Interface device for communication between a medical device and a computer

• US 9,081,903 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ivy Biomedical Systems Inc
• Original Assignee: Ivy Biomedical Systems Inc
• Inventors: Biondi, James W., Engler, Michael G., Tuccillo, Mark Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHIU, HO T
• Application Number:
  US13/335,198
• Publication Number:
  US 20120102339A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,300 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/385 for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

The present invention relates to an interface device and a method for communication between a medical device and a computer system. In some embodiments, the interface device comprises a conversion device and/or a processor-transceiver and a memory in electrical communication with the conversion device, wherein the memory contains data to instruct the conversion device and/or the processor transceiver how to communicate with the medical device.

Claims

1. An electrically isolated medical device data converter comprising:

a serial line interface for connection to a medical device serial port, the medical device having a medical device data protocol;

an isolation circuit having an isolation circuit input bus in electrical communication with the serial line interface and having an isolation circuit output bus;

a protocol conversion circuit having a protocol conversion circuit output bus and a protocol conversion circuit input bus in electrical communication with the isolation circuit output bus;

a USB interface in electrical communication with the protocol conversion circuit output bus; and

a programmable memory having a memory output bus,

wherein the protocol conversion circuit further comprises a protocol conversion circuit memory bus in electrical communication with the memory output bus,

wherein the protocol conversion circuit identifies the medical device connected to the isolated medical device data converter; and

wherein the programmable memory provides protocol conversion data to the protocol conversion circuit to permit the protocol conversion circuit to convert the medical device data protocol to a protocol for communication through the USB interface based on the medical device identification.

2. The electrically isolated medical device data converter of claim 1 further comprising:

an isolated power supply providing power to components of the electrically isolated medical device data converter while electrically isolating the USB interface from the serial line interface.

3. The electrically isolated medical device data converter of claim 1 wherein the serial interface is an RS232 interface.

4. The electrically isolated medical device data converter of claim 1 wherein the isolation circuit comprises a serial line isolator and a digital isolator connected by a bus.

5. The electrically isolated medical device data converter of claim 1 wherein the memory is an EE PROM.

6. The electrically isolated medical device data converter of claim 1 further comprising an isolated power supply is a regulated power supply.

7. The electrically isolated medical device data converter of claim 6 further comprising a power switch enable circuit in communication between the protocol conversion circuit and the isolated power supply.

8. A method of converting medical device data from a medical device having a medical device data protocol, the method comprising the steps of:

loading medical device protocol information into a programmable memory;

receiving the medical device data from the medical device through a serial line interface;

passing the medical device data with the medical device data protocol from the serial line interface through an electrical isolation circuit;

identifying, using a protocol conversion circuit, the medical device connected to the serial line interface;

reading, using the protocol conversion circuit, medical device protocol conversion information from the programmable memory based on the identification of the medical device;

and

converting, using the protocol conversion circuit, the medical device data having the medical device data protocol to medical data comprising a USB protocol using the medical device protocol conversion information read from memory.

9. An electrically isolated medical device data converter comprising:

a serial line interface for connection to a medical device serial port, the medical device having a medical device data protocol;

an isolation circuit having an isolation circuit input bus in electrical communication with the serial line interface and having an isolation circuit output bus;

a protocol conversion circuit having a protocol conversion circuit output bus and a protocol conversion circuit input bus in electrical communication with the isolation circuit output bus;

an output interface in electrical communication with the protocol conversion circuit output bus; and

a user programmable memory having a memory output bus, and

wherein the protocol conversion circuit further comprises a protocol conversion circuit memory bus in electrical communication with the memory output bus,

wherein the protocol conversion circuit identifies the medical device connected to the isolated medical device data converter; and

wherein the memory provides protocol conversion data to the protocol conversion circuit to permit the protocol conversion circuit to convert the medical device data protocol to a protocol for communication through the output interface based on the medical device identification.

10. The electrically isolated medical device data converter of claim 9 further comprising:

an isolated power supply providing power to components of the electrically isolated medical device data converter while electrically isolating the output interface from the serial line interface.