System and method for communicating over a network with a medical device
AssigneeeVent Medical, Inc.
InventorsJohnny Yat Ming Chan, Brent Chamblee
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Abstract
A device is provided for connecting a medical apparatus to a network. The device collects data from the medical apparatus and performs a variety of processing functions, such as trending, protocol translation, generating reports, etc. related to the collected data. The device then transmits the collected data over a network to interested parties. In some implementations, the device can transmit the collected data as an email message.
Claims10
A device for connecting a medical apparatus to a network, the device comprising:
- a first port for physically connecting the device to the medical apparatus;
- a second port for connecting the device to the network;
- a data storage system for storing medical data received from the physically connected medical apparatus;
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- a computer system configured to:
- receive an email message including a request for medical data associated with the physically connected medical apparatus;
- transmit the request to the physically connected medical apparatus;
- receive medical data from the physically connected medical apparatus using a first protocol;
- store the received medical data for future analysis;
- format the received medical data for transmission using a second protocol;
- generate a report related to the received medical data;
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- generate an email message comprising the received medical data.
A computer-implemented method of communicating with a network device over a network, the method comprising:
- generating a first email message including a request for medical data;
- transmitting the first email message over the network to the network device;
- receiving data over the network from the network device, the data comprising a second email message including the requested medical data and an applet for displaying the requested medical data;
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- outputting the requested medical data for display using the applet;
- wherein the network device is physically connected to a medical apparatus and the network device generates the second email message including the requested medical data and the applet for viewing the requested medical data.
A device for connecting a ventilator to a network, the device comprising:
- a first port for physically connecting the device to the ventilator;
- a second port for connecting the device to the network;
- a data storage system for storing medical data received from the physically connected ventilator;
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- a computer system configured to:
- receive an email message including a request for medical data associated with the physically connected ventilator;
- transmit the request to the physically connected ventilator;
- receive medical data from the physically connected ventilator using a first protocol;
- store the received medical data for future analysis;
- format the received medical data for transmission using a second protocol;
- generate a report related to the received medical data;
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- generate an email message comprising the received medical data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.