Patent ID: 11931179
Assignee: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A medical system, comprising:
a console including memory and one or more processors for converting reflected optical signals from an optical-fiber stylet into shapes thereof for display, the console either further including an integrated optical interrogator or communicatively coupled to a stand-alone optical interrogator for converting the reflected optical signals into the shapes of the optical-fiber stylet;
an optical shape-sensing (“OSS”) medical device for shape sensing, the OSS medical device including the optical-fiber stylet and a barrier-piercing plug;
one or more electrical medical devices, each electrical medical device including at least one electrical plug; and
a relay module including:
a housing;
a primary receptacle disposed in the housing configured to accept insertion of the barrier-piercing plug and establish a through-barrier connection between the relay module and the OSS medical device, the through-barrier connection selected from a through-barrier optical connection and a through-barrier optical-and-electrical connection;
one or more secondary receptacles disposed in the housing configured to accept insertion of the at least one electrical plug of each electrical medical device of the one or more electrical medical devices and establish a corresponding number of under-barrier electrical connections between the relay module and the one or more electrical medical devices; and
one or more cables extending from the housing, the one or more cables including a corresponding number of relay-module plugs for establishing one or more relay connections between the relay module and either the console or a combination of the console and the stand-alone optical interrogator, the one or more relay connections selected from a relay optical connection, a relay optical-and-electrical connection, and a relay electrical connection, provided at least the relay optical connection or the relay optical-and-electrical connection is selected.