MODULES FOR MONITORING PATIENTS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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1. A display system comprising:
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a docking region configured to receive information used by the display unit, the docking region having a first side and a second side; and
a module comprising a communication passageway, the module configured to be selectively connected with the docking region and to be selectively disconnected from the docking region, wherein the module is configured to be connected with the docking region in either a first orientation in which the communication passageway is closer to the first side of the docking region than it is to the second side of the docking region or a second orientation in which the communication passageway is closer to the second side of the docking region than it is to the first side of the docking region, and wherein the module is configured to be communicatively linked with the docking region in each of the first and second orientations.
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Abstract
Patient monitoring systems can include a display unit and a patient parameter module. The patient parameter module can be connected to a docking region so as to communicate with the display unit in two or more orientations.
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1. A display system comprising:
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a display unit; a docking region configured to receive information used by the display unit, the docking region having a first side and a second side; and a module comprising a communication passageway, the module configured to be selectively connected with the docking region and to be selectively disconnected from the docking region, wherein the module is configured to be connected with the docking region in either a first orientation in which the communication passageway is closer to the first side of the docking region than it is to the second side of the docking region or a second orientation in which the communication passageway is closer to the second side of the docking region than it is to the first side of the docking region, and wherein the module is configured to be communicatively linked with the docking region in each of the first and second orientations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system configured to communicate information regarding a patient, the system comprising:
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a docking region; and a module configured receive information via at least one communication passageway, the module configured to be selectively mechanically coupled with the docking region and to be selectively decoupled from the docking region, wherein the module is configured to be coupled with the docking region in either a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein the docking region comprises a first connector and the module comprises a second connector, and wherein the first and second connectors are configured to couple with each other when the module is in each of the first and second orientations. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A system configured to communicate information regarding a patient, the system comprising:
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a docking region; and a module configured to be selectively mechanically coupled with the docking region and to be selectively decoupled from the docking region, wherein the module is configured to be coupled with the docking region in either a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein one of the docking region and the module comprises both a first and a second electrical interface and the other of the docking region and the module comprises a third electrical interface, wherein the first and third electrical interfaces are configured to be coupled with each other when the module is in the first orientation and the second and third electrical interfaces are configured to be coupled with each other when the module is in the second orientation. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A patient parameter module configured to be selectively connected with a docking region in either a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein the docking region comprises a first side and a second side, the patient parameter module comprising:
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a communication passageway configured to receive information regarding a patient from one or more sensors; and a connector configured to electrically couple the module with the docking region when the module is in at least one of the first and second orientations, wherein when the module is connected to the docking region in the first orientation, the communication passageway is closer to the first side of the docking region than it is to the second side of the docking region, and wherein when the module is connected to the docking region in the second orientation, the communication passageway is closer to the second side of the docking region than it is to the first side of the docking region. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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37. A patient parameter module configured to be selectively physically and electrically connected with a docking region in either a first orientation or a second orientation, the patient parameter module comprising:
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an electrical interface configured to communicate with the docking region when the patient parameter module is in each of the first and second orientations; and a sensor configured to sense an orientation of the module, wherein transition of the patient parameter module from the first orientation to the second orientation causes an alteration of the electrical configuration of the electrical interface. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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40. A display system comprising:
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means for monitoring a parameter of a patient, the monitoring means comprising means for communicating information from the patient to the monitoring means; means for docking the monitoring means, wherein the docking means defines a first side and a second side; and means for linking the monitoring means and the docking means in either a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein the communicating means is closer to the first side of the docking means than it is to the second side of the docking means in the first orientation and the communicating means is closer to the second side of the docking means than it is to the first side of the docking means in the second orientation.
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