Remote medical device access

US7103578B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Timothy L. Beck · Pendleton, US
• Morris J. Young · Noblesville, US
• Robert Lawrence Meek · Indianapolis, US
• Ronald Peyton · Indianapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 5, 2006
• Expiry date: Jan 6, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S128/92
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems, client computing devices, server computing devices, and methods are disclosed for accessing medical devices, providing remote access to medical devices and/or remotely accessing medical devices. In one exemplary embodiment, client computing devices utilize protocol components that may be obtained from a server computing device via a network to communicate with medical devices in a communications protocol supported by the medical device.