# US 2014/0195639 A1 · System, Method, and Apparatus for Communicating Data > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195639 A1 - Document ID: US20140195639A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/135,809 - Filed: 2013-12-20 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2010-01-22 - Assignees: DEKA Products Limited Partnership - Applicants: DEKA Products Limited Partnership - Inventors: Dean Kamen; John M. Kerwin; Todd A. Ballantyne; Frederick Morgan; Jason A. Demers; John J. Biasi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195639A1 ## CPC - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - G16H 20/10: relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients - G16H 20/17: delivered via infusion or injection - G16H 50/20: for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems - G16H 70/40: relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage - H04L 63/105: {Multiple levels of security} - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - G16H 40/63: for local operation - H04L 41/06: Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications - H04L 43/10: Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the act of communicating the data from the medical device to the first hub via the Local Area Network is receiving the data by the first hub via the Local Area Network from the medical device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein a first communications channel of the at least one communications channel is over a first cellular network, and a second communications channel of the at least one communications channel is over a second cellular network. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising associating the first hub with an identification value. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising associating the first hub with a patient. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising associating the first hub with a medical device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising associating the first hub with a treatment. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising encrypting the data. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, further comprising: receiving the at least one packet over the network through at least one communications channel by a second hub; and decrypting the data within the second hub. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising determining a time parameter. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the time parameter includes one of a date and a time. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein a satellite system signal is used to determine the time parameter. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, further comprising adding the time parameter to the header of the packet. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, further comprising determining whether the time parameter within the header of the packet meets a first predetermined criterion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising adding a sequence number to the header of the packet. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, further comprising reassembly the data using the sequence number of the header of the packet. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising determining an error-detection code corresponding to at least a portion of the packet. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, further comprising adding the error-detection code to the header of the packet. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, determining whether the at least a portion of the packet is error free by examining the error-detection code within the header of the packet. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: determining whether at least one of the packet and the data satisfies a second predetermined criterion; and communicating an acknowledgment character corresponding to at least one of the packet and the data to the first hub if the second predetermined criterion is satisfied. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: receiving the at least one packet over the network through the at least one communications channel by a second hub; and routing the data from the second hub to at least one enterprise server. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the act of packaging the data from the medical device into at least one packet includes packaging the data into the packet and into another packet, wherein the packet includes the header and the another packet includes another header. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The method according to claim 22, further comprising: adding a first sequence number to the header of the packet; and adding a second sequence number to the another header of the another packet. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The method according to claim 23, wherein the act of communicating the at least one packet over a network through one of at least one communications channel of the first hub, comprises: communicating the packet over a first communications channel of the at least one communications channel of the first hub; and communicating the another packet over a second communications channel of the at least one communications channel of the first hub. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The method according to claim 24, further comprising: receiving the packet and the another packet; and reassembling the data in accordance with first sequence number of the packet and the second sequence numbers of the another packet. ### Claim 26 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising encrypting, by the medical device, the data prior to communicating the data from the medical device to the first hub via the Local Area Network. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The method according to claim 26, further comprising: receiving the at least one packet over the network through at least one communications channel by a second hub; routing the data from the second hub to an enterprise server; and decrypting, by the enterprise server, the data for processing by the enterprise server. ### Claim 28 (canceled) ### Claim 29 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. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The hub according to claim 29, wherein a first communications channel is a first cellular network, and the second communications channel is a second cellular network. ### Claim 31 (depends on 29) The hub according to claim 29, wherein the processor is further configured to associate the hub with one of an identification value, a patient, a medical device, and a treatment. ### Claim at position 32 -40. (canceled) ### Claim 41 (depends on 29) The hub according to claim 29, further comprising a failsafe bus configured to signal a medical device coupled thereto when a fault condition of the hub has occurred. ### Claim 42 (depends on 29) The hub according to claim 29, further comprising an alarm bus configured to signal a medical device coupled thereto when an alarm condition of the hub has occurred. ### Claim 43 (depends on 29) The hub according to claim 29, further comprising a plain-old-telephone-service component, wherein the processor is configured to route the packet through the plain-old-telephone-service when the first and second communications channels are unavailable. ### Claim at position 36 -61. (canceled)