Communication protocol that supports pass-thru communication

摘要

A private extension of the IEEE 11073 standard for enabling pass-thru communication between a external computing device and a medical device via a diabetes management device is disclosed herein. Within this context, a diabetes management system for configured to allow pass thru communication is described. The system includes a diabetes management device in communication with a external computing device and the first medical device. A pass-thru module of the diabetes management device uses a set of pass-thru commands for establishing a pass-thru communication path and enabling communication between the external computing device and the first medical device, and wherein the set of pass-through commands is defined in compliance with a communication protocol defined in accordance with IEEE standard 11073-20601.

主权项

1. A method for communicating between a computing device and a handheld medical device via an intermediary management device, comprising:
receiving, by the intermediary management device, an enable pass-thru command from the computing device, where the computing device communicates over a first bidirectional communication link with the intermediary management device and the enable pass-thru command is defined as a private extension of IEEE standard 11073-20601; establishing, by the intermediary management device, a pass-thru communication path from the computing device to the handheld medical device, where the pass-thru communication path is established in response to the enable pass-thru command; receiving, by the intermediary management device, a data packet via the first bidirectional communication link from the computing device, where the data packet has a first packet structure and is received subsequent to the enable pass-thru command; converting, by the intermediary management device, the data packet from the first packet structure to a second packet structure; and transmitting, by the intermediary management device, the converted data packet over a second bidirectional communication link to the handheld medical device.