System and method for collecting and transmitting medical data

A method for collecting medical and health-related data representing at least one physiological attribute of at least one user and transmitting the data over a network, comprising:

• measuring a physiological attribute of a user with a pre-existing measuring device comprising a communication bus coupled with a processor and a digital display;
• sending a first output signal relating to the physiological attribute over the communication bus from the processor to the digital display;
• tapping the first signal from the communication bus with an integration system such that the first signal is not degraded causing the digital display to read an incorrect value;
• converting the first signal for wireless transmission over a network to a remote system;
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• wirelessly transmitting the data over the network to the remote system.

A method of fabricating a system for collecting and transmitting medical and health-related data of at least one user over the Internet, comprising:

• providing a pre-existing measuring device adapted to measure at least one physiological attribute of a user, the measuring device comprising a digital display adapted to display the physiological attribute measurement of the user, and a processor adapted to output a first signal to the digital display over a communication bus, wherein the first signal is related to the physiological attribute measurement of the user;
• adapting an integration system to convert the first signal into a second signal for wireless transmission over a network;
• adapting the integration system to acquire the measurement from the pre-existing measuring device by tapping the first signal from the communication bus such that the first signal is not degraded causing the digital display to read an incorrect value;
• communicatively coupling a communications system to the integration system and a network, the communication system adapted to wirelessly transmit the second signal over the network;
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• communicatively coupling a remote system to the network, the remote system adapted to receive the second signal.