Remote monitoring of medical devices
AssigneeCepheid
InventorJan Steuperaert
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A remote monitoring system for medical data collection can include a data-flagging process embeds authorization and settings information into a file containing the test results. Such data flagging can occur at a medical device or testing site, and may be based in policy settings received from a remote system. A file containing the test results can also include data category information that can be used to protect sensitive information by preventing such information from being communicated to the wrong server.
Claims21
-29. (canceled)
A method at a medical device for processing test results, the method comprising:
- obtaining a reporting policies file at the medical device, the reporting policies file comprising a reporting policy that indicates one or more authorization levels of a viewing entity;
- storing information from the reporting policies file to a memory;
- obtaining, by the medical device, medical test results;
- creating, at the medical device, a reporting file comprising the medical test results and at least part of the stored information from the reporting policies file, wherein:
- the medical test results are categorized into a plurality of data categories based on the one or more authorization levels in the reporting policy for the viewing entity, each data category corresponding to a respective authorization level, and
- the reporting file identifies the viewing entity and the one or more authorization levels of the viewing entity;
- and
- sending the reporting file from the medical device to a separate device.
A medical device for processing test results, the medical device comprising:
- a memory;
- a communication interface;
- and
- a processing unit communicatively coupled with the memory and the communication interface, wherein the processing unit is configured to:
- obtain a reporting policies file comprising at a reporting policy indicates one or more authorization levels of a viewing entity;
- cause information from the reporting policies file to be stored;
- obtain medical test results;
- create a reporting file comprising the medical test results and at least part of the stored information from the reporting policies file, wherein:
- the medical test results are categorized into a plurality of data categories based on the one or more authorization levels in the reporting policy for the viewing entity, each data category corresponding to a respective authorization level, and
- the reporting file identifies the viewing entity and the one or more authorization levels of the viewing entity;
- and
- send, via the communication interface, the reporting file to a separate device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.