Title :
Interfacing existing medical monitoring equipment: a device driver approach
Author :
Van Oostrom, Johannes H. ; Schwab, Wilhelm ; Van der Aa, Jan J. ; Gibby, Gordon L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Anesthesiology, Univ. of Florida Coll. of Med., Gainesville, FL, USA
Abstract :
A method to interface with different physiological monitors is presented. Device-specific characteristics are implemented in device drivers in the form of Microsoft Windows DLLs (dynamic link libraries). A unified data representation is defined to make the application independent of the monitor providing the data
Keywords :
computer interfaces; computerised monitoring; device drivers; graphical user interfaces; medical computing; patient monitoring; peripheral interfaces; physiology; Microsoft Windows; device drivers; device-specific characteristics; dynamic link libraries; medical monitoring equipment interfacing; monitor-independent application; physiological monitors; unified data representation; Biomedical monitoring; Computer displays; Condition monitoring; Databases; Educational institutions; Explosives; Information retrieval; Libraries; Open systems; Patient monitoring;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.575346
