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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Robert B. Gaines, Lake Saint Louis, MO (US);
Joel D. Wiesner, St. Peters, MO (US);
John Holste, Hamburg, IL (US);
Kenneth M. Breitweiser, Brighton, IL (US);
Robert B. Gaines, Lake Saint Louis, MO (US);
Joel D. Wiesner, St. Peters, MO (US);
John Holste, Hamburg, IL (US);
Kenneth M. Breitweiser, Brighton, IL (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A wireless relay module for networked communications between a series of medical devices and a remote monitoring device. The relay module communicates with the remote monitoring device over one or more internet-accessible wireless communication networks, and includes a receiver, transmitter for communicating over wireless relay networks, other transmitters for the one or more internet-accessible wireless communications networks; and a controller. The controller determines a status of the one or more internet-accessible wireless communications networks. When the status indicates that at least one of the interne-accessible wireless communications network is available, the appropriate transmitter is selected for the transmitting medical device data over the available internet-accessible wireless communications networks. When internet-accessible wireless communications networks are not accessible, the appropriate wireless relay network transmitter is selected for transmitting the data to another wireless relay module.