Fresenius Vial Sas

Lionel Doris

Frederic Couillaud

A rack for holding at least one medical device, the rack comprises a multiplicity of interfaces for connecting at least one medical device to the rack. Herein, a channel identification device is provided which is constituted to assign an identification code to each of the multiplicity of interfaces and is operable to provide, for a medical device connected with one of the multiplicity of interfaces, the identification code associated with the interface to the medical device or a control device connected to the medical device. In this way, a rack for holding at least one medical device is provided which in an easy manner allows for the identification of the topological position of a medical device on a rack or a system of racks.

Assigning addresses to medical devices in a rack

A medical device (), in particular a medical infusion device (), comprises a control unit () for controlling operation of the medical device (), a visual alarm generator () for generating a visual alarm signal (V), and an audio alarm generator () for generating an audio alarm signal (S). Herein, the control unit () is constituted to control the visual alarm generator () and the audio alarm generator (), in case of an alarm condition, for producing a visual alarm signal (V, V) and an audio alarm signal (S, S) which are offset with respect to each other by a predetermined time difference (T). In this way a medical device is provided which allows to enhance the perception of a user to help the user to quickly identify a medical device on which an alarm condition has occurred.

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Grenoble, France

Lionel Doris