US 10,383,518 B2 · Electronic ecosystem for medical examination room

Abstract

A system comprises a storage device, a piece of medical equipment, a portable computing device, and a hub portal. The piece of medical equipment has at least one electrically powered feature and comprises either a medical examination table or a storage cabinet. The storage device is operable to store data and is remotely located relative to the first piece of medical equipment and relative to the portable computing device. The hub portal is operable to provide communication of one or both of data or commands between the storage device, the piece of medical equipment, and the portable computing device. A method includes enablement or activation of an electrically powered feature of medical equipment upon entry of a portable computing device into a medical examination room. The method also includes disablement or further activation of the electrically powered feature upon exit of the portable computing device from the medical examination room.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

(a) emanating a wireless signal from a communication hub assembly located in an examination room, wherein the communication hub assembly is in communication with a remote server;
(b) sensing, by a proximity sensor located in the examination room, the presence or absence of a portable computing device in the examination room;
(c) forming a wireless connection between the portable computing device and the communication hub assembly via the wireless signal in response to the proximity sensor sensing the presence of the portable computing device in the examination room;
(d) collecting patient data from a patient with a medical device located in the examination room;
(e) transmitting the patient data from the medical device to the communication hub assembly;
(f) transmitting the patient data from the communication hub assembly to the portable computing device via the wireless connection;
and
wherein the communication hub assembly maintains communication with the remote server in the absence of the portable computing device in the examination room.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electronic ecosystem for medical examination room

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