Dynamic pairing of patients to data collection gateways
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring a patient, the system comprising:
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a patient device coupled to the patient to measure patient data, the patient device comprising a communications module configured to transmit a device identifier; and
a gateway comprising a unique gateway identifier and configured to communicate with the server system and the patient device, the gateway configured to communicate with the patient device in response to the device identifier, wherein the gateway is configured to transmit the unique gateway identifier to the server system with patient data and the unique patient device identifier, and wherein the gateway is further configured to receive a list of approved device identifiers from the server system in response to receipt of a request from the patient device to pair with the gateway.
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Abstract
Systems, devices and methods transmit data from a patient device to a location, for example a remote location, where the patient is monitored. The system may comprise a server system, for example a backend server system, a gateway and the patient worn device. The gateway can be configured to communicate with the patient worn device in response to a list transmitted from the server, for example an approved patient device list transmitted from the server to the gateway. The gateway may exclude communication with patient worn devices that are not on the list. This use of the list can control data throughput from the patient device to the gateway and also from the gateway to the server, such that the communication from the device on the list to the server is maintained and appropriate information can be reliably sent from the patient device to the server.
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38 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring a patient, the system comprising:
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a server system; a patient device coupled to the patient to measure patient data, the patient device comprising a communications module configured to transmit a device identifier; and a gateway comprising a unique gateway identifier and configured to communicate with the server system and the patient device, the gateway configured to communicate with the patient device in response to the device identifier, wherein the gateway is configured to transmit the unique gateway identifier to the server system with patient data and the unique patient device identifier, and wherein the gateway is further configured to receive a list of approved device identifiers from the server system in response to receipt of a request from the patient device to pair with the gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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12. A system for monitoring a patient, the system comprising:
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a server system; a patient device coupled to the patient to measure patient data, the patient device comprising a communications module configured to transmit a device identifier; and a gateway configured to communicate with the server system and the patient device, the gateway configured to communicate with the patient device in response to the device identifier, the gateway comprises a device identifier list, wherein the device identifier list is received from the server system in response to receipt of a request from the patient device to pair with the gateway and the list comprises a range of device identifiers and the device identifier is within the range.
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21. A system for monitoring a plurality of patients, the system comprising:
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a plurality of patient devices, each device configured to couple to one of the plurality of patients to measure data from the patient, each patient device comprising a unique patient device identifier; a server system comprising a tangible medium configured to store a list with the unique patient device identifier for each device; and a plurality of gateways configured to communicate with the server system and the plurality of patient devices, each gateway of the plurality of gateways comprising a unique gateway identifier and configured to communicate with at least one of the plurality of patient devices in response to the list, wherein a gateway specific list of approved device identifiers is received by the gateway from the server system in response to receipt of a request from one of the patient devices to pair with the gateway, and wherein each gateway of the plurality of gateways is configured to transmit the unique gateway identifier to the server system with patient data and the unique patient device identifier. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for monitoring a patient, the system comprising:
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a server system; a patient device coupled to the patient to measure patient data, the patient device comprising a communications module configured to transmit a device identifier; and a gateway configured to communicate with the server system and the patient device, the gateway configured to receive the device identifier from the patient device and to receive a request from the patient device to pair with the gateway, and wherein the gateway is further configured to receive a list of approved device identifiers from the server system upon receipt of the request from the patient device to pair with the gateway. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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37. A method of communicating patient monitoring data, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a gateway from a patient device via a first electronic communication link, a device identifier transmitted by the patient device; receiving, at the gateway from the patient device via the first electronic communication link, a request to pair the patient device to the gateway; and upon receipt of the request to pair the patient device to the gateway, performing a step to receive a list of approved device identifiers from a remote server system via a second electronic communication link. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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