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Apparatus and method for protecting a medical device and a patient treated with this device against harmful influences from a communication network

US8146149B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

B. Bruan Medizinelektronik GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Alexander Steinkogler · Munich, DE
Hans-Martin Lauer · Birkenfeld, DE
Niko Preus · Himmelkron, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 1, 2007
Grant date	Mar 27, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 1, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/0227
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for interacting with a medical device which is suitable for connection into a communication network which comprises at least one insecure area and a secure area on the device side, wherein the apparatus comprises a transmission device for transmitting communication packets to and from the medical device via the communication network, it comprises a monitoring device for monitoring the state of the connection of the device to the network, and it comprises a breaker device for breaking an existing connection between the secure area and the insecure area of the network if, during the monitoring process, a state of the network connection is detected which poses a risk to a patient treated with the device or to the correct functioning of the device.

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