Patent ID: 7289852

Claim:
A medical device (MD) configured for diagnostic emulation including being configured for coupling to an external processor, the MD comprising: an internal processor; an internal clock coupled to the internal processor; memory; a bus switch coupled to the internal processor and to the memory to read and write to the memory; a first address bus coupling the internal processor to the bus switch; a first data bus coupling the internal processor to the bus switch; a second address bus coupled to the bus switch; a second data bus coupled to the bus switch; wherein the bus switch is adapted to receive an activation signal, wherein upon receiving the activation signal the bus switch is configured to couple the second address bus to the memory, couple the second data bus to the memory, and decouple the internal processor from the memory; and a serial-parallel interface having a serial communications port, and a parallel port coupled to the second address bus and the second data bus, wherein the serial-parallel interface is configured to receive a serial format address through the serial communications port and output a parallel format address to the second address bus through the parallel port.