging data between said adapter and at least one host device;
one or more means for exchanging data between said adapter and a network;
a CPU block including integrated support for hosting one or more applications;
a de-bugging block;
a power management block;
a manufacturing interface;
a user interface; and
one or more memory means;
wherein said adapter is configured with one or more host interface modes.
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101. A method for adapting a legacy medical device to a wireless infrastructure, comprising the steps of:
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providing a legacy medical device;
providing a medical device wireless adapter, wherein said adapter comprises a radio section, one or more means for connecting to and exchanging data between said adapter and said host device, one or more means for exchanging data between said adapter and a wireless infrastructure, a CPU block including integrated support for hosting one or more applications; and
one or more memory means, wherein said adapter is configured with one or more host interface modes, and wherein one of said one or more host interface modes is Adapter Mode;
configuring said adapter with a set of parameters appropriate to said host device, wherein said parameters are chosen from the group consisting of network settings, communication port settings, and rendezvous packet definition;
connecting said adapter to said host device;
detecting when said host device has requires a network connection;
presenting said host device to said wireless infrastructure via said adapter; and
enabling a network connection by exchanging data between said wireless infrastructure and said host device via said adapter. - View Dependent Claims (102, 103, 104, 105)
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106. A method of converting an 802.11 radio into an asset tag and back to an 802.11 radio, comprising the steps of:
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providing an 802.11 radio, wherein said radio includes a radio section, one or more means for connecting to and exchanging data between said radio and a wireless infrastructure, one or more location tracking modes, and one or more beacons, wherein said radio includes configurable beacon parameters;
configuring said one or more beacon parameters, wherein said parameters are chosen from the group consisting of transmit power, duty cycle, and beacon method;
executing a loop until data transaction required, wherein said loop comprises the further steps of detecting when low-power operation is required, booting an operating system, transmitting the beacon as configured and sleeping until the next beacon;
ending said loop; and
booting a full operating system.
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107. A method for adding location to a patient context comprising the steps of:
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providing a patient monitor;
providing an asset tag, wherein said asset tag includes an identifier;
providing a location engine, wherein said location engine includes a coordinate system;
providing location sensors;
connecting said asset tag to said location engine;
determining content of a patient context, wherein said patient context includes at least one identifier unique to said patient;
binding said asset tag identifier and said at lease one identifier unique to said patient;
mapping said location sensors to said coordinate system;
mapping the location of said asset tag to said coordinate system;
populating a database, wherein said database contains data chosen from the group consisting of x,y coordinates, asset tag identifiers, time, height, asset type, and meta information;
providing one or more annunciators, wherein said one or more annunciators is chosen from the group consisting of audio, text, and graphic;
providing conditions for activating said one or more annunciators;
activating said one or more annunciators; and
indicating the location of said patient when said conditions for annunciating are satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (108, 109)
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110. A method for supporting out of box operation with strong authentication and encryption for a medical device wireless adapter comprising the steps of:
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providing a medical device wireless adapter, wherein said adapter comprises a radio section, one or more means for connecting to and exchanging data between said adapter and a host device, one or more means for exchanging data between said adapter and a wireless infrastructure, a CPU block including integrated support for hosting one or more applications; and
one or more memory means, and wherein said adapter is configured with one or more host interface modes, an OEM certificate, an OEM certificate chain, a web server certificate, and a web server certificate chain;
determining if a customer device certificate is required;
creating a customer device and server certificates if required;
creating certificate chains for customer certificate;
installing customer certificate to provision radio;
installing server certificates to provision said infrastructure;
powering-on said device;
authenticating, wherein said adapter will loop a process until authentication is complete, wherein said process includes the further steps of starting loop;
attempting to authenticate using a primary certificate;
completing network authentication if successful;
determining if network authentication occurred;
promoting a secondary certificate to primary certificate if authentication failed to occur; and
ending loop; and
completing the network connection.
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