Patent ID: 8118620
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: A61B,H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector in a noninvasive patient monitoring system, the connector configured to communicate drive signals received from a patient cable and to communicate detector signals indicative of attenuation of light by body tissue and generated by a sensor circuit, the connector comprising: a plurality of emitter signal conduit segments; one or more detector signal conduit segments; a first connector portion comprising a housing and configured to removably attach with a second connector portion comprising a housing, the housing of the first connector portion housing the plurality of emitter signal conduit segments which are each configured to couple with a corresponding signal conduit segment that is housed by the housing of the second connector portion, the housing of the first connector portion further housing the one or more detector signal conduit segments which are each configured to couple with a corresponding signal conduit segment that is housed by the housing of the second connector portion; and a shielding mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing of the first connector portion and configured to reduce unshielded areas surrounding the one or more detector signal conduit segments, the shielding mechanism comprising one or more detector shielding members, at least a portion of each of the one or more detector signal conduit segments disposed within a corresponding one of the one or more detector shielding members, at least one of the plurality of emitter signal conduit segments disposed outside the one or more detector shielding members.