Portable storage case for housing a medical monitoring device and an associated method for communicating therewith

A portable storage case for housing a medical monitoring device comprising:

• a case body defining an internal compartment, said case body capable of being opened to access the internal compartment;
• a medical monitoring device disposed within the internal compartment and carried by said case body;
• and
• a portable computing device carried by said case body and capable of communicating with said medical monitoring device while said medical monitoring device is disposed within the internal compartment to thereby permit data collected by said medical monitoring device to be transferred to said portable computing device.

A method of establishing communication with a medical monitoring device during storage thereof, the method comprising:

• providing a portable storage case including a portable computing device;
• storing the medical monitoring device within the portable storage case;
• and
• downloading data collected by the medical monitoring device to the portable computing device while the medical monitoring device is stored within the portable storage case, wherein the portable storage case is capable of being transported while the data is downloaded.