ECG lead set and ECG adapter system

• US 20080132106A1
• Filed: 12/05/2006
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kpr U.S., LLC (Cardinal Health, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Covidien LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Moore, Dawn, Tauer, Mark, Tremblay, Kathleen, Coggins, Scott, Burnes, Lee, Selvitelli, Dave
• Granted Patent: US 8,668,651 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/352
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/222 Electrical cables or leads therefor, e.g. coaxial cables or ribbon cables
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/227 Sensors with electrical connectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/25 Bioelectric electrodes therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/30 Input circuits therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/303 Patient cord assembly, e.g. cable harness
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/339 Displays specially adapted therefor

Abstract

A method for coupling an ECG monitor with an incompatible ECG lead set includes the steps of providing an ECG adapter including an adapter body having at least one monitor connector adapted for coupling to an input of an ECG monitor and at least one lead set receptacle adapted for coupling to a connector of an ECG lead set incompatible with the input of the ECG monitor, coupling the at least one monitor connector of the adapter body with the input of the ECG monitor and coupling the at least one lead set receptacle of the adapter body with the connector of the ECG lead set to thereby electrically couple the ECG lead set with the ECG monitor.

Claims

1. A method for coupling an ECG monitor with an incompatible ECG lead set, comprising the steps of:

providing an ECG adapter including an adapter body having at least one monitor connector adapted for coupling to an input of an ECG monitor and at least one lead set receptacle adapted for coupling to a connector of an ECG lead set incompatible with the input of the ECG monitor;

coupling the at least one monitor connector of the adapter body with the input of the ECG monitor; and

coupling the at least one lead set receptacle of the adapter body with the connector of the ECG lead set to thereby electrically couple the ECG lead set with the ECG monitor.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the step of coupling the at least one lead set receptacle includes a six conductor Registered Jack (RJ) connector and an eight conductor RJ connector of the ECG lead set.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the step of coupling the at least one lead set receptacle includes connecting one of an RJ25 connector and RJ45 connector of the ECG lead set.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the adapter body includes first and second lead set receptacles and wherein the step of coupling the at least one lead set receptacle includes coupling first and second ECG lead sets to the respective first and second lead set receptacles.

5. The method according to claim 4 wherein the step of coupling the at least one lead set receptacle includes connecting an RJ25 connector of the first ECG lead set to the first lead set receptacle and connecting an RJ45 connector of the second ECG lead set to the second lead set receptacle.

6. An ECG adapter system for coupling an ECG lead set with an incompatible ECG monitor, which comprises:

at least one ECG adapter including an adapter body having at least one monitor connector adapted for coupling to an input of an ECG monitor and at least one lead set receptacle different from the at least one monitor connector and being adapted for coupling to a connector of an ECG lead set incompatible with the input of the ECG monitor.

7. The ECG adapter system according to claim 6 wherein the at least one monitor connector comprises a plug and the at least one connector comprises a receptacle.

8. The ECG adapter system according to claim 7 wherein the at least one lead set receptacle of the adapter body is adapted to couple to one of an RJ25 connector and an RJ45 connector of the ECG lead set.

9. The ECG adapter system according to claim 6 wherein the adapter body includes first and second lead set receptacles for coupling to connections of respective first and second ECG lead sets.

10. The ECG adapter system according to claim 9 wherein the first lead set receptacle is different from the second lead set receptacle to permit coupling to different ECG lead sets.

11. The ECG adapter system according to claim 10 wherein the first lead set receptacle of the adapter body is adapted for coupling to an RJ25 connector of the first ECG lead set and the second lead set receptacle of the adapter body is adapted for coupling to an RJ45 connector of the second ECG lead set.

12. The ECG adapter system according to claim 6 including first and second ECG adapters, the at least one monitor connector of the adapter body of the first ECG adapter being different than the at least one monitor connector of the adapter body of the second ECG adapter whereby the first and second ECG adapters couple to the inputs of different ECG monitors.

13. The ECG adapter system according to claim 6 wherein the at least one lead set includes a plurality of wires and at least a portion of the plurality of wires forms at least one ribbon cable

14. The ECG adapter system according to claim 13 wherein at least one of the plurality of wires forming the at least one ribbon cable is separable from the at least one ribbon cable.

15. An ECG lead set system, which comprises:

an ECG lead set including a plurality of lead wires for coupling to a plurality of electrodes;

a plug connector coupled to one end of the ECG lead set; and

an adapter adapted for coupling the plug connector to an input of an ECG monitor.

16. The ECG lead set system according to claim 15 wherein the adapter includes an adapter body having a lead set receptacle for coupling to the plug connector of the ECG lead set and a monitor plug different from the plug connector for coupling to the input of the ECG monitor.

17. The ECG lead set system according to claim 16 including an electrode connector coupled to the other end of the ECG lead set.

18. The ECG lead set system according to claim 17 wherein the electrode connector of the ECG lead set is selected from a group consisting of a snap connector, a wire dumbbell connector, and a locking slot connector.

19. The ECG lead set system according to claim 17 further comprising at least one ECG electrode connected to the electrode connector of the ECG lead set.

20. The ECG lead set system according to claim 15 further comprising at least one ECG electrode pre-wired to the other end of the ECG lead set.

21. The ECG lead set system according to claim 15 including a sheath for housing at least a portion of the ECG lead set.

22. The ECG lead set system according to claim 15 wherein at least a portion of the plurality of lead wires of the ECG lead set form a ribbon cable.

23. The ECG adapter system according to claim 22 wherein at least a portion of one of the plurality of wires forming the ribbon cable is separable from the ribbon cable.