Philips Healthcare, GE Healthcare and the Aerospace and Flight Test...
Philips Healthcare, GE Healthcare and the Aerospace and Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council said in a meeting with FCC officials the FCC should provide more clarity on the use of 2360-2390 MHz spectrum reallocated by the commission in May for…
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Medical Body Area Networks (MBANs) on a secondary basis. The three organizations at the meeting had negotiated an agreement that led to the May vote by the FCC (CD May 25 p1). The definition of “healthcare facility” should be clarified to include only “a hospital or other establishment that offers beds for use beyond a 24-hour period in rendering medical treatment, including government hospitals such as Veterans Administration hospitals,” said a filing by the three (http://xrl.us/bodwoc). “The parties emphasized that fewer patients need monitoring at smaller clinics and offices used for less critical care, and patients will have full access to MBANs using the upper unrestricted 2390-2400 MHz band due to the smaller size and reduced patient concentration at such facilities,” the filing said. The FCC should also clarify that the definition of “body-worn device” should be clarified “so as to not exclude bedside devices such as IV pumps, bedside monitors, etc. that can and should participate in the patient’s MBAN network,” the filing said. Among other technical changes, the definition of an MBAN should be amended to include “one or more sensors,” the filing said.