CONTROL OF A MEDICAL DEVICE
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Abstract
An electronic medical monitoring and treatment apparatus allows a victim of a medical emergency person access to a medical professional (MP) who can monitor, diagnose and treat the person from a remote site. The apparatus includes a cardiac medical monitoring and treatment device (MMTD) coupled to an electronic adapter designed to communicate with a local, first transmitting/receiving (T/R) device which, in turn, is adapted to electronically communicate with a remote, second transmitting/receiving (T/R) device used by the MP. The MMTD may comprise a cardiac treatment circuit for effecting cardiac pacing and/or defibrillation and a cardiac signal circuit for receiving cardiac signals. The cardiac signals are (1) transmitted from the signal circuit to the second T/R device for evaluation by the MP, (2) the MP may transmit a control signal to the treatment circuit, and (3), in response thereto, the treatment circuit may generate one or more electrical pulses for treatment of the person.
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109 Claims
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1-88. -88. (canceled)
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89. An electronic adapter device configured to allow at least one first medical device to communicate with at least one second medical device, said adapter comprising:
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(a) a first communications port configured to input a first information signal from said at least one first medical device and a second communications port configured to output a second information signal to said at least one second medical device; (b) a data processing unit, comprising at least one processor and connected to said first communications port and to said second communications port; wherein, in response to the receipt of said first information signal via said first communications port from said at least one first medical device, said data processing unit is operative to produce said second information signal for transmission via said second communications port to said at least one second medical device; wherein said data processing unit is operative to change a data format of said first information signal outputted by said at least one first medical device to a data format of said second information signal compatible with said at least one second medical device; wherein information is transmitted from at least one first medical device sequentially to said adapter device and thence to at least one second medical device; and whereby said adapter is configured to allow at least one first medical device to communicate information to at least one second medical device. - View Dependent Claims (90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109)
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