Medical Device Remote Interrogation with Continuous Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical device monitoring systems lack real-time remote programming and interrogation capabilities, relying on patient-initiated data transmission and review, which leads to delayed and disconnected workflows, compromising timely clinician response and increasing cybersecurity risks.
Innovation Solution
A system and method enabling continuous bidirectional communication between healthcare professionals, remote monitoring servers, and medical devices, allowing for real-time remote programming and interrogation through optimized communication connections, prioritizing computational resources, and using push notifications to manage data traffic and session management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If patient-triggered data transmission is used, then data can be transmitted from medical device to clinic, but workflow becomes delayed and disconnected with increased latency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional patient-triggered transmission model by implementing clinician-initiated remote interrogation. Instead of waiting for patients to manually trigger data transmission, the system allows clinicians to remotely initiate data requests that are automatically processed, reversing the control flow and eliminating workflow delays.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by establishing continuous communication connections and maintaining device interrogation capabilities in advance. The clinic can prepare and send interrogation requests before patients arrive, and data can be pre-fetched and staged for immediate review, eliminating waiting time during clinical visits.
2Ease of operation
If general wake-up functionality is implemented, then device can be activated for data communication, but unwanted access by third-party devices becomes possible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms through authenticated communication protocols where the medical device verifies the identity and authorization of requesting devices before activating communication. The system continuously monitors and validates communication requests, providing feedback loops that prevent unauthorized access while maintaining ease of legitimate device activation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary authentication layer between the wake-up signal and device activation. Instead of direct activation, a secured communication channel with verification protocols acts as an intermediary, ensuring that only authorized devices can trigger the medical device to become active for data transmission.
3Speed
If continuous communication connection is maintained, then real-time data streaming is achieved, but computational resources and data traffic increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic action by maintaining communication connections in a low-power standby state and activating full data streaming only when interrogation is required. The system uses periodic keep-alive signals to maintain connection readiness while consuming minimal resources, and transitions to active data transmission only when the clinic initiates a remote interrogation request.
Solution Approach 2:
The communication connection dynamically adjusts its state between standby and active modes based on clinical needs. The system optimizes resource usage by making the connection adaptive - remaining continuously available but consuming minimal computational resources until actual data transmission is required, at which point it transitions to full-speed operation.
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AI summary
A method is used for establishing a communication connection between at least one health care professional remote device and at least one medical device. The method includes the steps of:establishing a first communication connection between the CP with a remote monitoring server,establishing a second communication connection between the RMS and a patient remote device, andestablishing a third communication connection between the PR and the medical device.The CP is configured to optimize an internal device process such that the first communication connection can be maintained as continuous communication connection, and/or the PR is configured to optimize an internal device process such that the second and/or third communication connection can be maintained as continuous communication connection. A remote programming session and/or interrogation session of the medical device is initiated if the communication connection between the CP and the medical device is successfully established.