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Single use connector for pulse oximetry sensors

  • US 7,887,345 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2008
  • Issued: 02/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A single-use connector for use with a complementary connector comprising:

  • a housing enclosing a pin, a movable member adjacent to the pin and a locking mechanism;

    wherein engagement of the single-use connector into the complementary connector moves the moveable member from an initial position to an engaged position and activates the locking mechanism such that when the complementary connector is removed, the moveable member moves from the engaged position, past the initial position and to a use-preventing position and locks into the use-preventing position; and

    wherein when in the use-preventing position the single-use connector cannot engage the complementary connector.

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