Ambulatory medical device with therapy data sharing via wireless wide area network

Abstract

Systems and methods presented herein relate to a method of sharing therapy data of an ambulatory medical device with a computing system of a networked computing environment. The computing system may be identified using an authorized system list that includes an address of approved computing systems. Using an address of an approved computing system, a direct end-to-end data connection may be established via a wireless wide area network. A public key of the computing system may be received permitting the ambulatory medical device to encrypt data to be transmitted to the computing system. The ambulatory medical device can transmit the encrypted therapy data to the computing system over the direct end-to-end data connection.

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         21 . A glucose level control system configured to generate a dose output for administration of medicament to a subject and to share therapy data related to therapy provided to the subject with a networked computing environment, the glucose level control system comprising:
 a memory configured to store specific computer-executable instructions;   a wide area network transceiver configured to communicate over a wireless wide area network; and   a hardware processor in communication with the memory and configured to execute the specific computer-executable instructions to at least:
 obtain an address of a computing system of a networked computing environment from a server configured to identify a recipient of therapy data; 
 establish a direct end-to-end data connection to the computing system of the networked computing environment via the wireless wide area network using the address; 
 receive a public key from the computing system of the networked computing environment, wherein the public key permits the glucose level control system to encrypt data communications transmitted by the glucose level control system to the computing system; 
 encrypt therapy data related to therapy delivered by the glucose level control system to a subject to obtain encrypted therapy data; and 
 transmit the encrypted therapy data to the computing system over the direct end-to-end data connection. 
   
     
     
         22 . The glucose level control system of  claim 21 , wherein the glucose level control system further comprises an ambulatory medical pump. 
     
     
         23 . The glucose level control system of  claim 21 , wherein the address of the computing system comprises a network address of the computing system. 
     
     
         24 . The glucose level control system of  claim 23 , wherein the network address comprises an Internet Protocol (IP) address, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), or a Uniform Resource Name (URN). 
     
     
         25 . The glucose level control system of  claim 21 , wherein the address of the computing system comprises a network address of the networked computing environment that includes the computing system. 
     
     
         26 . The glucose level control system of  claim 21 , wherein the wide area network transceiver is configured to support communication over one or more communication standards comprising: a low power wide area network (LPWAN) communication standard, a Narrowband Long-Term Evolution (NB-LTE) standard, a Narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) standard, or a Long-Term Evolution Machine Type Communication (LTE-MTC) standard. 
     
     
         27 . The glucose level control system of  claim 21 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to establish the direct end-to-end data connection to the computing system of the networked computing environment by transmitting a connection request to the computing system, the connection request comprising a device identifier of the glucose level control system. 
     
     
         28 . The glucose level control system of  claim 21 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to execute the specific computer-executable instructions to at least generate a shared secret based at least in part on the public key and a private key stored at the glucose level control system, and wherein encrypting the therapy data comprises using the shared secret to encrypt the therapy data. 
     
     
         29 . The glucose level control system of  claim 28 , wherein the private key is stored in a protected key memory of the glucose level control system that is separate from an application memory of the glucose level control system. 
     
     
         30 . The glucose level control system of  claim 21 , further comprising a glucose level sensor operatively connected to the subject and configured to obtain a glucose level signal, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to execute the specific computer-executable instructions to at least determine a glucose level of the subject based at least in part on the glucose level signal, and wherein the therapy data comprises the glucose level of the subject. 
     
     
         31 . The glucose level control system of  claim 21 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to establish the direct end-to-end data connection without communicating with a local computing device within a local area network that includes the glucose level control system. 
     
     
         32 . The glucose level control system of  claim 21 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:
 search a blacklist of one or more prohibited computing systems for the address of the computing system obtained from the server;   identify the address of the computing system as restricted; and   in response to identifying the address of the computing system as restricted, restrict communication between the glucose level control system and the computing system.   
     
     
         33 . An glucose level control system configured to administer medicament to a subject in response to receiving a dose control signal and to share therapy data related to the therapy with a networked computing environment, the glucose level control system comprising:
 a memory configured to store specific computer-executable instructions;   a wide area network transceiver configured to communicate over a wireless wide area network; and   a hardware processor in communication with the memory and configured to execute the specific computer-executable instructions to at least:
 store in the memory therapy data related to the therapy; 
 identify a computing system of a networked computing environment based on a whitelist of one or more approved computing systems, wherein the whitelist is stored in a memory of a trusted computing device; 
 obtain an address of the computing system from the whitelist; 
 establish a direct end-to-end data connection to the computing system of the networked computing environment via the wireless wide area network using the address; 
 encrypt the therapy data related to therapy delivered by the glucose level control system to a subject to obtain encrypted therapy data; 
 transmit the encrypted therapy data to the computing system over the direct end-to-end data connection; and 
 transmit backup data to the computing system over the direct end-to-end data connection. 
   
