Application of the ideas of SMDC (IEEE P 1073) pertaining to the project " ALO-DIN/MCARE" and a medical device of the urine collection class

The very good ideas of the proposed "Standard for Medical Device Communication" (SMDC — IEEE P 1073), formerly known as "Medical Information Bus (MIB)", have partially been implemented within the project ALODIN of the above mentioned academic institutions. The industrial product MCARE of MedKom is a spin off of ALODIN. The paper describes the way ALODIN does and does not conform to the SMDC thus avoiding from our viewpoint some of the drawbacks of the forthcoming standard. In addition a device of the urine collection (UR) class has been developed as an introductory example of SMDC device design.