Wireless Relay Module Having Emergency Call Functionality
First Claim
1. A wireless relay module comprising:
- a receiver capable of wirelessly receiving medical device data over a wireless relay network from at least one medical device;
a first transmitter capable of wirelessly transmitting medical device data to a second wireless relay module over the wireless relay network;
a second transmitter capable of wirelessly transmitting the medical device data over an internet-accessible wireless communication network;
a controller coupled to the first and second transmitters, the controller capable of controlling the wireless relay module to select one of said first or said second transmitter for transmitting the medical device data received by the receiver and the controller capable of establishing a connection via the first or second transmitter with an emergency responder when an emergency condition exists;
a phone device coupled to the controller, the phone device capable of initiating the connection with the emergency responder; and
a signal generator coupled to the phone device, the signal generator capable of producing a signal indicative of the emergency condition for transmission over the connection with the emergency responder.
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Abstract
A system for networked communications between a series of medical devices, wireless relay modules, and a remote device wireless relay network and an internet-accessible wireless communication network. At least one relay module includes a receiver, a first transmitter coupled to the wireless relay network, a second transmitter coupled to the internet-accessible wireless communication network, and a controller. The controller determines whether the internet-accessible wireless communications network is accessible. If accessible, then medical device data is transmitted to a remote device over that network using the second transmitter. If not accessible, then the first transmitter is used to transmit medical device data to another wireless relay module over the wireless relay network. Additionally, the controller analyzes the medical device data to determine whether an emergency condition exists, and transmits the medical device data to an emergency responder if such condition occurs together with location data for an associated medical device.
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24 Claims
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1. A wireless relay module comprising:
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a receiver capable of wirelessly receiving medical device data over a wireless relay network from at least one medical device; a first transmitter capable of wirelessly transmitting medical device data to a second wireless relay module over the wireless relay network; a second transmitter capable of wirelessly transmitting the medical device data over an internet-accessible wireless communication network; a controller coupled to the first and second transmitters, the controller capable of controlling the wireless relay module to select one of said first or said second transmitter for transmitting the medical device data received by the receiver and the controller capable of establishing a connection via the first or second transmitter with an emergency responder when an emergency condition exists; a phone device coupled to the controller, the phone device capable of initiating the connection with the emergency responder; and a signal generator coupled to the phone device, the signal generator capable of producing a signal indicative of the emergency condition for transmission over the connection with the emergency responder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computerized method comprising the steps of:
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receiving medical device data at a wireless relay module wirelessly transmitted from one or more medical devices; determining at the wireless relay module that at least a portion of the received data is indicative of an emergency condition; generating an emergency signal at the wireless relay module indicative of the emergency condition; selecting by the wireless relay module one of a first transmitter capable of transmitting the emergency signal over a wireless relay network and a second transmitter capable of transmitting the emergency signal over an internet-accessible wireless communication network; establishing a wireless connection with an emergency responder by the selected one of the first transmitter or the second transmitter; and transmitting the generated emergency signal to the emergency responder by the selected one of the first transmitter or the second transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A wireless relay network comprising:
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at least a first wireless relay module and a second wireless relay module, wherein each wireless relay module comprises a receiver capable of receiving a signal comprising medical device data from one or more medical devices over a wireless relay network, a first transmitter capable of transmitting the medical device data over an internet-accessible wireless communication network, and a second transmitter capable of transmitting the medical device data over a wireless relay network; said first and second wireless relay modules including respective controllers, wherein each controller is capable of processing the received medical device data to detect information associated with the location of said one or more medical devices and of generating location information data for the one medical device; and said controller further being capable of selecting one of the first or second transmitter for transmitting said location information data to a remote monitoring device.
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22. A wireless relay module comprising:
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a receiver capable of wirelessly receiving medical device data over a wireless relay network from at least one medical device; a first transmitter capable of wirelessly transmitting medical device data over the wireless relay network; a second transmitter capable of wirelessly transmitting data over an internet-accessible wireless communication network; a location device capable of generating a location signal; a controller coupled to the first and second transmitters, the controller capable of selecting one of said first or second transmitter for transmitting medical device data received by the receiver, and establishing a connection using the first or second transmitter with an emergency responder when an emergency condition exists; a phone device coupled to the controller, the phone device capable of initiating the connection with the emergency responder; and a signal generator coupled to the phone device, the signal generator capable of producing a signal indicative of the emergency condition and including the location signal, for transmission by the first or second transmitter to the emergency responder. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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Specification