Abstract:
Methods and devices are disclosed for managing a resource of a communication device configured to process and communicate medical data in addition to other data. The systems and devices may implement the method, including determining whether to switch to a medical mode based on at least one signal. In response to determining to switch to the medical mode, the communication device may be switched to the medical mode. A resource status associated with a plurality of resources used by the communication device may be weighed against a medical data criticality associated with the medical data managed by the communication device. The method may include allocating a resource of the plurality of resources on a sliding priority scale. The allocating may include allocating a resource of the plurality of resources preferentially to the medical data over the other data.
Abstract:
A stethoscope system may include an array of sensors, which may include pressure sensors. The array may be implemented in a wearable “patch” that is conformable to a patient's body. The stethoscope system may include a control system that is capable of receiving signals from the array of sensors. The signals may, for example, correspond to measurements from multiple pressure sensors of the array. The control system may be capable of combining signals from multiple pressure sensors to produce combined signals. The control system may be capable of filtering the combined signals to remove, at least in part, breathing signal components and to produce filtered signals. The control system may be capable of determining a correspondence between heart signal components of the filtered signals and corresponding heart valve activity.
Abstract:
Various embodiments include methods implemented on a server for determining a network transmission path for medical data. The methods may include receiving a request from a requesting node to transmit medical data to a destination node, determining a list of qualified nodes for use in establishing a network for transmitting the medical data to the destination node, and determining at least one transmission path from the requesting node to the destination node using the list of qualified nodes. The method may further include deputizing each node in the at least one transmission path by sending each node in the at least one transmission path credentials that configure each node in the at least one transmission path to communicate the medical data according to a communications standard, and instructing the requesting node to transmit the medical data through the transmission path.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable classification levels to be assigned to air interfaces used to transmit medical data based on health regulatory requirements. A medical communication abstraction layer executing on a computing device (or node) may determine the requirements associated with a classification level and establish air interfaces meeting those requirements with other devices (or nodes) also having medical communication abstraction layers, thereby establishing a medical data network between the devices (or nodes) meeting the requirements for the classification level. Medical data may also be assigned classification levels, and the assigned classification level of the medical data may be used by the medical communication abstraction layers to determine the medical data networks over which the medical data may be transmitted.