Using mobile consumer devices to communicate with consumer medical devices

摘要

Mobile consumer devices are used to communicate with consumer medical devices to either provide update data to the consumer medical device or to obtain data from the consumer medical device. Some data is used to evaluate performance and operation of the medical device or a biological condition of the living being that is being treated with the medical device. Other data is used to calibrate and update the consumer medical device or to enable or disable certain functionality of the medical device. Communications between the medical devices and mobile consumer devices can be performed automatically or on demand, as initiated by a user, a third party, or in response to predetermined conditions detected by the devices.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for using a mobile consumer device to communicate with a hearing aid device, the method comprising:
an act of a mobile consumer device associated with a patient, and which includes one or more processors, receiving a communication request from the hearing aid device of the patient to communicate with the hearing aid device that is connected to the patient, the communication request having been automatically generated by the hearing aid device in response to the hearing aid device detecting a predetermined condition corresponding to metric data that is associated with the hearing aid device; in response to the communication request, an act of the mobile consumer device identifying the hearing aid device and a communication channel to use in a communication between the hearing aid device and the mobile consumer device; an act of the mobile consumer device communicating with the hearing aid device via the communication channel; during the communication, generating a notification to the patient that is rendered at the mobile consumer device and that is operable to prompt the patient to update the hearing aid device; and after the patient's identity being authenticated, the mobile consumer device transmitting update data to the hearing aid device that is operable to update the hearing aid device.