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Configurable health-care equipment apparatus

  • US 9,119,526 B2
  • Filed: 07/11/2013
  • Issued: 09/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A module, comprising:

  • an embedded component configured to measure a physiological parameter;

    a module enclosure including the embedded component; and

    an electrical interface between the embedded component and a computing component, the computing component being associated with a frame, andwherein at least one of electrical power and data is transferred between the computing component and the embedded component via the electrical interface, andwherein the embedded component is configured to perform a physiological measurement and to communicate results of the measurement to the computing component during interoperation with the computing component; and

    wherein the module enclosure is configured to attach to the frame while abutting one or more other modules that are also attached to the frame, and whereinthe embedded component is configured for executing at least one communications protocol via the electrical interface for facilitating identification of the embedded component to the computing component, and whereinan identification of the embedded component includes communicating at least one of a vendor-identification value and a product-identification value from the identification component to the computing component, and whereinthe computing component performs a decision to permit or deny interoperation between the computing component and the embedded component and wherein the decision is based upon at least one of the vendor-identification value and the product-identification value.

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