SYSTEM COMPRISING A DOCKING STATION AND A HANDHELD DEVICE

• US 20130208416A1
• Filed: 10/14/2011
• Published: 08/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Nederland B.V. (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Meertens, Wendela, Delaey, Tom Philippe Jean Jacqu
• Granted Patent: US 9,182,786 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.41
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48785 Electrical and electronic details of measuring devices for physical analysis of liquid biological material not specific to a particular test method, e.g. user interface or power supply
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G12B 9/08 Supports; Devices for carrying

Abstract

The system of the invention comprises a docking station (1) and a handheld device (3). The docking station (1) has a bathtub shape following the contours of the handheld device (3) tightly and comprises four walls (5, 7, 9, 11). The inner part of the four walls (5, 7, 9, 11) is curved so that the handheld device (3) is guided during docking.

Claims

1. A system comprising a docking station for docking with a handheld device and said handheld device, the docking station having a bathtub shape following the contours of the handheld device tightly and comprising four walls, the inner part of the four walls being curved so that the handheld device is guided during docking

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the height of the walls is chosen such that the top side of the walls is higher than or of the same height as the center of gravity of the handheld device when the handheld device is docked in the docking station.

3. A system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the height of the walls is between 20 mm and 30 mm and the center of gravity of the handheld device is positioned at maximum 25 mm of the bottom surface of the handheld device.

4. A system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the height of the walls is 25 mm.

5. A system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the handheld device is 50 mm high.

6. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a space exists at the front side of the docking station between the handheld device and the docking station and the center of gravity of the handheld device is positioned at the front half of the handheld device.

7. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the docking station further comprises at least one weight.

8. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the handheld device comprises an analyzer.

9. A docking station for use in the system as claimed in claim 1.

10. A handheld device for use in the system as claimed in claim 1.

11. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the docking station further comprises an extrusion at opposite walls, wherein the handheld device comprises gripping indentations, and wherein the extrusions match the gripping indentations.