Patent ID: 8621489

Claim:
A system that facilitates providing reusable code for device drivers in an expandable and scalable framework, including: a multi-port medical data acquisition device (MDAD) that detects a medical device coupled to the MDAD via a single port pass-through connection; a device driver manager (DDM) tool that generates a reusable plug-and-play extensible markup language (XML) device driver file for the medical device by: selecting a device driver from a list of device drivers; configuring an XML device driver file for the selected device driver; generating the reusable plug-and-play XML device driver file when it is completely configured; and computer-readable medium that stores the reusable plug-and-play XML device driver file for use whenever the medical device or a similar device is coupled to the system; wherein the reusable plug-and-play XML device driver file includes a plurality of format parameters descriptive of a device driver for the medical device.