Connector interface system for data acquisition
First Claim
1. A data acquisition device comprising:
- circuitry configured to receive data acquired from one or more sensors having electrode leads coupled to a living subject;
a data connector having a plurality of pins operatively coupled to the circuitry and configured to;
receive data signals from the one or more sensors having electrode leads coupled to the living subject; and
support communication through a standard interface with devices capable of communicating through the standard interface; and
a modification to the data connector configured such that the modification facilitates interconnection of the data connector both with the standard interface and with a living subject-connected receptacle that is configured to prevent interconnection with the standard interface.
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Abstract
A data acquisition system includes a receptacle and a data acquisition device. The receptacle has a housing, sensor inputs to receive data signals from sensors coupled to an object, and a rib to block insertion of a standard Universal Serial Bus (USB) plug and facilitate insertion of a modified USB plug having a slot that mates with the rib. The data acquisition device includes circuitry to receive, store and process data, a USB plug having pins operatively coupled to the circuitry, a first subset of pins configured to receive data signals from the receptacle and a second subset of pins configured to support standard USB communication with USB-compliant devices, and a slot formed in the USB plug such that the slot facilitates interconnection of the USB plug both with standard USB-compliant devices and with the receptacle, the slot mating with the rib to facilitate interconnection.
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27 Claims
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1. A data acquisition device comprising:
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circuitry configured to receive data acquired from one or more sensors having electrode leads coupled to a living subject; a data connector having a plurality of pins operatively coupled to the circuitry and configured to; receive data signals from the one or more sensors having electrode leads coupled to the living subject; and support communication through a standard interface with devices capable of communicating through the standard interface; and a modification to the data connector configured such that the modification facilitates interconnection of the data connector both with the standard interface and with a living subject-connected receptacle that is configured to prevent interconnection with the standard interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 24, 25)
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6. A data acquisition receptacle comprising:
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a plurality of sensor inputs configured to receive data signals from one or more sensors having electrode leads coupled to a living subject; and a connection prevention mechanism that is configured to prevent insertion of a standard data connector and to facilitate insertion of and electrical connection with a modified data connector, the standard data connector and the modified data connector each supporting communication through a standard interface, the modified data connector having a feature that defeats the connection prevention mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A data acquisition system comprising:
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(i) a receptacle including; (a) a housing; (b) a plurality of sensor inputs configured to receive data signals from one or more sensors having electrode leads coupled to a living subject; and (c) a rib that is configured to block insertion of a standard data connector and to facilitate insertion of and electrical connection with a modified data connector having a slot that mates with the rib when inserted, the standard data connector and the modified data connector each supporting communication through a standard interface; and (ii) a data acquisition device including; (a) circuitry configured to receive, store and/or process data received via the receptacle from the one or more sensors having electrode leads coupled to the living subject; (b) a data connector having a plurality of pins operatively coupled to the circuitry and configured to receive data signals from the receptacle and to support communication through the standard interface with devices capable of communicating through the standard interface, and (c) a slot formed in the data connector such that the slot facilitates interconnection of the data connector both with the standard interface and with the receptacle, the slot mating with the rib to facilitate interconnection between the data acquisition device and the receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 26)
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20. A method of acquiring data, the method comprising:
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establishing a connection between a receptacle to a living subject from which data is to be acquired via one or more sensors having electrode leads coupled to the living subject, the receptacle having a connection prevention mechanism that prevents connection of a standard data connector to the receptacle, the standard data connector supporting communication through a standard interface; connecting a data acquisition device having a modified data connector to the receptacle having the connection prevention mechanism, the modified data connector supporting communication through the standard interface and being configured such that the modification defeats the receptacle'"'"'s connection prevention mechanism while facilitating interconnection of the modified data connector with devices capable of communicating through the standard interface; and acquiring living subject-related data via the one or more sensors having electrode leads coupled to the living subject using the connected data acquisition device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 27)
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