Portable medical diagnostic apparatus
First Claim
1. A medical diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
a sensor assembly located within the housing and including a temperature sensing element mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB); and
at least one thermal seal compressed between the PCB of the sensor assembly and the housing and separating the temperature sensing element from any heat-generating components contained in the housing.
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Abstract
A medical diagnostic apparatus including a housing, a sensor assembly located within the housing and including a temperature sensing element, and at least one thermal seal compressed between the sensor assembly and the housing and separating the temperature sensing element from heat-generating internal components of the apparatus. A rigid printed circuit board (PCB) and a rigid frame are also positioned within the housing and secured together with the housing to provide the apparatus with improved stiffness and torsional rigidity. A docking station for use with the apparatus defines a pocket having a convex projection that mates with a concave depression of the apparatus during docking, and the medical diagnostic apparatus includes at least one electrically conductive contact that contacts an electrically conductive contact of the docking station during docking.
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35 Claims
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1. A medical diagnostic apparatus comprising:
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a housing;
a sensor assembly located within the housing and including a temperature sensing element mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB); and
at least one thermal seal compressed between the PCB of the sensor assembly and the housing and separating the temperature sensing element from any heat-generating components contained in the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A medical diagnostic apparatus comprising:
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a housing;
a primary printed circuit board (PCB) positioned within the housing, wherein the PCB is rigid, flat and has a length extending between opposing ends and a width extending between opposing sides;
a liquid crystal display (LCD) positioned within the housing adjacent a window of the housing, wherein the LCD includes a length and a width that approximates the length and the width of the primary PCB; and
a rigid frame supporting the LCD and having a length and a width that approximates the length and the width of the primary PCB, wherein the rigid frame is secured to the primary PCB and at least one of the frame and the primary PCB are secured to the housing. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A medical diagnostic system comprising:
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a medical diagnostic apparatus having, an external housing having a bottom end, a wall extending upwardly from the bottom end, and at least one opening in the wall spaced from the bottom end, and wherein the wall defines a concave depression extending between the bottom end and the opening, a board located within the housing, and at least one electrically conductive contact in contact with the board and extending through the opening of the housing; and
a docking station having, an external housing defining a pocket sized and shaped for receiving the medical diagnostic apparatus, and wherein the pocket includes a wall extending upwardly from a bottom end of the pocket for slidingly receiving the wall of the medical diagnostic apparatus when the apparatus is received in the pocket, and wherein the wall of the pocket includes at least one opening spaced from the bottom end of the pocket and a convex projection extending from the bottom end of the pocket to the opening in the wall of the pocket, and wherein the convex projection of the docking station is sized and shaped to mate with the concave depression of the apparatus when the apparatus is received in the pocket, and at least one electrically conductive contact mounted within the housing of the docking station and extending through the opening of the housing of the docking station so that, when the apparatus is received in the pocket, the contact extending out of the docking station contacts the contact extending out of the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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