Cable monitoring apparatus
First Claim
1. A cable monitoring apparatus, which comprises:
- a housing including an input interface adapted to electrically connect to one end of a medical cable and an output interface adapted to electrically connect to an electrical system; and
signal processing circuitry within said housing for receiving a medical signal from the medical cable via said input interface and for selectively passing the medical signal to the electrical system via said output interface when in a first mode of operation, and having application software for selectively testing functionality of the medical cable when in a second mode of operation.
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Abstract
A cable monitoring apparatus includes a housing having an input interface adapted to electrically connect to one end of a medical cable and an output interface adapted to electrically connect to an electrical system. Signal processing circuitry is incorporated within the housing for receiving a medical signal from the medical cable via the input interface and for selectively passing the medical signal to the electrical system via the output interface when in a first mode of operation, and has application software for selectively testing functionality of the medical cable when in a second mode of operation. The medical signal may include at least one monitoring signal selected from a group consisting of fetal and maternal medical signals. Preferably, the at least one monitoring signal is generated from a medical device selected from a group consisting of at least one medical electrode, a medical electrode array, an abdominal strain gauge, a tocodynamometer, an intrauterine pressure catheter, an ultrasonic transducer, a vacuum pressure sensor, a pulse oximeter, a pH sensor, a cervical dilation sensor, a cervical effacement sensor, a cervical length sensor, a fetal station sensor, and an ultrasound transducer.
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32 Claims
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1. A cable monitoring apparatus, which comprises:
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a housing including an input interface adapted to electrically connect to one end of a medical cable and an output interface adapted to electrically connect to an electrical system; and signal processing circuitry within said housing for receiving a medical signal from the medical cable via said input interface and for selectively passing the medical signal to the electrical system via said output interface when in a first mode of operation, and having application software for selectively testing functionality of the medical cable when in a second mode of operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A cable monitoring system comprising:
a cable monitor operable between a first and a second mode of operation wherein said first mode of operation selectively passes at least one monitoring signal from a medical device to a monitoring apparatus, and wherein said second mode of operation determines the functionality of an electrical cable. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for fetal monitoring, comprising the steps of:
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electrically connecting a medical cable monitor with a fetal monitoring apparatus; electrically connecting one end of a medical cable to an input interface of the medical cable monitor and the other end of the medical cable to a cable diagnostic interface of the medical cable monitor; activating the medical cable monitor in one mode of operation whereby signal processing circuitry of the medical cable monitor tests the functionality of the medical cable connected between the input interface and the cable diagnostic interface; electrically connecting the other end of the medical cable to a sensor; sensing a fetal parameter with the sensor and sending a fetal monitoring signal associated with the fetal parameter to the input interface of the cable monitor; and activating the medical cable monitor in another mode of operation whereby the signal processing circuitry passes the fetal monitoring signal to the fetal monitor. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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