Internet-protocol based telemetry patient monitoring system
First Claim
1. A system for communicating physiological or control data between a portable device and an information system via telemetry, comprising:
- at least one portable device, the portable device having an I/O port for bidirectionally communicating physiological or control data in the form of IP data packets via telemetry, wherein the portable device in operation includes a layered network interface that supports a standard internet-based networking protocol stack and RF PHY and MAC layers;
an information system including at least one access point, connected to a wired network through a networking switch, and having an I/O port for bidirectionally communicating physiological or control data via telemetry with the portable device, wherein the access point and the portable device in operation includes a program that converts the IP data packets between the RF PHY and MAC and Ethernet PHY and MAC layers and further includes a server to support a dynamic or static assignment of a network identifier to the portable device.
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Abstract
A method and device for communicating physiological or control data between a portable device and an information system via telemetry. The system includes at least one portable device, and usually many, each having an I/O port for bidirectionally communicating physiological or control data in the form of IP data packets via telemetry. The portable device in operation includes a layered network interface that supports a standard internet-based networking protocol (IP) stack and PHY and MAC layers. The system also includes an information system connected to a wired network through a networking switch, and having a port for bidirectionally communicating data via telemetry with the portable device. The access point may include a program that converts the IP data packets between the RF PHY and MAC and network, such as Ethernet, PHY and MAC layers and further may include a server such as a BOOTP/DHCP server to support a dynamic assignment of an IP address to a number of portable devices.
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1. A system for communicating physiological or control data between a portable device and an information system via telemetry, comprising:
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at least one portable device, the portable device having an I/O port for bidirectionally communicating physiological or control data in the form of IP data packets via telemetry, wherein the portable device in operation includes a layered network interface that supports a standard internet-based networking protocol stack and RF PHY and MAC layers; an information system including at least one access point, connected to a wired network through a networking switch, and having an I/O port for bidirectionally communicating physiological or control data via telemetry with the portable device, wherein the access point and the portable device in operation includes a program that converts the IP data packets between the RF PHY and MAC and Ethernet PHY and MAC layers and further includes a server to support a dynamic or static assignment of a network identifier to the portable device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for communicating physiological and control data between a plurality of portable medical devices and an information system via telemetry, comprising:
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each portable device having an I/O port for bidirectionally communicating physiological and control data in the form of IP data packets via telemetry, each portable device including a layered network interface that supports a standard internet-based networking protocol stack and has RF PHY and MAC layers; an information system including at least one access point, connected to a wired network through a networking switch, and having an I/O port for bidirectionally communicating the physiological and control data via telemetry with the portable devices, the access point and the portable devices including a program that converts the IP data packets between the RF PHY and MAC layers and Ethernet PHY and MAC layers and a server which supports a dynamic or static assignment of a network identifier to the portable devices; wherein at least one of (1) the portable devices and (2) the information system further includes a program for adaptive compression based on a network header of the physiological or control data. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for communicating physiological or control data between at least one portable devices and an information system via telemetry, comprising:
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bidirectionally communicating physiological and control data in the form of IP data packets via telemetry between each of a plurality of portable devices and an information system, with each of the plurality of portable devices, transmitting data using a standard internet-based networking protocol stack having a plurality of layers including RF PHY and MAC layers; with the information system, converting the IP data packets between the RF PHY and MAC layers and Ethernet PHY and MAC layers and dynamically or statically assigning a network identifier to each portable device; adaptively compressing the data based on a network header of the physiological or control data; and at least at the information system, decompressing the compressed data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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