NFC Communications for Implanted Medical Data Acquisition Devices
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Abstract
Implantable and/or wearable medical data acquisition devices (30) associated with an individual, each having NFC communication capability, collect medical data. Each device has a unique identifier. The medical data are read from the devices via a secure link by an NFC reader or transceiver (26) in a wireless communication system mobile station (10) having a unique identifier. The medical data are selectively transmitted via a secure link from the mobile station to a Presence and Group Management (PGM) server (32, 34) configured to manage data services for medical groups. Secure access to the medical data by medical professionals is restricted according to a policy system (36). Encryption keys are managed on a group basis by a group key management server (32), assigning the medical data acquisition devices (30) and mobile station (10) to groups based on their unique identifiers. The PGM server (32, 34) may send alerts and/or information to the user via the mobile station (10).
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44 Claims
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23. A method of collecting and processing medical information about an individual, wherein the individual has a wireless communication system mobile station having a unique identifier, and one or more medical data acquisition devices are associated with the individual, each medical data acquisition device having a short-range wireless communication transmitter and a unique identifier, said method comprising:
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collecting medical data by the one or more medical data acquisition devices; reading medical data from the one or more medical data acquisition devices via a secure link by a wireless communication receiver in the mobile station, wherein the secure link is established according to a group encryption key management system; grouping the medical data acquisition devices by their unique identifiers and associating them with the mobile station by the mobile station'"'"'s unique identifier; and selectively transmitting the medical data from the mobile station to a server configured to manage data services for medical groups. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A wireless communication system mobile station having a transceiver, the mobile station further comprising:
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a short-range wireless communications receiver, comprising a Near Field Communication (NFC) reader, and which is operative to engage in secure bidirectional communications with one or more medical NFC transmitters, to at least read medical data via one or more secure links from one or more medical data acquisition devices associated with an individual; and a group key management module operative to establish and manage the one or more secure links, the one or more secure links established according to a group encryption key management system, said group encryption key management system being configured to group medical data acquisition devices by their unique identifiers and associate them with the mobile station by the mobile station'"'"'s unique identifier; wherein the transceiver is operative to communicate the medical data to a server configured to manage data services for medical groups. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A Presence and Group Management (PGM) server comprising a presence server associated with a policy system and a group key management server, the PGM server adapted to manage data services for medical groups, wherein:
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the presence server is operative to receive, via a wireless communication system mobile station, medical data obtained from implanted or wearable medical data acquisition devices associated with an individual, store the medical data in a database, and implement predetermined policies restricting access to the medical data; the group key management server is operative to manage encryption keys on a group basis; and the medical data associated with the individual are retrievable from the database in accordance with the predetermined policies, over secure links with the encryption keys managed by the group key management server, wherein the secure links are established according to a group encryption key management system, which groups the medical data acquisition devices by their unique identifiers and associating them with the mobile station by the mobile station'"'"'s unique identifier. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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