Wireless relay module for remote monitoring system with close-range monitoring of electric power and medical devices

Abstract

The invention discloses a wireless relay module for networked communication between a medical device and a remote monitoring device via a wireless relay network and / or a wireless communication network accessible to the Internet. The wireless relay module includes a receiver, a first transmitter connected to the wireless relay network, a second transmitter connected to the Internet-accessible wireless communication network, a controller, and a display. The controller is connected to the first transmitter and the second transmitter and controls the wireless relay module to select one of the transmitters to transmit medical treatment over one of the two respective networks device data. The controller generates an alarm signal and stores wirelessly received medical device data in a memory of the wireless relay module upon detecting a change in a characteristic of a power source of the wireless relay module. The controller also generates an alarm upon detecting a change in a characteristic of a signal transmitted by the medical device.

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[0001] related application [0002] This application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 13 / 334,463, filed December 22, 2011, entitled "Wireless Relay Module for Remote Monitoring Systems Having Alarm And Display Functionality," which was filed on January 2011 Serial No. 13 / 006,769, entitled "Wireless RelayModule for Remote Monitoring Systems," filed on the 14th, is related to pending U.S. patent applications, each of which shares a common assignee with this application and for all Purposes are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. This application is also related to co-pending U.S. Patent Application No. 13 / 006,784, filed January 14, 2011, entitled "Medical Device Wireless Network Architecture," which shares a common assignee with this Purposes are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. technical field [0003] The present application relates to networked communications between medical devices and remote monitoring d...

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Problems solved by technology

However, the transmission range between individual ZIGBEE transceivers is usually limited to no more than a few hundred feet

Therefore, ZIGBEE networks are often not useful for locating centralized monitoring locations off-site or where patients may be mobile and the distance between a medical device with a ZIGBEE transmitter and a ZIGBEE receiver can vary and sometimes extend beyond hundreds of condition of feet

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