CN116367364A - Interconnection method of bedside equipment and bedside system - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of interconnecting bedside devices and a bedside system, the method being applied to a bedside system, the bedside system comprising at least two bedside devices associated with the same patient, some of the bedside devices providing wireless hotspots as hotspot bedside devices, other bedside devices establishing wireless connections with the hotspot bedside devices based on the wireless hotspots as non-hotspot bedside devices, the method being implemented by the hotspot bedside devices, comprising: pairing at least one of the non-hotspot bedside devices based on the self identification information, wherein the non-hotspot bedside device which is paired with the self is defined as a non-hotspot matching device; receiving medical data from the non-hotspot matching device via a connection of the non-hotspot matching device to the wireless hotspot based on the identification information; and transmitting the medical data to a central station connected with the bedside system or displaying the medical data on a display provided in the central station. The present application enables wireless interconnection and data interaction of bedside devices associated with the same patient.

Description

Interconnection method of bedside equipment and bedside system

Technical Field

The present application relates to the technical field of medical devices, and in particular, to an interconnection method and a bedside system of bedside devices, and an interconnection method and a body area network system of body area network devices.

Background

In clinical departments such as intensive care units, operating rooms, etc., transfer scenarios such as in-hospital transfer, emergency transfer, etc., a patient may require multiple medical devices to provide monitoring and assisted therapy in a mobile scenario where mobile monitoring devices are worn, including, but not limited to, multiparameter monitors that provide vital sign monitoring, single parameter monitors, mobile monitoring devices, implantable devices, ventilators that provide assisted breathing, anesthesia machines that provide anesthesia functions, infusion pumps that provide drug injections, etc.

These bedside medical devices or devices belonging to the same domain network work independently of each other, and medical staff needs to set these devices (such as patient information, clocks, etc.) separately, and these devices cannot exchange data with each other. The infusion speed of the medicine can affect vital signs, and medical staff needs to manually adjust the infusion speed of the medicine according to the change of the vital signs or adjust the alarm threshold of vital sign parameters according to the infusion condition of the medicine; when using respiratory therapy equipment, medical staff needs to refer to various vital sign parameter values, and values scattered on a plurality of different equipment can influence the observation and operation of clinical staff.

The bedside equipment integration scheme provided by some monitor manufacturers at present is that a main monitor (a multi-parameter monitor for monitoring patients) and other single-parameter monitors or non-monitoring equipment (including a breathing machine, an anesthesia machine, an infusion pump and the like) are connected through serial lines, and the scheme can partially solve the problem of data collaboration of a plurality of bedside equipment. However, these bedside devices may be placed in different locations on the patient's bed, such as infusion pumps may be placed on the right side of the patient's bed, but monitors are placed on the head of the bed, and ventilators are placed on the left side of the patient's bed, which if connected via serial ports (or other wired connections), are complex, increasing the workload of clinical personnel. The breathing machine is often required to be sent to a special disinfection room for disinfection, and is required to be taken back to the side of a patient, so that the serial port connection mode is inconvenient to operate. For a plurality of devices of the body area network system, the devices are temporarily independent, and no device integration scheme exists.

Disclosure of Invention

The present application has been made in order to solve the above-described problems. According to an aspect of the present application, there is provided a multi-device interconnection method, which may be applied to a bedside system or a body area network system, and the present application describes the multi-device interconnection method as a bedside/body area network device interconnection method. The bedside/body area network system comprises at least two bedside/body area network devices associated with the same patient, part of the bedside/body area network devices serve as hot point bedside/body area network devices to provide wireless hot points, other bedside/body area network devices serve as non-hot point bedside/body area network devices to establish wireless connection with the hot point bedside/body area network devices based on the wireless hot points, and the method is implemented by the hot point bedside/body area network devices and comprises the following steps: pairing with at least one of the non-hotspot bedside/body area network devices based on at least self identification information, wherein the non-hotspot bedside/body area network device which is paired with the self is defined as a non-hotspot matching device; receiving medical data from the non-hotspot matching device via a connection to the non-hotspot matching device to the wireless hotspot based on the identification information; and transmitting the medical data to a central station connected with the bedside/body area network system or displaying the medical data on a display provided by the central station.

According to another aspect of the present application, there is provided a method of interconnecting bedside/body area network devices, the method being applied to a bedside/body area network system comprising at least two bedside/body area network devices associated with the same patient, some of the bedside/body area network devices providing wireless hotspots as hotspot bedside/body area network devices, other bedside/body area network devices as non-hotspot bedside/body area network devices establishing wireless connections with the hotspot bedside/body area network devices based on the wireless hotspots, the method being implemented by the non-hotspot bedside/body area network devices, the method comprising: pairing at least one of the hot-spot bedside/body area network devices based on the identification information of the hot-spot bedside/body area network device, and defining the hot-spot bedside/body area network device which is paired with the non-hot-spot bedside/body area network device as a hot-spot matching device; calculating a connection password based on the identification information of the hotspot matching device, and connecting a wireless hotspot provided by the hotspot matching device based on the connection password so as to establish connection with the hotspot matching device; and transmitting medical data to the hotspot matching device.

According to a further aspect of the present application there is provided an interconnection method of bedside/body area network devices, the method being applied to a bedside/body area network system comprising at least two bedside/body area network devices associated with the same patient, the bedside/body area network devices being deployed in the same wireless network, parts of the bedside/body area network devices being summarized bedside/body area network devices for summarizing medical data from other bedside/body area network devices, other bedside/body area network devices being non-summarized bedside/body area network devices, the method being implemented by the summarized bedside/body area network devices, the method comprising: monitoring a multicast packet and/or a broadcast packet from the non-summarized bedside/body area network equipment in the wireless network, wherein the multicast packet and the broadcast packet comprise identification information of the non-summarized bedside/body area network equipment; pairing based on the multicast and/or broadcast packets and at least one non-aggregate bedside/body area network device having the same identifying information as itself; time information is sent to each paired non-aggregate bedside/body area network device to achieve clock synchronization with each paired non-aggregate bedside/body area network device, medical data is received from each paired non-aggregate bedside/body area network device, and medical data with the same time stamp is aggregated.

