Wireless Home Patient-Management Internet Appliances

描述(由申请人提供)： 先进医疗电子公司(AME)建议为家用医疗设备开发一种自我发现的无线连接网络。使用此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进行通信。自发现无线网络是一种通信方案，在该方案中，特定区域内的设备无需用户干预即可自动彼此建立连接。一个或多个医疗设备，如血压计，可以在家里通过这个无线网络自动连接，并通过互联网安全地传递它们的数据。新开发的名为蓝牙的无线国际标准为拟议的网络解决方案提供了框架。拟议系统的主要好处是安装容易，而且是完全自动的。授权的医疗设备可以在房子的任何房间使用，其数据自动加密和传输。第一阶段计划开发了一个完整的实验系统，使用无线家庭患者管理互联网设备将数据从支持蓝牙的血压监测仪传输到中央服务器。彻底的测试确定了系统方法的可行性。在第二阶段，将开发和测试一个生产原型家庭患者管理互联网家电系统。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 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 encrypted and transmitted. The phase I program developed a full experimental system that transferred data from a Bluetooth enabled blood pressure monitor to a central server using a wireless home patient-management Internet appliance. Thorough testing established the feasibility of the system approach. In phase II, a production prototype home patient-management Internet appliance system will be developed and tested.