Patent ID: 8923768

Claim:
A method for managing communications between a plurality of medical devices, comprising: providing a wireless connection between at least two medical devices, the at least two medical devices comprising a primary medical device and a secondary medical device; causing the primary medical device to transmit and the secondary medical device to receive state signals wirelessly across a plurality of communication data channels, wherein the plurality of communication data channels comprise a primary communication data channel and a backup communication data channel, wherein the state signals are transmitted and received on the primary communication data channel and duplicate state signals are transmitted and received on the backup communication data channel, and wherein the transmission of the state signals and the duplicate state signals alternates so that the primary communication data channel and the backup communication channel are not transmitting the signals at the same time; monitoring the health and status of the plurality of communication data channels, wherein the health and status of the plurality of communication data channels comprises signal strength and quality for said data channels; and when signal strength or quality on both data channels drops below a threshold, switching from wireless transmission of the signals to transmission of the signals across a fixed cable.