User interface and identification in a medical device system and method
AssigneeNellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
InventorsDoug Music, Darius D. Eghbal, Steve Vargas
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Abstract
There are provided systems and methods for reading identification information and storing identification information in a medical device. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a method for accessing a medical device, the method including reading identification information from an identification tag and storing identification information in the medical device as patient information of a patient identification system. Medical devices having a reader and patient identification system are also disclosed.
Claims20
A medical device comprising:
- a reader configured to read identification information from an identification tag;
- and
- a patient identification system configured to store the identification information in the medical device as patient information.
A method for accessing a medical device, comprising:
- reading identification information from an identification tag;
- and
- storing identification information in the medical device as patient information of a patient identification system.
A medical device, comprising:
- a reader configured to read identification information from an identification tag;
- and
- a patient identification system configured to annotate patient medical data produced by the medical device with patient information stored from the identification information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.