System, method, and software for configuring communication with medical devices

1. A method for configuring communication with medical devices, comprising:

receiving, at a configuration interface, a first input indicative of a first plurality of configuration parameters for a first medical device from a user, the first plurality of configuration parameters comprising at least one of a frequency parameter, a selection parameter, a compression parameter, an output parameter, and a port parameter;

receiving, at the configuration interface, a second input indicative of a second plurality of configuration parameters for a second medical device from the user;

receiving, at the configuration interface, a first plurality of patient parameters from the first medical device;

receiving, at the configuration interface, a second plurality of patient parameters from the second medical device;

transmitting a first selected subset of the first plurality of patient parameters based on the first plurality of configuration parameters; and

transmitting a second selected subset of the second plurality of patient parameters based on the second plurality of configuration parameters.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first input indicative of the first plurality of configuration parameters comprises a modification of the frequency parameter to throttle down transmission of patient parameters.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first input indicative of the first plurality of configuration parameters comprises a modification of the selection parameter to select certain patient parameters for transmission.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first input indicative of the first plurality of configuration parameters comprises a modification of the compression parameter to select multiple outputs from the first medical device to compress and transmit.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first input indicative of the first plurality of configuration parameters comprises a modification of the output parameter to select one of a plurality of output protocols for transmission of the first plurality of patient parameters.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first input indicative of the first plurality of configuration parameters comprises a modification of the port parameter to a particular forwarding port associated with a particular output protocol.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the configuration interface, a third input indicative of a third plurality of configuration parameters for a third medical device from the user;

receiving, at the configuration interface, a third plurality of patient parameters from the third medical device; and

transmitting a third selected subset of the third plurality of patient parameters based on the third plurality of configuration parameters.

8. A system for configuring communication with medical devices, comprising:

one or more processing units operable to:

receive, at a configuration interface, a first input indicative of a first plurality of configuration parameters for a first medical device from a user, the first plurality of configuration parameters comprising at least one of a frequency parameter, a selection parameter, a compression parameter, an output parameter, and a port parameter;

receive, at the configuration interface, a second input indicative of a second plurality of configuration parameters for a second medical device from the user;

receive, at the configuration interface, a first plurality of patient parameters from the first medical device;

receive, at the configuration interface, a second plurality of patient parameters from the second medical device;

transmit a first selected subset of the first plurality of patient parameters based on the first plurality of configuration parameters; and

transmit a second selected subset of the second plurality of patient parameters based on the second plurality of configuration parameters.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first input indicative of the first plurality of configuration parameters comprises a modification of the frequency parameter to throttle down transmission of patient parameters.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first input indicative of the first plurality of configuration parameters comprises a modification of the selection parameter to select certain patient parameters for transmission.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first input indicative of the first plurality of configuration parameters comprises a modification of the compression parameter to select multiple outputs from the first medical device to compress and transmit.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first input indicative of the first plurality of configuration parameters comprises a modification of the output parameter to select one of a plurality of output protocols for transmission of the first plurality of patient parameters.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first input indicative of the first plurality of configuration parameters comprises a modification of the port parameter to a particular forwarding port associated with a particular output protocol.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processing units are further operable to:

receive, at the configuration interface, a third input indicative of a third plurality of configuration parameters for a third medical device from the user;

receive, at the configuration interface, a third plurality of patient parameters from the third medical device; and

transmit a third selected subset of the third plurality of patient parameters based on the third plurality of configuration parameters.

15. Software for configuring communication with medical devices, the software embodied in a computer-readable medium and when executed operable to:

receive, at a configuration interface, a first input indicative of a first plurality of configuration parameters for a first medical device from a user, the first plurality of configuration parameters comprising at least one of a frequency parameter, a selection parameter, a compression parameter, an output parameter, and a port parameter;

receive, at the configuration interface, a second input indicative of a second plurality of configuration parameters for a second medical device from the user;

receive, at the configuration interface, a first plurality of patient parameters from the first medical device;

receive, at the configuration interface, a second plurality of patient parameters from the second medical device;

transmit a first selected subset of the first plurality of patient parameters based on the first plurality of configuration parameters; and

transmit a second selected subset of the second plurality of patient parameters based on the second plurality of configuration parameters.

16. The software of claim 15 , wherein the first input indicative of the first plurality of configuration parameters comprises a modification of the frequency parameter to throttle down transmission of patient parameters.

17. The software of claim 15 , wherein the first input indicative of the first plurality of configuration parameters comprises a modification of the selection parameter to select certain patient parameters for transmission.

18. The software of claim 15 , wherein the first input indicative of the first plurality of configuration parameters comprises a modification of the compression parameter to select multiple outputs from the first medical device to compress and transmit.

19. The software of claim 15 , wherein the first input indicative of the first plurality of configuration parameters comprises a modification of the output parameter to select one of a plurality of output protocols for transmission of the first plurality of patient parameters.

20. The software of claim 15 , wherein the software is further operable to:

receive, at the configuration interface, a third input indicative of a third plurality of configuration parameters for a third medical device from the user;

receive, at the configuration interface, a third plurality of patient parameters from the third medical device; and

transmit a third selected subset of the third plurality of patient parameters based on the third plurality of configuration parameters.