Patent ID: 7274956
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A connector for connecting a flexible elongate member having a sensor mounted thereon to a physiology monitor, the connector comprising: a housing having an internal passage therein; an electrical contact member disposed in the internal passage, the electrical contact member having a plurality of axially spaced contact members; a cable having a plurality of conductors, the plurality of conductors being electrically connected to respective axially spaced contact members; a sleeve having an opening therein which communicates with the internal passage in the housing and being moveable between an open position and a closed position; an interlock mechanism disposed in the housing having a locked position and an unlocked position, the interlock mechanism being in an unlocked position when an end of the flexible elongate member is fully inserted into the connector, the interlock mechanism being moveable between the locked position and the unlocked position by movement of the sleeve, wherein when the interlock mechanism is in the locked position, the sleeve is prevented from moving from the open to the closed position.