PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical apparatus which adds or changes the communication setting of another medical apparatus stored by itself on the basis of the communication setting retrieved based on a predetermined rule.SOLUTION: The medical apparatus includes: a rule storage part 101 for storing a retrieval rule beforehand a communication setting storage part 103 for storing the communication setting of other medical apparatuses beforehand a retrieval part 102 for retrieving a database 001 on the basis of the retrieval rule and extracting the communication setting a comparison part 104 for comparing the extracted communication setting with the communication setting stored in the communication setting storage part 103 and extracting information specifying a connection destination medical apparatus 002 of the different communication setting a communication setting updating part 105 for updating the communication setting of the connection destination medical apparatus 002 extracted in the comparison part 104 to the extracted communication setting and a communication part 106 for communicating with the connection destination medical apparatus 002 on the basis of the communication setting stored in the communication setting storage part 103.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】予め決められた規則に基づいて検索した通信設定を基に自己が記憶している他の医用装置の通信設定の追加又は変更を行う医用装置を提供する。【解決手段】検索規則を予め記憶している規則記憶部101と、他の医用装置の通信設定を予め記憶している通信設定記憶部103と、データベース001を検索規則に基づいて検索し、通信設定を抽出する検索部102と、抽出した通信設定と通信設定記憶部103に記憶している通信設定とを比較し、該通信設定が異なる接続先医用装置002を特定する情報を抽出する比較部104と、比較部104で抽出された接続先医用装置002の通信設定を、抽出した通信設定に更新する通信設定更新部105と、通信設定記憶部103に記憶されている通信設定を基に、接続先医用装置002と通信を行う通信部106と、を備える。【選択図】図1
