Cloud Connection of a Medical Device

Development of a secure, global cloud connection for remote monitoring of active medical implants with FHIR integration and IoMT pipeline.
 

Development of a secure, global cloud connection for remote monitoring of active medical implants with FHIR integration and IoMT pipeline.
 

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Challenge

Task
  • Vision: Remote monitoring of an active implant to evaluate patient health status
Objective
  • Technology selection
  • Creation of a functional model for evaluating use cases with end customers
  • Creation of a plan for product development
Constraints
  • Medium-sized company
  • Internationally usable solution required
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Approach

Build Understanding
  • Identification of stakeholders and use cases
  • Identification of constraints (data protection, security)
  • Interview with domain experts
Concept Phase
  • Mapping of medical device data to FHIR standard
  • Development of a data model for the use cases including authorization concept
  • Definition of an 'Internet of Medical Things' data pipeline
Prototyping
  • Simulation with the help of virtual twins
  • Implementation of the pipeline as a functional model
  • Evaluation of the use cases
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Technologies & Methods

  • Azure Health Data Services
  • HL7 FHIR
  • SMART on FHIR, OAuth2, OpenID-Connect
  • Angular