The medical device dongle: An open-source standards-based platform for interoperable medical device connectivity

  • Philip Asare
  • , Danyang Cong
  • , Santosh G. Vattam
  • , Baek Gyu Kim
  • , Andrew King
  • , Oleg Sokolsky
  • , Insup Lee
  • , Shan Lin
  • , Margaret Mullen-Fortino

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Abstract

Emerging medical applications require device coordination, increasing the need to connect devices in an interoperable manner. However, many of the existing health devices in use were not originally developed for network connectivity and those devices with networking capabilities either use proprietary protocols or implementations of standard protocols that are unavailable to the end user. The first set of devices are unsuitable for device coordination applications and the second set are unsuitable for research in medical device interoperability. We propose the Medical Device Dongle (MDD), a low-cost, open-source platform that addresses both issues.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIHI'12 - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGHIT International Health Informatics Symposium
Pages667-671
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2nd ACM SIGHIT International Health Informatics Symposium, IHI'12 - Miami, FL, United States
Duration: 28 Jan 201230 Jan 2012

Publication series

NameIHI'12 - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGHIT International Health Informatics Symposium

Conference

Conference2nd ACM SIGHIT International Health Informatics Symposium, IHI'12
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMiami, FL
Period28/01/1230/01/12

Keywords

  • IEEE 11073-PHD
  • Interoperability
  • Medical device connectivity
  • Plug and play

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