ECG LEAD SET AND ECG ADAPTER SYSTEM

• US 20130303927A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kpr U.S., LLC (Cardinal Health, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Covidien LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Burnes, Lee, Coggins, Scott, Moore, Dawn, Selvitelli, Dave, Tauer, Mark, Tremblay, Kathleen
• Granted Patent: US 9,072,444 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/523
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/222 Electrical cables or leads therefor, e.g. coaxial cables or ribbon cables
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/227 Sensors with electrical connectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/25 Bioelectric electrodes therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/251 Means for maintaining electrode contact with the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/274 using snap or button fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/28 for electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/30 Input circuits therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/303 Patient cord assembly, e.g. cable harness
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/308 for electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/339 Displays specially adapted therefor

Abstract

A method for coupling an ECG monitor with an incompatible ECG lead set includes the steps of providing an ECG adapter including an adapter body having at least one monitor connector adapted for coupling to an input of an ECG monitor and at least one lead set receptacle adapted for coupling to a connector of an ECG lead set incompatible with the input of the ECG monitor, coupling the at least one monitor connector of the adapter body with the input of the ECG monitor and coupling the at least one lead set receptacle of the adapter body with the connector of the ECG lead set to thereby electrically couple the ECG lead set with the ECG monitor.

Claims

1-5. -5. (canceled)

6. An ECG adapter system for coupling an ECG lead set with an incompatible ECG monitor, which comprises:

at least one ECG adapter including an adapter body having at least one specific monitor connector adapted for coupling to a specific input of an ECG monitor and at least one standard lead set receptacle different from the at least one specific monitor connector and being adapted for coupling to a standard connector of an ECG lead set incompatible with the specific input of the ECG monitor.

7. The ECG adapter system according to claim 6 wherein the at least one specific monitor connector comprises a plug and the at least one standard connector comprises a receptacle.

8. The ECG adapter system according to claim 7 wherein the at least one standard lead set receptacle of the adapter body is adapted to couple to one of an RJ25 connector and an RJ45 connector of the ECG lead set.

9. The ECG adapter system according to claim 6 wherein the adapter body includes first and second standard lead set receptacles for coupling to connections of respective first and second standard connectors of first and second ECG lead sets.

10. The ECG adapter system according to claim 9 wherein the first standard lead set receptacle is different from the second standard lead set receptacle to permit coupling to different ECG lead sets.

11. The ECG adapter system according to claim 10 wherein the first standard lead set receptacle of the adapter body is adapted for coupling to an RJ25 connector of the first ECG lead set and the second standard lead set receptacle of the adapter body is adapted for coupling to an RJ45 connector of the second ECG lead set.

12. The ECG adapter system according to claim 6 including first and second ECG adapters, the at least one specific monitor connector of the adapter body of the first ECG adapter being different than the at least one specific monitor connector of the adapter body of the second ECG adapter whereby the first and second ECG adapters couple to different specific inputs of different ECG monitors.

13. The ECG adapter system according to claim 6 wherein the at least one lead set includes a plurality of wires and at least a portion of the plurality of wires forms at least one ribbon cable.

14. The ECG adapter system according to claim 13 wherein at least one of the plurality of wires forming the at least one ribbon cable is separable from the at least one ribbon cable.

15-23. -23. (canceled)

24. A system, which comprises:

a plurality of ECG monitors, each ECG monitor having a specific input different from the other specific inputs;

an ECG lead set including a standard connector, the standard connector incompatible with the specific input of each of the ECG monitors; and

a plurality of ECG adapters, each ECG adapter including a specific monitor connector different from the other specific monitor connectors, each specific monitor connector adapted for coupling to the specific input of one of the ECG monitors, each ECG adapter body further including a standard lead set receptacle adapted for coupling to the standard connector of the ECG lead set.

25. The system according to claim 24, wherein the standard connector of the ECG lead set is one of an RJ25 connector and an RJ45 connector of the ECG lead set.

26. The system according to claim 24, wherein the each ECG adapter includes an adapter body having the specific monitor connector disposed at a first end thereof and the standard lead set receptacle disposed at a second end thereof

27. The system according to claim 24, wherein the ECG lead set includes a plurality of wires and wherein at least a portion of the plurality of wires forms at least one ribbon cable.

28. The system according to claim 24, wherein each wire of the ECG lead set includes an electrode disposed at a free end thereof

29. A system, which comprises:

an ECG monitor including a plurality of inputs;

an ECG lead set including a connector incompatible with each of the plurality of inputs; and

an ECG adapter including a plurality of monitor connectors adapted to respectively connect to the plurality of inputs of the ECG monitor, the ECG adapter further including an ECG lead set receptacle adapted to connect to the connector of the ECG lead set for coupling the ECG lead set with the ECG monitor.

30. The system according to claim 29, where the ECG monitor includes first and second inputs and wherein the ECG adapter includes first and second monitor connectors adapted to connect to the respective first and second inputs.

31. The system according to claim 30, wherein the ECG adapter includes an adapter body including the ECG lead set receptacle and first and second cables interconnecting the adapter body with the first and second monitor connectors.

32. The system according to claim 29, wherein the ECG lead set receptacle is adapted to couple to one of an RJ25 connector and an RJ45 connector of the ECG lead set.

35. The system according to claim 32, wherein each of the ECG lead sets includes a different number of ECG leads.

36. The system according to claim 35, wherein the ECG lead sets are selected from a three lead set, a five-lead set, and a twelve-lead set.

33. A system, which comprises:

an ECG monitor including at least one input;

a plurality of different ECG lead sets, each lead set including a different connector, each connector incompatible with the at least one input of the ECG monitor; and

an ECG adapter including an adapter body having a monitor connector adapted to connect to the input of the ECG monitor and a plurality of different ECG lead set receptacles, each ECG lead set receptacle adapted to connect to the connector of one of the ECG lead sets for coupling each of the ECG lead sets with the ECG monitor.

34. The system according to claim 33, wherein one of the ECG lead sets includes an RJ25 connector and another of the ECG lead sets includes an RJ45 connector.