Wearable Medical Device Data Connectivity System and Method
AssigneeOneSource Solutions International, Inc.
InventorsHarold Arkoff, Vedran Jukic
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Abstract
The inventive system enables wearables to function as portable, always transmitting medical devices within hospital settings, integrating the data therefrom seamlessly into electronic medical records. The dynamic switching of wearables among virtual Bluetooth hotspots ensures and enhances both the reliability of data transmission and the potential for wearables to contribute meaningfully to the electronic medical record infrastructure within healthcare facilities.
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A method for optimizing Bluetooth connectivity between wearable health monitoring devices and a plurality of bedside Medical Device Data System (MDDS) devices within or about a healthcare facility using a network of proxy computing devices, said healthcare facility having a plurality of patients and a central monitoring MDDS for sending data from said healthcare facility to an EMR, the method comprising the steps of:
- associating a Bluetooth descriptor with a specific patient, said Bluetooth descriptor obtained from a patient assigned wearable device so that each patient has at least one uniquely identifiable wearable device, so that a plurality of uniquely identifiable wearable devices are created;
- enabling said MDDS devices and said proxy computing devices within or about said facility to identify said uniquely identifiable wearable devices;
- wherein said MDDS devices and said proxy computing devices monitor send proximity and signal strength data associated with each of said uniquely identifiable wearable devices to the central monitoring MDDS unit, said central monitoring MDDS unit sending control signals to effect pairing and unpairing of each of said wearable devices with particular ones of said MDDS devices and said proxy computing devices based upon signal strength.
The method of claim 8 wherein said proxy computing devices are roaming.
The method of claim 8 wherein said MDDS devices and said computing devices are Bluetooth hotspots, and said wearable devices dynamically switch between said hotspots based upon proximity and signal strength.
A method for optimizing Bluetooth connectivity between wearable health monitoring devices and a plurality of bedside Medical Device Data System (MDDS) devices within or about a healthcare facility using a network of proxy computing devices, said healthcare facility having a plurality of patients, the method comprising the steps of:
- associating a Bluetooth descriptor with a specific patient, said Bluetooth descriptor obtained from a patient assigned wearable device so that each patient has at least one uniquely identifiable wearable device, so that a plurality of uniquely identifiable wearable devices are created;
- enabling said MDDS devices and said proxy computing devices within or about said facility to identify said uniquely identifiable wearable devices;
- wherein said MDDS devices and said proxy computing devices monitor send proximity and signal strength data associated with each of said uniquely identifiable wearable devices to a central monitoring MDDS unit, said central monitoring MDDS unit sending control signals to effect pairing and unpairing of each of said wearable devices with particular ones of said MDDS devices and said proxy computing devices based upon signal strength;
- whereby data from said wearable devices may be transmitted to an EMR by said central monitoring MDDS unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.