SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION HUB FOR A PLURALITY OF MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHOD THEREFORE
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1. A system, comprising:
- a plurality of medical devices configured to transmit a plurality of communications containing information affecting priority of transmission of data from an associated one of said plurality of medical devices;
a destination node; and
a communication hub configured to;
receive said plurality of communications from said plurality of medical devices;
determine a priority of transmission of said data from said plurality of communications based, at least in part, on said information affecting priority; and
transmit said data from one of said plurality of medical devices by way of a network to said destination node in an order based, at least in part, on said priority of transmission.
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Abstract
System, hub and method having medical devices configured to transmit communications containing information affecting priority of transmission of data from an associated one of the medical devices, a destination node and a communication hub. The communication hub is configured to receive the communications from the medical devices, determine a priority of transmission of the data from the communications based, at least in part, on the information affecting priority, and transmit the data from one of the medical devices by way of a network to the destination node in an order based, at least in part, on the priority of transmission.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a plurality of medical devices configured to transmit a plurality of communications containing information affecting priority of transmission of data from an associated one of said plurality of medical devices; a destination node; and a communication hub configured to; receive said plurality of communications from said plurality of medical devices; determine a priority of transmission of said data from said plurality of communications based, at least in part, on said information affecting priority; and transmit said data from one of said plurality of medical devices by way of a network to said destination node in an order based, at least in part, on said priority of transmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A communication hub for use in a system having a plurality of medical devices configured to transmit a plurality of communications containing information affecting priority of transmission of data from at least one of said plurality of medical devices, comprising a communication module configured to:
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receive said plurality of communications from said medical devices; determine a priority of transmission of said data from said plurality of communications based, at least in part, on said information affecting priority; and transmit said data from one of said plurality of medical devices by way of a network to a destination node in an order based, at least in part, on said priority of transmission. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A device implemented method of obtaining and distributing data from at least one of a plurality of medical devices, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a plurality of communications from said plurality of medical devices to a communication hub, each of said plurality of communications containing information affecting priority of transmission of data from an associated one of said plurality of medical devices; receiving said plurality of said communications from said plurality of medical devices with said communication hub; determining a priority of transmission of said data from said plurality of communications based, at least in part, on said information affecting priority; and transmitting said data from said communication hub to a destination node in an order based, at least in part, on said priority of transmission from said determining step. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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