Method and apparatus for automatic configuration of a network node

Patent 5936539 Issued on August 10, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

March 19, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Fuchs, Kenneth

Assignee

Siemens Medical Systems, Inc.

Application

No. 618155 filed on 03/19/1996

US Classes:

340/3.3, Including storage or recording128/903, RADIO TELEMETRY340/3.1, Monitoring in addition to control (e.g., supervisory)340/3.5, Including addressing340/3.51, Polling or roll call340/825.36, Having indication or alarm (e.g., location indication)340/825.49, Location indication340/870.01, CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE INDICATING (E.G., TELEMETERING)340/870.15, With plural receiver455/95, Mobile or portable455/100Body attached or connected

Examiners

Primary: Cuchlinski, William A. Jr.
Assistant: Beaulieu, Yonel

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Edelman; Lawrence C.

Foreign Patent References

0 735 499 EP. 02/13/2012
0 735 498 EP. 02/13/2012
0 553 372 EP. 02/13/2012
0 261 927 EP. 02/13/2012
WO 94 24929 WO. 02/13/2012
WO 93 01574 WO. 02/13/2012

International Classes

G06F 003/00
G06F 017/00
H04Q 009/00

Abstract

A monitor system of the type including at least one portable patient monitor for acquiring, processing and transferring patient data monitored from a patient, the system being distributed over at least two geographically separate patient monitoring areas which are interconnected via a communication network having a network node connection in each of the areas. A patient monitor docking station located in one of the patient monitoring areas provides for transmission of patient data from the portable patient monitor to the network via a selective coupling of the portable patient monitor to the network node connection. The docking station provides, in addition to the selective coupling to the portable monitor and apparatus for transferring patient data between the portable monitor and the docking station, a memory for storing network related information and transferring the network related information to the portable monitor when it is coupled to the docking station.