Monitoring network system

1. A monitoring network system, comprising:

a plurality of monitoring apparatuses; and

a remote monitoring apparatus, connected to the plurality of monitoring apparatuses via network,

wherein at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses is configured to acquire biological signals from a patient and includes:

a first holder, configured to hold a first ID and first information for identifying the patient which is associated with the first ID, wherein the first ID is a unique patient identifier; and

a transmitter, configured to transmit the biological signal and the first ID to the remote monitoring apparatus, and

wherein the remote monitoring apparatus includes:

a second holder, configured to hold a second ID and association information for associating a screen area in a display with the second ID, wherein the second ID is a unique patient identifier;

a detector, configured to detect the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses whose the first holder holds the first ID, when the first ID is identical with the second ID;

a receiver, configured to receive the biological signal, the first ID, and the first information from the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses detected by the detector; and

a display controller, configured to display the at least one of the biological signal and the first information on the screen area in the display based on the association information.

2. The monitoring network system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the remote monitoring apparatus includes:

a storage, configured to store the biological signals from the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses each of which holds the first ID; and

a joiner, configured to join the stored biological signals in time series, and

wherein the display controller displays the joined biological signals on the screen area in the display based on the association information.

3. The monitoring network system according to claim 1 , wherein

the remote monitoring apparatus includes a central monitor including a computer.

4. The monitoring network system according to claim 1 , wherein

the remote monitoring apparatus includes:

at least one server; and

a remote viewer terminal, and

the at least one server includes:

an identifier, configured to specify the first ID based on the first information; and

the detector.

5. The monitoring network system according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of monitoring apparatus includes a notifier, configured to transmit, to the remote monitoring apparatus, a notification to notify a state in which the each of the plurality of monitoring apparatus is disable to acquire the biological signal, and

after receiving the notification from the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses whose the first holder holds the first ID, the remote monitoring apparatus starts to perform a detection operation for detecting the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses whose the first holder holds the first ID.

6. The monitoring network system according to claim 1 , wherein

when the receiver receives the biological signals from the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses each of which holds the first ID, the display controller displays only one of the received biological signals.

7. The monitoring network system according to claim 1 , wherein

when the receiver receives the biological signals from the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses each of which holds the first ID, the display controller displays at least one of the biological signals.

8. The monitoring network system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display controller displays second information for identifying the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses from which the receiver receives the biological signal, together with the at least one of the biological signal and the first information.

9. A monitoring network system, comprising:

a plurality of monitoring apparatuses; and

a remote monitoring apparatus, connected to the plurality of monitoring apparatuses via network,

wherein at least a first monitoring apparatus of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses is configured to acquire biological signals from a patient and includes:

a first holder, configured to hold a first ID and first information for identifying the patient which is associated with the first ID, wherein the first ID is a unique patient identifier; and

a transmitter, configured to transmit a first biological signal and the first ID to the remote monitoring apparatus, and

wherein the remote monitoring apparatus includes:

a second holder, configured to hold a second ID and association information for associating a screen area in a display with the second ID, wherein the second ID is a unique patient identifier;

a receiver, configured to receive a plurality of biological signals and a information from the plurality of monitoring apparatuses including the first biological signal and the first information from the first monitoring apparatus of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses;

a detector, configured to detect the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses whose the first holder holds the first ID, and determine, based on whether the first ID is identical with the second ID, which of the biological signals is the first biological signal received from the first monitoring apparatus and what information is the first information received from the first monitoring apparatus;

and

a display controller, configured to display at least one of the first biological signal and the first information on the screen area in the display based on the association information when the detector determines which of the biological signals is the first biological signal received from the first monitoring apparatus and what information is the first information received from the first monitoring apparatus.

10. The monitoring network system according to claim 9 ,

wherein the remote monitoring apparatus includes:

a storage, configured to store the biological signals from the at least a first monitoring apparatus of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses which each holds the first ID; and

a joiner, configured to join the stored biological signals in time series, and

wherein the display controller displays the joined biological signals on the screen area in the display based on the association information.

