Method and apparatus for gathering event data using a removable data storage medium and clock
US5549115A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 28, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/39044
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for gathering event data using a data gathering instrument having an instrument clock and an instrument data storage medium, the method comprising the steps of: gathering event data using the data gathering instrument; storing the event data in an instrument data storage medium; using an instrument clock to associate time information with the event data; storing the associated time information in the instrument data storage medium; separating the instrument data storage medium from the data gathering instrument; separating the instrument clock from the data gathering instrument; and storing in a main data storage medium the event data and the time information stored in the instrument data storage medium. The invention also includes a data gathering system practicing this method, the data gathering instrument itself, and removable instrument clock and memory modules, preferably disposed together in a housing such as a PCMCIA format card.
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