Patent ID: 9542531
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06F,G16H,Y10S

Claim:
1. A biometric monitoring system, comprising: a plurality of modular connections that each provides access for communication over an electrical communications bus; a plurality of modular components configured as part of a distributed computing arrangement, and removably coupled with the bus via the plurality of modular connections, at least one of the plurality of modular components being a biometric monitoring modular component configured to perform a predetermined biometric monitoring functions by acquiring biometric data corresponding to at least one predetermined biometric parameter of a patient, each of the plurality of modular components being dimensioned and configured to couple to any of the plurality of modular connections to provide for being swappable with another different type of modular component into any of the plurality of connections to enable scaling of the system according to desired requirements for the patient, wherein each of the plurality of modular components further comprises: a communications module configured as part of the distributed computing arrangement the communications module being configured to provide for communication between the system and a remote unit; and a master module coupled with the bus, the master module configured to control access and retrieval of data within the system, the common data controller of each of the plurality of modular components controlling and coordinating its communication with the master module over the bus based on configuration thereof set by the master module.