Patent ID: 6368141
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: A61B,A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A cable for connecting a sensor set to a monitor device, wherein the sensor set includes:a mounting base adapted for mounting onto a patient's skin, the mounting base including a cable fitting generally at a rear end of the mounting base, wherein the cable fitting of the sensor set includes a tubular element having a central bore formed therein for pass through reception of a portion of the sensor, and wherein the mounting base further includes lock mechanism for releasable coupling to the cable; a sensor having at least one sensor electrode thereon, the sensor including at least one contact pad conductively coupled to said electrode, the sensor being coupled to the mounting base; the cable comprising:a cable with two ends; and a cable connector connected to one of the two ends of the cable for releasable, interengageable coupling with the lock mechanism on the mounting base of the sensor set, wherein the cable connector includes at least one cable connector contact that is electrically coupled to the at least one contact pad of the sensor when the mounting base of the sensor set is coupled to the cable connector, and wherein the tubular element of the sensor set is for mating with a corresponding tubular recess formed in the cable connector of the cable.