SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS PAIRING AND COMMUNICATION FOR ELECTRO-STIMULATION

• US 20140135880A1
• Filed: 11/12/2013
• Published: 05/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DJO LLC (Enovis Corp.)
• Original Assignee: DJO LLC (Enovis Corp.)
• Inventors: Baumgartner, Flavien, Vuadens, Philippe, Fontaine, Nicolas, Perroud, Stphane
• Granted Patent: US 9,144,688 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/115
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3603 Control systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37217 characterised by the communication link, e.g. acoustic or tactile
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37247 User interfaces, e.g. input or presentation means
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37288 Communication to several implantable medical devices within one patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3787 from an external energy source
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/445 by mutual authentication, e.g. between devices or programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2115 Third party
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/622 Layer-2 addresses, e.g. medium access control [MAC] addresses
• 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 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/71 Hardware identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements

Abstract

The disclosure herein is directed toward systems and methods for pairing two or more devices into a wireless network and transferring data between two or more electro-stimulation devices. Specifically, the systems and methods disclosed herein may include pairing two or more devices into a network configuration using, in part, a pairing device to distinctly identify the devices to be paired and to pair the identified devices into a network. Moreover, the systems and methods disclosed herein may include transferring data between two or more devices using, in part, one or more electro-stimulation contacts for electro-stimulation therapy and using, in part, the same one or more electro-stimulation contacts for transferring data between two or more devices.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least two electronic devices, wherein at least one of the electronic devices is configured to communicate wirelessly with at least one of the other electronic devices,

an additional device configured to communicate with the at least two electronic devices, wherein the additional device communicates with the at least two devices to group the at least two devices into a wireless network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the additional device is a charging station.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the communication between the additional device and the at least two devices is made though electrical contact.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless network is composed of one master and a slave.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication between the additional device and the at least two devices is made though wireless communication.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the wireless communication is a magnetic coupling.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the wireless communication is Radio Frequency.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the additional device automatically recognizes the presence of the other devices without any additional action from a user.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the user action is an action on an actuator.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the actuator is a button.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the grouping the at least two devices into a wireless network is initiated by a user action.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein one of the at least two devices is an electro-stimulator device.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein one of the at least two devices is a therapeutic ultrasound device.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein one of the at least two devices is an imaging ultrasound device.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein one of the at least two devices is a laser device.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein a user interface is embedded in another device.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the grouping the at least two devices into a wireless network remains permanent until another grouping process is initiated by a user.

18. A system comprising:

at least two devices, each of the at least two devices comprising an output with at least two electrical contacts,

wherein the at least two devices deliver a therapy signal through the output, and wherein the at least two electrical contacts are configured to transfer data to another device.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the output connector delivers an electro-stimulation therapy treatment.

20. The system of claim 18, further comprising an electrically conductive means to connect the at least two devices.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the electrically conductive means comprises an electrical wire.

22. The system of claim 20, where the electrically conductive means comprises human skin.

23. The system of claim 20, where the electrically conductive means comprises a charging station.

24. A system comprising:

at least two devices, each of the at least two devices comprising at least two electrical contacts, wherein at least one of the contacts is configured to transfer data to another device, and wherein the at least one of the contacts is configured for another function than the data transfer.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the electrical contacts are battery charging inputs.