According to yet another aspect of the present application, there is provided a bedside/body area network system comprising at least two bedside/body area network devices associated with the same patient, wherein part of the bedside/body area network devices provide wireless hotspots as hotspot bedside/body area network devices, and other bedside/body area network devices pair with at least one of the hotspot bedside/body area network devices at least based on identification information of the hotspot bedside/body area network devices, and connect the wireless hotspots provided by the paired hotspot bedside/body area network devices to establish a connection with the paired hotspot bedside/body area network devices and transmit medical data to the paired bedside/body area network devices, which send the medical data to a central station connected to the bedside/body area network system or display the medical data on a display provided by the device itself.

According to yet another aspect of the present application, there is provided a bedside/body area network system comprising at least two bedside/body area network devices associated with the same patient, the bedside/body area network devices being deployed in the same wireless network, part of the bedside/body area network devices being summarized bedside/body area network devices for summarizing medical data from other bedside/body area network devices, the other bedside/body area network devices being non-summarized bedside/body area network devices, wherein: the non-summarized bedside/body area network equipment transmits a multicast packet and/or a broadcast packet in the wireless network, wherein the multicast packet and the broadcast packet comprise identification information of the non-summarized bedside/body area network equipment; the summarized bedside/body area network equipment monitors the multicast packet and/or the broadcast packet, pairs at least one non-summarized bedside/body area network equipment with the same identification information based on the multicast packet and/or the broadcast packet, and sends time information to each paired non-summarized bedside/body area network equipment so as to realize clock synchronization with each paired non-summarized bedside/body area network equipment; the non-summary bedside/body area network device transmits medical data to the summary bedside/body area network device which completes pairing with the non-summary bedside/body area network device; the summary bedside/body area network device receives medical data from non-summary bedside/body area network devices that complete pairing with itself and performs summary processing on medical data from different non-summary bedside/body area network devices that have the same timestamp.

According to yet another aspect of the present application, there is provided a bedside/body area network system comprising a hot spot bedside/body area network device and a non-hot spot bedside/body area network device associated with the same patient, wherein: the hot spot bedside/body area network equipment comprises a monitor or mobile monitoring equipment, wherein the monitor provides wireless hot spots; the non-hotspot bedside/body area network device comprises at least one of a ventilator, an infusion pump, an anesthesia machine, an ultrasound imaging device, a mobile X-ray imaging device, and an implantable device, wherein the ventilator provides medical data related to respiration of the patient, the infusion pump provides medical data related to infusion of the patient, the anesthesia machine provides medical data related to anesthesia of the patient, the ultrasound imaging device provides ultrasound medical data related to tissue of the patient, and the mobile X-ray imaging device provides radiological medical data related to tissue of the patient; the monitor and the non-hot point bedside/body area network equipment are paired with each other at least based on the fact that the respective preset identifiers indicate the same source information, the monitor acquires medical data from the paired non-hot point bedside/body area network equipment, and the medical data is sent to a central station connected with the bedside/body area network system or displayed on a display of the monitor.

According to the interconnection method of the bedside/body area network equipment and the bedside/body area network system, part of the bedside/body area network equipment is used as hot point bedside/body area network equipment to provide wireless hot points, other bedside/body area network equipment is used as non-hot point bedside/body area network equipment to establish wireless connection with the hot point bedside/body area network equipment through the wireless hot points, or the bedside/body area network equipment is deployed in the same wireless network to enable the bedside/body area network equipment to establish wireless connection with each other, and wireless interconnection and data interaction of the bedside/body area network equipment associated with the same patient can be achieved.

Drawings

The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the present application will become more apparent from the following more particular description of embodiments of the present application, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of embodiments of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate the application and not constitute a limitation to the application. In the drawings, like reference numerals generally refer to like parts or steps.

FIG. 1a shows a schematic diagram of a bedside system according to one embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 1b shows a schematic diagram of a body area network system according to one embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic diagram of a configuration interface of hot point bedside devices in a method of interconnecting bedside devices according to one embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic flow chart of a method of interconnecting bedside devices according to one embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic diagram of one example of pairing hot and non-hot bedside devices in a method of interconnecting bedside devices according to one embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 5 illustrates a schematic diagram of an interface prompting each time pairing is successful in a method of interconnecting bedside devices according to one embodiment of the application.

FIG. 6 illustrates a schematic diagram of an interface for consulting paired devices on a hot-spot bedside device in a method of interconnecting bedside devices according to one embodiment of the application.

FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic diagram of another example of pairing hot and non-hot bedside devices in a method of interconnecting bedside devices according to one embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 shows a schematic flow chart of a method of interconnecting bedside devices according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 9 shows a schematic view of a bedside system according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 10 shows a schematic flow chart of a method of interconnecting bedside devices according to yet another embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of pairing summarized and non-summarized bedside devices in a method of interconnecting bedside devices according to another embodiment of the application.

Fig. 12 shows a schematic view of a bedside system according to yet another embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, exemplary embodiments according to the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be apparent that the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application and not all of the embodiments of the present application, and it should be understood that the present application is not limited by the example embodiments described herein. Based on the embodiments of the present application described herein, all other embodiments that may be made by one skilled in the art without the exercise of inventive faculty are intended to fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

First, a bedside system according to an embodiment of the present application is described with reference to fig. 1 a. Fig. 1a shows a schematic diagram of a bedside system 100a according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1a, the bedside system 100a may include at least two bedside devices (such as at least two of a monitor, a ventilator, an infusion pump, an anesthesia machine, an ultrasound imaging device, a mobile X-ray imaging device) associated with the same patient, and for purposes of example, three bedside devices are shown in fig. 1a as bedside system 100a, a hot point bedside device 110a, a non-hot point bedside device 120a, and a non-hot point bedside device 130a, respectively. Wherein the hot spot bedside device 110a provides a wireless hot spot based on which the non-hot spot bedside device 120a and/or the non-hot spot bedside device 130a establishes a wireless connection with the hot spot bedside device 110 a. Specifically, the non-hotspot bedside device 120a and/or the non-hotspot bedside device 130a pair with the hotspot bedside device 110a based at least on the identification information of the hotspot bedside device 110a, connect to the wireless hotspots provided by the paired hotspot bedside device 110a, establish a connection with the paired hotspot bedside device 110a, and transmit medical data to the paired hotspot bedside device 110a, where the hotspot bedside device 110a sends the medical data to a central station (not shown) connected to the bedside system 100a, or displays the medical data on a display provided by itself.

