Patent ID: 9232352
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: A61B,G16H,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A medical system comprising: one or more medical body area network (MBAN) devices which acquire and communicate patient data; one or more MBAN systems, each MBAN system including: wherein signal strength of the AP is used to determine in-facility status of the MBAN system; wherein the one or more MEAN devices are inhibited from transmitting within the predefined spectrum when the MBAN hub device is located outside the healthcare facility; and wherein: in response to the hub device being connected to an Entrance AP, the in-facility status is either set to Indoor if the AP signal strength is greater than or equal to a predefined threshold or set to Outdoor if the AP signal strength is less than the predefined threshold; and in response to the hub device being connected to an Exterior AP, the in-facility status is either set to Indoor if the AP signal strength is greater than or equal to a predefined threshold or keeps unchanged if the AP signal strength is less than the predefined threshold.