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US 2014/0195639 A1Published application
System, Method, and Apparatus for Communicating Data
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorsDean Kamen, John M. Kerwin, Todd A. Ballantyne, Frederick Morgan, Jason A. Demers, John J. Biasi
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Abstract
A system includes first and second hubs. The first hub is configured to communicate data with a medical device through a Local Area Network and package the data into at least one application-layer packet. The second hub is configured to receive the at least one application-layer packet from the first hub operatively through at least one cellular network.
Claims36
A method of communication, the method comprising:
- communicating data from a medical device to a first hub via a Local Area Network;
- packaging the data from the medical device into at least one packet, wherein a packet of the at least one packet includes a header;
- communicating the at least one packet over a network through at least one communications channel of the first hub;
- and
- communicating an alarm from the first hub to a medical device when an alarm condition occurs within the first hub.
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A hub, comprising:
- a local area network interface component configured to communicate data with a medical device;
- a first system-on-module configured to interface with a first communications channel;
- a second system-on-module configured to interface with a second communications channel;
- and
- a processor configured to package the data from the medical device into at least one packet, wherein a packet of the at least one packet includes a header, the processor further configured to operatively communicate with one of the first and second system-on-modules to communicate the at least one packet over one of the first and second communications channel.
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-61. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.