Patent ID: 8146591

Claim:
A medical-effector-system comprising: a) a procedure-room-unit having a host controller; b) a capnometer for providing a capnometer signal to the procedure-room-unit host controller and having a capnometer gas input which is adapted to receive a respiratory gas exhaled from a patient and obtained through a cannula which is adapted to be disposed on the face of the patient, wherein the procedure-room-unit host controller issues a user alert that the capnometer gas input is fluidly connected and/or not fluidly connected to the cannula based at least in part on the capnometer signal of the capnometer; and c) the capnometer gas input receives respiratory gas obtained from the cannula through an intervening bedside monitoring unit which comprises a first gas port attachable to the cannula and a second gas port attached or attachable to a first end of an umbilical cable, and the umbilical cable further comprises a second end attached or attachable to a third gas port on the procedure-room-unit, and wherein at least one of the first and second ends is detachable from the corresponding bedside monitoring unit or the procedure-room-unit to disconnect the bedside monitoring unit from the procedure-room-unit.