Patent ID: 8965508
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N,B60W,G16H,H04B

Abstract:
1. Medical monitoring and treatment apparatus which may be controlled by a plurality of control sources, said apparatus comprising, in combination: (a) a personal medical device (PMD) adapted to be carried by a patient, either internally or externally, said PMD being alternatively self-controlled and remotely controlled, said device comprising, in combination: (b) at least two external control stations, each comprising, in combination: wherein: (1) said first T/R device transmits at least one first medical information signal to at least one of said external control stations; (2) said first processor is operative to generate at least one treatment device signal in response to at least one of (a) said internal control signal, and (b) an external control signal received from at least one of a plurality of said external control stations by said first T/R device; (3) in response to said command-hierarchy setting signal, said first processor is operative to assign a unique priority level to each of said internal and external control signals, wherein the values of said assigned priority levels indicate a control hierarchy among all such control signals and their sources, wherein: whereby said PMD delivers the therapy represented by the control signal which has been assigned the highest priority level; thereby to establish and maintain a hierarchy among the sources of control of said PMD.