Portable storage case for housing a medical monitoring device and an associated method for communicating therewith
First Claim
1. A portable storage case for housing a medical monitoring device comprising:
- a case body defining an internal compartment, said case body capable of being opened to access the internal compartment;
a holder disposed within the internal compartment of said case body for receiving the medical monitoring device; and
an integral data connector disposed within the internal compartment in a predetermined positional relationship with respect to said holder such that communication is established between said integral data connector and a corresponding data connector carried by the medical monitoring device to thereby permit data collected by the medical monitoring device to be accessed once the medical monitoring device is received by the holder.
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Abstract
A portable storage case for housing a medical monitoring device is provided that facilitates communications with the medical monitoring device while the portable storage case is in transport. The portable storage case may also store the accessories required for the tests and a portable computing device for receiving additional data relating to the various activities of the patient. In order to communicate with the medical monitoring device, the portable storage case may include an integral data connector disposed in a predetermined positional relationship with respect to the medical monitoring device. As such, communication may be established between the integral data connector and a corresponding data connector carried by the medical monitoring device such that data collected by the medical monitoring device may be accessed, such as by being downloaded, once the medical monitoring device is disposed within the case.
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31 Claims
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1. A portable storage case for housing a medical monitoring device comprising:
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a case body defining an internal compartment, said case body capable of being opened to access the internal compartment;
a holder disposed within the internal compartment of said case body for receiving the medical monitoring device; and
an integral data connector disposed within the internal compartment in a predetermined positional relationship with respect to said holder such that communication is established between said integral data connector and a corresponding data connector carried by the medical monitoring device to thereby permit data collected by the medical monitoring device to be accessed once the medical monitoring device is received by the holder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A portable storage case for housing a medical monitoring device comprising:
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a case body defining an internal compartment, said case body capable of being opened to access the internal compartment;
a medical monitoring device disposed within the internal compartment and carried by said case body; and
a portable computing device carried by said case body and capable of communicating with said medical monitoring device while said medical monitoring device is disposed within the internal compartment to thereby permit data collected by said medical monitoring device to be transferred to said portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of establishing communication with a medical monitoring device during storage thereof, the method comprising:
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providing a portable storage case including a portable computing device;
storing the medical monitoring device within the portable storage case; and
downloading data collected by the medical monitoring device to the portable computing device while the medical monitoring device is stored within the portable storage case, wherein the portable storage case is capable of being transported while the data is downloaded. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
automatically detecting if data is available from the medical monitoring device once the medical monitoring device is docked within the portable storage case; and
triggering the downloading of the data to the portable computing device if available data is detected.
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28. A method according to claim 25 further comprising transmitting data downloaded from the medical monitoring device to a remote computing device.
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29. A method according to claim 25 further comprising storing data downloaded from the medical monitoring device.
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30. A method according to claim 25 wherein providing the portable storage case comprises providing the portable storage case having an integral data connector in communication with the portable computing device, and wherein docking the medical monitoring device comprises also establishing communication between the integral data connector and a corresponding data connector of the medical monitoring device to thereby permit data collected by the medical monitoring device to be downloaded to the portable computing device via the integral data connector.
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31. A method according to claim 25 further comprising storing accessories associated with the medical monitoring device within a plurality of subcompartments of the portable storage case.
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