Remote Monitoring And Diagnostics Of Medical Devices
First Claim
1. A system for integration, collection and communication between a medical device and a hospital information system, the system comprising:
- a medical device lacking an ability to connect to a medical facility network;
an embedded device incorporated into the medical device and configured to connect the medical device to the medical facility network; and
a device server coupled to the medical device and the medical facility network, and configured to;
locate the medical device;
retrieve information from the medical device; and
communicate the retrieved information to a hospital information system through the medical facility network.
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Abstract
A system or method to authenticate with a medical device, identify the device, and subsequently communicate with any existing or newly added medical devices is presented. The system also is capable of gathering, analyzing and evaluating information from medical devices connected to a health care network. The present disclose leverages embedded device servers to transmit information from medical devices to a hospital information system for further evaluation, or action when required. A module or embedded device may be associated with any specific medical device such that communication between the device and the hospital system may take place whereby information may be received by the hospital information system to evaluate medical device functionality and other important characteristics as desired by the administrator.
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1. A system for integration, collection and communication between a medical device and a hospital information system, the system comprising:
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a medical device lacking an ability to connect to a medical facility network; an embedded device incorporated into the medical device and configured to connect the medical device to the medical facility network; and a device server coupled to the medical device and the medical facility network, and configured to; locate the medical device; retrieve information from the medical device; and communicate the retrieved information to a hospital information system through the medical facility network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for integrating a plurality of medical devices into a medical facility network, the system comprising:
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a medical device couple with a medical facility network; and a server coupled with the medical facility network and configured to; send an initialization signal to the medical device through the medical facility network; and automatically initialize the medical device in response to the medical device receiving the initialization signal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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