PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide medical equipment etc. that enables an operator such as a medical practician to easily and simply perform operation authentication etc. of the medical equipment.SOLUTION: Medical equipment 10 includes: an operator-side communication device 13 which automatically starts communicating with the medical equipment 10 that an operator touches and an equipment-side communication device 12 which is disposed for the medical equipment so as to communicate with the operator-side communication device 12. The equipment-side communication device receives at least operator identification information for identifying the operator. The operator identification information includes standing information about operation authority information on the medical equipment and standing operation authority information 41a relating the standing information and the operation authority information on the medical equipment with each other, and an operable range of the medical equipment by the operator is specified based upon the standing information acquired from the operator-side communication device and the standing operation authority information.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】医療従事者等の操作者が容易かつ簡易に医療機器の操作認証等を行うことができる医療機器等を提供すること。【解決手段】操作者が接触した医療機器10に対して自動的に通信を開始する操作者側通信装置13と、操作者側通信装置と通信を行うために医療機器に配置される機器側通信装置12と、を有し、機器側通信装置は、操作者側通信装置から、少なくとも、操作者を識別する操作者識別情報を受信し、操作者識別情報には、医療機器の操作権限情報に関する地位情報が含まれ、地位情報と、これに関する医療機器の操作権限情報を関連付けた地位操作権限情報41aを有し、操作者側通信装置から取得した地位情報と、地位操作権限情報に基づいて、当該操作者の医療機器の操作可能範囲を特定する医療機器10。【選択図】図1
