Patent ID: 9591974
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01K,G06F

Claim:
1. A system for integrating one or more embedded components with health-care equipment, comprising: a housing providing an enclosure for a cavity and including one or more embedded components that are disposed within the cavity; an electrical interface between a computing component and at least one of the embedded components for transfer of at least one of electrical power and data between the computing component and each of the embedded components; and wherein each of the embedded components is configured to perform a measurement and to communicate results of the measurement to the computing component during interoperation with the computing component; and wherein the housing is configured to engage at any one time, one of at least a first face plate and a second face plate, and wherein the first face plate and the second face plate are each configured differently with respect to each other, and wherein each of the first face plate and the second face plate, upon engagement to the housing, facilitates a connection, from at least one of the embedded components that are disposed within the cavity of the housing, and to at least one peripheral component that is located outside of the housing, and wherein the housing is further configured to be attached to a bed.