Patent ID: 6931421

Claim:
A method of acquiring and controlling an order information data for a medical apparatus, which has a first memory device and a second memory device for storing the order information data, from a server controlling medical order information, and of controlling the order information, the method comprising: acquiring the order information data from the server; storing the order information data acquired from the server, into both of the first memory device and the second memory device; keeping the order information data stored in the first memory device unchangeable, while the order information data stored in the second memory device is modifiable in the course of processing the medical apparatus; acquiring the order information data from the server again in predetermined time interval; detecting a change between newly acquired order information data and previously stored order information data in the first memory device; updating the order information data in the first memory device with the newly acquired order information data when the change is detected; and updating the order information data in the second memory device based on the order information data newly stored in the first memory device at a prescribed timing when the medical apparatus is not in the course of processing.