Patient monitoring electrode connection apparatus and method
First Claim
1. Connecting apparatus for coupling each of a plurality of physiological sensors to one of a plurality of patient monitoring instrument inputs comprising a plurality of detachably securable components which may be assembled to form a complete connecting apparatus, including:
- a plurality of input conductors, each of which is adapted to be detachably coupled to a physiological sensor; and
connection means for connecting predetermined input conductors to predetermined output conductors, the connection of said input conductors to said output conductors being predetermined to configure said connecting apparatus for use in a predetermined patient monitoring procedure,wherein said apparatus includes means for indicating the locations on a patient at which said physiological sensors are to be placed in performing said predetermined patient monitoring procedure.
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Abstract
A headbox for connecting patient monitoring physiological sensors to a monitoring instrument, such as an EEG machine, includes a general purpose input/output device having connectors for coupling to the sensors and to the instruments, which is configured for a particular monitoring procedure by one of a plurality of similar configuration cards which are electrically and mechanically compatible with the input/output device. The configuration card includes interconnections between the sensors and the instrument inputs which are specific for a particular monitoring procedure. The configuration card may include a graphic representation of a body to show where sensors should be placed on a patient and connected to the headbox for the particular monitoring procedure, and may physically occlude connectors which are not to receive sensors in the procedure. The configuration card may include a memory for storing data regarding a patient or the monitoring procedure for which it is configured.
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42 Claims
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1. Connecting apparatus for coupling each of a plurality of physiological sensors to one of a plurality of patient monitoring instrument inputs comprising a plurality of detachably securable components which may be assembled to form a complete connecting apparatus, including:
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a plurality of input conductors, each of which is adapted to be detachably coupled to a physiological sensor; and connection means for connecting predetermined input conductors to predetermined output conductors, the connection of said input conductors to said output conductors being predetermined to configure said connecting apparatus for use in a predetermined patient monitoring procedure, wherein said apparatus includes means for indicating the locations on a patient at which said physiological sensors are to be placed in performing said predetermined patient monitoring procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Connecting apparatus for coupling each of a plurality of physiological sensors to one of a plurality of patient monitoring instrument inputs comprising a plurality of detachably securable components which may be assembled to form a complete connecting apparatus, including:
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a plurality of input conductors, each of which is adapted to be detachably coupled to a physiological sensor; and connection means for connecting predetermined input conductors to predetermined output conductors, the connection of said input conductors to said output conductors being predetermined to configure said connecting apparatus for use in a predetermined patient monitoring procedure, wherein said apparatus includes means for inhibiting the coupling of physiological sensors to predetermined input conductors. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. Apparatus for coupling each of a plurality of physiological sensors to one of a plurality of patient monitoring instrument inputs for performing a patient monitoring procedure comprising:
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an input/output device, having a plurality of input connectors, each adapted to be detachably coupled to a physiological sensor, and having a plurality of output connectors, each adapted to be detachably coupled to a patient monitoring instrument input; and a plurality of configuration devices, each of which is detachably securable to said input/output device, each said configuration devices including connection means which, when said configuration device is secured to said input/output device, couples predetermined input connectors to predetermined output connectors in accordance with a predetermined patient monitoring procedure, wherein said each of configuration devices includes means for inhibiting the coupling of physiological sensors to predetermined input connectors. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. Connecting apparatus for coupling each of a plurality of physiological sensors to one of a plurality of patient monitoring instrument inputs for performing a patient monitoring procedure comprising:
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an input/output device, having a plurality of input connectors, each adapted to be detachably coupled to a physiological sensor, and having a plurality of output connectors, each adapted to be detachably coupled to a patient monitoring instrument input; and a plurality of configuration devices, each of which is detachably securable to said input/output device, each said configuration devices including connection means which, when said configuration device is secured to said input/output device, couples predetermined input connectors to predetermined output connectors in accordance with a predetermined patient monitoring procedure, wherein each of said configuration devices includes means for indicating the locations on a patient to which physiological sensors are to be placed in performing said predetermined patient monitoring procedure. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A method of coupling physiological sensors to a patient monitoring instrument for performing a monitoring procedure on a patient comprising:
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providing an interconnection apparatus having a plurality of inputs connectors each adapted to be detachably coupled to a physiological sensor and a plurality of output connectors each adapted to be coupled to a patient monitoring instrument input; configuring said interconnection apparatus for use in a predetermined monitoring procedure by coupling predetermined input connectors to predetermined output connectors; and coupling physiological sensors, attached to a patient in predetermined locations, to predetermined input connectors in accordance with indicia on said configuration device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. Apparatus for supplying electrical signals derived from physiological sensors applied to a patient in a predetermined patient monitoring procedure to a monitoring instrument input comprising two detachably securable components, including:
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a first component having a plurality of input conductors adapted to be coupled to physiological sensors, a first connector portion, and means for coupling said input conductors to said first connector portion in a manner which is predetermined in accordance with the patient monitoring procedure; and a second component having an output adapted to be coupled to said monitoring instrument input, a second connector portion which is detachably securable to said first connector portion, and means for coupling said second connector portion to said output. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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