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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Johannes H van Oostrom, Gainesville, FL (US);
Richard J Melker, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of Florida, Gainsville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600300 ; 128904 ; 128920 ;
Abstract
The present invention solves this communication problem by providing a method and apparatus for connecting to and coordinating data communications of various medical devices having different communication protocols. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides a way to recognize common parameters and separate out only that part of the communication that is different between and specific to the various monitors and therapeutic devices. The invention efficiently utilizes defined common parameters for protocol types and selectively configures the specific settings when required, automatically.