Platform for patient monitoring

• US 9,872,087 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2014
• Issued: 01/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Welch Allyn Incorporated
• Sponsoring Entity: Welch Allyn Incorporated
• Inventors: DelloStritto, James J., Roy Chowdhury, Atanu, Mugundhan, Harrish, Vallee, Adam P., Rabieirad, Laleh
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Hai
• Assistant Examiner(s): BALSECA, FRANKLIN D
• APPLICATION: US 20150334474A1
• Time in USPTO: 1217 Days
• Field of Search: 34087001, 34087002, 34087007
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 : Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 : characterised by features of the telemetry system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 : Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0026 : characterised by the transmission medium
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/30312 : Storage and indexing structures; Management thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/30864 : by querying, e.g. search engines or meta-search engines, crawling techniques, push systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/30876 : by using information identifiers, e.g. encoding URL in specific indicia, browsing history
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 19/3418 : Telemedicine, e.g. remote diagnosis, remote control of instruments or remote monitoring of patient carried devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 : for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 : ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 : for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 : adapted for proprietary or special purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in a car or remote metering networks digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific applications in healthcare or life sciences G06F19/00; home automation networks H04L12/2803; total factory control characterised by the network communication G05B19/4185; games involving transmission systems A63F13/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 : Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

A system for storing data collected by a body-worn sensor includes a central processing unit (CPU) that is configured to control operation of a gateway device; and one or more computer readable data storage media storing software instructions that, when executed by the CPU, cause the gateway device to: receive a MAC address of a new sensor and a protocol version associated with the new sensor from a server; attempt to contact the new sensor using the protocol version and the MAC address; when a response is received, send the response to the server for validation; when the response is validated by the server, establish communications with the new sensor; and forward data from the new sensor to a second server.

Claims

1. A system for storing data collected by a body-worn sensor, the system comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) that is configured to control operation of a gateway device; and

one or more computer readable data storage media storing software instructions that, when executed by the CPU, cause the gateway device to;

receive a MAC address of a new sensor and a protocol version associated with the new sensor from a server, the server being in communication with a manufacturer portal having access to the MAC address of the new sensor and the protocol version associated with the new sensor;

attempt to contact the new sensor using the protocol version and the MAC address;

when a response is received, send the response to the server for validation;

when the response is validated by the server, establish communications with the new sensor; and

forward data from the new sensor to a second server, the second server being different from the server, wherein the second server includes a super application associated with a user of the new sensor, with the super application being programmed to control access to the data by causing the second server to;

receive a request from another application for access to the data, the request including an authentication token;

validate the authentication token against a white list of acceptable tokens; and

permit access to the data by the another application upon validation of the authentication token.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the super application identifies a database in which the data from the new sensor is stored.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the super application identifies a plurality of databases in which data from a plurality of sensors associated with the user is stored.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a notification module programmed to generate a notification to a user when the data meets a certain criteria.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the notification module is programmed to notify a plurality of individuals when the data meets a second criteria.