US 12,138,086 B1
Vital signs monitor cable retraction system
James Cameron Dodds, Greenville, SC (US); and Lisa Fitzgerald, Leesburg, FL (US)
Assigned to James Cameron Dodds, Leesburg, FL (US)
Filed by James Cameron Dodds, Greenville, SC (US)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/409,073.
Application 18/409,073 is a continuation of application No. 18/221,570, filed on Jul. 13, 2023, granted, now 11,877,872.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/462,063, filed on Apr. 26, 2023.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 50/20 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 50/20 (2016.02) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A line handling system comprising:
multiple assemblies spaced along a common axis; and
wherein each one of the multiple assemblies comprises:
a respective flexible line;
a cylinder rotationally biased by a spring torque, the respective flexible line mounted on the cylinder in a variably wound condition such that, as the respective flexible line is extended by unwinding from the cylinder, the cylinder is rotated in a first rotational direction against the spring torque around the common axis of the multiple assemblies;
a stop device coupled to the cylinder selectively preventing rotation of the cylinder in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction thereby selectively preventing, by opposing the spring torque, retraction of the respective flexible line by winding onto the cylinder; and
a release device operatively coupled to the stop device, wherein upon user action on the release device, the release device selectively releases the stop device to allow the cylinder to rotate in the second rotational direction by the spring torque thereby selectively permitting retraction of the respective flexible line by rewinding at least a portion thereof onto the cylinder.