US 11,721,939 B2
Modular patient monitoring medical device and connector
Peter A. Lund, Nashua, NH (US); Andrew T. Provencher, Lowell, MA (US); Taylor Scott George, Amherst, NH (US); and John C. Magill, Woburn, MA (US)
Assigned to DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA
Appl. No. 17/45,759
Filed by DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA, Lübeck (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/058855
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 6, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/193212, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/786,047, filed on Dec. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/654,215, filed on Apr. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0057851 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 13/64 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/50 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/6583 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/64 (2013.01) [A61B 5/742 (2013.01); H01R 13/50 (2013.01); H01R 13/5219 (2013.01); H01R 13/6583 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a monitor mount;
a rack;
a module; and
a module connector cable,
wherein:
the module is configured to be electrically connected to the monitor mount by the module connector cable;
the module is configured to be detachably secured to the rack;
the module includes a male connector;
one of the rack and the module connector cable includes a female connector;
the female connector includes a housing including a pair of longitudinal sides, a planar side connecting first ends of the pair of longitudinal sides of the female connector, a rounded side connecting second ends of the pair of longitudinal sides of the female connector, and a front surface including a plurality of sockets located therein, the plurality of sockets being arranged along a line parallel to the pair of longitudinal sides of the female connector;
the male connector includes a housing including a recess with a pair of longitudinal sides, a planar side connecting first ends of the pair of longitudinal sides of the male connector, a rounded side connecting second ends of the pair of longitudinal sides of the male connector, and a recessed surface including a plurality of pins extending therefrom, the plurality of pins being arranged along a line parallel to the pair of longitudinal sides of the male connector; and
the housing of the female connector is configured to be insertable into the recess of the housing of the male connector such that the plurality of pins of the male connector enter into the plurality of sockets of the female connector.