11. The monitoring network system according to claim 9 , wherein

the remote monitoring apparatus includes a central monitor including a computer.

12. The monitoring network system according to claim 9 , wherein

the remote monitoring apparatus includes:

at least one server; and

a remote viewer terminal, and

the at least one server includes:

an identifier, configured to specify the first ID based on the first information; and

the detector.

13. The monitoring network system according to claim 9 , wherein

each of the plurality of monitoring apparatus includes a notifier, configured to transmit, to the remote monitoring apparatus, a notification to notify a state in which the each of the plurality of monitoring apparatus is unable to acquire the biological signal, and

after receiving the notification from the at least a first monitoring apparatus of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses whose the first holder holds the first ID, the remote monitoring apparatus starts to perform a detection operation for detecting which of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses has a first holder that holds the first ID.

14. The monitoring network system according to claim 9 , wherein

when the receiver receives the biological signals from a plurality of monitoring apparatuses which each holds the first ID, the display controller displays only one of the received biological signals.

15. The monitoring network system according to claim 9 , wherein

when the receiver receives the biological signals from a plurality of monitoring apparatuses which each holds the first ID, the display controller displays at least one of the biological signals.

16. The monitoring network system according to claim 9 , wherein

the display controller displays second information for identifying the at least one first monitoring apparatus of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses from which the receiver receives the biological signal, together with the at least one of the biological signal and the first information.

17. A monitoring network system, comprising:

a plurality of monitoring apparatuses; and

a remote monitoring apparatus, connected to the plurality of monitoring apparatuses via network,

wherein a first monitoring apparatus of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses is configured to acquire biological signals from a patient and includes:

a first holder, configured to hold a first ID and first information for identifying the patient which is associated with the first ID, wherein the first ID is a unique patient identifier;

a transmitter, configured to transmit the first biological signal and the first ID to the remote monitoring apparatus; and

a notifier, configured to transmit, to the remote monitoring apparatus, a notification to notify a state in which the first monitoring apparatus is unable to acquire the first biological signal,

wherein a second monitoring apparatus of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses is configured to acquire biological signals from a patient and includes:

a third holder, configured to hold the first ID and the first information for identifying the patient which is associated with the first ID;

a transmitter, configured to transmit a second biological signal to the remote monitoring apparatus; and

a notifier, configured to transmit, to the remote monitoring apparatus, a notification to notify a state in which the second monitoring apparatus is unable to acquire the second biological signal and

wherein the remote monitoring apparatus includes:

a second holder, configured to hold a second ID and association information for associating a screen area in a display with the second ID, wherein the second ID is a unique patient identifier;

a receiver, configured to receive a plurality of biological signals and information from the plurality of monitoring apparatuses including the first biological signal, the first ID, and the first information from the first monitoring apparatus of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses;

a detector, configured to detect the at least one of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses whose the first holder holds the first ID, and determine, based on whether the first ID is identical with the second ID, which of the biological signals is the first biological signal received from the first monitoring apparatus and what information is the first information received from the first monitoring apparatus;

and

a display controller, configured to display at least one of the first biological signal and the first information on the screen area in the display based on the association information when the detector determines which of the biological signals is the first biological signal received from the first monitoring apparatus and what information is the first information received from the first monitoring apparatus;

wherein after receiving the notification from the first monitoring apparatus of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses whose the first holder holds the first ID, the remote monitoring apparatus starts to perform a detection operation for detecting and identifying which of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses is the second monitoring apparatus whose third holder holds the first ID and

the display controller displays at least one of the second biological signal and the first information received from the second monitoring apparatus on the screen area in the display when the remote monitoring apparatus identified which of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses is the second monitoring apparatus whose third holder holds the first ID that corresponds to the second ID held by the remote monitoring device.