Patent ID: 6770028
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A patient monitoring method utilizing a standalone measurement apparatus configured to also be used with a multiparameter patient monitoring system (MPMS) comprising the steps of:performing a first physiological measurement with said standalone apparatus physically and electrically isolated from said MPMS; presenting information related to said first measurement on a display portion of said standalone apparatus; performing a second physiological measurement with said standalone apparatus interfaced to said MPMS; communicating said second physiological measurement to said MPMS; presenting information related to said second measurement on a monitor portion of said MPMS; plugging a docking station into a module slot portion of said MPMS so that said docking station is in electrical communications with said MPMS; and attaching said standalone apparatus to said docking station so that said standalone apparatus is in electrical communications with said docking station.