Abstract:
Disclosed is a medical module connection base ( 20,30 ), comprising a support wall ( 22,31 ) for supporting a medical module ( 10 ), a side wall ( 23,32 ) arranged on the support wall ( 22,31 ), and a signal transmission assembly which is arranged on the support wall ( 22,31 ) or the side wall ( 23,32 ) and communicates signals with the medical module ( 10 ). Further disclosed is a medical module expansion system, comprising a first medical module connection base ( 30 ) and a second medical module connection base ( 20 ) which are connected to and combined with a medical module ( 10 ), so that the medical module ( 10 ) can be functionally expanded and exchange data with external equipment conveniently.

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    The present disclosure relates to a medical module connection base and a medical module expansion system. 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    An existing medical module, such as a monitor module, is not provided with a variety of extended functions. With respect to the switch between bedside monitoring and patient transfer monitoring, it is a tedious work due to mounting or dismounting stationary structures or plugging peripheral cables. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0003]    According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a medical module connection base is provided, including a support wall for supporting a medical module, a side wall arranged on the support wall, and a signal transmission assembly which is arranged on the support wall or the side wall and communicates signals with the medical module. 
         [0004]    In a further improvement of the medical module connection base, an upside of the support wall may be provided with a second guide structure cooperated with a first guide structure of the medical module. 
         [0005]    In a further improvement of the medical module connection base, the signal transmission assembly may include at least one input and/or output interface and a first socket, and the first socket is connected to the medical module and electrically connected to the input and/or output interface. 
         [0006]    In a further improvement of the medical module connection base, the first socket may include a plug-in interface. 
         [0007]    In a further improvement of the medical module connection base, the input and/or output interface may further include at least one of an alternating current input socket, a VGA interface, a multifunction interface, a USB interface and a network interface. 
         [0008]    In a further improvement of the medical module connection base, the signal transmission assembly may be a plug-in interface. 
         [0009]    In a further improvement of the medical module connection base, a downside of the support wall may be provided with a third guide structure. 
         [0010]    In a further improvement of the medical module connection base, the medical module connection base may further include a handle arranged on the support wall or the side wall. 
         [0011]    In a further improvement of the medical module connection base, the medical module connection base may further include a rear side wall which is arranged on the support wall and provided with a hook. 
         [0012]    According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a medical module expansion system is provided, including a first medical module connection base and a second medical module connection base. The first medical module connection base may include a first support wall, a first side wall arranged on the first support wall, a first signal transmission assembly arranged on the first side wall, and a second guide structure arranged on an upside of the first support wall. The second medical module connection base may include a second support wall, a second side wall arranged on the second support wall, a second signal transmission assembly arranged on the second side wall, and a fourth guide structure and a third guide structure arranged respectively on an upside and a downside of the second support wall. The second guide structure may match the third guide structure, the fourth guide structure may match the first guide structure of a medical module, and the first signal transmission assembly may communicate signals with the medical module via the second signal transmission assembly. 
         [0013]    In a further improvement of the medical module expansion system, the second signal transmission assembly may be a second plug-in interface, the first signal transmission assembly may comprise at least one input and/or output interface and a first plug-in interface connected with the second plug-in interface, and the first plug-in interface may be electrically connected with the input and/or output interface. 
         [0014]    According to the connection base and the medical module expansion system of the present disclosure, by means of connecting and combining the medical module and the medical module connection base having a signal transmission assembly, the medical module could communicate data with peripherals, resulting in convenience of extending functions of the medical module, and flexibility in providing a plurality of clinical applications and function combination. In addition, the operation of plugging peripheral cables may also be simplified when monitoring beside hospital beds or patient transfer, thus making the operation convenient and efficient, shortening the operation time and improving the transfer efficiency. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0015]      FIG. 1  is a schematic perspective view of combination of a first medical module connection base and a medical module according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
           [0016]      FIG. 2  is a schematic exploded view of the first medical module connection base and the medical module shown in  FIG. 1 . 
