Patent ID: 6985762

Claim:
An apparatus for outputting patient data for receipt by a remote host, comprising: a photoplethysmographic sensor which monitors a patient and generates analog data corresponding to a plurality of illumination signals detected by said sensor; an analog-to-digital converter which converts at least a portion of said analog data received from said sensor; a memory for storing digital data received from said analog-to-digital converter; a blood oxygen content generator for generating at least a first set of medical parameters related at least in part to blood oxygen saturation values from said digital data received from said analog-to-digital converter; a processor in communication with said memory and said blood oxygen generator being operative to format said set of medical parameters into formatted data for transfer to a remote host, wherein said formatted data defines, in addition to said set of medical parameters, at least one display layout of said set of medical parameters for at least a first output at said remote host; a network interface for transmission of said formatted data across a communication network to said remote host.