Coussaert E J, Cantraine F R
Département de Calcul Scientifique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté de Médecine, Belgium.
Int J Clin Monit Comput. 1996 Nov;13(4):225-33. doi: 10.1007/BF02919399.
We designed a virtual device for a local area network observing, operating and connecting devices to a personal computer. To keep the widest field of application, we proceeded by using abstraction and specification rules of software engineering in the design and implementation of the hardware and software for the Infusion Monitor. We specially built a box of hardware to interface multiple medical instruments with different communication protocols to a PC via a single serial port. We called that box the Universal Device Communication Controller (UDCC). The use of the virtual device driver is illustrated by the Infusion Monitor implemented for the anaesthesia and intensive care workstation.
我们设计了一种用于局域网的虚拟设备，可对设备进行观察、操作并将其连接到个人计算机。为了保持最广泛的应用领域，我们在输液监测仪的硬件和软件设计与实现过程中，采用了软件工程的抽象和规范规则。我们专门构建了一个硬件盒，通过单个串行端口将具有不同通信协议的多个医疗仪器与个人计算机相连接。我们将那个盒子称为通用设备通信控制器（UDCC）。麻醉和重症监护工作站所实现的输液监测仪说明了虚拟设备驱动程序的使用。
