Monitor devices for networked fluid infusion systems
First Claim
1. A monitor device for a medical device system, the monitor device comprising:
- a first communication module configured to receive a local communication from a transmitting device within the infusion system;
a processing architecture coupled to the first communication module, the processing architecture being configured to interpret information conveyed in the local communication;
a second communication module coupled to the processing architecture, the second communication module being configured to generate a network communication in response to the information; and
a network interface coupled to the second communication module, the network interface enabling transmission of the network communication from the monitor device to a receiving device external to the infusion system.
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Abstract
A fluid infusion system as described herein includes a number of local “body network” devices, such as an infusion pump, a handheld monitor or controller, a physiological sensor, and a bedside or hospital monitor. The body network devices can be configured to support communication of status data, physiological information, alerts, control signals, and other information between one another. In addition, the body network devices can be configured to support networked communication of status data, physiological information, alerts, control signals, and other information between the body network devices and “external” devices, systems, or communication networks. Such external communication allows the infusion system to be extended beyond the traditional short-range user environment.
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89 Claims
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1. A monitor device for a medical device system, the monitor device comprising:
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a first communication module configured to receive a local communication from a transmitting device within the infusion system;
a processing architecture coupled to the first communication module, the processing architecture being configured to interpret information conveyed in the local communication;
a second communication module coupled to the processing architecture, the second communication module being configured to generate a network communication in response to the information; and
a network interface coupled to the second communication module, the network interface enabling transmission of the network communication from the monitor device to a receiving device external to the infusion system. - 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)
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46. A handheld monitor/controller device for a medical device system for a user, the monitor device comprising:
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a first communication module configured to receive a local communication from a transmitting device within the medical device system;
a processing architecture coupled to the first communication module, the processing architecture being configured to interpret information conveyed in the local communication;
a second communication module coupled to the processing architecture, the second communication module being configured to generate a network communication in response to the information; and
a wireless network interface coupled to the second communication module, the wireless network interface enabling wireless transmission of the network communication from the monitor device to a receiving device external to the medical device system. - View Dependent Claims (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)
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