US 12,188,645 B2
Handle assembly for accessory of medical device support system
Purushottam Parajuli, Solon, OH (US); Michael Hollopeter, Kirtland, OH (US); and Steven H. Rus, Chardon, OH (US)
Assigned to American Sterilizer Company, Mentor, OH (US)
Filed by American Sterilizer Company, Mentor, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/329,935.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/352,383, filed on Jun. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0408074 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. F21V 21/40 (2006.01); A61B 90/35 (2016.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01); F21W 131/205 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01)
CPC F21V 21/40 (2013.01) [A61B 90/35 (2016.02); F21V 23/0485 (2013.01); A61B 2090/308 (2016.02); A61B 2090/309 (2016.02); F21W 2131/205 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handle assembly for an accessory of a medical device support system, the handle assembly comprising:
a handle including a handle housing made of an electrically insulating material, the handle having a sufficient size to be gripped by the human hand, the handle housing including a proximal end, a distal end, and a generally tubular section defining an interior region along a longitudinal axis, wherein the generally tubular section has an outer surface and an inner surface;
an interface device in the outer surface of the generally tubular section that is configured to receive an input or transmit an output associated with the medical device support system;
at least one conductive coating on the inner surface of the generally tubular section that is configured to transmit one or more of power, ground, control signals, and communication signals corresponding to the input or the output of the interface device; and,
a connector connected to the at least one conductive coating and configured to transmit the one or more of the power, ground, control signals, and communication signals from the at least one conductive coating to another part of the accessory and/or the medical device support system.