WIRELESS PATIENT COMMUNICATOR FOR USE IN A LIFE CRITICAL NETWORK
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Abstract
A portable housing supports a processor coupled to memory for storing medical firmware and wireless radio firmware, first and second radios, a processor, and a power source. Communications are effected between an implantable medical device and the first radio in accordance with program instructions of the medical firmware, and between the second radio and the wireless network in accordance with program instructions of the wireless radio firmware. The first and second radios are configured to operate cooperatively in a first testing configuration, by which the first radio operates as a transmitter and the second radio operates as a receiver, and cooperatively in a second testing configuration, by which the second radio operates as a transmitter and the first radio operates as a receiver. Functional testing of the first and second radios is implemented using one or both of the first and second testing configurations.
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47 Claims
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1-27. -27. (canceled)
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28. A communicator for effecting communications via a wireless network connection and for communicating with a medical device, the communicator comprising:
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memory configured to store medical firmware and radio firmware; a processor coupled to the memory; a first radio configured to effect communications with a medical device in accordance with the medical firmware; and a second radio configured to effect communications via a wireless network connection in accordance with the radio firmware; wherein the processor is configured to perform a diagnostic analysis comprising; a first signal test wherein the first radio transmits a first signal configured to be received by the second radio, and a second signal test wherein the second radio transmits a second signal configured to be received by the first radio. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method for effecting communications via a wireless network connection and for communicating with a medical device, the method comprising:
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effecting communications between a medical device and a first radio of a communicator in accordance with medical firmware program instructions; effecting communications between a second radio of the communicator and a wireless network in accordance with wireless radio firmware program instructions; transmitting a first test signal from the first radio to be received by the second radio; transmitting a second test signal from the second radio to be received by the first radio;
detecting a performance deficiency from the first test signal and the second test signal. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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