Wireless communication protocol for a medical sensor system

US7595723B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Harold A. Heitzmann · Irvine, US
• John A. Frazier · Fraziers Bottom, US
• Morgan McKeown · Santa Ana, US
• Wayne A. Noda · Mission Viejo, US
• George Francis Sutton, III · Village of La Jolla, US
• Ann Yadlowsky · Irvine, US
• Michael LeRoy Gelvin · Goleta, US
• John T. Armstrong · Pasadena, US
• John D. Richert · La Habra, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 2006
• Grant date: Sep 29, 2009
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B5/0002
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one embodiment the present invention provides a wireless communication system for medical sensor data. This communications system includes a portable unit that connects to a wireless sensor and a monitor unit that connects to a sensor monitor. Once activated, the units will self organize into a wireless communication structure controlled by the portable unit. As other pairs of units activate, they can self-organize their transmissions by joining an existing network or by creating new networks.