ARCHITECTURE FOR FIELD UPGRADE OF A HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM
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Abstract
An architecture allows individual system components to be developed and tested individually, i.e., as distinct modules, and to be subsequently combined through standardized electrical and communication interfaces. Any combination of these modules can be implemented to form different products that provide any number of functions, such as an integrated system for monitoring a health condition and/or delivering a medication. The architecture also provides an approach for dynamically updating the product and offering its users the latest generation of technology even after the users have already purchased the product. In particular, the embodiments employ the communication interfaces to also provide connection to a remote network that can update or upgrade the product'"'"'s software when the product is out in the field.
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37 Claims
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18. A system for managing healthcare data, comprising:
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a first module circuit providing a first healthcare function; a first central circuit controlling the first module circuit; a second module circuit providing a second healthcare function; a second central circuit controlling the second module circuit; and a communication interface providing a connection between the first central circuit and the second central circuit, wherein validation of the second module circuit may be conducted without affecting the first module circuit. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for managing healthcare data, comprising:
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a first module circuit implemented on a daughterboard and providing a first healthcare function; a first central circuit implemented on a motherboard and controlling the first module circuit, the motherboard being standardized for connection with the daughterboard; a second module circuit providing a second healthcare function, the first module circuit or the second module circuit being selected from a group consisting of a blood glucose meter, a blood pressure monitor, a heart rate monitor, and a processing device configured to process data received from other modules; a second central circuit controlling the second module circuit, the first central circuit being a host for the second central circuit; and a communication interface providing a connection between the first central circuit and the second central circuit, wherein validation of the second module circuit may be conducted without affecting the first module circuit. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A method for managing healthcare data, comprising:
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developing, according to a first development process, a first assembly of a first central circuit and a first module circuit providing a first healthcare function, the first central circuit controlling the first module circuit; developing, according to a second development process, a second assembly of a second central circuit and a second module circuit providing a second healthcare function, the second central circuit controlling the second module circuit; and connecting the first assembly and the second assembly via a communications interface.
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