Patent ID: 8121984

Claim:
A method for archiving biomedical data generated by a data collection device, comprising: at a computer, reading a file containing the biomedical data from a computer-readable storage medium, wherein a data format of the file, as stored on the storage medium, has not been identified to the computer; at a processor of the computer, analyzing the file to determine the data format of the file, wherein the analyzing includes obtaining, from the file, at least one of a manufacturer of the collection device and a model number of the collection device and determining the data format as a function of the at least one of a manufacturer of the collection device and a model number of the collection device; based on the data format, locating and extracting the biomedical data from within the file; prior to transmitting, removing any identifying information associated with an individual from whom the biomedical data was collected; and transmitting the extracted data to a database in which the extracted data is archived.