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

Claim 0:
1. A relay module, comprising:
a housing;
a primary receptacle disposed in the housing configured to accept insertion of a barrier-piercing plug associated with an optical shape-sensing (“OSS”) medical device 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 a corresponding number of electrical plugs associated with 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 a remainder of a medical system configured to receive optical and electrical signals from the relay module, 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.