New IEEE 11073 Standards for interoperable, networked Point-of-Care Medical Devices

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2015 Aug:2015:1721-4. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318709.

Abstract

Surgical procedures become more and more complex and the number of medical devices in an operating room (OR) increases continuously. Today's vendor-dependent solutions for integrated ORs are not able to handle this complexity. They can only form isolated solutions. Furthermore, high costs are a result of vendor-dependent approaches. Thus we present a service-oriented device communication for distributed medical systems that enables the integration and interconnection between medical devices among each other and to (medical) information systems, including plug-and-play functionality. This system will improve patient's safety by making technical complexity of a comprehensive integration manageable. It will be available as open standards that are part of the IEEE 11073 family of standards. The solution consists of a service-oriented communication technology, the so called Medical Devices Profile for Web Services (MDPWS), a Domain Information & Service Model, and a binding between the first two mechanisms. A proof of this concept has been done with demonstrators of real world OR devices.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Communication Networks / standards*
  • Equipment and Supplies / standards
  • Humans
  • Internet
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Operating Rooms
  • Point-of-Care Systems*
  • User-Computer Interface