EKG cable

• US 7,844,316 B1
• Filed: 10/23/2006
• Issued: 11/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carlos A. Botero
• Original Assignee: Carlos A. Botero
• Inventors: Botero, Carlos A
• Primary Examiner(s): Cohen; Lee S
• Application Number:
  US11/585,311
• Time in Patent Office: 1,499 Days
• Field of Search: 600/386, 600/393, 600/509, 439/909
• US Class Current: 600/386
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/303 Patient cord assembly, e.g. cable harness
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 439/909 Medical use or attached to human body

Abstract

The present invention relates to an EKG cable for connection to an EKG machine. The cable has a root cable with a connector for connection to the EKG machine. The root cable is connected to a cable connector. The cable connector has at least two branch cables connected thereon. Each of the branch cables has a plurality of nodes disposed thereon. Each of the nodes has two connections each being capable of being connected to an electrode disc. Each of the nodes have opposing upper and lower surface. Each of the surfaces may have indicia disposed thereon. Each of the surfaces may be color-coded. The indicia and the color-coding may be used independently of each other or in combination with each other.

Claims

1. An EKG cable for connection to an EKG machine so that the machine can take the EKG of a patient, the EKG cable comprising:

a root cable with distal and proximal ends, the proximal end of the root cable being joined to a cable connector, the distal end of the root cable being joined to a connector for connection to an EKG machine, two branch cables being connected to said cable connector, wherein a first of said branch cables has two nodes disposed thereon, a proximal node which is disposed on said first cable proximal the cable connector and a distal node which is disposed on said first cable on or adjacent a distal end, wherein a second of said branch cables has three nodes disposed thereon, wherein each of said nodes has an upper surface and a lower surface disposed opposite the upper surface, wherein each of the surfaces of all of the nodes has a connection for receiving an electrode disc, wherein the upper surface of a first of one of said nodes has indicia for indicating connection to an electrode disc selected from the group consisting of RA, RL, LA, and LL; and

said lower surface of the first one of said nodes has indicia which indicates connection to an electrode disc which is different from the indicia on the upper surface of the first one of said nodes.

2. The EKG cable of claim 1, wherein a second one of said nodes has indicia for indicating connection to an electrode disc selected from the group V, a heart symbol, and a picture of a heart.

3. The EKG cable of claim 1, wherein the upper surface of a second one of said nodes has indicia for indicating connection to an electrode disc selected from the group consisting of RA, RL LA, and LL;

and the indicia on the upper surface of the first node is different from the indicia on the upper surface of the second node.

4. The EKG cable of claim 3, wherein the upper surface of a third of one of said nodes has indicia for indicating connection to an electrode disc selected from the group consisting of RA, RL LA, and LL;

and the indicia on the upper surface of the three nodes are different from each other.

5. The EKG cable of claim 4, wherein the upper surface of a fourth one of said nodes has indicia for indicating connection to an electrode disc selected from the group consisting of RA, RL LA, and LL;

and the indicia on the upper surface of the four nodes are different from each other.

6. The EKG cable of claim 5, wherein the lower surface of said fourth node has indicia which is different from the indicia on said upper surface of said fourth node.

7. The EKG cable of claim 4, wherein the lower surface of said third node has indicia which is different from the indicia on said upper surface of said third node.

8. The EKG cable of claim 3, wherein the lower surface of said second node has indicia which is different from the indicia on said upper surface of said second node.

9. An EKG cable which can be deployed on a patient in both and upward and a downward direction, the cable comprising:

a root and two branches, said root and said two branches being joined by a cable connector, wherein a first of said branches has two nodes disposed thereon, wherein each node of said first branch has two connections each capable of being connected to an electrode disc, and wherein the second of said branches has three nodes disposed thereon, wherein each node of said second branch has two connections each capable of being connected to an electrode disc, wherein each of the nodes on said first and said second branches has an upper surface and a lower surface disposed opposite the upper surface, wherein a first node on the first branch has indicia disposed on its upper surface selected from the group consisting of RA, RL, LA, and LL; and

wherein the lower surface of said first node has indicia which is different from the indicia on said upper surface of said first node.

10. The EKG cable of claim 9, wherein the upper surface of a second one of said nodes has indicia for indicating connection to an electrode disc selected from the group consisting of RA, RL LA, and LL;

and the indicia on the upper surface of the first node is different from the indicia on the upper surface of the second node.

11. The EKG cable of claim 10, wherein the indicia on the upper surface of a third of said nodes has indicia for indicating connection to an electrode disc selected from the group consisting of RA, RL, LA, and LL;

and the indicia on the upper surface of the three nodes are different from each other.

12. The EKG cable of claim 11, wherein the upper surface of a fourth one of said nodes has indicia for indicating connection to an electrode disc selected from the group consisting of RA, RL LA, and LL;

and the indicia on the upper surface of the four nodes are different from each other.

13. An EKG cable comprising a root cable, at least two branch cables connected to said root cable, wherein each of the branch cables has a plurality of nodes disposed thereon, wherein each of said nodes is configured with two connections, each connection capable of being connected to an electrode disc, wherein each of the nodes has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite said upper surface, where each of said upper and lower surfaces has indicia disposed thereon for indicating connection to an electrode disc, and the indicia on the upper surface of a respective node is different from the indicia on the lower surface of the same node.

14. The EKG cable of claim 13, where the indicia on the upper and lower surfaces of each of the nodes is Braille.

15. The EKG cable of claim 14, wherein each of the upper and lower surfaces of each of the nodes is color coded.

16. The EKG cable of claim 13, wherein indicia on the upper and lower surfaces of each of the nodes is a picture or a symbol.

17. The EKG cable of claim 13, wherein the plurality of nodes on a first branch cable comprise a proximal node and a distal node, the distal node being disposed at or near a distal end of the first branch cable and the proximal node being closer to the root cable than the distal node, wherein the indicia on the upper surface of said distal node is the same as the indicia on the lower surface of said proximal node.

18. The EKG cable of claim 13, wherein the plurality of nodes on a second branch cable comprise a proximal node, an intermediate node, and a distal node, the distal node being disposed at or near a distal end of the second branch cable, the proximal node being closer to the root cable than the distal node and the intermediate node being disposed intermediate the proximal and the distal nodes, wherein the indicia on the upper surface of said distal node is the same as the indicia on the lower surface of said proximal node.

19. The EKG cable of claim 18, wherein the indicia on the upper surface of the intermediate node is the same as the indicia on the lower surface of the intermediate node, and the indicia on the intermediate node is different from the indicia on any of the other nodes.