US 11,666,772 B2
Secure limited components for use with medical devices
Thomas E. Kaib, Irwin, PA (US); Shane S. Volpe, Saltsburg, PA (US); and Ernast Sevo, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to ZOLL Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US)
Filed by ZOLL Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/182,386.
Application 16/277,050 is a division of application No. 15/233,245, filed on Aug. 10, 2016, granted, now 10,252,070, issued on Apr. 9, 2019.
Application 17/182,386 is a continuation of application No. 16/277,050, filed on Feb. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,960,221.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/215,558, filed on Sep. 8, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0252297 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/39 (2006.01); A61N 1/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/333 (2021.01); A61B 5/0245 (2006.01); A61B 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3975 (2013.01) [A61B 5/333 (2021.01); A61B 5/7475 (2013.01); A61N 1/025 (2013.01); A61B 5/002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0245 (2013.01); A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 7/003 (2013.01); A61N 1/3904 (2017.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a cardiac monitoring device comprising
a cardiac monitoring device battery configured to supply power to the cardiac monitoring device,
a cardiac monitoring device memory,
a cardiac monitoring device network interface,
a plurality of electrodes configured to acquire electrocardiogram (ECG) signals from a patient, and
at least one processor coupled to the cardiac monitoring device battery, the cardiac monitoring device memory, the cardiac monitoring device network interface, and the plurality of electrodes, and configured to
implement a limited functionality interface configured to not affect primary operations of the cardiac monitoring device,
generate, as one of the primary operations of the cardiac monitoring device, ECG data from the ECG signals of the patient acquired via the plurality of electrodes,
direct the cardiac monitoring device network interface to transmit the ECG data to a communication device via a wireless connection between the cardiac monitoring device and the communication device,
receive, from the communication device via the limited functionality interface, a limited functionality command to retrieve one or more data elements from the cardiac monitoring device, and
direct the limited functionality interface to transmit the one or more data elements from the cardiac monitoring device to the communication device via the wireless connection; and
the communication device,
wherein the communication device comprises
a communication device battery configured to provide power to the communication device,
a communication device memory,
a communication interface configured to communicate with the cardiac monitoring device,
one or more network interfaces configured to communicate with a remote server, and
one or more processors coupled to the communication device battery, the communication device memory, the communication interface, and the one or more network interfaces, and configured to
establish the wireless connection between the communication device and the cardiac monitoring device via the communication interface and the cardiac monitoring device network interface,
receive the ECG data via the wireless connection,
direct the one or more network interfaces to transmit the ECG data to the remote server,
direct the limited functionality interface to transmit the limited functionality command to the cardiac monitoring device via the wireless connection,
receive the one or more data elements from the cardiac monitoring device via the limited functionality interface and the wireless connection, and
store the one or more data elements from the cardiac monitoring device in the communication device memory.