Fig. 1b shows a schematic diagram of a body area network system 100b according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1b, the body area network system 100b may also include at least two body area network devices (such as at least two of a mobile monitoring device, an infusion pump, an implantable device) associated with the same patient, for purposes of example, three body area network devices are shown in fig. 1b as body area network system 100b including a hot spot body area network device 110b, a non-hot spot body area network device 120b, and a non-hot spot body area network device 130b, respectively. The hotspot body area network device 110b provides a wireless hotspot, and the non-hotspot body area network device 120b and/or the non-hotspot body area network device 130b establish a wireless connection with the hotspot body area network device 110b based on the wireless hotspot. Specifically, the non-hotspot body area network device 120b and/or the non-hotspot body area network device 130b pair with the hotspot body area network device 110b at least based on the identification information of the hotspot body area network device 110b, and connect to a wireless hotspot provided by the paired hotspot body area network device 110b to establish a connection with the paired hotspot body area network device 110b, and transmit medical data to the paired hotspot body area network device 110b, where the hotspot body area network device 110b transmits the medical data to a central station (not shown) connected to the body area network system 100b, or displays the medical data on a display provided by itself.

Generally, in embodiments of the present application, for multiple bedside devices associated with the same patient, one or more bedside devices are employed as hotspot bedside devices to provide wireless hotspots via which other bedside devices as non-hotspot bedside devices establish wireless connections with the hotspot bedside devices, thus enabling wireless interconnection and data interaction of the bedside devices associated with the same patient. The bedside system related in the embodiments of the present application may include a hospital bed bedside system associated with a department number or a bed number, an operation bedside system associated with a specific operating room, a transfer bedside system in a transfer scenario, a stretcher bedside system in an emergency scenario, and other rescue/ambulance bedside systems in various medical scenarios, which are not listed here, and when the same patient is supported by a certain support device and a plurality of associated medical devices are associated at the same time, the plurality of medical devices associated with the same patient form a bedside system, and each medical device may be considered a bedside device. Similarly, for multiple body area network devices associated with the same patient, one or more body area network devices can be used as a hotspot body area network device to provide wireless hotspots, and other devices in the body area network are used as non-hotspot body area network devices, and wireless connection is established between the wireless hotspots and the hotspot body area network devices, so that wireless interconnection and data interaction of the body area network devices associated with the same patient are realized. The body area network system related in the embodiments of the present application may include a body area network system using a telemetry monitor, or may include a body area network system using a wearable device, where the telemetry monitor and the wearable device may be referred to as a mobile monitoring device. The implantable device may be, for example, an implantable electrocardiograph monitor.

The following embodiments take a bedside system as an example mainly to describe in detail how the bedside system enables wireless interconnection and data interaction of bedside devices associated with the same patient. The detailed description of the following embodiments is applicable to the body area network system, and the description of how the body area network system provides wireless hotspots, establishes wireless connection and realizes data interaction will not be repeated, so that those skilled in the art can refer to the description of the bedside system in the following embodiments to obtain a specific implementation of the interconnection method of the body area network system and the body area network device.

In the example shown in fig. 1a, while the bedside device 110a is shown as a hot spot bedside device and the bedside device 120a and the bedside device 130a are shown as non-hot spot bedside devices, either of them may be provided as hot spot bedside devices (hot spot bedside devices such as monitors or anesthesia machines). For example, the display interface of the bedside device may be configured to include a parameter display area for displaying medical data and a navigation area for displaying function options, through which a user may set the bedside device as a hot-spot bedside device. Described below in connection with fig. 2.

FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic diagram of a configuration interface of hot point bedside devices in a method of interconnecting bedside devices according to one embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 2, in response to a user triggering a function option of the navigation area, a connection configuration window 200 is displayed on the display interface, the connection configuration window including a configuration switch 210 enabling connection configuration of the own bedside device and hotspot options 220 and 230 setting the own bedside device as a hotspot bedside device. Wherein operation of the hotspot option is enabled upon receipt of the start configuration switch 210 (switch "ON" as shown in fig. 2, i.e., ON state) ( hotspot options 220 and 230 are selectable states as shown in fig. 2); upon receiving a selection of the hotspot option 220, the self-bedside device is set to the hotspot bedside device providing the wireless hotspot. In the example shown in fig. 2, another hotspot option 230 is also provided, and upon receipt of a selection of the hotspot option 230, a wireless hotspot is provided using the public network, as described below in connection with the other embodiments of fig. 9 and 10.

A method of interconnecting bedside devices according to one embodiment of the present application, which may be performed by the hot spot bedside device 110a in the aforementioned bedside system 100a, is described below in connection with fig. 3.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic flow chart of an interconnection method 300 of bedside devices according to one embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 3, the method 300 of interconnecting bedside devices may include the steps of:

in step S310, at least one of the non-hotspot bedside devices is paired based on the self-identification information, and the non-hotspot bedside device with which the pairing is completed is defined as a non-hotspot matching device.

In step S320, medical data is received from the non-hotspot matching device via a connection to the non-hotspot matching device to its own wireless hotspot based on the identification information.

In step S330, the medical data is transmitted to a central station connected to the bedside system, or is displayed on a display provided in the central station itself.

In embodiments of the present application, a hotspot bedside device in a bedside system that provides a wireless hotspot is paired with other non-hotspot bedside devices based at least on its own identification information. The identification information may include location information thereof, such as a department number and a bed number where the hot point bedside device is located, or an operation room number where the hot point bedside device is located, and so on. In addition, the identification information may include patient information associated with the hotspot bedside device, such as identification information of a patient for which the hotspot bedside device is used, and the like.

In one embodiment of the present application, pairing a hotspot bedside device with at least one of a non-hotspot bedside device based at least on self-identification information may include: a service set identification comprising self-identification information in a hidden format is broadcast for automatic pairing by a non-hotspot bedside device having the same identification information after searching for the service set identification based on the self-identification information. Described below in connection with fig. 4.

FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic diagram of one example of pairing hot and non-hot bedside devices in a method of interconnecting bedside devices according to one embodiment of the present application. In fig. 4, hot point bedside devices are shown schematically as monitors, and non-hot point bedside devices are shown schematically as infusion pumps and ventilators.

As shown in fig. 4, the monitor, the infusion pump, and the breathing machine are all set with the department and the bed number as the identification information. The monitor provides a service set identifier (Service Set Identifier, abbreviated as SSID) in a hidden format as a hot-spot bedside device based on the identifier information; the infusion pump and ventilator are searched as non-hotspot bedside devices based on the respective identification information, and as the infusion pump and ventilator are set with the same identification information, the infusion pump and/or ventilator can search for the monitor and then connect to the wireless hotspot (AP) of the monitor. The infusion pump and/or the breathing machine can periodically send multicast/broadcast packets, and the monitor monitors the multicast packets, actively connects the infusion pump and/or the breathing machine, and receives data periodically sent by the infusion pump and/or the breathing machine. After successful pairing, a confirmation menu may be provided on the monitor informing the user of the paired device, as shown in fig. 5, that the infusion Pump001 has been associated with the monitor. Further, after pairing, the user may review the currently paired device on the monitor, as shown in fig. 6, knowing that the monitor M001 is currently paired with both the ventilator V001 and the infusion pump P001.

In this embodiment, the SSID broadcast by the monitor is exemplarily shown as being generated based on location information (department number and bed number), that is, as long as the location information of the hotspot bedside device and the non-hotspot bedside device are identical, they can both maintain a pairing relationship; when their position information is different, the pairing relationship may be released. In other examples, the SSID broadcast by the monitor may also be generated based on other location information, such as an operating room number; alternatively, the SSID broadcast by the monitor may be related to patient information. In an example where the SSID is related to patient information, the pairing relationship may be released once the bedside device is disassociated from the patient. In yet another example, a preset identifier may also be included in the SSID, which may be a pre-agreed identifier to by the non-hotspot bedside device for pairing by the non-hotspot bedside device with a hotspot bedside device that matches the source (such as vendor identity, etc.) based on the preset identifier. In this example, source-matched hotspot bedside devices and non-hotspot bedside devices may be paired. In the embodiment of the application, the SSID can be encrypted and converted into a character string through a Base64 or similar algorithm and then used; after the non-hotspot bedside device searches for the SSID of the hotspot bedside device, a password (e.g., convertible to text by Base 64) may be calculated based on the SSID and a pre-agreed key (where the key may be entered in a menu or imported by a certificate), and the hotspot bedside device may be connected to the password. When SSID is generated based on the position information, if the patient does not use the original bedside equipment due to discharge from a hospital or a department of a transfer, and a new patient uses the bedside equipment, the bedside equipment can be kept paired with each other because the bedside equipment only changes on the relevant information of the patient and the position information is not changed, so that convenience is further provided for the department to manage multiple equipment in a centralized manner. Similarly, although the bedside equipment which is frequently disinfected is removed from the department for disinfection treatment, the pairing with other bedside equipment can be still reserved as long as the built-in position information of the bedside equipment is not changed, and the pairing operation is not required to be repeated.

In another embodiment of the present application, pairing a hotspot bedside device with at least one of a non-hotspot bedside device based at least on self-identification information may include: broadcasting a service set identification comprising self identification information, displaying the received identification information of the hot-spot bedside devices to a user after being received by the non-hot-spot bedside devices, selecting hot-spot bedside devices to be paired by the user, and realizing pairing with at least one of the non-hot-spot bedside devices after being selected by the user. Only the identification information may be displayed, or the combination information of the identification information and other information may be displayed together. The displayed identification information may include, for example, a department number and a bed number, or may include only a bed number. The combination information may include, for example, a combination of the bed number and other patient information. For the case where a user selects which hotspot bedside device to pair with, the user may manually configure the non-hotspot bedside device, e.g., manually configure the department number and the bedside number of the non-hotspot bedside device, so that the non-hotspot bedside device has the same department number and bedside number as the hotspot bedside device with which pairing is desired. The user can also directly execute the selection operation on the hot point bedside equipment displayed by the non-hot point bedside equipment without manually setting the department number and the bed number of the non-hot point bedside equipment. Described below in connection with fig. 7.

FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic diagram of one example of pairing hot and non-hot bedside devices in a method of interconnecting bedside devices according to one embodiment of the present application. In fig. 7, a hot spot bedside device is illustrated schematically as a monitor and a non-hot spot bedside device is illustrated schematically as an infusion pump.

As shown in fig. 7, in step (1), each monitor (shown as 1-bed monitor, 2-bed monitor, and 3-bed monitor in fig. 7) broadcasts its SSID to the outside. In step (2), the same bedside device (shown in fig. 7 as 1 bed infusion pump, 2 bed infusion pump and 3 bed infusion pump) may receive SSIDs sent by multiple primary monitors, since there is not always a sufficient distance between beds to isolate wireless signals, at this time the bedside device (such as 1 bed infusion pump) should enumerate all received SSIDs, parse the content in the SSIDs according to the corresponding algorithm, if it is confirmed to be the SSID sent by the monitor, refine the information in the SSID, present to the user by means of menu list, ask the user to make decisions about which monitor the current device should be paired with. After the user makes a selection in the device, in step (3), the device will connect to the wireless hotspot of the monitor selected by the user at this time through the SSID derived from the information directly enumerated by the device and a password, which is determined by the user selection (e.g. the SSID is the SSID of the 1 bed monitor if the user selects the 1 bed monitor), the connection password is calculated, for example, by a agreed function such as a Hash (Hash) function, with the SSID as a Key (Key), and the monitor and other bedside devices may share the same Hash function. In step (4), once the device is connected to the wireless hotspot of the monitor, the device will initiate a connection to the monitor, while a prompt for successful pairing may be displayed on the device and the monitor.

In another embodiment of the present application, when the hotspot bedside device is a monitor and the non-hotspot bedside device enumerates to the same SSID, a prompt message is output on the non-hotspot bedside device to prompt the user that the currently enumerated SSID has a possibility of error. Monitors whose SSID are the same may be highlighted when the list of monitors is displayed, prompting which monitors are the same. In some examples, the non-hotspot bedside device may further prevent the user from selecting which hotspot bedside device to pair with in the current scenario from the perspective of securing data. For example, the monitor list in fig. 7 is not displayed directly, or monitors with the same SSID in the monitor list are locked, and even if the user selects the corresponding monitor, the non-hotspot bedside device will not configure itself accordingly.

