Medical apparatus supporting system
US6480762B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 26, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/905
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A plurality of pieces of medical equipment each of which includes a microcomputer and has a program used to control the microcomputer stored in a reproqrammable storage device such as an EEPROM is linked to a remote computer over a communication line. Using a rewriting/updating program sent from the computer, each piece of medical equipment rewrites or updates the program stored in the storage device. When a plurality of programs is stored, if one of the programs is rewritten or updated abnormally, the other program is used to activate medical equipment.
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