Abstract: There is provided a method and system for monitoring a portable medical device. The portable medical device includes a cellular radio transceiver and at least one sensor. The sensor is selected from the group consisting of a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an accelerometer, and an operations counter. The method for monitoring the device includes; a) using the sensor to determine a value of a parameter that is sensed by the sensor, b) using the cellular radio transceiver to establish a data connection to a remote computer via a cellular network, c) using the data connection to transfer the value from step a) to the remote computer, and d) the remote computer using the value from step c) to decide whether the portable medical device is in need of scrapping, service or replacement.

Abstract: There is provided a method involving a portable medical device (1), being carried by a user and a mobile phone (2) carried by the same user, the method comprising the steps of a) the mobile phone (2) at a time point (first time point) determining a geographical position of the mobile phone (2), and providing the geographical position and the first time point to a server (4) via a data connection, or the mobile phone (2) having its position determined by the cell network (3), and the cell network (3) providing the position and the first time point to the server (4), then b) the server (4) using the position and the time point to retrieve position-specific data for the time point, then c) the server (4) using a the data from step b. to determine whether the medical device should be serviced or replaced. There is also provided a system, a server and a mobile phone.

Abstract: There is provided a method for monitoring a portable medical device the method comprising the steps of a) a portable medical device (1) comprising a cellular radio transceiver (2) and at least one sensor (5), said sensor (5) selected from the group consisting of a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an accelerometer, and an operations counter (14), the portable medical device (1) using the sensor (5) to determine a value of a parameter that is sensed by the sensor (5) b) the portable medical device (1) using the cellular radio transceiver (2) to establish a data connection to a remote computer (4) via a cellular network (3), c) the portable medical device (1) using the data connection to transfer the value from step a) to the remote computer (4), and d) the remote computer (4) using the value from step c) to decide whether the portable medical device (1) is in need of scrapping, service or replacement. There is also provided a system.