System for monitoring patient by using LAN
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1. A system, including a LAN, for monitoring a patient comprising:
- a bedside monitor for receiving patient data from patient monitoring equipment and transmitting said patient data over said LAN,a central monitor for receiving said patient data transmitted over said LAN, and for displaying said patient data, said bedside and central monitors being mutually connected over said LAN, wherein said LAN provides said central monitor with only digital patient data transmitted from said bedside monitor, and said LAN allows said central monitor to control the operation of said bedside monitor through bidirectional digital data transfer.
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A system for monitoring a patient by using a local area network (LAN) to connect a central monitor, located at a nurse'"'"'s station, to one or more bedside monitors, wherein the bedside monitor measures the patient'"'"'s condition, for instance an electrocardiogram (ECG). The LAN provides data from the bedside monitor to the central monitor at a rate sufficient for the central monitor to disply all information contained within the bedside monitor in substantially real time. The LAN also allows a user at the central station or at another bedside monitor to remotely read or adjust the bedside monitor settings.
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1. A system, including a LAN, for monitoring a patient comprising:
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a bedside monitor for receiving patient data from patient monitoring equipment and transmitting said patient data over said LAN, a central monitor for receiving said patient data transmitted over said LAN, and for displaying said patient data, said bedside and central monitors being mutually connected over said LAN, wherein said LAN provides said central monitor with only digital patient data transmitted from said bedside monitor, and said LAN allows said central monitor to control the operation of said bedside monitor through bidirectional digital data transfer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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