           [0017]      FIG. 3  is a schematic perspective view of combination of a second medical module connection base and a medical module according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure. 
           [0018]      FIG. 4  is a schematic exploded view of the second medical module connection base and the medical module shown in  FIG. 3 . 
           [0019]      FIG. 5  is a schematic exploded view of the rear of the combination shown  FIG. 3 . 
           [0020]      FIG. 6  is a schematic view of  FIG. 3  seen from a tilted angle. 
           [0021]      FIG. 7  is a schematic perspective view of combination of a medical module expansion system and a medical module according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure. 
           [0022]      FIG. 8  is a schematic view of the rear of the combination shown in Fig. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     First Embodiment 
       [0023]    Referring to  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 , a first medical module connection base  30  may be combined with a medical module  10  according to the first embodiment. 
         [0024]    The medical module  10  may have a housing  11  which is provided with a first guide slot  12  at the bottom surface and a data interface  13  at a side face. In the embodiment, the medical module  10  is a monitor module, and the data interface  13  is a plug-in interface female socket. 
         [0025]    The first medical module connection base  30  may include a first support wall  31  and a first side wall  32  which is vertical to the first support wall  31 . The first support wall  31  may be provided with a first guide rail  319  protruded on the inner bottom surface  311 . The first side wall  32  may be provided with a first socket  310  and a guide rib  391  at the inner side face  321 . In the embodiment, the first socket  310  could be a plug-in interface male socket. 
         [0026]    Please referring to  FIG. 8 , the first medical module connection base  30  may be provided with input and/or output interfaces including an alternating current input socket  33 , a VGA interface  34 , a multifunction interface  35 , a USB interface  36  and a RJ45 network interface  37  at the rear side thereof. The VGA interface  34  may be used for connecting with an external display. The multifunction interface  35  may be used for connecting with other monitors. The first socket  310  may be electrically connected to the input and/or output interfaces. The medical module  10  and the first medical module connection base  30  may be electrically connected through the first socket  310 , so that the data from the medical module  10  may be selectively exported to each input and/or output interface. In the embodiment, the first socket  310  together with the input and/or output interfaces may form a signal transmission assembly of the first medical module connection base  30 . Of course, the first socket  310  and the input and/or output interfaces may be disposed at any position of the first support wall  31  or the first side wall  32  as required. 
         [0027]    When connecting the first medical module connection base  30  with the medical module  10 , the medical module  10  could be slipped into or slipped off the first medical module connection base  30  via the guiding of the first guide slot  12  and the first guide rail  319 . The first socket  310  can be connected with the data interface  13  in a pluggable manner, so that the medical module  10  and the first medical module connection base  30  could be combined into a hospital bedside monitor which can be fixedly disposed beside the bed through the first medical module connection base  30  and provides other extended functions for the monitor module and prepares for next transfer during independent monitoring. 
       Second Embodiment 
       [0028]    Referring to  FIG. 3  to  FIG. 5 , a second medical module connection base  20  may be combined with the medical module  10  according to the second embodiment. 
         [0029]    The second medical module connection base  20  may include a holding space  21  and a handle  26  disposed above the holding space  21 . The holding space  21  may be a semi-enclosed space formed by a second support wall  22 , a second side wall  23 , a rear side wall  24  and an incomplete upper wall  25 . The holding space  21  has an inner bottom surface  211  and an inner side face  214 . A second guide rail  212  may be protruded on the inner bottom surface  211 . The inner side face  214  may be provided with a second plug-in interface male socket  213 . In the embodiment, the second plug-in interface male socket  213  could be a plug-in interface male socket. The second guide rail  212  may include a narrow part  215  near the outer side and a wide part  216  near the inner side. The narrow part  215  may be gradually widened towards the wide part  216 . The second guide rail  212  may be adapted to the first guide slot  12  of the medical module  10 . Of course, the second plug-in interface male socket  213  may be disposed at any position of the second support wall  22 , the second side wall  23 , the rear side wall  24  or the upper wall  25  as required. 
