Apparatus and method for wirelessly transferring and storing medical data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9289149-B2
Application number	US-74697107-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2007
Priority date	May 10, 2007
Publication date	Mar 22, 2016
Grant date	Mar 22, 2016

Abstract

A medical diagnostic/monitoring system is disclosed herein. The medical diagnostic/monitoring system includes a data acquisition device having a first near field communication device, and a data storage device wirelessly connected to the data acquisition device. The data storage device includes a second near field communication device. The first near field communication device and the second near field communication device are collectively configured to wirelessly transfer power and data from the data acquisition device to the data storage device.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for wirelessly transferring physiological data to a data storage device comprising:
obtaining physiological data with a transducer of a data acquisition device, the transducer configured to obtain the physiological data from a body of a patient;
generating an electromagnetic field between a first near field communication device of the data acquisition device and a second near field communication device of a data storage device;
transferring power from the data acquisition device to the data storage device across the electromagnetic field;
transferring the physiological data from the data acquisition device to the data storage device across the electromagnetic field and
storing the physiological data at the data storage device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising implementing the electromagnetic field to wirelessly transfer information from a radio frequency identification memory card of the data storage device to the data acquisition device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transducer is an electrode and the physiological data is a cardiac electrical signal.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising implementing the electrode to generate an analog signal proportional to the sensed cardiac electrical signal, and providing the analog signal from the electrode to the data acquisition device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing the physiological data at a radio frequency identification memory card of the storage device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data storage device comprises a radio frequency identification memory card comprising a plurality of alphanumeric characters configured to visually convey a selectable type of information.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data storage device comprises a radio frequency identification memory card comprising graphic image configured to visually convey information pertaining to the identity of a patient.

Assignees

• Peterson James R
• Alme Sarah
• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Peterson James R
• Alme Sarah

Classifications

• A61B5/0006 Primary

  ECG or EEG signals · CPC title

• A61N1/37223

  Circuits for electromagnetic coupling · CPC title

• A61B5/04325 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2560/0412

  Low-profile patch shaped housings · CPC title

• A61B5/335 Primary

  using integrated circuit memory devices · CPC title