Title :
Process control in intensive care-an integrated working place
Author :
Kampmann, J. ; Hernandez, C. ; Schwarzer, E.
Author_Institution :
Med. Sch., Hannover, West Germany
Abstract :
The authors describe a practical approach to handling data flooding that is based on the ideas of the forthcoming IEEE standard on the medical information bus (MIB). A bedside communication controller (BCC) is used. One BCC should be able to control up to 25 devices. Each device is connected to the BCC through a DCC (device communication controller) by means of a bus system rather than point to point as the MIB standard proposes. It is planned that the bus system will allow autoidentification of the DCC (or the devices) and recognition of connect/disconnect of the individual DCC/device. The concept also allows for the integration of BCC and host functions into a bedside workstation
Keywords :
computer interfaces; medical computing; patient care; process computer control; IEEE standard; bedside communication controller; bedside workstation; data flooding; device communication controller; integrated working place; intensive care; medical information bus; Artificial intelligence; Data visualization; Engineering in medicine and biology; Floods; Process control; Safety; Societies; Software prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96352
