SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AND CONTROLLING MEDICAL MONITORING DATA
First Claim
1. A pulse oximetry system operable to measure a blood parameter of a patient and transmit the blood parameter together with third party medical device parameters to a remote device, the system comprising:
- a patient monitor configured to measure the blood parameter of the patient by obtaining a signal from an optical sensor coupled to the patient, wherein the signal corresponds to light attenuated by body tissue of the patient; and
the patient monitor configured to communicate with a medical network interface which transmits the measured blood parameter and third party medical device parameters from a third party medical device across a hospital network, the medical network interface comprising;
a plurality of ports, at least one of which is configured to receive a wireless dongle;
a network interface controller configured to implement a wireless communications stack;
a memory configured to store processor-executable instructions; and
a processor programmed to execute the instructions to;
supply the wireless dongle with information sufficient to enable the wireless dongle to provide wireless connectivity to the third party medical device;
wirelessly pair with the wireless dongle in response to receiving a pairing request signal from the third party medical device, which occurs in response to the wireless dongle being inserted into the third party medical device;
subsequent to the pairing, wirelessly receive a data stream from the wireless dongle, the data stream comprising an identifier of the third party medical device and the third party medical device parameters associated with the patient;
associate with the data stream, an identifier of the patient, an identifier of the medical network interface, and an identifier of the patient monitor to produce a modified data stream; and
transmit the modified data stream, the measured blood parameter, and the third party medical device parameters across a hospital network to enable the modified data stream and the measured blood parameter to be accessed by a clinician.
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Abstract
A first medical device can acquire a physiological parameter value from a patient and communicate the physiological parameter value to a medical network interface. The medical network interface can link a patient ID associated with the physiological parameter and a device ID associated with the first medical device with the medical network interface'"'"'s device ID. The medical network interface can pass the physiological parameter value to a second medical device for further processing or routing to another medical device.
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20 Claims
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1. A pulse oximetry system operable to measure a blood parameter of a patient and transmit the blood parameter together with third party medical device parameters to a remote device, the system comprising:
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a patient monitor configured to measure the blood parameter of the patient by obtaining a signal from an optical sensor coupled to the patient, wherein the signal corresponds to light attenuated by body tissue of the patient; and the patient monitor configured to communicate with a medical network interface which transmits the measured blood parameter and third party medical device parameters from a third party medical device across a hospital network, the medical network interface comprising; a plurality of ports, at least one of which is configured to receive a wireless dongle; a network interface controller configured to implement a wireless communications stack; a memory configured to store processor-executable instructions; and a processor programmed to execute the instructions to; supply the wireless dongle with information sufficient to enable the wireless dongle to provide wireless connectivity to the third party medical device; wirelessly pair with the wireless dongle in response to receiving a pairing request signal from the third party medical device, which occurs in response to the wireless dongle being inserted into the third party medical device; subsequent to the pairing, wirelessly receive a data stream from the wireless dongle, the data stream comprising an identifier of the third party medical device and the third party medical device parameters associated with the patient; associate with the data stream, an identifier of the patient, an identifier of the medical network interface, and an identifier of the patient monitor to produce a modified data stream; and transmit the modified data stream, the measured blood parameter, and the third party medical device parameters across a hospital network to enable the modified data stream and the measured blood parameter to be accessed by a clinician. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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detecting an insertion of a wireless dongle into a port of a medical network interface; in response to said insertion, supplying the wireless dongle with an identifier to enable the wireless dongle to communicate the identifier to the standalone medical device upon insertion into the standalone medical device; subsequent to removal of the wireless dongle from the port of the medical network interface, receiving, with a hardware processor, a pairing request signal from the standalone medical device, the pairing request signal comprising the identifier previously supplied to the wireless dongle; and subsequent to the pairing, supplying one or both of a visual or audible indication that the pairing has been successful, wirelessly receiving a data stream from the standalone medical device, the data stream comprising patient data associated with a patient, and associating with the data stream, an identifier of the patient and an identifier of the medical network interface, to produce a modified data stream; and transmitting the modified data stream across a hospital network to a server so as to enable distribution of the modified data stream to a plurality of devices from the server. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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