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A device is provided for connecting a medical apparatus to a network. The device collects data from the medical apparatus and performs a variety of processing functions, such as trending, protocol translation, generating reports, etc. related to the collected data. The device then transmits the coll

A device is provided for connecting a medical apparatus to a network. The device collects data from the medical apparatus and performs a variety of processing functions, such as trending, protocol translation, generating reports, etc. related to the collected data. The device then transmits the collected data over a network to interested parties. In some implementations, the device can transmit the collected data as an email message.

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1. A computer-implemented method of communicating with a client system over a network, the method comprising: receiving, by a network device and from the client system over the network, an email message comprising a command;performing protocol translation on the received email message so that the co

1. A computer-implemented method of communicating with a client system over a network, the method comprising: receiving, by a network device and from the client system over the network, an email message comprising a command;performing protocol translation on the received email message so that the command can be communicated to a medical apparatus;transmitting the command to the medical apparatus, wherein the network device is physically connected to the medical apparatus;receiving a response from the medical apparatus after the medical apparatus has processed the command;generating a response email message comprising the received response; andtransmitting the response email message to the client system over the network;wherein three layers of ASCII based security based measures are used to communicate over the network: the first layer relating to cryptographic hash functions; the second level relating to data blocking and stuffing; the third level relating to private-key stream ciphering. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical apparatus is a ventilator. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the network device is located within a medical institution. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the medical institution includes a firewall. 5. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the received response in a data storage located within the network device. 6. A device for connecting a medical apparatus to a network, the device comprising: a first port for physically connecting the device to the medical apparatus;a second port for connecting the device to the network;a data storage system for storing medical data received from the physically connected medical apparatus; anda computer system configured to: receive an email message including a request for medical data associated with the physically connected medical apparatus;transmit the request to the physically connected medical apparatus;receive medical data from the physically connected medical apparatus using a first protocol;store the received medical data for future analysis;format the received medical data for transmission using a second protocol;generate a report related to the received medical data; andgenerate an email message comprising the received medical data;wherein three layers of ASCII based security based measures are used to communicate over the network: the first layer relating to cryptographic hash functions; the second level relating to data blocking and stuffing; the third level relating to private-key stream ciphering. 7. A computer-implemented method of communicating with a network device over a network, the method comprising: generating a first email message including a request for medical data;transmitting the first email message over the network to the network device;receiving data over the network from the network device, the data comprising a second email message including the requested medical data and an applet for displaying the requested medical data; andoutputting the requested medical data for display using the applet;wherein the network device is physically connected to a medical apparatus and the network device generates the second email message including the requested medical data and the applet for viewing the requested medical data;wherein three layers of ASCII based security based measures are used to communicate over the network: the first layer relating to cryptographic hash functions; the second level relating to data blocking and stuffing; the third level relating to private-key stream ciphering. 8. A device for connecting a ventilator to a network, the device comprising: a first port for physically connecting the device to the ventilator;a second port for connecting the device to the network;a data storage system for storing medical data received from the physically connected ventilator; anda computer system configured to: receive an email message including a request for medical data associated with the physically connected ventilator;transmit the request to the physically connected ventilator;receive medical data from the physically connected ventilator using a first protocol;store the received medical data for future analysis;format the received medical data for transmission using a second protocol;generate a report related to the received medical data; andgenerate an email message comprising the received medical data;wherein three layers of ASCII based security based measures are used to communicate over the network: the first layer relating to cryptographic hash functions; the second level relating to data blocking and stuffing; the third level relating to private-key stream ciphering.