System, apparatus and method for the wireless monitoring of medical test data

• US 10,783,987 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2019
• Issued: 09/22/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smart Meter, LLC
• Original Assignee: Smart Meter Corporation
• Inventors: Atkin, Benjamin
• Primary Examiner(s): Nagpaul, Jyoti
• Application Number:
  US16/389,301
• Publication Number:
  US 20190244689A1
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A system, apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving medical test data is provided having memory that stores computer-executable instructions; processor, communicatively coupled to the memory that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions; and having: a transmission means operatively associated with a device, a receiver adapted and configured to receive data from the transmission means; a central database adapted and configured to compile the data; wherein the data is transformed into an output comprised of an aggregate of medical test data from at least one medical test. The computer implemented method for transmitting and receiving medical test data comprises the steps of transmitting means operatively associated with a device, receiving data from the transmission means; compiling the data into a central database; and transforming the data from the database into an output comprised of an aggregate of medical test data from at least one medical tests.

Claims

1. A system for transmitting and receiving data, comprising:

a tangible memory device that stores computer-executable instructions;

a processor communicatively coupled to the tangible memory device that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions;

a transmission means operatively associated with a device containing the tangible memory device and the processor, the transmission means configured to use at least three communication services,

wherein each of the at least three communication services differ, and

wherein a first service of the at least three communication services transmits collected medical test data to a remote location and in an event a confirmation of receipt of readings sent using the first service is not received, a second service of the at least three communication services sends the collected medical test data to the remote location, and in the event the confirmation of receipt of the readings sent using the second service is not received, a third service of the at least three communication services sends the collected medical test data to the remote location, and in the event the confirmation of receipt of the readings sent using the third service is not received, the medical test data is stored in the device for resending a subsequent time a reading of the medical test data is obtained;

a receiver adapted and configured to receive the medical test data from said transmission means; and

a central database adapted and configured to store said medical test data, wherein said medical test data is used to form an output comprising a plurality of medical test data from at least one medical test apparatus.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said device is a glucometer.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the glucometer has wireless communication that automatically initiates and transmits upon completion of a blood glucose test.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said medical test data is a blood glucose measurement.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said transmission means includes at least one of a direct connection, wireless transmission, or combinations thereof.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said transmission means includes a configuration to encrypt said medical test data.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said receiver is adapted and configured to receive encrypted transmissions from said transmission means and to unencrypt said medical test data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said transmission means includes a transmission protocol at least one of a USSD, GPSR and SMS transmission.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said receiver is adapted and configured to communicate with said device and said communication includes a signal in which receipt of transmitted data is confirmed.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said output from said central database comprises test data that is transmitted to at least one of a patient, a healthcare provider, an insurance/medical benefits provider, and combinations thereof.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said central database is adapted and configured to provide an actuated transmission when particular medical test thresholds are transmitted.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said actuated transmission includes a warning to at least one of a patient, a healthcare provider, an insurance/medical benefits provider, and combinations thereof relating to transmission of said medical test data at a threshold level.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said threshold level is a medical test result above or below a threshold limit.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein wireless communication automatically initiates and transmits upon completion of a medical test.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the medical test data is wirelessly and automatically uploaded to the device.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein a plurality of medical test data is assigned a unique data profile corresponding to a plurality of users, said unique data profile configurable to include at least one of individuals, medical service providers and professionals and medical insurance providers.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the medical test data is transformed into a plurality messages.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the plurality of messages are transmitted as real time alerts corresponding to the medical test data of a plurality of users.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the plurality of messages comprise at least one of short text message (SMS), Greedy Perimeter Stateless Routing (GPSR), and voice channels.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein a frequency and a method of transmission of each of the plurality of messages is configurable and adjustable.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the plurality of messages comprise an electronic medical record of a user.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the medical test data is transmitted and received from a plurality of electronic medical record platforms and systems.

23. The system of claim 1 wherein the medical test data is transformed and stored on a subscriber identification module, said subscriber identification module being physical or virtual.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein at least one of the plurality of messages is deemed redundant for verification and synchronization with said central database.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein the medical test data is transformed into a plurality of languages.

26. The system of claim 1, further comprising an advertising module.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein a database compilation output of the medical test data is received from at least one of a patient, a healthcare provider, an insurance/medical benefits provider, and combination thereof.

28. A computer implemented method for transmitting and receiving medical test data, comprising:

executing computer-executable instructions stored on a tangible memory device using a processor communicatively coupled to the tangible memory device, to cause a computing environment to perform the computer implemented method comprising;

receiving medical test data from a reading of a medical testing apparatus;

sending the medical test data to a remote location to be stored in a central database using at least three communication services,

wherein each of the at least three communication services differs, and

wherein a first service of the at least three communication services sends the medical test data to the remote location, and in the event a confirmation of receipt of readings sent using the first service is not received, a second service of the at least three communication services sends the medical test data to the remote location, and in the event the confirmation of receipt of the readings sent using the second service is not received, a third service of the at least three communication services sends the medical test data to the remote location, and in the event the confirmation of receipt of the readings sent using the third service is not received, the medical test data is stored in the tangible memory device for resending a subsequent time a reading of the medical test data is taken;

storing said medical test data in the central database; and

using said medical test data from the central database to form an output comprising an aggregate of medical test data from the medical testing apparatus.