WEB-ENABLED PORTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
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1. A portable, wearable, implantable, or semi-implantable medical device comprising:
- a housing and a device control unit within the housing adapted to control the medical device, and further comprising, within the housing, a wireless web enabler unit comprising;
i. a wireless interface control unit comprising a receiver and a transmitter for receiving and transmitting data wirelessly; and
ii. a web enabler unit coupled to the wireless interface control unit and coupled to the medical device control unit;
wherein the wireless interface control unit and web enabler unit are configured to connect the medical device control unit to a web based wireless network so that the medical device is wirelessly web enabled.
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Abstract
A portable personal medical device, e.g., a wearable insulin pump, is provided with a web server and is controllable over a network by a browser equipped client, thereby enabling comprehensive and comfortable control, operation and/or configuration of the device.
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1. A portable, wearable, implantable, or semi-implantable medical device comprising:
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a housing and a device control unit within the housing adapted to control the medical device, and further comprising, within the housing, a wireless web enabler unit comprising;
i. a wireless interface control unit comprising a receiver and a transmitter for receiving and transmitting data wirelessly; and
ii. a web enabler unit coupled to the wireless interface control unit and coupled to the medical device control unit;
wherein the wireless interface control unit and web enabler unit are configured to connect the medical device control unit to a web based wireless network so that the medical device is wirelessly web enabled. - 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, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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26. A method for controlling a portable, wearable, implantable, or semi-implantable medical device comprising a housing, a device control unit within the housing adapted to control the medical device, and a wireless web enabler unit within the housing comprising a wireless interface control unit comprising a receiver and a transmitter for receiving and transmitting data wirelessly and a web enabler unit coupled to the wireless interface control unit and coupled to the medical device control unit, wherein the wireless interface control unit and web enabler unit are configured to connect the medical device control unit to a web based wireless network so that the medical device is wirelessly web enabled, the method comprising:
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i. serving at least one web page using an embedded web server contained within the medical device configured to enable a browser-equipped client to configure the medical device control unit via the web based wireless network, and ii. changing the configuration of the medical device control unit in response to a client interaction with the at least one web page. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for controlling a portable, wearable, implantable, or semi-implantable medical device, comprising:
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a housing, a device control unit within the housing adapted to control the medical device, and a wireless web enabler unit within the housing comprising;
i. a wireless interface control unit comprising a receiver and a transmitter for receiving and transmitting data wirelessly; and
ii. a web enabler unit coupled to the wireless interface control unit and coupled to the medical device control unit;
wherein the wireless interface control unit and web enabler unit are configured to connect the medical device control unit to a web based wireless network so that the medical device is wirelessly web enabled;
the method comprising;
i. serving at least one web page using an embedded web server configured to enable a browser-equipped client to operate/control the medical device control unit via the web based wireless network ii. changing at least one of the behavior, operation, and status of the medical device control unit in response to a client interaction with the at least one web page. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 49, 50, 51)
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