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A plurality of pieces of medical equipment each of which includes a microcomputer and has a program used to control the microcomputer stored in a reproqrammable storage device such as an EEPROM is linked to a remote computer over a communication line. Using a rewriting/updating program sent from the

A plurality of pieces of medical equipment each of which includes a microcomputer and has a program used to control the microcomputer stored in a reproqrammable storage device such as an EEPROM is linked to a remote computer over a communication line. Using a rewriting/updating program sent from the computer, each piece of medical equipment rewrites or updates the program stored in the storage device. When a plurality of programs is stored, if one of the programs is rewritten or updated abnormally, the other program is used to activate medical equipment.

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1. A medical apparatus supporting system comprising:a plurality of pieces of medical equipment having a communication facility; a reprogrammable storage device, included in each of said plurality of pieces of medical equipment, in which a program used to drive and control each piece of medical equip

1. A medical apparatus supporting system comprising:a plurality of pieces of medical equipment having a communication facility; a reprogrammable storage device, included in each of said plurality of pieces of medical equipment, in which a program used to drive and control each piece of medical equipment is stored; a reprogramming control unit for reprogramming said storage device included in each piece of medical equipment; and a computer having a communication facility for communicating data over an information transmission line and transmitting a rewriting/updating program with which the program stored in said storage device is rewritten or updated, wherein the rewriting/updating program stored in said storage device included in at least one piece of medical equipment is transmitted to at least one piece of medical equipment over said information transmission line under control of said computer; and said reprogramming control unit rewrites or updates the program stored in at least one storage device using the received rewriting/updating program.