Patent ID: 7006865
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A composite monitoring system comprising: a patient monitor including a sensor arranged to sense a physiological characteristic of a patient and a signal processor coupled to said sensor and adapted to process the signal from said sensor, said patient monitor having one of several operational sets of operational characteristics and generating an output indicative of said physiological characteristics; and a defibrillator module adapted to be selectively coupled to said patient monitor, said defibrillator module including a pulse generator responsive to commands to generate therapeutic pulses for the patient, and a data generator arranged to generate indication signals indicative of an operation of said defibrillator module, said defibrillator module being programmable to interface with several patient monitors having different sets of operational characteristics, said patient monitor being programmed to interface said patient monitor based on said one set of operational characteristics.