US 12,178,545 B2 · Secure communications and records handling system and associated method

Abstract

A secure medical device system (30; 30′) includes a computer processing device (42) that includes a processor, memory in communication with the processor, an interface enabling communication between the processor and a diagnostic test unit (40; 40′), a first wireless access point (48A), computer-readable instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor providing a locally-served web site (46) that is browser accessible over the first wireless access point, and a second wireless access point (48B) operable concurrently with and independent from the first wireless access point. The locally-served web site is adapted to receive control instructions over the first wireless access point and to generate command signals transmittable over the interface to the diagnostic test unit, and the second wireless access point enables communication between the processor and an external network (36).

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Dependent claims

A method for using a medical system, the method comprising:

connecting a diagnostic test unit to a computer processing device;
performing a medical testing operation on a patient with the diagnostic test unit;
temporarily storing a first communication record in memory of the computer processing device, the first communication record containing medical data generated by the diagnostic test unit during the medical testing operation;
transmitting the first communication record from the computer processing device to a cloud-based portal via an Internet connection;
queuing the first communication record in the memory of the computer processing device when the cloud-based portal is unavailable;
and
erasing locally-stored data related to the first communication record from at least the computer processing device upon successful transmission of the first communication record to the cloud-based portal, wherein erasing locally-stored data occurs automatically as part of a synchronization protocol that governs transmission of the first communication record to the cloud-based portal.

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A medical system comprising:

a diagnostic test unit configured to perform a medical testing operation on a patient and to generate medical data in connection with the medical testing operation;
a computer processing device that includes:
a processor;
an interface enabling communication between the processor and the diagnostic test unit;
and
memory in communication with the processor, wherein the computer processing device is configured to temporarily store a first communication record in the memory, the first communication record containing the medical data generated by the diagnostic test unit;
and
a cloud-based portal, wherein the computer processing device is communicably connected to the cloud-based portal via an Internet connection, wherein the first communication record is transmittable from the computer processing device to the cloud-based portal via the Internet connection, and wherein the computer processing device is configured to queue the first communication record in the memory when the cloud-based portal is unavailable,
wherein the computer processing device is further configured to erase locally-stored data related to the first communication record from at least the memory of the computer processing device upon successful transmission of the first communication record to the cloud-based portal, and wherein the locally-stored data is erased automatically in conjunction with a synchronization protocol that governs transmission of the first communication record from the computer processing device to the cloud-based portal.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Secure communications and records handling system and associated method

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