         [0030]    The handle  26  of the second medical module connection base  20  may include a vertical part  261  connected with an end part of the second side wall  23  and a horizontal part  262  connected with vertical part  261 , which facilitates carrying the medical module system by hand. Of course, the handle  26  may also be disposed on the second support wall  22 , the rear side face  24  or the upper wall  25  as required. 
         [0031]    The medical module  10  may be slipped into or slipped off the holding space  21  of the second medical module connection base  20  via the guiding of the first guide slot  12  and the second guide rail  212 . The second plug-in interface male socket  213  could be connected with the data interface  13  in a pluggable manner, so that the medical module  10  and the second medical module connection base  20  could be mounted to be a transfer monitoring device having a handle which could be mounted to a cross bar of the bed or a bed tail plate through the handle during the process of transfer. Furthermore, as shown in  FIG. 8 , the second medical module connection base  20  could be plugged with other parameter modules  40  to extend functions of the medical module  10 . With electrical connection obtained by plugging the second plug-in interface male socket  213  into the data interface  13 , the extended parameter modules  40  could transfer data to the medical module  10 . 
         [0032]    The second medical module connection base  20  may further include two straight rails  241  protruded on the back side of the rear side wall  24  and a hook structure  242 . The hook structure  242  may include a support plate  243  and two hooks  244  fixedly arranged on the support plate  243 . The support plate  243  is provided with two grooves  245  at the bottom surface. One end of the groove may be straightly connected to the bottom end of the support plate  243 , and the other end is enclosed. With the cooperation of the grooves  245  and the straight rails  241 , the hook structure  242  may be detachably connected to the side wall  24 . With the two hooks  244 , the combination of the second medical module connection base  20  and the medical module  10  in the embodiment could be mounted at the cross bar of the bed or the bed tail plate (not shown in figures) during the process of transfer. 
         [0033]    Referring to  FIG. 6 , a second guide slot  219  is arranged on an outer bottom surface  217  of the second support wall  22 , a second plug-in interface female socket  210  and a guiding groove  29  is arranged on an outer side face  218  of the second side wall  23 , thereby achieving combination of the second medical module connection base  20  and the first medical module connection base  30 . In the embodiment, the second plug-in interface female socket  210  and the second plug-in interface male socket  213  may form a second signal transmission assembly. 
       Third Embodiment 
       [0034]    Referring to  FIG. 7  and  FIG. 8 , a medical module expansion system having the first medical module connection base  30  and the second medical module connection base  20  is provided according to the third embodiment. 
         [0035]    Through the guiding of the second slot  219  and the first guide rail  319  of the first medical module connection base  30 , the second medical module connection base  20  could be slipped into the first medical module connection base  30 . The guiding groove  29  may match a guide rib  391 , and the second plug-in interface female socket  210  may, with the guide slot, be electrically connected to the first socket  310 . With the cooperation of the first guide slot  12  of the medical module  10  and the second guide rail  212  of the second medical module connection base  20 , the medical module  10  may be slipped into the second medical module connection base  20 , and the second plug-in interface male socket  213  may be plugged into the data interface  13  of the medical module  10 , forming electrical connection. Accordingly, the medical module  10  could be electrically connected to the first medical module connection base  30 , so that the data of the medical module  10  could be exported to each input and/or output interface for interaction. In such way, formed by the medical module  10 , the second medical module connection base  20  and the first medical module connection base  30 , a portable hospital bedside monitor could be fixedly disposed beside the bed through the first medical module connection base  30  and provides other extended functions to the monitor module  10 . It could also be used for preparing next transfer during independent monitoring. 
         [0036]    In conclusion, with the guiding of the guide structure and the pluggable electrical connection between the data interface  13  and the signal transmission assembly, the medical module may be easy to be detachably combining with the connection base, so that the signals of the medical module could be exported through the connection base, and the medical module and the connection base could form a medical module system with extended functions. 
         [0037]    The foregoing descriptions of specific examples are intended to illustrate, appreciate and not to limit the present disclosure. Various changes and modifications may be made to the aforesaid embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure.