Patent ID: 8840549

Claim:
A modular patient monitor comprising: a docking station including a first display integrated with said docking station, a docking port and a housing, said first display occupying substantially all of a display side of said housing, said docking station receives patient data, determines measurements for a first set of physiological parameters by processing said patient data, and displays at least some of said measurements on said first display; and a handheld monitor including a second display integrated with said handheld monitor, said monitor receives patient data, determines measurements for a second set of physiological parameters by processing said patient data, and displays at least some of said measurements on said second display, at least some of the second set of parameters are the same as at least some of the first set of parameters, wherein said docking accepts the handheld monitor, the docking station functionally combining the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters whenever the handheld monitor is docked in the docking port, and at least a portion of the combined first and second sets of parameters are displayed on the first display integrated with the docking station including at least some of said same parameters from said first and second set of parameters.