US 12,478,332 B2
Mounting and locking mechanisms for a patient monitoring system
John C. Magill, Woburn, MA (US); Clifford Risher-Kelly, Wells, ME (US); Joseph Fallon, Brunswick, ME (US); and Peter A. Lund, Nashua, NH (US)
Assigned to DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA, Lübeck (DE)
Appl. No. 18/271,421
Filed by DRAEGER MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Andover, MA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/087773
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/144380, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/132,159, filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0057947 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 5/7445 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); G06F 3/1454 (2013.01); A61B 2560/045 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0456 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a first patient monitor including:
a mount electrical interface,
a first monitor coupling;
a second monitor coupling;
a first monitor interface; and
a sensor interface electrically connectable to a plurality of patient physiological sensors;
a second patient monitor including:
a third monitor coupling that mechanically engages the first monitor coupling of the first patient monitor to removably receive the first patient monitor when the first patient monitor is docked to the second patient monitor;
a second patient monitor interface that electrically mates with the first monitor interface when the first patient monitor is docked to the second patient monitor to convey electrical signals between the first patient monitor and the second patient monitor; and
a fourth monitor coupling; and
a patient monitor mount including:
a first mount coupling assembly that mechanically engages the second monitor coupling when the first patient monitor is releasably docked with the patient monitor mount;
a second mount coupling assembly that mechanically engages the fourth monitor coupling when the second patient monitor is releasably docked with the patient monitor mount, and
a third monitor interface that electrically mates with the mount electrical interface of the first patient monitor when the first patient monitor is releasably docked with the patient monitor mount to convey electrical signals and power,
wherein the releasing is performed by manual actuation of a mechanical mechanism that withdraws a mechanical engagement of the patient monitor mount with the respective patient monitor,
wherein:
the first mount coupling assembly includes:
an engagement arm having at least one protrusion; and
an upper arm and a lower arm that retract and disengage the second monitor coupling when the engagement arm is actuated by disengaging a mounting bar located on a rear side of the second monitor from the protrusion of the engagement arm; and
a second mount coupling includes a release lever that, when actuated, disengages the fourth monitor coupling.