The pairing and connection process of hot-spot bedside devices to non-hot-spot bedside devices in the bedside device interconnection method 300 is exemplarily shown above in connection with fig. 4 through 7. Continuing now with the method 300 of interconnecting bedside devices, after a hot point bedside device is paired with a non-hot point bedside device, the non-hot point bedside device may be referred to as a non-hot point matched device to distinguish it from other non-hot point bedside devices that are not paired with the hot point bedside device. In further embodiments of the present application, the method 300 may further include (not shown): and sending time information to each non-hot spot matching device so as to realize clock synchronization with each non-hot spot matching device, and summarizing the medical data with the same time stamp and transmitted by each non-hot spot matching device. In this embodiment, the hotspot bedside device may be clock synchronized with the non-hotspot bedside device paired with the hotspot bedside device (i.e., the non-hotspot matching device), so that the medical data from each non-hotspot matching device is synchronized in time, and the hotspot bedside device may aggregate the medical data with the same timestamp from each non-hotspot matching device, and transmit the medical data to the central station or display the medical data on its own display, which is beneficial for the doctor to know the data of the same patient on each bedside device as a whole, and to perform corresponding operations according to the association of the data, thereby improving the operation efficiency and reliability. The summary process here includes at least time-alignment of the data of the bedside devices.

The foregoing exemplarily illustrates the interconnection method 300 of the bedside system 100a and the bedside device according to one embodiment of the present application, and based on the foregoing description, the interconnection method 300 of the bedside device and the bedside system 100a according to the embodiments of the present application use a part of the bedside device as a hotspot bedside device to provide a wireless hotspot, and other bedside devices as non-hotspot bedside devices establish a wireless connection with the hotspot bedside device via the wireless hotspot, so that wireless interconnection and data interaction of the bedside devices associated with the same patient can be achieved.

A method of interconnecting bedside devices according to another embodiment of the present application is described below in connection with fig. 8. Fig. 8 shows a schematic flow chart of a method 800 of interconnection of bedside devices according to another embodiment of the present application, which method 800 of interconnection of bedside devices may be performed by the non-hotspot bedside device 120a and/or the non-hotspot bedside device 130a in the bedside system 100a shown in fig. 1 a. As shown in fig. 8, the method 800 of interconnecting bedside devices may include the steps of:

in step S810, at least one of the hotspot bedside devices is paired based on the identification information of the hotspot bedside device, and the hotspot bedside device for which the pairing with the non-hotspot bedside device is completed is defined as a hotspot matching device.

In step S820, a connection password is calculated based on the identification information of the hotspot matching device, and the wireless hotspot provided by the hotspot matching device is connected based on the connection password, so as to establish a connection with the hotspot matching device.

In step S830, medical data is transmitted to the hotspot matching apparatus.

The method 800 for interconnecting bedside devices according to the embodiment of the present application is similar to the method 300 for interconnecting bedside devices described above, except that the method 300 for interconnecting bedside devices described above is described in terms of hot-spot bedside devices in the bedside system 100a, and the method 800 for interconnecting bedside devices is described in terms of non-hot-spot bedside devices in the bedside system 100a, so that those skilled in the art can understand the method 800 for interconnecting bedside devices in conjunction with the description above, and for simplicity, specific details will not be repeated here, only some of which will be briefly described.

In one embodiment of the present application, pairing at least one of the hot-spot bedside devices based at least on the identification information of the hot-spot bedside device in step S810 may include: searching for a service set identifier in a hidden format broadcasted by the hot-spot bedside equipment based on the self-identification information, and automatically pairing with the hot-spot bedside equipment corresponding to the searched service set identifier containing the same identification information.

In another embodiment of the present application, the pairing with at least one of the hot-spot bedside devices based at least on the identification information of the hot-spot bedside device in step S810 may include: receiving a service set identifier broadcast by at least one hot point bedside device; analyzing the service set identification to obtain identification information of corresponding hot-spot bedside equipment, and displaying the hot-spot bedside equipment corresponding to the identification information to a user so that the user can select hot-spot bedside equipment to be paired; pairing is accomplished with the at least one hotspot bedside device based on the user's selection.

In an embodiment of the present application, calculating the connection password based on the identification information of the hotspot matching apparatus described in step S820 may include: calculating a connection password according to a preset algorithm based on the identification information of the hot spot matching equipment; or calculating a connection password based on the identification information of the hot spot matching device and a preset key.

In an embodiment of the present application, method 800 may further include (not shown): and displaying the identification information of the hot-spot bedside equipment which has completed pairing with the hot-spot bedside equipment.

Based on the above description, according to the interconnection method 800 of the bedside device and the bedside system 100a of the embodiments of the present application, a part of the bedside devices are used as hotspot bedside devices to provide wireless hotspots, and other bedside devices are used as non-hotspot bedside devices to establish wireless connection with the hotspot bedside devices through the wireless hotspots, so that wireless interconnection and data interaction of the bedside devices associated with the same patient can be realized.

A bedside system according to another embodiment of the present application is described below in conjunction with fig. 9. Fig. 9 shows a schematic diagram of a bedside system 900 according to another embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 9, the bedside system 900 may include at least two bedside devices associated with the same patient (such as at least two of a monitor, a ventilator, an infusion pump, an anesthesia machine, an ultrasound imaging device, a mobile X-ray imaging device) deployed in the same wireless network, some of the bedside devices serving as aggregate bedside devices for aggregating medical data from other bedside devices, and other bedside devices serving as non-aggregate bedside devices. For purposes of example, illustrated in FIG. 9 as a bedside system 900 includes three bedside devices, an aggregate bedside device 910, a non-aggregate bedside device 920, and a non-aggregate bedside device 930, respectively. Wherein: the non-summary bedside device 920 and/or the non-summary bedside device 930 send multicast packets and/or broadcast packets within the wireless network, the multicast packets and broadcast packets including identification information of the non-summary bedside device 920 and/or the non-summary bedside device 930; the summarized bedside device 910 listens for the multicast packet and/or broadcast packet, pairs based on the multicast packet and/or broadcast packet with the non-summarized bedside device 920 and/or non-summarized bedside device 930 having the same identification information as itself, and sends time information to each paired non-summarized bedside device to achieve clock synchronization with each paired non-summarized bedside device; the non-aggregate bedside device 920 and/or the non-aggregate bedside device 930 transmits medical data to the aggregate bedside device that has completed pairing with itself; the aggregate bedside device 910 receives medical data from non-aggregate bedside devices that complete pairing with itself and aggregate medical data from different non-aggregate bedside devices with the same time stamp.

