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US 7,843,328 B2Granted
Medical device with selectable status monitoring modes
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorChristopher A. Knauper
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Abstract
A medical device including a control circuit and a plurality of selectable communication modes. The control circuit controls the medical device and generates a signal representative of a characteristic of the medical device. A selected one of the plurality of selectable communication modes communicates the signal generated by the control circuit at a configurable messaging rate.
Claims32
A medical device comprising:
- a control circuit for controlling the medical device, said control circuit generating a signal representative of a characteristic of the medical device;
- and
- a plurality of switchable and selectable communication modes of the control circuit for communicating the signal generated by the control circuit at a user-configurable messaging rate, said user-configurable messaging rate having a single value selectable from zero, a preset interval, and a query interval.
A method of communicating a status of a medical device comprising:
- supplying power to the medical device;
- selecting one of a plurality of switchable and selectable communications modes of said medical device, said selecting comprising receiving a single specification of a configurable messaging rate having a value chosen from zero, a preset interval, and a query interval;
- loading the selected communications mode to an operating communications mode;
- and
- transmitting the status of the medical device in accordance with said operating communications mode at the specified configurable messaging rate.
2 more elements
A medical device status monitoring system comprising:
- at least one medical device having a first communications device for sending status messages at a configurable messaging rate and receiving status queries, said configurable messaging rate having a value selectable from zero, a preset interval, and a query interval, said at least one medical device having a plurality of switchable and selectable communications modes;
- a server having a second communications device for receiving said status messages and for sending said status queries;
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- a communication medium for transferring said status messages from the at least one medical device to the server, and for transferring said status queries from the server to the at least one medical device.
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An enteral feeding pump comprising:
- a control circuit for controlling operation of the pump, said control circuit generating a signal representative of an operational characteristic of the pump;
- and
- a plurality of switchable and selectable communication modes for communicating the signal generated by the control circuit at a configurable messaging rate, said configurable messaging rate having a single value selectable from zero, a preset interval, and a query interval.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.