Claims
- 1. A method of creating a report showing the time correlation between recorded medical events, the method comprising the steps of:
- connecting a memory device to a display device, the memory device comprising a clock, event data and time data;
- retrieving event data and time data from the memory device;
- reading a memory device time from the memory device clock;
- using the memory device time and the time data to associate time with the event data; and
- creating a report showing time correlation between the event data.
- 2. The method of claim 1 further comprising reading a display device time from a display device clocks the using step comprising using the display device time to associate time with the event data.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the event data and time data correlate a plurality of events, the retrieving step comprising retrieving a correlating factor for the event data from the memory device.
- 4. The method of claim 3 wherein the correlating factor comprises a number of event records.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending U.S. Pat. application Ser. No. 08/314,395 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,549,115 for "Method and Apparatus for Gathering Event Data Using a Removable Data Storage Medium and Clock," filed Sep. 28, 1994, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
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