In the example shown in fig. 9, while the bedside device 910 is shown as an aggregate bedside device, the bedside device 920 and the bedside device 930 are shown as non-aggregate bedside devices, but either of them may be provided as an aggregate bedside device.

Generally, in embodiments of the present application, multiple bedside devices associated with the same patient are deployed in the same wireless network (such as a co-room deployed wireless network or a hospital deployed wireless network) so that the bedside devices can implement wireless connections for data interaction. Further, portions of the bedside devices may be configured to aggregate bedside devices, aggregate data transmitted from other bedside devices (not aggregate bedside devices), which facilitates a physician's overall review of the same patient's data on different bedside devices, facilitating diagnosis or other operations thereof. A method of interconnecting bedside devices according to one embodiment of the present application, which may be performed by the aggregate bedside device 910 in the aforementioned bedside system 900, is described below in conjunction with fig. 10.

Fig. 10 shows a schematic flow chart of a method 1000 of interconnecting bedside devices according to one embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 10, the method 1000 of interconnecting bedside devices may include the steps of:

In step S1010, a multicast packet and/or a broadcast packet from a non-aggregate bedside device in a wireless network is monitored, where the multicast packet and the broadcast packet include identification information of the non-aggregate bedside device.

At step S1020, pairing is performed based on the multicast and/or broadcast packets and at least one non-aggregate bedside device having the same identification information as itself.

In step S1030, time information is transmitted to each paired non-aggregate bedside device to achieve clock synchronization with each paired non-aggregate bedside device, medical data is received from each paired non-aggregate bedside device, and medical data having the same time stamp is aggregated.

In embodiments of the present application, non-aggregate bedside devices in the bedside system may send multicast and/or broadcast packets within the wireless network that include their own identification information, and the aggregate bedside device may listen to the multicast and/or broadcast packets within the wireless network to determine and pair with non-aggregate bedside devices that have the same identification information as themselves. The pairing process of summarized and non-summarized bedside devices is described below in connection with fig. 11.

FIG. 11 illustrates a schematic diagram of pairing summarized and non-summarized bedside devices in a method of interconnecting bedside devices according to another embodiment of the present application. In fig. 11, the aggregate bedside device is shown schematically as a monitor, and the non-aggregate bedside device is shown schematically as an infusion pump and a ventilator. As shown in fig. 11, the monitor, the infusion pump, and the breathing machine are all set with the department and the bed number as the identification information; the infusion pump and the breathing machine periodically send multicast packets and/or broadcast packets containing identification information of the infusion pump and the breathing machine as non-summarized bedside equipment; monitoring multicast packets and/or broadcast packets in a network by a monitor; the infusion pump and/or ventilator are actively connected based on pairing rules (with the same identification information) and data is received from the infusion pump and/or ventilator.

The pairing process of summarized and non-summarized bedside devices is exemplarily described above in connection with fig. 11. After pairing, the summarizing bedside device sends time information to the non-summarizing bedside devices paired with the summarizing bedside device to achieve clock synchronization, so that the summarizing bedside device receives medical data from one or more non-summarizing bedside devices paired with the summarizing bedside device, and medical data with the same time stamp can be summarized, which is beneficial to a doctor to integrally know the data of the same patient on each bedside device, and is convenient to execute corresponding operations according to the association of the data, and the operation efficiency and reliability are improved.

Based on the above description, the bedside system 900 and the method 1000 of interconnecting bedside devices according to embodiments of the present application deploy the bedside devices in the same wireless network, enabling wireless connection to each other, enabling wireless interconnection and data interaction of the bedside devices associated with the same patient. Further, the provision of a portion of the bedside devices as a summary bedside device, as well as the summary of data transmitted from other bedside devices (not a summary bedside device), facilitates the physician's overall review of the same patient's data on different bedside devices, facilitating diagnosis or other operations thereof.

A bedside system according to yet another embodiment of the present application is described below in conjunction with fig. 12. Fig. 12 shows a schematic diagram of a bedside system 1200 according to yet another embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 12, the bedside system 1200 includes a hot spot bedside device and a non-hot spot bedside device associated with the same patient, wherein: the hotspot bedside device comprises a monitor 1210, the monitor 1210 providing a wireless hotspot; the non-hotspot bedside device comprises at least one of a ventilator 1220, an infusion pump 1230, an anesthesia machine 1240, an ultrasound imaging device 1250, a mobile X-ray imaging device 1260, wherein the ventilator 1220 provides medical data related to the patient's breathing, the infusion pump 1230 provides medical data related to the patient's infusion, the anesthesia machine 1240 provides medical data related to the patient's anesthesia, the ultrasound imaging device 1250 provides ultrasound medical data related to the patient's tissue (such as heart, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen, kidney, eyeball, thyroid, breast, uterus and appendages, bladder, prostate, etc.), the mobile X-ray imaging device 1260 provides radiological medical data related to the patient's tissue (such as whole body bone, cardiovascular, respiratory system, five sense organs, nervous system, etc.); the monitor 1210 and the non-hot point bedside device are paired with each other based on at least the same source information indicated by the respective preset identifiers, and the monitor 1210 acquires medical data from the paired non-hot point bedside device, transmits the medical data to a central station (not shown) connected to the bedside system 1200, or displays the medical data on a display provided in itself.

The bedside system 1200 according to embodiments of the present application is generally similar to the bedside system 100a described previously, except that the bedside system 1200 is illustrated with hot point bedside devices as monitors and non-hot point bedside devices as at least one of a ventilator 1220, infusion pump 1230, anesthesia machine 1240, ultrasound imaging device 1250, mobile X-ray imaging device 1260. The data provided by each of the ventilator 1220, infusion pump 1230, anesthesia machine 1240, ultrasound imaging device 1250, and mobile X-ray imaging device 1260 described in the foregoing is exemplary only, and it is understood that other data may be provided. Further, in the examples described herein, data interactions between bedside devices are collectively referred to as medical data. It should be appreciated that the medical data may include various data associated with the patient and/or the bedside device itself, such as device data, treatment data, and the like. For example, the ventilator 1220 may further provide data such as a flow rate of ventilation, a concentration of oxygen supplied, etc., the infusion pump 1230 may further provide data such as a type of an anesthetic agent used, a concentration of the anesthetic agent to be administered, etc., the anesthesia machine 1240 may further provide data such as an amount of the anesthetic agent to be infused, ultrasonic imaging apparatus 1250 may further provide data such as ultrasonic image data and labeling information and measurement data of a doctor on an image, and the mobile X-ray imaging apparatus 1260 may further provide data such as image data itself and labeling information and measurement data of the doctor.

