An interface engine for implementing medical information bus (MIB) topology

The Medical Information Bus (MIB) or IEEE P1073 refers to the proposed family of digital network communication standards which would allow vendor-independent interconnection and interoperation of patient monitors, life support equipment, laboratory analyzers, and health care computer systems (see IEEE Standards Project P1073 Medical Information Bus. Proposed Standards Documents: P1073.1, P1073.2, P1073.3, P1073.4). The authors have designed, developed, and installed thirty neonatal bedside interface controllers (NBIC) in each of two neonatal intensive care units. The NBIC's acquire, integrate, and display comprehensive patient data at the bedside by using an interconnection topology which is similar to that of the MIB