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Klappentext As computerisation in the medical environment has increased, so the advantages of storage and computer analysis of data from various monitoring and measuring equipment have become well recognised. Most medical monitoring and measurement equipment now supports an RS-232 serial interface and therefore allows data to be accessed directly by computer as well as enabling the computer to have control in its turn over the monitoring equipment. This book describes the techniques used for interfacing a PC to a range of medical equipment used internationally in the areas of anaesthesia, intensive care, surgery, respiratory medicine and physiology. This essential practical information constitutes a valuable resource for a very broad audience of PC and measurement equipment users in the medical field. Zusammenfassung This very practical book describes the techniques used for interfacing a PC to a range of medical equipment! used internationally in the areas of anaesthesia! intensive care! surgery! respiratory medicine and physiology! and will constitute a valuable resource for a wide audience of equipment users in these fields. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The Serial Interface: 1. The RS-232 standard; 2. Transmission of data; 3. Flow control; 4. The PC serial interface; 5. Serial interface programming in QuickBASIC; Part II. Miscellaneous Topics: 6. Kermit; 7. Electrical safety and the PC; 8. Data analysis; Part III. The Equipment: 9. The Ohmeda 3700 and 3740 pulse oximeters; 10. The Nellcor N-200E pulse oximeter; 11. The Novametrix 515A pulse oximeter; 12. The Minolta Pulsox-7 pulse oximeter; 13. The Datex CardiocapTMII and Capnomac UltimaTM series of monitors; 14. The Graseby 3400 syringe pump; 15. The Ohmeda 9000 syringe pump; 16. The Vitalograph compact II spirometer; 17. The Ohmeda 7800 ventilator; 18. The Dräger Evita intensive care ventilator; Appendices: 1. ASCII control and graphic characters; 2. Serial port connector pin-outs; 3. Key codes; 4. The null modem; 5. Program for a device simulator; 6. QuickBASIC 4.5 OPEN and OPEN COM statements; 7. Plotting data using GNUPLOT; 8. Binary and hexadecimal notation; 9. Glossary of terms and abbreviations; References; Index....
