	US 11,984,010 B2
	Systems, apparatuses and methods for enhanced notifications to users of wearable medical devices
Revathy Arumugam, Tamilnadu (IN); and Ganesh Thirugnana Sambanthamoorthy, Tamilnadu (IN)
Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/417,996
Filed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/067880 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 24, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/142272, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/786,761, filed on Dec. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0092960 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01)

CPC G08B 21/18 (2013.01) [G08B 7/06 (2013.01); H04B 1/385 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); A61M 5/14248 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/581 (2013.01); A61M 2205/582 (2013.01)]

16 Claims

1. A medical device for a user, comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) circuit configured to exchange RF signals with a second device in a body area network (BAN) of the user in which the medical device and the second device operate for the user and the medical device is chosen from a fluid delivery device, a glucose meter, and a health monitor;

a memory device; and

a processing device connected to the RF circuit and the memory device, and configured to detect at least one designated notification condition in the medical device, generate a request for notification in response to detection of at least one designated notification condition, and transmit via the RF circuit the request wirelessly to the second device to prompt the second device to actuate an indicator that is remote from the medical device and generate an indication to the user chosen from an audible indication and a tactile indication;

wherein the second device is at least one device chosen from a controller and a smartphone and is paired wirelessly with the medical device, the second device having at least one indicator chosen from an audible indicator and a tactile indicator;

wherein the second device is paired with a third device, the third device comprising at least one indicator chosen from an audible indicator and a tactile indicator, and the medical device being connected to the third devices by at least one of directly connected or indirectly connected via the second device; and

wherein the processing device and RF circuit are configured to employ a selected one of at least two wireless communication protocols to exchange, via the RF circuit, RF signals with at least one device chosen from the second device and the third device, wherein the at least two wireless communication protocols comprises a first communication protocol that is employed by the processing device to pair the second device with the medical device to securely send secure information chosen from configuration data, medical device operation data, and control signals to operate the medical device, and a second communication protocol that is employed by the processing device to pair with at least one of the second device and the third device to send information chosen from medical device status data and notifications that requires less wireless security than the secure information.