The bedside system 1200 according to the embodiments of the present application provides wireless hotspots using a monitor as a hotspot bedside device, and other bedside devices (such as at least one of a ventilator, an infusion pump, an anesthesia machine, an ultrasound imaging device, and a mobile X-ray imaging device) as non-hotspot bedside devices establish a wireless connection with the monitor via the wireless hotspots, enabling wireless interconnection and data interaction of bedside devices associated with the same patient.

Although the illustrative embodiments have been described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the above illustrative embodiments are merely illustrative and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application thereto. Various changes and modifications may be made therein by one of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the present application. All such changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present application as set forth in the appended claims.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described device embodiments are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the elements is merely a logical functional division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple elements or components may be combined or integrated into another device, or some features may be omitted or not performed.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. However, it is understood that embodiments of the present application may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in order to streamline the application and aid in understanding one or more of the various inventive aspects, various features of the application are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof in the description of exemplary embodiments of the application. However, the method of this application should not be construed to reflect the following intent: i.e., the claimed application requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the detailed description are hereby expressly incorporated into this detailed description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this application.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and all of the processes or units of any method or apparatus so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where the features are mutually exclusive. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Furthermore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that while some embodiments described herein include some features but not others included in other embodiments, combinations of features of different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the present application and form different embodiments. For example, in the claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.

Various component embodiments of the present application may be implemented in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that some or all of the functions of some of the modules in an item analysis device according to embodiments of the present application may be implemented in practice using a microprocessor or Digital Signal Processor (DSP). The present application may also be embodied as device programs (e.g., computer programs and computer program products) for performing part or all of the methods described herein. Such a program embodying the present application may be stored on a computer readable medium, or may have the form of one or more signals. Such signals may be downloaded from an internet website, provided on a carrier signal, or provided in any other form.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the application, and that those skilled in the art will be able to design alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as limiting the claim. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in a claim. The word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements. The application may be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In the unit claims enumerating several means, several of these means may be embodied by one and the same item of hardware. The use of the words first, second, third, etc. do not denote any order. These words may be interpreted as names.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of specific embodiments of the present application and the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and the changes or substitutions are intended to be covered by the scope of the present application. The protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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1. A method of interconnecting bedside/body area network devices, the method being applied to a bedside/body area network system comprising at least two bedside/body area network devices associated with the same patient, some of the bedside/body area network devices providing wireless hotspots as hotspot bedside/body area network devices, other bedside/body area network devices establishing wireless connections with the hotspot bedside/body area network devices as non-hotspot bedside/body area network devices based on the wireless hotspots, the method being implemented by the hotspot bedside/body area network devices, the method comprising:

pairing with at least one of the non-hotspot bedside/body area network devices based on at least self identification information, wherein the non-hotspot bedside/body area network device which is paired with the self is defined as a non-hotspot matching device;

receiving medical data from the non-hotspot matching device via a connection to the non-hotspot matching device to the wireless hotspot based on the identification information; and

the medical data is transmitted to a central station connected with the bedside/body area network system or is displayed on a display provided in the central station.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the pairing with at least one of the non-hotspot bedside/body area network devices based at least on self-identification information comprises:

a service set identification including self-identification information in a hidden format is broadcast to be automatically paired by a non-hotspot bedside/body area network device having the same identification information after searching for the service set identification based on the self-identification information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the pairing with at least one of the non-hotspot bedside/body area network devices based at least on self-identification information comprises:

broadcasting a service set identifier comprising self identification information, displaying the received identification information of the hot-spot bedside/body area network devices to a user after the non-hot-spot bedside/body area network devices are received, selecting the hot-spot bedside/body area network devices to be paired by the user, and realizing pairing with at least one of the non-hot-spot bedside/body area network devices after the hot-spot bedside/body area network devices are selected by the user.

4. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the identification information comprises at least one of location information and associated patient information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the location information includes a department number and a bed number; or the location information includes a surgical room number.

6. A method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the service set identifier further comprises a preset identifier, and the preset identifier is an identifier pre-agreed with the non-hotspot bedside/body area network device, and is used for pairing with a hotspot bedside/body area network device matched with a source based on the preset identifier by the non-hotspot bedside/body area network device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the source matches comprise vendor identity.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

the method comprises the steps that time information is sent to each non-hot spot matching device to achieve clock synchronization with each non-hot spot matching device, and medical data with the same time stamp transmitted by each non-hot spot matching device are summarized; and

the medical data transmitted to a central station connected to the bedside/body area network system and/or the medical data displayed on a display provided in the central station itself include medical data subjected to aggregation processing.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

and displaying the identification information of the non-hot point bedside/body area network equipment which has completed pairing with the non-hot point bedside/body area network equipment.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the bedside device comprises at least two of a monitor, a ventilator, an infusion pump, an anesthesia machine, an ultrasound imaging device, a mobile X-ray imaging device, and the body area network device comprises at least two of a mobile monitoring device, an implantable device, an infusion pump.

11. The method of claim 1 or 10, wherein the hotspot bedside/body area network device comprises a monitor, anesthesia machine, or mobile monitoring device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the display comprises a display interface including a parameter display area for displaying the medical data and a navigation area for displaying functional options; the method further comprises the steps of:

responding to the trigger of the function option of the navigation area, displaying a connection configuration window on the display interface, wherein the connection configuration window comprises a configuration switch for enabling connection configuration of the self bedside/body area network equipment and a hot spot option for setting the self bedside/body area network equipment as hot spot bedside/body area network equipment;

Enabling operation of the hotspot option upon receipt of activation of the configuration switch, and upon receipt of selection of the hotspot option, setting a native bedside/body area network device to be a hotspot bedside/body area network device providing the wireless hotspot.

