Apparatus and method to administer and manage an intelligent base unit for a handheld medical device
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1. A method comprising:
- providing a handheld medical device;
providing a base unit in communication with said handheld medical device, said base unit providing an electrical connection to a power source to charge a battery of said handheld medical device; and
performing an update to software or firmware of the base unit, wherein the update is initiated by said base unit upon receiving from the handheld medical device a data stream with information indicating that an update to the software or firmware of the base unit is contained in said data stream.
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods thereof to administer and manage a base unit for a handheld medical device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a base unit of the invention is in communication with a handheld medical device. The base unit is configured to provide an electrical connection to a power source to charge a battery of the handheld medical device. The base unit is also configured to perform an update to the operation of the base unit, wherein the update is initiated by the base unit upon receiving from the handheld medical device a data stream with information indicating that an update is contained in the data stream.
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81 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a handheld medical device; providing a base unit in communication with said handheld medical device, said base unit providing an electrical connection to a power source to charge a battery of said handheld medical device; and performing an update to software or firmware of the base unit, wherein the update is initiated by said base unit upon receiving from the handheld medical device a data stream with information indicating that an update to the software or firmware of the base unit is contained in said data stream. - 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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providing a base unit; providing a handheld medical device which communicates and electrically interfaces with said base unit; receiving with said handheld medical device an update provided via said base unit, said base unit ignoring the update; communicating said update to said base unit from said handheld medical device in a data stream, said handheld medical device adding additional information to said data stream; and receiving said data stream with said base unit, wherein said base unit does not ignore the update due to detecting said additional information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method of administering and managing a system, said method comprising:
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providing a requesting unit in two-way communication with a handheld medical device via a base unit; transmitting from the requesting unit an interrogation for device data from the handheld medical device; conveying via the base unit the interrogation to the handheld medical device; transmitting the device data from the handheld medical device via the base unit to the requesting unit, said device data containing status information pertaining to the handheld medical device and the base unit; wherein the requesting unit checks the status information to see if an update to software or firmware of at least the base unit is needed; and sending an update from the requesting unit to the handheld medical device via the base unit when needed. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. An apparatus comprising:
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a handheld medical device having a microprocessor, a first communication interface, and a battery powering the handheld medical device; and a base unit having an electrical connection which provides power from a power source to charge the battery of said handheld medical device, a second communication interface which communicates with said first communication interface of the handheld medical device, and a microcontroller which performs an update to software or firmware of the base unit, wherein the handheld medical device is configured to add information to a data stream containing the update such that the base unit does not ignore the update to the software or firmware of the base unit contained in the data stream, and wherein said microcontroller of the base unit is configured to initiate the update upon receiving from the handheld medical device, via the first and second communication interfaces, the data stream with the information indicating that the update to the software or firmware of the base unit is contained in said data stream. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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