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Configuration of cables for monitoring systems

  • US 9,149,186 B2
  • Filed: 12/23/2011
  • Issued: 10/06/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A monitoring system for transmission of information from a patient residing within an infectious zone to a monitor console using a cable assembly, said monitoring system comprising:

  • A monitor console to process and/or display said information from said patient; and

    A cable assembly comprising a trunk cable and a serial cable;

    Said trunk cable being of a first length and comprising a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end adapted to interface with said monitor console, said distal end comprising a connector, said first length defined as the distance from said proximal end to said distal end;

    Said serial cable being of a second length and comprising a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end comprising a connector, said distal end comprising at least one sensor device adapted to interface with said patient and capture said information from said patient, said second length defined as the distance from said proximal end to said distal end;

    wherein said trunk cable distal end connector and said serial cable proximal end connector are each adapted to couple to one another;

    wherein said cable assembly comprising said serial cable connector coupled to said trunk cable connector is configured to transmit said information from said patient to said monitor console when said sensor device is interfaced with said patient and said trunk cable is interfaced with said monitor console;

    wherein said patient resides within and is surrounded by an infectious zone having an outer boundary demarcated by a perimeter located beyond the reach of any portions of said patient'"'"'s body;

    wherein the location of said perimeter is defined by said patient'"'"'s caregiver;

    wherein said monitor console resides entirely outside said perimeter of said infectious zone, said monitor console being located a distance from said perimeter, said distance being of a third length;

    wherein said first length is less than said third length such that when said trunk cable proximal end is interfacing with said monitor console said trunk cable distal end connector cannot contact said perimeter of said infectious zone; and

    wherein the combination of said serial cable coupled to said trunk cable together has a total length equal to or greater than a distance from said sensor device interfacing with said patient to said monitor console.

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