13. A method of interconnecting bedside/body area network devices, the method being applied to a bedside/body area network system comprising at least two bedside/body area network devices associated with the same patient, some of the bedside/body area network devices providing wireless hotspots as hotspot bedside/body area network devices, other bedside/body area network devices establishing wireless connections with the hotspot bedside/body area network devices as non-hotspot bedside/body area network devices based on the wireless hotspots, the method being implemented by the non-hotspot bedside/body area network devices, the method comprising:

pairing at least one of the hot-spot bedside/body area network devices based on the identification information of the hot-spot bedside/body area network device, and defining the hot-spot bedside/body area network device which is paired with the non-hot-spot bedside/body area network device as a hot-spot matching device;

Calculating a connection password based on the identification information of the hotspot matching device, and connecting a wireless hotspot provided by the hotspot matching device based on the connection password so as to establish connection with the hotspot matching device; and

medical data is transmitted to the hotspot matching device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the pairing with at least one of the hotspot bedside/body area network devices based at least on identification information of the hotspot bedside/body area network device comprises:

searching for service set identifiers in a hidden format broadcast by the hot-spot bedside/body area network equipment based on the self identification information, and automatically pairing the service set identifiers corresponding to the searched service set identifiers containing the same identification information.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the pairing with at least one of the hotspot bedside/body area network devices based at least on identification information of the hotspot bedside/body area network device comprises:

receiving a service set identifier broadcast by at least one hot point bedside/body area network device;

analyzing the service set identification to obtain identification information of corresponding hot-spot bedside/body area network equipment, and displaying the identification information of the hot-spot bedside/body area network equipment to a user so that the user can select hot-spot bedside/body area network equipment to be paired;

Pairing is accomplished with at least one hotspot bedside/body area network device based on the user's selection.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the computing a connection password based on the identification information of the hotspot-matching device comprises:

calculating a connection password according to a preset algorithm based on the identification information of the hot spot matching equipment; or calculating a connection password based on the identification information of the hot spot matching device and a preset key.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises: and displaying the identification information of the hot point bedside/body area network equipment which has completed pairing with the hot point bedside/body area network equipment.

18. A method of interconnecting bedside/body area network devices, the method being applied to a bedside/body area network system comprising at least two bedside/body area network devices associated with the same patient, the bedside/body area network devices being deployed in the same wireless network, some of the bedside/body area network devices being summary bedside/body area network devices for summarizing medical data from other bedside/body area network devices, the other bedside/body area network devices being non-summary bedside/body area network devices, the method being implemented by the summary bedside/body area network devices, the method comprising:

Monitoring a multicast packet and/or a broadcast packet from the non-summarized bedside/body area network equipment in the wireless network, wherein the multicast packet and the broadcast packet comprise identification information of the non-summarized bedside/body area network equipment;

pairing based on the multicast and/or broadcast packets and at least one non-aggregate bedside/body area network device having the same identifying information as itself;

time information is sent to each paired non-aggregate bedside/body area network device to achieve clock synchronization with each paired non-aggregate bedside/body area network device, medical data is received from each paired non-aggregate bedside/body area network device, and medical data with the same time stamp is aggregated.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the wireless network is a wireless network deployed within a department or a wireless network deployed within a hospital.

20. A bedside/body area network system, characterized in that the bedside/body area network system comprises at least two bedside/body area network devices associated with the same patient, wherein part of the bedside/body area network devices serve as hotspot bedside/body area network devices to provide wireless hotspots, other bedside/body area network devices serve as non-hotspot bedside/body area network devices to pair with at least one of the hotspot bedside/body area network devices based on at least identification information of the hotspot bedside/body area network devices, and connect the wireless hotspots provided by the paired hotspot bedside/body area network devices to establish connection with the paired hotspot bedside/body area network devices, and transmit medical data to the paired hotspot bedside/body area network devices, and the hotspot bedside/body area network devices send the medical data to a central station connected with the bedside/body area network system or display the medical data on a display provided by the hotspot bedside/body area network device.

21. A bedside/body area network system comprising at least two bedside/body area network devices associated with the same patient, the bedside/body area network devices being deployed in the same wireless network, a portion of the bedside/body area network devices being summarized bedside/body area network devices for summarizing medical data from other bedside/body area network devices, the other bedside/body area network devices being non-summarized bedside/body area network devices, wherein:

the non-summarized bedside/body area network equipment transmits a multicast packet and/or a broadcast packet in the wireless network, wherein the multicast packet and the broadcast packet comprise identification information of the non-summarized bedside/body area network equipment;

the summarized bedside/body area network equipment monitors the multicast packet and/or the broadcast packet, pairs at least one non-summarized bedside/body area network equipment with the same identification information based on the multicast packet and/or the broadcast packet, and sends time information to each paired non-summarized bedside/body area network equipment so as to realize clock synchronization with each paired non-summarized bedside/body area network equipment;

the non-summary bedside/body area network device transmits medical data to the summary bedside/body area network device which completes pairing with the non-summary bedside/body area network device;

The summary bedside/body area network device receives medical data from non-summary bedside/body area network devices that complete pairing with itself and performs summary processing on medical data from different non-summary bedside/body area network devices that have the same timestamp.

22. A bedside/body area network system comprising a hot spot bedside/body area network device and a non-hot spot bedside/body area network device associated with the same patient, wherein:

the hot spot bedside/body area network equipment comprises a monitor or mobile monitoring equipment, wherein the monitor or mobile monitoring equipment provides wireless hot spots;

the non-hotspot bedside/body area network device comprises at least one of a ventilator, an infusion pump, an anesthesia machine, an ultrasonic imaging device, a mobile X-ray imaging device, and an implantable device, wherein the ventilator provides medical data related to respiration of the patient, the infusion pump provides medical data related to infusion of the patient, the anesthesia machine provides medical data related to anesthesia of the patient, the ultrasonic imaging device provides ultrasonic medical data related to tissue of the patient, the mobile X-ray imaging device provides radiological medical data related to tissue of the patient, and the implantable device provides monitored data of the patient in an in-vivo monitoring manner;

The monitor and the non-hot point bedside/body area network equipment are paired with each other at least based on the fact that the respective preset identifiers indicate the same source information, the monitor acquires medical data from the paired non-hot point bedside/body area network equipment, and the medical data is sent to a central station connected with the bedside/body area network system or displayed on a display of the monitor.

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