Patient monitor comprising one of more universal ports

A patient monitor comprising:

• one or more universal ports each configured to connect a cable having a universal connector fitting into the universal port for providing a measurement signal from a subject to the patient monitor;
• a selector configured to obtain cable information from the connected cable and to determine, based on the cable information, a type of cable of the connected cable and a type of measurement for which the connected cable is configured;
• a distribution network configured to selectively provide the measurement signal from the one or more universal ports to corresponding processors either i) directly or ii) via an analog front end, based on the type of cable and the type of measurement;
• an analog front end configured to convert an analog measurement signal from analog to digital and to provide the converted measurement signal to the distribution network;
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• one or more processors each configured to process the measurement signal based on the type of measurement and to output the processed measurement signal.