IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,817,197
Granted Patent B2
US 11,817,197 · App. 17/166,833 · Granted Nov 14, 2023

Medical pump electronic pairing with device

Inventors: Hugh Molesworth (San Diego, CA); Kevin Hughes (San Diego, CA); Marc Goldman (San Diego, CA); Pravin Pillai (Escondido, CA); Paul M. Diperna (Escondido, CA)
Assignee: QUASURAS, INC.
G16H20/17A61M5/142A61M5/172G06F21/6245G16H40/67A61M2205/3317A61M2205/3553
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,817,197
App. No.
17/166,833
Granted
Nov 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for wireless electronic communication between a medical apparatus and a remote electronic computing device comprise generating and outputting by the medical apparatus an output signal, including: encoding data in the output signal according to a predetermined characteristic of the output signal; receiving and decoding by the remote electronic computing device the encoded data in the output signal; and establishing a pairing between the medical apparatus and the remote electronic computing device.

Claims (13)

1. A method for wireless electronic communication between a medical apparatus and a remote electronic computing device, comprising:

generating and outputting by the medical apparatus an output signal, including encoding data in the output signal according to a predetermined characteristic of the output signal, including:

outputting at least one advertising packet from the medical apparatus to the remote electronic computing device; and

encoding the at least one advertising packet according to a data transmission characteristic of the predetermined characteristic of the output signal, the method further comprising:

receiving and decoding by the remote electronic computing device encoded data of the at least one advertising packet in the output signal; and

establishing a pairing between the medical apparatus and the remote electronic computing device in addition to transmitting device output data.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the medical apparatus includes an insulin delivery pump or other medical device and the remote electronic computing device includes a user interface and an input/output computing element for operating and controlling the insulin delivery pump or other medical device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless electronic communication complies with at least one of a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wireless protocol, a near field communication (NFC) protocol, or a radio-frequency identification (RFID) protocol.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined characteristic of the output signal includes a bit rate or a symbol transmission rate, and the output signal includes data encoded according to the bit rate or a symbol transmission rate.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising: varying the bit rate in a sequence that generates the code, wherein the varied bit rate creates a pattern that is recognized by the remote electronic computing device and identified to represent a unique identification that is acceptable for pairing.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the bit rate or the symbol transmission rate is processed for encoding the data instead of data in a plurality of advertising packets including the at least one advertising packet exchanged between the remote electronic computing device and the medical apparatus by the medical apparatus including a processor and a memory that executes and stores, respectively, a custom Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) stack including a unique profile that matches a profile stored on the remote electronic computing device.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the predetermined characteristic of the output signal includes a signal strength of the output signal, and the output signal includes data encoded according to a modulated received signal strength indicator (RSSI) that is output to the remote electronic computer device.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising configuring the medical apparatus to include an electronic pairing device that processes an external event that changes a current state of the medical apparatus to a state that initiates the pairing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2021
From: MOLESWORTH, HUGH; HUGHES, KEVIN; GOLDMAN, MARC; PILLAI, PRAVIN; DIPERNA, PAUL
To: QUASURAS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058473/0474 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62971807 · Feb 7, 2020
Provisional Application 62971789 · Feb 7, 2020
Related Publication 20210249113A1 · Aug 12, 2021