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US 2006/0214777 A1Published application
Medical device and method for remote maintenance of a medical device
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorThomas Schmitt
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Abstract
The invention relates to a medical device and to a method for remote maintenance of a medical device. To allow an especially simple, secure and reliable transfer of data, it is proposed that a data transmission device for transmission of data over a power network be provided.
Claims20
1-19. (canceled)
A medical device, comprising:
- an electronic control and monitoring device for operating the medical device;
- a data transmission device connected to the control and monitoring device for transmitting data between the control and monitoring device and a remotely-located computer, the data transmission device configured to transmit the data to the a remotely-located computer via a power line.
A method for remote maintenance of a medical device, comprising:
- providing a medical device;
- connecting the medical device to a power line for transmitting data via the power line, the medical device comprising a control and monitoring device for operating the medical device;
- providing a computer at a remote location relative to the medical device;
- connecting the remote computer to the power line;
- and
- transmitting the data between the control and monitoring device and the computer via the power line using a data transmission device configured to transmit data over power lines.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.