Medical system having plug and play function

• US 9,773,093 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2015
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Bernini, Nicole, Buck, Jr., Harvey B., Eberhart, Andreas, Froech, Sybille, Gaa, Otto, Marquant, Michael, Rasch-Menges, Juergen, Roesicke, Bernd, Scherer, Joerg
• Primary Examiner(s): Winakur, Eric
• Application Number:
  US14/820,980
• Publication Number:
  US 20150356264A1
• Time in Patent Office: 781 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0406 specially shaped apparatus housings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/045 with a separable interface unit, e.g. for communication
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14503 invasive, e.g. introduced into the body by a catheter or needle or using implanted sensors A61B5/1459, A61B5/1464, A61B5/1473, A61B5/1482, A61B5/14865 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14546 for measuring analytes not otherwise provided for, e.g. ions, cytochromes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4839 combined with drug delivery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7271 Specific aspects of physiological measurement analysis A61B5/316, A61B5/349 and A61B5/374 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/74 Details of notification to user or communication with user or patient indicating measured values G01D7/00; user input means input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/98 using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37235 Aspects of the external programmer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/445 by mutual authentication, e.g. between devices or programs
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A medical system is disclosed, which can be useable in particular for monitoring and/or controlling at least one bodily function of a user. The medical system comprises a control device and at least one medical user element embodied separately from the control device. The medical user element and the control device are designed to exchange data wirelessly. The medical system is designed to enable an automatic assignment step, wherein an exchange of personal data between the medical user element and the control device is enabled by the automatic assignment step. The medical system is furthermore designed to automatically initiate the automatic assignment step by means of an assignment coupling between the medical user element and the control device. The medical system is furthermore designed to enable a separation of the assignment coupling for medical operation of the medical system after the assignment step.

Claims

1. A medical system for monitoring and/or controlling at least one bodily function of a user, comprising:

a blood glucose measuring device;

at least one additional device, wherein either the blood glucose measuring device or the additional device or both serve as a control device; and

at least one medical user element embodied separately from the control device and configured to perform a medical function,

wherein the medical user element and the control device are configured to exchange data wirelessly,

wherein the medical system is configured to perform an assignment coupling between the control device and the medical user element using a coupling interface and without physical contact between the control device and the medical user element;

wherein the control device and the medical user element exchange personal data automatically via a wireless communication link, wherein the personal data is exchanged only in response to the assignment coupling.

2. The medical system of claim 1 wherein the assignment coupling is performed by exchanging biometric features captured respectively by the control device and the medical user element.

3. The medical system of claim 2 wherein the control device includes a sensor that captures a biometric feature of a user element includes a sensor that captures a biometric feature of a user, such that the assignment coupling is established when the biometric feature captured by the control device matches the biometric feature captured by the medical user element.

4. The medical system of claim 1 wherein the assignment coupling is performed by exchanging data over a secondary communication link between the control device and the medical user element.

5. The medical system of claim 4 wherein the secondary communication link is further defined as one of a wireless near-field connection, an infrared connection and an optical connection.

6. The medical system of claim 1 wherein the assignment coupling includes an assignment step and the medical system performs a medical operation after the assignment step even when the control device is physically separated from the medical user element.

7. The medical system of claim 6 is configured to automatically start the medical operation upon or after completion of the assignment step.

8. The medical system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the control device and the medical user element includes a visual indicator or audible indicator and the indicator provides an indication of the assignment coupling between the control device and the medical user.

9. The medical system of claim 1 wherein the control device has at least one measurement function independent of the medical user element.

10. The medical system of claim 1 wherein the medical user element comprises one or more of the following elements,

a sensor for detecting at least one analyte in a body fluid that can be implanted into a body tissue;

a measuring device for detecting at least one bodily function; and

an insulin pump, and a medical actuator device comprising at least one actuator for controlling bodily function.

11. The medical system of claim 1 wherein the control device and the medical user element are prevented from exchanging personal data after the assignment coupling is terminated.

12. The medical system of claim 1 wherein the one additional device is further defined as a mobile radio device, a sport device, a personal digital assistant, a smart phone pulse meter or a pedometer.