Patent ID: 7896572
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: A61M,F16B,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for interlocking a plurality of portable medical devices in a side-by-side relationship, the system comprising: the plurality of portable medical devices including a first medical device and a second medical device; the first medical device including a housing having opposite sides, at least one of the opposite sides including a matable element; the second medical device including a housing having opposite sides, at least one of the opposite sides of the housing of the second medical device including a matable element for detachably interconnecting to the matable element on the first medical device housing and attaching the first and second medical devices; wherein at least one of the medical devices includes a blocking means for preventing a third medical device from attaching to either one of the first medical device and the second medical device once the first medical device and the second medical device are attached; and wherein the at least one of the medical devices is provided with only a single matable element, constituting the blocking means.