Device for use in anesthesia apparatus for automatic identification of patient information, has identification card for storing patient information, while transmission module is provided for transmitting information to identification card

摘要

The device has an identification card (102), particularly a Radio frequency identification (RFID) label, for storing the patient information, and is associated with a patient. A transmission module (100) is provided for transmitting the information to the identification card of the patient. An identification module (104) is communicatively connected to a control unit of an anesthesia apparatus for identifying the identification card. The identification module provides the stored information to an identification card of the anesthesia apparatus. An independent claim is included for a method for use in an anesthesia apparatus for automatic identification of the patient information.