Pole mount organizer with modular interconnection receptacles
First Claim
1. A system for holding one or more medical devices, comprising:
- (a) a support;
(b) at least one modular interconnection receptacle adapted to be detachably mounted on the support and adapted to receive the medical device;
(c) the modular interconnection receptacle having attachment means for receiving and holding the medical device and means for detaching from the support in response to a threshold force on the medical device, the force required to break the attachment between the medical device and the interconnection receptacle being greater than the force required to detach the interconnection receptacle from the support.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a modular system for mounting one or more medical devices on an IV pole at a patient'"'"'s bedside. The system comprises a support plate, and at least one modular interconnection receptacle adapted to be detachably mounted on the support plate and adapted to receive a medical device. In one embodiment, the interconnection receptacle has electrical connection means serving as an electrical conduit between the medical device and a monitor. The means for attaching the medical device to the interconnection receptacle has a greater retention force than the means for attaching the interconnection receptacle to the support plate. Thus, in response to a threshold force on the patient line connected to the medical device, the interconnection receptacle breaks free of the support plate while the medical device remains attached to the interconnection receptacle. This maintains fluid connection to the patient and electrical connection to a monitor in the case of a medical device, such as a pressure transducer.
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13 Claims
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1. A system for holding one or more medical devices, comprising:
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(a) a support; (b) at least one modular interconnection receptacle adapted to be detachably mounted on the support and adapted to receive the medical device; (c) the modular interconnection receptacle having attachment means for receiving and holding the medical device and means for detaching from the support in response to a threshold force on the medical device, the force required to break the attachment between the medical device and the interconnection receptacle being greater than the force required to detach the interconnection receptacle from the support. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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2. A system for mounting one or more medical devices near a patient, comprising:
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(a) a support; (b) at least one modular interconnection receptacle adapted to be detachably mounted on the support and adapted to receive the medical device; (c) the modular interconnection receptacle having attachment means for receiving and holding the medical device and means for detaching from the support in response to a threshold pulling force on a line connecting the medical device to the patient, the attachment means having a retention force greater than the retention force of the detachment means; (d) the interconnection receptacle having electrical connection means serving as an electrical conduit between the pressure transducer and a pressure monitor. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 6)
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5. A system according to claim 5, wherein the first electrical contact means comprises spring pins which contact a ceramic circuit board on the medical device.
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11. A pressure transducer assembly for monitoring pressure in a fluid, comprising:
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(a) a housing comprising a flow-through fluid chamber with inlet and outlet ports and an open chamber covered by a shroud; (b) a pressure transducer means mounted in the open chamber having a diaphragm coupled to the flow-through chamber for sensing fluid pressure pulses within a fluid in the flow-through chamber and having means for converting the sensed pressure pulses into electrical signals; (c) attachment means on the housing adapted to attach the housing to an interconnection receptacle to create a closed chamber within the shroud upon attachment and wherein upon attachment the pressure transducer is electrically coupled to electrical connection means on the interconnection receptacle, the interconnection receptacle being adapted to serve as an electrical conduit between the pressure transducer means and a pressure monitor. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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