Communications hub for use in life critical network
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04L-029/06
H04L-009/32
G08B-001/08
A61N-001/00
출원번호
US-0694817
(2010-01-27)
등록번호
US-8812841
(2014-08-19)
발명자
/ 주소
Sievert, James
Bailey, Eric P.
Mass, William
출원인 / 주소
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Pauly, DeVries Smith & Deffner, LLC
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220
초록▼
Secured communications between patient portable communicators (PPC) and a central authority (CA) via an unsecured network are implemented using software implemented by a communications device. The communications device provides for detecting, using a multiplicity of disparate communication protocols
Secured communications between patient portable communicators (PPC) and a central authority (CA) via an unsecured network are implemented using software implemented by a communications device. The communications device provides for detecting, using a multiplicity of disparate communication protocols, presence of entities requesting a network connection and determining whether or not each of the entities is a PPC, establishing, only for the entities determined to be PPCs, a connection to the CA via the unsecured network using the disparate communication protocols, authenticating only the PPCs to the CA, and facilitating communication of PPC data between the PPCs and the CA via the communications device and the unsecured network upon successful PPC authentication. The PPC data comprises at least some patient implantable medical device data acquired by the PPCs.
대표청구항▼
1. A communications device for effecting secured communications between a plurality of portable patient communicators (PPC) and a central authority (CA), each of the plurality of PPCs configured to effect connectivity with a patient implantable medical device (PIMD), the communications device compri
1. A communications device for effecting secured communications between a plurality of portable patient communicators (PPC) and a central authority (CA), each of the plurality of PPCs configured to effect connectivity with a patient implantable medical device (PIMD), the communications device comprising: a housing;a logical network port provided at the housing and configured to facilitate communications between the device and an unsecured network;a plurality of logical local ports provided at the housing and configured to implement a plurality of disparate communication protocols for effecting connectivity between the device and the plurality of PPCs;a processor provided at the housing and coupled to the logical network port and the plurality of logical local ports; andmemory provided at the housing and coupled to the processor, the memory storing life critical network (LCN) software comprising program instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to detect presence of entities that come into proximity with the communications device, determine whether or not the entities requesting a network connection via the device are PPCs, authenticate only PPCs to the CA to establish a secured connection between each PPC and the CA, initiate interrogation of each PPC in response to the PPC coming into proximity with the communications device, facilitate communication between the PPCs and the CA via the logical local ports, the logical network port, and the unsecured network upon successful PPC authentication, and transfer PPC data to the CA, at least a portion of the PPC data comprising PIMD data. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein program instructions of the LCN software, when executed by the processor, provides a connection mapping and authentication to the CA only for entities that are determined by the processor to be PPCs. 3. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of logical local ports comprises a plurality of wireless access ports. 4. The device of claim 3, wherein the plurality of logical local ports comprises at least one wired access port. 5. The device of claim 1, wherein program instructions of the LCN software, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to transmit a request to each PPC to interrogate their respective PIMDs. 6. The device of claim 1, wherein the device defines a hub, a switch, or a router. 7. The device of claim 6, wherein the memory of the hub, switch, or router stores the LCN software and general Internet access software comprising program instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to facilitate communication between non-PPC entities and the Internet via the logical local ports, the logical network port, and the unsecured network. 8. The device of claim 1, wherein the device defines a general purpose communications device that is transformed to function as a special purpose communications device upon receiving and storing the LCN software in the memory. 9. The device of claim 1, wherein the device defines or is integral to a PIMD programmer. 10. The device of claim 9, wherein program instructions of the LCN software, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to automatically interrogate PPCs in response to the PPCs coming into proximity with the programmer, request the PPCs to interrogate their respective PIMDs, transfer data from the PPCs to the memory of the programmer, authenticate the programmer with the CA, and transfer the PPC data from the memory of the programmer to the CA via the logical local ports, the logical network port, and the unsecured network upon successful programmer authentication, at least a portion of the PPC data comprising PIMD data. 11. The device of claim 9, wherein the data transferred from the PPCs to the memory of the programmer are encrypted or secured in a manner that prevents the programmer from deciphering some or all of the PPC data. 12. The device of claim 9, wherein program instructions of the LCN software, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to generate a unique session ID code for each PPC with which the programmer communicates, transmit the session ID code to each respective PPC, append the session ID code to PPC data prior to encrypting or securing the PPC data by each respective PPC, authenticate the programmer to the CA via the unsecured network, transmit the secured PPC data to the CA upon successful programmer authentication, and receive, from the CA, unencrypted PPC data in a format that allows for displaying or printing by the programmer. 13. The device of claim 1, wherein the memory further stores general Internet access software comprising program instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to facilitate communication between non-PPC entities and the Internet via the logical local ports, the logical network port, and the unsecured network. 14. A method for effecting secured communications between a plurality of portable patient communicators (PPC) and a central authority (CA) using a communications device via an unsecured network, each of the plurality of PPCs configured to effect connectivity with a patient implantable medical device (PIMD), the method comprising: detecting, using a plurality of disparate communication protocols implemented by the communications device, presence of each of a plurality of entities requesting a network connection;determining whether or not each of the entities is a PPC;establishing, only for the entities determined to be PPCs, a connection to the CA via the unsecured network using the disparate communication protocols implemented by the communications device;authenticating only the PPCs to the CA via the communications device and the unsecured network;facilitating communication of PPC data between the PPCs and the CA via the communications device and the unsecured network upon successful PPC authentication, the PPC data comprising at least some PIMD data acquired from PIMDs by their respective PPCs; interrogating PPCs coming into proximity with the communications device;requesting each of the PPCs interrogate their respective PIMDs;transferring data from the PPCs to the memory of the communications device;authenticating the communications device with the CA; andtransferring the PPC data from the memory of the communications device to the CA via the logical local ports, the logical network port, and the unsecured network upon successful communications device authentication, at least a portion of the PPC data comprising PIMD data. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising establishing, for at least some of the entities determined to be PPCs, a wireless connection to the CA using disparate wireless communication protocols implemented by the communications device and the unsecured network. 16. The method of claim 14, wherein the device defines a hub, a switch, or a router. 17. The method of claim 14, wherein the device defines an implantable medical device programmer, and the method comprises: generating, by the programmer when interrogating each of the PPCs, a unique session ID code and appending the session ID code to the PIMD data prior to encrypting or securing the PPC data;andreceiving, from the CA, unencrypted PPC data in a format that allows for displaying or printing by the programmer. 18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which are executable by a data processing arrangement disposed in a communications device configured to be coupled to an unsecured network, wherein the instructions, when executed, causes the communications device to perform the steps comprising: detecting, using a plurality of disparate communication protocols implemented by the communications device, presence of each of a plurality of entities requesting a network connection;determining whether or not each of the entities is a portable patient communicator (PPC), each of the PPCs configured to effect connectivity with a patient implantable medical device (PIMD);establishing, only for the entities determined to be PPCs, a connection to the CA via the unsecured network using the disparate communication protocols implementable by the communications device;authenticating only the PPCs to the CA via the communications device and the unsecured network;interrogating PPCs coming into proximity with the communications device;facilitating communication of PPC data between the PPCs and the CA via the communications device and the unsecured network upon successful PPC authentication, the PPC data comprising at least some PIMD data acquired from PIMDs by their respective PPCs; and facilitating communication between non-PPC entities and the Internet via the logical local ports, the logical network port, and the unsecured network.
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