ADAPTER BETWEEN SCALE AND VITAL SIGNS MONITOR
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at an adapter host controller of an adapter, at least one of weight and height data from a scale device controller of a scale via a serial communications bus, the at least one of weight and height data being in a first data format;
converting, by the adapter, the at least one of weight and height data to a second data format; and
outputting, by the adapter, the at least one of weight and height data in the second data format to a patient vital sign monitoring device.
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Abstract
A method, an adapter and a system including a medical device and an adapter. The adapter receives patient scale data (e.g., height and weight data) from a scale. The patient scale data is in a first format data generally not interpretable by a vital sign monitoring device. The adapter translates the patient scale data into a second format compatible with the vital sign monitoring device. The adapter then outputs the translated data to the vital sign monitoring device. The scale and adapter may be coupled via a universal serial bus (USB) connection. The adapter and vital sign monitoring device may be coupled via one of a USB connection and an RS-232 connection. The patient data may be stored in an electronic health records (EHR) database by the vital sign monitoring device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at an adapter host controller of an adapter, at least one of weight and height data from a scale device controller of a scale via a serial communications bus, the at least one of weight and height data being in a first data format; converting, by the adapter, the at least one of weight and height data to a second data format; and outputting, by the adapter, the at least one of weight and height data in the second data format to a patient vital sign monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An adapter comprising:
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a serial communications input port that receives at least one of weight and height data from a scale device controller of a scale via a serial communications bus, the at least one of weight and height data being in a first data format; an adapter host controller coupled to the serial communications input port and including a conversion module that converts the at least one of weight and height data to a second data format; and a serial communications output port that outputs the at least one of weight and height data in the second data format to a patient vital sign monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for facilitating data communication, the system comprising:
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a medical device operable to one of transmit patient data in a first data format and receive patient data in a second data format, the patient data indicating at least one of a weight and a height of the patient; and an adapter operable to communicate between the medical device and another device, the adapter including an adapter host controller including a conversion module operable to convert the patient data from the first data format to the second data format, an adapter device controller operable to receive the converted patient data in the second data format from the adapter host controller, and a serial communications port coupled to one of the adapter host controller to receive the patient data from the medical device in the first data format, and the adapter device controller to output the patient data to the medical device in the second data format. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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