US 12,453,461 B2
Systems and methods for connecting a medical imaging device to a medical imaging controller
Levey Tran, Denver, CO (US); Robert Jones, III, South Bend, IN (US); and Rohit Subramanian, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/741,461.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/791,828, filed on Jan. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0221933 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/20 (2016.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 1/00114 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00059 (2013.01); A61B 1/00062 (2013.01); A61B 1/00124 (2013.01); A61B 90/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); G06F 13/409 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/445 (2013.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable for connecting a camera head of a medical imaging device to a medical imaging controller, the cable comprising:
a first connector located at a distal end of the cable for connecting the cable to the camera head;
a second connector located at a proximal end of the cable for connecting the cable to the medical imaging controller;
a circuit board comprising at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory stores at least authentication information associated with the cable and identification information for identifying a medical imaging device that is associated with the cable, and the circuit board is communicatively connected via a communication bus on the circuit board to the second connector for enabling access to the authentication information and the identification information by the medical imaging controller connected to the second connector; and
one or more imaging communication lines extending between the first connector and the second connector for communicating imaging data from the camera head connected to the first connector to the medical imaging controller connected to the second connector, wherein the one or more imaging communication lines are electrical lines that physically bypass the circuit board entirely.