Wireless Home Patient Management Internet Appliance

先进医疗电子公司（AME）提议开发一种用于家庭医疗设备的自发现无线连接网络。利用该网络的设备将使用自发现无线链路自动与家庭患者管理互联网设备通信。自发现无线网络是一种通信方案，在该方案中，某一区域内的设备彼此之间自动建立连接，而不需要用户干预。一个或多个医疗设备，如血压监测器，可以通过家庭中的无线网络自动连接，并在互联网上安全地传输数据。新开发的无线国际标准蓝牙为提出的网络解决方案提供了框架。该系统的主要优点是易于安装和完全自动化。授权的医疗设备可以在房子的任何房间使用，其数据会自动传输。来自医疗设备的数据是加密的，以确保患者的隐私。在第一阶段，将开发和测试一种便携式电池供电的蓝牙血压监测仪和家庭病人管理互联网设备的原型，以证明通过互联网从无线家庭医疗设备自动收集数据的可行性。拟议的商业应用：拟议系统的竞争优势在于使用无线自发现网络，自动将数据从医疗设备传输到安装在家中的Internet设备。这是由新的蓝牙无线标准实现的。这是一种不同于其他家庭医疗监测方法的新模式。

Advanced Medical Electronics Corporation (AME) proposes to develop a self-discovering wireless connectivity network for medical devices used in the home. Devices utilizing this network will automatically communicate with a home patient-management Internet appliance using a self-discovering wireless link. A self-discovering wireless network is a communications scheme in which devices within a certain area establish connections to one another automatically, without requiring user intervention. One or more medical devices, such as a blood pressure monitor, can automatically connect via this wireless network in the home and securely communicate their data over the Internet. The newly developed wireless international standard called Bluetooth provides the framework for the proposed networking solution. Key benefits of the proposed system are that it is easily installed and it is completely automatic. Authorized medical devices can be used in any room of the house with their data automatically transmitted. The data from the medical devices is encrypted to insure patient privacy. In phase I, a portable battery-powered Bluetooth blood pressure monitor and prototype home patient-management Internet appliance will be developed and tested to prove the feasibility of automatically collecting data over the Internet from a wireless home medical device. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: The competitive advantage of the proposed system is in the use of a wireless self-discovering network to automatically transfer data from a medical device to an Internet appliance installed in the home. This is made possible by the new Bluetooth wireless standard. This is a new paradigm from the methods others have used for home medical monitoring.