Methods, systems, devices and computer program products for transmitting medical information from mobile personal medical devices

• US 7,889,070 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2006
• Issued: 02/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Reeves, Jonathan, Cartwright, Karl, Craine, Ari, Tischer, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Benjamin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): TANG, SIGMUND N
• Application Number:
  US11/550,228
• Publication Number:
  US 20080088436A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,582 Days
• Field of Search: 3405721-5729, 340/573.1, 340/539.12, 600/325, 607/60
• US Class Current: 340/539.12
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A method of transferring medical information can include transmitting medical information from a mobile personal medical device responsive to determining that a remote system is authorized to receive the medical information. Related Systems, devices, and computer program products are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method of transferring medical information comprising:

determining whether a syndrome associated with a body is detected;

determining whether a measurement of a parameter associated with the body exceeds a threshold;

transmitting medical information from a mobile personal medical device to a remote system responsive to determining that the remote system is authorized to receive the medical information wherein authorization for the remote system to receive the medical information is provided responsive to determining that the syndrome associated with the body detected by the mobile personal medical device indicates an emergency or that the measurement of the parameter exceeds the threshold, wherein determining that the remote system is authorized to receive the medical information further comprises;

if the syndrome indicates no emergency or that the measurement does not exceed the threshold;

then

comparing a key received at the mobile personal medical device as part of the authorization to a key previously transmitted to the mobile personal medical device; and

authorizing the transmission of the medical information to the remote system only if the key received at the mobile personal medical device matches the key previously transmitted to the mobile personal medical device.

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein transmitting comprises transmitting the measurement of the parameter associated with the body from the mobile personal medical device to a device that is outside the body for storage therein.

3. A method according to claim 2 wherein the outside device comprises a recognized emergency medical device, the method further comprising:

transmitting the measurement of the parameter associated with the body from the mobile personal medical device to the recognized emergency medical device responsive to determining that an emergency medical provider is authorized to use the recognized emergency medical device.

4. A method according to claim 3 further comprising:

transmitting the measurement of the parameter associated with the body from the recognized emergency medical device to a persistent long-term storage device.

5. A method according to claim 1 wherein transmitting further comprises:

wherein authorization for the remote system to receive the medical information is provided responsive to receiving a request, at the mobile personal medical device, to transmit the medical information; and

wherein transmitting comprises transmitting the medical information if the request includes an emergency medical provider authentication code.

6. A method according to claim 5 further comprising:

storing the emergency medical provider authentication code associated with the request in the mobile personal medical device.

7. A method according to claim 1 wherein transmitting further comprises:

wherein authorization for the remote system to receive the medical information is provided responsive to establishing a privacy relationship between the mobile personal medical device and the remote host system.

8. A method according to claim 1 wherein the remote system comprises a general purpose computer system configured to transmit/receive the medical information to/from the mobile personal medical device during a patient visit.

9. A method according to claim 1 wherein the syndrome comprises a probable diagnosis for the body, the method further comprising:

transmitting the syndrome from the mobile personal medical device; and

transmitting selected information from the mobile personal medical device to be associated with the syndrome based on a stored syndrome.

10. A method according to claim 1 wherein the mobile personal medical device is configured for chronic in vivo implantation in the body for at least 6 months.

11. A method according to claim 1 embodied in a computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein.

13. A mobile personal medical device configured for chronic in vivo implantation in a body or for portability by the body to carry out the method according to claim 1.

12. A field based electronic device for communication with a mobile personal medical device that is chronically implanted in or coupled to a body, the field based electronic device comprising:

a processor circuit configured to receive medical information from the mobile personal medical device to provide uploaded medical information responsive to determining that the field based electronic device is authorized to access the medical information in the mobile personal medical device based on an alert signal indicating an emergency or indication that a measured parameter exceeds a parameter threshold and that an emergency medical provider is authorized to use the field based electronic device, wherein determining that the field based electronic device is authorized to receive the medical information further comprises;

if a syndrome associated with a body detected by the mobile personal medical device indicates no emergency or that the measurement does not exceed the threshold;

then

comparing a key received at the mobile personal medical device to a key previously transmitted to the mobile personal medical device;

authorizing transmission of the medical information to the field based electronic device only if the key received at the mobile personal medical device matches the key previously transmitted to the mobile personal medical device;

a wireless interface circuit, coupled to the processor circuit, configured to receive the medical information from the mobile personal medical device;

a memory circuit configured to store the uploaded medical information; and

a device interface circuit configured to transmit the uploaded medical information to a persistent long-term storage device.