1. A method for affecting the proliferation of a neuroendocrine tumor cell comprising contacting a neuroendocrine tumor cell, wherein the neuroendocrine tumor cell comprises a small cell lung, ovarian or pancreatic tumor cell, with an effective amount of an antagonist of an NMDA glutamate receptor that selectively inhibits an NMDA glutamate type 2 receptor, and further wherein said antagonist inhibits or decreases the expression of the NMDA glutamate type 2 receptor or antagonizes the glutamate site, glycine site, polyamine site or channel pore of the NMDA glutamate type 2 receptor and inhibits or decreases NMDA glutamate type 2 receptor activity; and measuring the proliferation of the neuroendocrine tumor cell, wherein decreased proliferation results from the inhibition of the NMDA glutamate type 2 receptor.
2. A method for treating a neuroendocrine cancer in a subject comprising administering to a subject having a neuroendocrine cancer, wherein the neuroendocrine cancer comprises small cell lung cancer, ovarian cancer, or pancreatic cancer, an effective amount of an antagonist of a NMDA glutamate receptor that inhibits or decreases the expression of NMDA glutamate type 2 receptor or antagonizes the glutamate site, glycine site, polyamine site or channel pore of NMDA glutamate type 2 receptor and inhibits or decreases NMDA glutamate type 2 receptor activity, and measuring the proliferation of neuroendocrine cancer tumor cells in the subject, wherein the neuroendocrine tumor cells are selected from the group consisting of small cell lung cancer tumor cells, ovarian cancer tumor cells, or pancreatic cancer tumor cells, and wherein decreased proliferation of the neuroendocrine cancer tumor cells results from inhibition of the NMDA glutamate type 2 receptor and treats the neuroendocrine cancer in the subject.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
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1. An apparatus for providing interoperability among a plurality of medical devices, the plurality of medical devices each having a corresponding data interface, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of ports, each port being operative to connect to the corresponding data interface of a respective medical device;
at least one memory; and
at least one processor operative to execute at least one computer program out of the at least one memory:
to receive, from each of at least some of the plurality of medical devices, information pertaining to one or more of a data format, a syntax, and one or more settings employed by the respective medical device, wherein the information received from the respective medical device is indicative of one or more of (1) input data that the respective medical device is capable of receiving from at least another one of the plurality of medical devices, and (2) output data that the respective medical device is capable of providing to the other one of the plurality of medical devices; and
to establish, over the port connected to the corresponding data interface of the respective medical device, a communication link between the respective medical device and the other one of the plurality of medical devices using at least some of the information received from the respective medical device.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the at least one processor is further operative to execute the at least one computer program out of the at least one memory to concurrently receive the output data from the respective medical device and at least the other one of the plurality of medical devices.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the at least one processor is further operative to execute the at least one computer program out of the at least one memory to store the output data received from the respective medical device and the other one of the plurality of medical devices in the at least one memory.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the at least one processor is further operative to execute the at least one computer program out of the at least one memory to provide the output data received from the respective medical device as the input data to the other one of the plurality of medical devices.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the at least one processor is further operative to execute the at least one computer program out of the at least one memory to provide the output data received from the other one of the plurality of medical devices as the input data to the respective medical device.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein one or more of concurrently receiving the output data, storing the output data, providing the output data received from the respective medical device, and providing the output data received from the other one of the plurality of medical devices are performed based on at least some of the information used to establish the communication link between the respective medical device and the other one of the plurality of medical devices.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the providing of the output data received from the respective medical device as the input data to the other one of the plurality of medical devices is further performed without the other one of the plurality of medical devices soliciting the output data from the respective medical device.
8. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the providing of the output data received from the other one of the plurality of medical devices as the input data to the respective medical device is performed without the other one of the plurality of medical devices being solicited by the respective medical device to provide the output data.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the at least one processor is further operative to execute the at least one computer program out of the at least one memory to receive, from each of at least some of the plurality of medical devices, further information pertaining to one or more control messages that the respective medical device is capable of accepting from the other one of the plurality of medical devices.
10. A method of providing interoperability among a plurality of medical devices, the plurality of medical devices each having a corresponding data interface, the method comprising:
receiving, at an apparatus from each of at least some of the plurality of medical devices, information pertaining to one or more of a data format, a syntax, and one or more settings employed by the respective medical device, the information received from the respective medical device being indicative of one or more of (1) input data that the respective medical device is capable of receiving from at least another one of the plurality of medical devices, and (2) output data that the respective medical device is capable of providing to the other one of the plurality of medical devices, the apparatus including a plurality of ports, each port being operative to connect to the corresponding data interface of a respective medical device; and
establishing, over the port connected to the corresponding data interface of the respective medical device, a communication link between the respective medical device and the other one of the plurality of medical devices using at least some of the information received from the respective medical device.
11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:
concurrently receiving the output data from the respective medical device and at least the other one of the plurality of medical devices.
12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:
storing the output data received from the respective medical device and the other one of the plurality of medical devices in the at least one memory.
13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:
providing the output data received from the respective medical device as the input data to the other one of the plurality of medical devices.
14. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
providing the output data received from the other one of the plurality of medical devices as the input data to the respective medical device.
15. The method of claim 14 further comprising:
performing one or more of the concurrently receiving of the output data, the storing of the output data, the providing of the output data received from the respective medical device, and the providing of the output data received from the other one of the plurality of medical devices based on at least some of the information used to establish the communication link between the respective medical device and the other one of the plurality of medical devices.
16. The method of claim 15 further comprising:
performing the providing of the output data received from the respective medical device as the input data to the other one of the plurality of medical devices without the other one of the plurality of medical devices soliciting the output data from the respective medical device.
17. The method of claim 16 further comprising:
performing the providing of the output data received from the other one of the plurality of medical devices as the input data to the respective medical device without the other one of the plurality of medical devices being solicited by the respective medical device to provide the output data.
18. The method of claim 10 further comprising:
receiving, at the apparatus from each of at least some of the plurality of medical devices, further information pertaining to one or more control messages that the respective medical device is capable of accepting from the other one of the plurality of medical devices.