Wireless communication between medical devices using multiple communication protocols

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10757192-B2
Application number	US-201916660981-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2019
Priority date	Mar 6, 2015
Publication date	Aug 25, 2020
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020

Abstract

A method comprising: establishing a wireless connection between a first medical device and a second medical device, comprising: receiving, by the first medical device, via a short-range wireless technology protocol, connection information related to the second medical device; and establishing, by the first medical device, a wireless connection with the second medical device based on the connection information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a peripheral device;
a dialysis machine;
a first antenna configured to receive a wireless identifier related to the peripheral device via a short-range wireless technology protocol; and
a second antenna configured for communication via a communication protocol other than the short-range wireless technology protocol,
wherein the peripheral device and the dialysis machine are configured to communicate with each other via the communication protocol over a connection established using the wireless identifier, and
wherein the peripheral device is granted permission to perform one or both of: (i) deliver data to the dialysis machine using the communication protocol, or (ii) control functions of the dialysis machine using the communication protocol.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are part of the dialysis machine.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are provided separate from the dialysis machine.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the short-range wireless technology protocol is a Bluetooth protocol.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the connection is a WiFi connection.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the short-range wireless technology protocol uses radiofrequency identification (RFID) or Near Field Communication (NFC).

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the connection is a Bluetooth connection.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device is configured to provide the wireless identifier to the first antenna.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device and the dialysis machine are configured to establish the connection using the wireless identifier.

10. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a connection device that is configured to provide the wireless identifier to the first antenna.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the connection device is configured to establish the connection using the wireless identifier.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the connection device has an Internet protocol address.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device has an Internet protocol address.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device is a smartphone.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device is one or more of a blood pressure cuff, a thermometer, a stethoscope, or a saline container.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device is a container having a sensor that monitors a characteristic of contents of the container.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the contents of the container include a dialysis-related treatment solution.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device is a dialysis treatment-related device.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device is a drug vial.

20. The system of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device is one or more of a remote controller, a laptop computer, or a desktop computer.

21. The system of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device is a first peripheral device and the wireless identifier is a first wireless identifier, and wherein the system further comprises a second peripheral device, and wherein the first antenna is configured to receive the second wireless identifier related to the second peripheral device via the short-range wireless technology protocol.

22. The system of claim 21 , wherein the first peripheral device is located at a first distance from the dialysis machine and the second peripheral device is located at a second distance from the dialysis machine, and wherein the dialysis machine determines whether the first peripheral device or the second peripheral device is closest to the dialysis machine using the short-range wireless technology protocol.

23. The system of claim 22 , wherein the first distance is less than the second distance.

24. The system of claim 23 , wherein the connection is established with the first peripheral device that corresponds to the first distance that is less than the second distance.

Assignees

• Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc

Inventors

• Arrizza John

Classifications

• H04B5/20

  characterised by the transmission technique; characterised by the transmission medium · CPC title

• A61M2205/3584

  using modem, internet or Bluetooth® · CPC title

• G16H40/63

  for local operation · CPC title

• A61M2205/3569

  sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title