Patent ID: 8024612

Claim:
A method for determining a configuration for a medical appliance for error diagnosis, the medical appliance including a plurality of modules for capturing measurement data intended to be fitted into the medical appliance, the method comprising: providing a signature for a respective module, the signature being uniquely associated with the respective module; and automatically determining a current configuration of the medical appliance after the modules are fitted into the medical appliance by identifying a slot for at least one of the plurality of modules in the medical appliance by automatically recording the respective signature of the at least one module, the signature being at least one of automatically processed, transmitted and stored together with measurement data captured by the at least one module; wherein the method is dividable into two phases including: a production phase, before the respective module is fitted into the medical appliance, in which the signature is provided, and an operating phase, after the respective module has been fitted into the medical appliance, in which error diagnosis is performable and in which at least one of the signature is at least one of processed, transmitted and stored and in which the current configuration of the appliance is determinable.