Web-enabled portable medical device
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1. A portable, wearable, implantable, or semi-implantable medical device for use with a web based wireless network, the medical device comprising:
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a device control unit provided within the housing which controls the medical device;
a wireless web enabler unit provided within the housing; and
a wireless interface control unit provided in the housing and comprising a receiver and a transmitter for receiving and transmitting data wirelessly, wherein;
the web enabler unit is coupled to the wireless interface control unit and coupled to the medical device control unit,the wireless interface control unit and the web enabler unit connect the medical device control unit to the web based wireless network, andthe web enabler unit is a wireless web server which;
serves at least one configuration web page that allows a browser-equipped client that is connected to the medical device via the web based wireless network to change configuration settings of the medical device control unit in response to a client interaction with the at least one configuration web page, andserves at least one operation mode web page that allows a browser-equipped client that is connected to the medical device via the web based wireless network to change the operation of the medical device control unit in response to a client interaction with the at least one operation web page.
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Abstract
A portable personal medical device, e.g., a wearable insulin pump, is provided with a web server and is controllable over a network by a browser equipped client, thereby enabling comprehensive and comfortable control, operation and/or configuration of the device.
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1. A portable, wearable, implantable, or semi-implantable medical device for use with a web based wireless network, the medical device comprising:
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a housing; a device control unit provided within the housing which controls the medical device; a wireless web enabler unit provided within the housing; and a wireless interface control unit provided in the housing and comprising a receiver and a transmitter for receiving and transmitting data wirelessly, wherein;
the web enabler unit is coupled to the wireless interface control unit and coupled to the medical device control unit,the wireless interface control unit and the web enabler unit connect the medical device control unit to the web based wireless network, and the web enabler unit is a wireless web server which; serves at least one configuration web page that allows a browser-equipped client that is connected to the medical device via the web based wireless network to change configuration settings of the medical device control unit in response to a client interaction with the at least one configuration web page, and serves at least one operation mode web page that allows a browser-equipped client that is connected to the medical device via the web based wireless network to change the operation of the medical device control unit in response to a client interaction with the at least one operation web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for controlling over a web based wireless network a portable, wearable, implantable, or semi-implantable medical device comprising a housing, a device control unit within the housing adapted to control the medical device, a wireless web enabler unit provided within the housing, a wireless interface control unit provided with the housing and comprising a receiver and a transmitter for receiving and transmitting data wirelessly, wherein the web enabler unit is coupled to the wireless interface control unit and coupled to the medical device control unit, wherein the wireless interface control unit and web enabler unit are configured to connect the medical device control unit to the web based wireless network so that the medical device is wirelessly web enabled, wherein the wireless web enabler unit is configured as a web server, the method comprising:
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serving at least one configuration web page using the wireless web enabler unit that allows a browser-equipped client that is connected to the medical device via the web based wireless network to change configuration settings of the medical device control unit in response to a client interaction with the at least one configuration web page, and serving at least one operation mode web page using the wireless web enabler unit that allows a browser-equipped client that is connected to the medical device via the web based wireless network to change the operation of the medical device control unit in response to a client interaction with the at least one operation mode web page. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for controlling a portable, wearable, implantable, or semiimplantable medical device, comprising:
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a housing, a device control unit within the housing adapted to control the medical device, and a wireless web enabler unit within the housing comprising; i. a wireless interface control unit comprising a receiver and a transmitter for receiving and transmitting data wirelessly; and ii. a web enabler unit coupled to the wireless interface control unit and coupled to the medical device control unit, wherein the wireless interface control unit and web enabler unit are configured to connect the medical device control unit to a web based wireless network so that the medical device is wirelessly web enabled, wherein the web enabler unit is configured as a web server to serve at least one web page to a browser-equipped client via the wireless network; the method comprising; connecting to the medical device via the wireless network using the browser-equipped client; serving at least one configuration web page from the medical device to the browser-equipped client; changing configuration settings of the medical device control unit via the web based wireless network in response to a client interaction of the browser-equipped client with the at least one configuration web page; serving at least one operation mode web page from the medical device to the browser-equipped client; and changing the operation of the medical device control unit via the web based wireless network in response to a client interaction of the browser-equipped client with the at least one operation mode web page. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. An insulin pump providing different levels of configuration access for a medical personnel access group and a patient access group to the insulin pump over a web based wireless network, the insulin pump comprising:
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a housing; a web enabler unit provided within the housing; a device control unit provided within the housing which controls the insulin pump; and a wireless interface control unit which comprises a receiver and a transmitter that receives and transmits data wirelessly, wherein; the web enabler unit is coupled to the wireless interface control unit and coupled to the device control unit, the web enabler unit provides a web server, and the wireless interface control unit and web enabler unit connect the device control unit to the web based wireless network so that the web server of the web enabler unit; serves at least one operation mode web page to a browser-equipped client that is connected to the insulin pump over the wireless network that allows operation of the insulin pump control unit to be changed in response to a client interaction of the browser-equipped client with the at least one operation web page, and serves at least one configuration web page to a browser-equipped client that is connected to the insulin pump over the wireless network, wherein if the browser-equipped client is an authorized user of the medical access group, then the authorized user may change configuration settings of the insulin pump control unit in response to a client interaction of the browser-equipped client with the at least one configuration web page. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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