System for automated collection of dialysis data

Inventors

Yu, Alex Anping • Childers, Robert W. • Hopping, Peter A.

Assignees

Vantive Health GmbH • Vantive US Healthcare LLC

Abstract

A system is disclosed for the automated collection of dialysis and physiological data. An example system includes a dialysis machine configured to generate dialysis data and a wireless peripheral device configured to generate physiological data. The system also includes a personal digital device including an application configured to communicatively couple to the dialysis machine. The application is further configured to detect being within a wireless range of the wireless peripheral device, pair with the wireless peripheral device, receive the physiological data from the wireless peripheral device, and transmit the received physiological data to the dialysis machine. The dialysis machine is configured to store the received physiological data in conjunction with the dialysis data.

Core Innovation

The invention provides a system for recording dialysis data and physiological data. A dialysis machine is configured to generate dialysis data, a wireless peripheral device is configured to generate physiological data, and a personal digital device includes an application that is communicatively coupled to the dialysis machine and configured to receive the physiological data and transmit it to the dialysis machine.

The personal digital device application detects being within a wireless range of the wireless peripheral device. The application pairs with the wireless peripheral device by displaying on a screen of the personal digital device a prompt to enter an identifier of the wireless peripheral device, and transmitting at least one pairing message to the wireless peripheral device with the entered identifier. After pairing, the application receives the physiological data from the wireless peripheral device and transmits the received physiological data to the dialysis machine.

The dialysis machine is configured to store the received physiological data and the dialysis data, enabling recording of both types of information together. Dependent claims further specify example physiological measurement devices, including a bioelectric impedance analysis device, a blood pressure monitor, a weight scale, a glucometer, or a thermometer.

Claims Coverage

The document contains two independent claims. Across both, the core coverage is the combination of a dialysis machine, a wireless peripheral device that generates physiological data, and a personal digital device application that detects wireless range, pairs using an entered identifier via pairing messages, receives physiological data, and transmits the physiological data to the dialysis machine for storage alongside dialysis data.

Both independent claims converge on an architecture where physiological data produced by a wireless peripheral device are paired to a personal digital device through an entered peripheral identifier and pairing messages, then transmitted to a dialysis machine for storage together with dialysis data. Dependent claims further specify example physiological measurement devices, constrain the dialysis machine type, and add security-oriented processing such as encrypting physiological data with later decryption using an identifier.

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