Vital signs monitoring assembly having elastomeric connectors

• US 20050251002A1
• Filed: 04/13/2005
• Published: 11/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LifeSync Corporation
• Original Assignee: GMP Wireless Medicine Incorporated
• Inventors: Solovay, Kenneth, Gundlach, John David, Williams, Daniel L., Istvan, Rud, Lodato, Franco, Hopman, Nicholas C., Gregory, Bill, Chastain, David Paul
• Application Number:
  US11/105,230
• Publication Number:
  US 20050251002A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/393
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/17 Comprising radiolucent components
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/259 using conductive adhesive means, e.g. gels
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/274 using snap or button fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/276 Protection against electrode failure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6841 by using templates
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7232 involving compression of the physiological signal, e.g. to extend the signal recording period

Abstract

An assembly for monitoring a vital sign comprising a flat circuit having connectors for attachment to patient mounted electrodes and a connector for attachment to a vital signs monitor in which the connectors for attaching to the patient mounted electrodes are made from a non-conductive, non-metallic elastomeric material.

Claims

1. A connector for coupling electrodes and sensors to electrical conductors, comprising:

a base layer having a first side and a second side, the first side attached to at least one electrically conductive element;

at least one aperture formed in said base layer and in said electrically conductive element for receiving a conductive male portion of the electrode or sensor; and

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an elastomeric housing member disposed adjacent said aperture, said elastomeric member including a female void adapted to securely receive the male portion of the electrode or sensor.

2. The connector of claim 1 wherein said female void is adapted to removably receive the male portion of the electrode or sensor.

3. The connector of claim 1 wherein said connector is substantially radiolucent.

4. The connector of claim 1 wherein said at least one aperture includes at least one flap for engaging and securing the conductive male portion of the electrode or sensor disposed through said aperture.

5. The connector of claim 1 wherein the elastomeric member defines a female void that is closed on one end.

6. The connector of claim 1 wherein the elastomeric member is color coded to correspond to its mating electrode or sensor.

15. The connector of claim 1 wherein the elastomeric member loses its resiliency with multiple uses.

7. A connector for coupling electrodes and sensors to electrical conductors, comprising:

a base layer having a first side and a second side, the first side attached to at least one electrically conductive element;

at least one aperture formed in said base layer and in said electrically conductive element for receiving a conductive male portion of the electrode or sensor; and

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an elastomeric housing member disposed adjacent said aperture, said elastomeric member being o-shaped and designed to securely receive the male portion of the electrode or sensor,

8. The connector of claim 7 wherein said connector is substantially radiolucent.

9. The connector of claim 7 wherein said at least one aperture includes a flap for engaging and securing the conductive male portion of the electrode or sensor disposed through said aperture.

10. The connector of claim 7 wherein the aperture comprises at least one slit defining at least one flap.

11. The connector of claim 7 wherein the aperture comprises a plurality of flaps.

12. The connector of claim 7 wherein the aperture is a hole.

13. The connector of claim 7 wherein the elastomeric member is color coded to correspond to its mating electrode or sensor.

14. The connector of claim 7 wherein the elastomeric member loses its resiliency with multiple uses.