# US 12,002,579 B1 · Wearable medical device data connectivity system and method

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- Number: US 12,002,579 B1
- Document ID: US12002579B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 18/518,945
- Filed: 2023-11-24
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2023-11-24
- Assignees: OneSource Solutions International, Inc.
- Applicants: OneSource Solutions International, INC
- Inventors: Harold Arkoff; Vedran Jukic
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12002579B1

## CPC

- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- H04Q 9/00: Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
- G08B 5/22: using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
- G08B 21/0277: {Communication between units on a local network, e.g. Bluetooth®, piconet, Zigbee®, Wireless Personal Area Networks [WPAN]}
- G08B 21/043: {detecting an emergency event, e.g. a fall}
- G08B 21/0453: {worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing (detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00)}
- G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
- G16H 40/20: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
- 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
- H04Q 2209/25: using a mesh network, e.g. a public urban network such as public lighting, bus stops or traffic lights
- H04Q 2209/43: using wireless personal area networks [WPAN], e.g. 802.15, 802.15.1, 802.15.4, Bluetooth® or Zigbee®
- H04Q 2209/845: where the measuring is synchronized between sensing devices
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- H04Q: SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W)
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

The inventive system enables wearables to function as portable, always transmitting medical devices within hospital settings, integrating the data therefrom seamlessly into electronic medical records. The dynamic switching of wearables among virtual Bluetooth hotspots ensures and enhances both the reliability of data transmission and the potential for wearables to contribute meaningfully to the electronic medical record infrastructure within healthcare facilities.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for data continuity in a mesh network of Bluetooth medical devices and computing device nodes, some of said mesh network of Bluetooth medical devices and computing device nodes contained within or about a medical facility, the method comprising the steps of:
detecting a data gap between roaming reconnection or periodic disconnections of said computing device nodes with a specific patient medical device within the mesh network, said data gap detected by a central information Medical Device Data System (MDDS);
initiating a process to collect missing data due to the data gap from the specific patient medical device, said process initiated by said central MDDS and instructing one of said computing device nodes to retrieve and store the missing data locally; and,
automatically time synchronizing the stored missing data using the central information MDDS upon reconnection of the medical devices with said one of said computing device nodes; and, transmitting the missing data to an electronic medical record (EMR).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein said computing device nodes include bedside monitoring MDDS units.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein said computing device nodes include any stationary or roaming computing device within or about the facility.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein computing device nodes include smartphones, smartwatches, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers located within or about said facility.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4 wherein computing device nodes are one of smartphones, smartwatches, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers located within about said facility.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5 wherein said smartphones, smartwatches, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers may be configured as computing device nodes by downloading and installing a software application, and may be stationary or roaming.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein others of said mesh network of Bluetooth medical devices and computing device nodes are outside of said medical facility, including the steps of downloading said software application to LoRa or Wi-Fi HaLow capable computing devices; pairing one of said specific patient medical devices to one of said LoRa or Wi-Fi HaLow capable computing devices;
connecting said one of said LoRa or Wi-Fi HaLow capable computing devices to said central information Medical Device Data System (MDDS) for transmission of medical device data thereto; whereby said mesh network is extended outside of said medical facility.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein each of said medical devices is associated with a specific patient.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein said LoRa or Wi-Fi HaLow capable computing devices are smartphones or smartwatches.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6 wherein said LoRa or Wi-Fi HaLow capable computing devices are in transport.

### Claim 11 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6 wherein said LoRa or Wi-Fi HaLow capable computing devices are positioned at a location remote from said facility.