Patent ID: 11937972
Assignee: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A medical device system, comprising: an elongate medical device, comprising: a proximal end including one or more sensor connectors; and a distal end including one or more sensors or emitters wired to the one or more sensor connectors, wherein the one or more sensors or emitters include one or more electromagnetic coils and one or more electrocardiogram (ECG) sensors; and a quick-release drive connector comprising a housing body including one or more sensor connector attachments including one or more electromagnetic coil attachments and one or more electrocardiogram sensor attachments, the quick-release drive connector configured to: a) slide over the proximal end of the elongate medical device and engage the one or more sensor connectors with the one or more sensor connector attachments, wherein engagement is configured to cause current to flow from the quick-release drive connector to the one or more electromagnetic coils causing generation of an electromagnetic field, and b) slide off the proximal end of the elongate medical device and disengage the one or more sensor connectors from the one or more sensor connector attachments wherein disengagement is configured to stop the current from flowing from the quick-release drive connector to the one or more sensors or emitters.