System with A Portable Patient Device and External Operating Part

• US 20070142767A1
• Filed: 12/11/2006
• Published: 06/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AG (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Frikart, Marcel, Jungen, Markus, Friedli, Kurt, Ehrsam, Matthias
• Granted Patent: US 8,758,240 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/66
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/04 Constructional details of apparatus
• 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 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4839 combined with drug delivery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A patient system including a first patient device for being carried by a patient and a second patient device arranged remotely from the first patient device, wherein a user interface of the first patient device is provided separately from the first patient device on the second patient device.

Claims

1. A patient system comprising a first patient device which is portable on the body of a patient and a second patient device arranged remotely from the first patient device, each patient device having a communication module for data transmission via a transmission link, the first patient device having a data-processing module for communication with a user interface for the first patient device, and the second patient device being configured such that it provides a user interface for the portable first patient device.

2. The patient system according to claim 1, wherein the data-processing module generates data for addressing pixels to represent information on a display unit, and wherein the communication module of the first patient device transmits these data to the communication module of the second patient device to represent the information on a display unit of the second patient device.

3. The patient system according to claim 2, wherein the first patient device comprises a display unit and represents the information display.

4. The patient system according to claim 3, wherein the second patient device represents further information, including at least one of alarms or alarm and error messages, in addition to the information display.

5. The patient system according to claim 1, wherein the data-processing module generates data to drive a device in the second patient device to generate at least one of an acoustic alarm or a vibration alarm.

6. The patient system according to claim 1, wherein the user interface provided on the second patient device comprises at least one input apparatus, and wherein the communication module of the second patient device transmits data corresponding to an input to the first patient device.

7. The patient system according to claim 1, wherein the communication modules are configured such that they can transmit and receive radio signals.

8. The patient system according to claim 1, wherein the second patient device is only a mobile telephone or a computer.

9. A method for operating a patient system in which a first patient device portable on the body of a patient and a second patient device arranged remotely from the first patient device communicate with one another via a transmission link,

wherein a data-processing module for communication with a user interface for the first patient device is operated in the first patient device, wherein data relating to the user interface are communicated between the first and second patient devices, and

wherein the user interface for the first patient device is provided on the second patient device.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein data for addressing pixels is generated by the data-processing module to represent information on a display unit, and wherein the data is transmitted to the second patient device to represent the information on a display device of the second patient device.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the user interface provided on the second patient device comprises at least one input, and wherein data corresponding to this input is transmitted to the first patient device.

12. The method according to claims 9, wherein data is generated in the first patient device to drive an instrument in the second patient device for generating at least one of an acoustic alarm or a vibration alarm.

13. The method according to claims 9, wherein data relating to the user interface is transmitted from the first patient device to the second patient device as soon as information relating to the first patient device has changed.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein at least one command is transmitted from the second patient device to request data relating to the user interface from the first patient device.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein data relating to the user interface is transmitted byte-wise by the first patient device.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein each byte corresponds to an area on the display so as to provide a display representation of the first patient device on a display of the second patient device.

17. A medical device comprising a first patient device for being carried by a patient and a second patient device remote from the first patient device, each patient device having a communication module whereby data can be transmitted between the patient devices, the first patient device having a data-processing module for communication with a user interface associated with the second patient device.

18. The medical device according to claim 17, wherein the user interface provided on the second patient device comprises at least one input apparatus, and wherein the communication module of the second patient device transmits data corresponding to an input to the first patient device.