Patent ID: 8126734

Claim:
A medical data interchange device comprising: a processor; a plurality of device interfaces, wherein each device interface is configured to receive patient data directly from a plurality of different medical devices; a data relay transceiver coupled to and communicating with at least one intermediary device, the data relay transceiver not capable of wireless communication with a medical device; and a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: transition from a quiescent state to an active state in response to a signal transmitted from a medical device to prepare the medical data interchange device to receive data from the medical device; broadcast an authorization code stored in the medical data interchange device to the medical device in response to a request for authorization from the medical device for authenticating the medical data interchange device; automatically detect, based on a voltage of the signal from the medical device, a communication protocol used by the medical device; automatically configure a device interface of the plurality of medical device interfaces to communicate with the plurality of medical devices using the detected communication protocol; receive data from the medical device through a wired connection using the configured device interface, wherein the data from the medical device is received by the medical data interchange device through an adapter coupled to the configured device interface, the adapter configured to communicate with the medical data interchange device using a first communication format and communicate with the medical device using a second communication format, the adapter being removably coupled to the medical data interchange device; activate the intermediary device to transition from a quiescent state to an active state by transmitting a signal to prepare the intermediary device to receive the medical device data; and transmit the data to an intermediary device using the data relay transceiver.