Patent ID: 8726266

Claim:
A method of using a device history log of a medical device, comprising: running a first version of data and/or program on the medical device; detecting an operable coupling of the medical device with a peripheral device and receiving identification data of the peripheral device at the medical device; upon detecting the operable coupling, running a second version of data and/or program on the medical device, the second version being different from the first version; determining if the medical device is configured to support the peripheral device by comparing the identification data of the peripheral device to the device history log stored in a memory of the medical device; if the identification data of the peripheral device is found in the device history log, proceeding with support of the peripheral device; if the identification data of the peripheral device is not found in the device history log, uploading support data and/or program to the medical device to support the peripheral device, and storing identification data of the peripheral device in the medical device history log; determining if the operably coupled peripheral device includes a data management program; if the operably coupled peripheral device does not include a data management program, uploading a data management program from the medical device to the operably coupled peripheral device, the data management program having a version; comparing the version of the uploaded data management program from the medical device against a most current version of the data management program on a network and if a more current version exists on the network, uploading the more current version from the network to the peripheral device and running the more current version by the peripheral device.