Medical device communication method
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1. A medical device communication method comprising:
- accepting a request by a programmable device to obtaina device identifier associated with a transmitting device associated with said request,a connection type of connection-oriented or connectionless-oriented,a receiving device number associated with a receiving device to transmit a message to;
determining a port number of a port to transmit said message to;
generating a communication identifier or CID;
accepting a request associated with a medical function;
inserting said CID and said medical function into said message;
determining if said connection type is connection-oriented or connectionless;
transmitting said message to a medical device; and
,receiving a request to change a window size for receipt of fragmented messages and adjusting memory usage based thereon.
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Abstract
A medical device communication method that may be implemented within a variety of medical devices including but not limited to infusion pumps. The method may be implemented with a protocol stack for at least intra-device communication. Embodiments provide connection-oriented, connectionless-oriented, broadcast and multicast data exchange with priority handling of data, fragmentation, and reassembly of data, unique static and dynamic address assignment and hot swap capability for connected peripherals or subsystems.
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19 Claims
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1. A medical device communication method comprising:
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accepting a request by a programmable device to obtain a device identifier associated with a transmitting device associated with said request, a connection type of connection-oriented or connectionless-oriented, a receiving device number associated with a receiving device to transmit a message to; determining a port number of a port to transmit said message to; generating a communication identifier or CID; accepting a request associated with a medical function; inserting said CID and said medical function into said message; determining if said connection type is connection-oriented or connectionless; transmitting said message to a medical device; and
,receiving a request to change a window size for receipt of fragmented messages and adjusting memory usage based thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A medical device communication system comprising:
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a programmable device configured to accept a request to obtain a device identifier associated with a transmitting device associated with said request, a connection type of connection-oriented or connectionless-oriented, a receiving device number associated with a receiving device to transmit a message to; determine a port number of a port to transmit said message to; generate a communication identifier or CID; accept a request associated with a medical function; insert said CID and said medical function into said message; determine if said connection type is connection-oriented or connectionless; transmit said message to a medical device; route said message through a transmit of said data to said receiving device even if said receiving device is not directly connected to said transmitting device; accepting a multicast request configured to enable multiple receiving devices to receive said message; and
,receiving a request to change a window size for receipt of fragmented messages and adjusting memory usage based thereon.
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