     
     
         34 . The glucose level control system of  claim 33 , wherein the glucose level control system further comprises an ambulatory medical pump. 
     
     
         35 . The glucose level control system of  claim 33 , wherein the whitelist comprises access information useable by the glucose level control system to access the computing system. 
     
     
         36 . The glucose level control system of  claim 35 , wherein the access information comprises one or more of a username, a password, an access code, an account identifier, a port identifier, a shared secret, a public key, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, a Media Access Control (MAC) address, or a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). 
     
     
         37 . The glucose level control system of  claim 33 , wherein the wide area network transceiver is configured to support communication over one or more communication standards comprising: a low power wide area network (LPWAN) communication standard, a Narrowband Long-Term Evolution (NB-LTE) standard, a Narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) standard, or a Long-Term Evolution Machine Type Communication (LTE-MTC) standard. 
     
     
         38 . The glucose level control system of  claim 33 , wherein the trusted computing device is the glucose level control system, and the whitelist is stored in the memory of the glucose level control system during manufacture of the glucose level control system. 
     
     
         39 . The glucose level control system of  claim 33 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to allow a user to it identify the trusted computing device. 
     
     
         40 . The glucose level control system of  claim 33 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:
 receive the backup data from the computing system over the direct end-to-end data connection; and   synchronize the backup data with the therapy data stored in the memory of the glucose level control system.   
     
     
         41 . The glucose level control system of  claim 33 , wherein the backup data comprises subject-specific configuration data. 
     
     
         42 . A computer-implemented method of sharing, with a networked computing environment, therapy data related to therapy provided by a glucose level control system to a subject, the computer-implemented method comprising:
 by a hardware processor of the glucose level control system,
 storing in a memory of the glucose level control system therapy data related to the therapy delivered by the glucose level control system to a subject; 
 obtaining a unique identifier of a computing system of the networked computing environment based on a whitelist of one or more approved computing systems; 
 establishing, using the unique identifier, a direct end-to-end data connection to the computing system of the networked computing environment via a wide area network, wherein the hardware processor establishes the direct end-to-end data connection via the wide area network using a wide area network transceiver of the glucose level control system; 
 encrypting the therapy data to obtain encrypted therapy data, wherein the therapy corresponds to administering of medicament to the subject by the glucose level control system, wherein the glucose level control system is configured to administer the medicament to the subject in response to receiving a dose control signal; and 
 transmitting the encrypted therapy data to the computing system over the direct end-to-end data connection. 
   
     
     
         43 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 42 , wherein establishing the direct end-to-end data connection comprises communicating with the computing system via the wide area network using one or more communication standards comprising: a low power wide area network (LPWAN) communication standard, a Narrowband Long-Term Evolution (NB-LTE) standard, a Narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) standard, or a Long-Term Evolution Machine Type Communication (LTE-MTC) standard. 
     
     
         44 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 42 , wherein the therapy data is obtained over a particular time period, and wherein the encrypted therapy data generated obtained by encrypting the therapy data is transmitted after the particular time period. 
     
     
         45 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 42 , further comprising:
 obtaining additional therapy data on an intermittent basis, a periodic basis, a scheduled basis, or on a continuous basis for at least a time period;   encrypting the additional therapy data to obtain additional encrypted therapy data; and   transmitting the additional encrypted therapy data to the computing system over the direct end-to-end data connection.   
     
     
         46 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 42 , further comprising:
 receiving, responsive at least in part to the encrypted therapy data transmitted to the computing system, an alert from the computing system of the networked computing environment; and   outputting an indication of the alert on a display.   
     
     
         47 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 42 , further comprising:
 transmitting subject-specific configuration data to the computing system over the direct end-to-end data connection.   
     
     
         48 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 47 , further comprising:
 subsequent to transmitting the subject-specific configuration data or encrypted therapy data to the computing system over the direct end-to-end data connection:
 receiving backup or therapy data over the direct end-to-end data connection; and 
 synchronizing the backup or therapy data with the therapy data stored in the memory. 
   
     
     
         49 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 42 , wherein at least one of the following steps occurs in response to a predetermined event:
 transmitting the encrypted therapy data to the computing system over the direct end-to-end data connection;   transmitting subject-specific configuration data to the computing system over the direct end-to-end data connection;   receiving backup or therapy data over the direct end-to-end connection; or   synchronizing the backup or therapy data with the therapy data stored in the memory.   
     
     
         50 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 49 , wherein the predetermined event is a time interval, an arrival at a location, a departure from the location, a proximity to the location, a status of the glucose level control system, or a charging status.