How to reliably integrate medical devices over wireless

Cheolgi Kim, Mu Sun, Maryam Rahmaniheris, Lui Sha

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Abstract

This demonstration presents our NASS (Network Aware Supervisory System) framework prototype for medical device integration systems. The NASS framework interconnects medical devices over wireless for convenience, seamlessness and sanitation, and provides safety-guaranteed supervision. Our prototype was developed in Sun Java Real-time Environment. Real-time Java provides well-formed convenience of dynamically loading and unloading medical application logic and safety rules on the fly in real-time environments. To tackle the complexity of using real-time Java in the safety-critical system, we also applied HW/SW codesign method. Real-time Java Environment Linux operating system may not be robust enough for medical devices to fully rely on. In our prototype, the supervisor software in Java performs all logical decisions including contingency plan generation derived from the safety rules. Once logic is decided, the decisions and plans for the devices are delivered to the hardware implemented in FPGA at each device to physically drive medical equipments. Since the execution of decisions and plans are delegated to the hardware, any failure in software does not harm the integrated safety. Our demonstration shows how safety is managed in different kinds of failures from wireless network failures to device software failures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2012 9th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, SECON 2012
Pages85-87
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 9th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, SECON 2012 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: Jun 18 2012Jun 21 2012

Publication series

NameAnnual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks workshops
Volume1
ISSN (Print)2155-5486
ISSN (Electronic)2155-5494

Other

Other2012 9th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, SECON 2012
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period6/18/126/21/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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