Electrocardiograph and blood pressure signals simulator

• US 8,328,563 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2011
• Issued: 12/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pronk Technologies Inc.
• Original Assignee: Pronk Technologies Inc.
• Inventors: Ruiter, Karl
• Primary Examiner(s): DINH, PHUONG K
• Application Number:
  US13/021,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20110124248A1
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• Field of Search: 439/37, 439/909, 439/884
• US Class Current: 439/37
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/319 Circuits for simulating ECG signals
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders

Abstract

System, methods, and apparatuses produce simulated human physiological waveforms such as electrocardiograph (ECG) and blood pressure signals where the microcontroller and/or digital-to-analog converters may be switched to a lower power-consuming state by programmable instructions and switched on in response to a programmable sleep timer.

Claims

1. An electrical connector receiving system for a physiological waveform simulator comprising:

a snap portion comprising;

a disc portion having a top side, a bottom side and an edge; and

the snap portion further comprising an inverted frustroconical portion fixedly attached to the top side of the disc portion; and

a mounting element having a planar surface proximate to a first aperture; and

wherein the bottom side of the disc portion is proximate to the planar surface of the mounting element, and a first sector of the bottom side of the disc portion extends over a portion of the first aperture so that a contact inserted into the first aperture may become electrically connected to the disc portion.

2. The electrical connector receiving system for a physiological waveform simulator of claim 1 wherein the planar surface of the mounting element is interposed between the first aperture and a second aperture;

and wherein a second sector of the bottom side of the disc portion extends over a portion of the second aperture.