Medical device communication method

摘要

A medical device communication method that may be implemented within a variety of medical devices including but not limited to infusion pumps. The method may be implemented with a protocol stack for at least intra-device communication. Embodiments provide connection-oriented, connectionless-oriented, broadcast and multicast data exchange with priority handling of data, fragmentation, and reassembly of data, unique static and dynamic address assignment and hot swap capability for connected peripherals or subsystems.

主权项

1. A medical device communication method comprising:
accepting a request by a programmable device to obtain
a device identifier associated with a transmitting device associated with said request,a connection type of connection-oriented or connectionless-oriented,a receiving device number associated with a receiving device to transmit a message to; determining a port number of a port to transmit said message to; generating a communication identifier or CID; accepting a request associated with a medical function; inserting said CID and said medical function into said message; determining if said connection type is connection-oriented or connectionless; transmitting said message to a medical device; and, receiving a request to change a window size for receipt of fragmented messages and adjusting memory usage based thereon.