US 12,156,732 B2
Patient connector assembly with vertical detents
Stephen Scruggs, Newport Beach, CA (US); Yassir Kamel Abdul-Hafiz, Irvine, CA (US); Ammar Al-Ali, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US); and Marc Antoine Laidet, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by MASIMO CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/815,689.
Application 17/815,689 is a continuation of application No. 16/597,503, filed on Oct. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,445,948.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/744,456, filed on Oct. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0014737 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/14551 (2013.01) [A61B 5/02444 (2013.01); A61B 5/6826 (2013.01); A61M 16/0816 (2013.01); A61B 2562/166 (2013.01); A61B 2562/227 (2013.01); A61B 2562/228 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A noninvasive physiological sensor assembly configured to monitor a tissue of a patient, the noninvasive physiological sensor assembly comprising:
a noninvasive sensor;
a cable assembly comprising a circuit board and conductors, the circuit board being coupled to a proximal end of the conductors, the cable assembly being coupled to the noninvasive sensor at a distal end of the conductors; and
a connector assembly comprising:
a first connector tab;
a second connector tab; and
a retainer comprising a plurality of pins, the plurality of pins extending through the second connector tab and mating with the first connector tab to support the circuit board between the first connector tab and the second connector tab.