MEDICAL COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL TRANSLATOR
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating communication between first and second medical devices within a medical information network, the method comprising:
- receiving a first input message from a first medical device, the first medical device having generated said input message according to a first communication protocol, said input message identifying a second medical device as an intended recipient of the input message;
translating said input message into an output message by applying one or more translation rules, said second medical device being configured to receive and process said output message; and
providing said output message to the second medical device.
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Abstract
A medical communication protocol translator can be configured to facilitate communication between medical devices that are programmed to communicate with different protocol formats. The medical communication protocol translator can receive an input message formatted according to a first protocol format from a first medical device and to output an output message formatted according to a second protocol format supported by a second medical device using a set of translation rules. For example, a medical communication protocol translator can receive an input message from a hospital information system formatted according to a first HL7 protocol format and output an output message formatted according to a second HL7 protocol format based on a comparison with the set of translation rules.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating communication between first and second medical devices within a medical information network, the method comprising:
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receiving a first input message from a first medical device, the first medical device having generated said input message according to a first communication protocol, said input message identifying a second medical device as an intended recipient of the input message; translating said input message into an output message by applying one or more translation rules, said second medical device being configured to receive and process said output message; and providing said output message to the second medical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A medical device message translator configured to facilitate communication between first and second medical devices within a medical information network, the translator comprising:
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a communication interface module configured to receive a first input message from a first medical device, the first medical device having generated said input message according to a first communication protocol, said input message identifying a second medical device as an intended recipient of the input message; a rules module, configured to store one or more predetermined translation rules; and a translation module configured to translate said input message into an output message by applying one or more translation rules retrieved from said rules module, said second medical device being configured to receive and process said output message.
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9. A method for converting messages communicated between medical devices and a hospital or clinical information system, the method comprising:
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receiving an input message from a hospital information system that comprises electronic patient medical records, the content of the input message being formatted according to a first set of formatting rules allowed under a medical electronic communication protocol; comparing the input message to a set of transformation rules; generating an output message, the content of the output message being re-formatted according to a second set of formatting rules allowed under the medical electronic communication protocol, wherein the conversion rules control the re-formatting of the content of the output message so as to comply with the second set of formatting rules; and outputting the output message to a medical, device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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