Patent ID: RE39233

Claim:
A patient monitoring system comprising a patient support platform, a peripheral stand, one or more monitoring displays on the peripheral stand, monitoring probes for attaching to a patient and a cable arrangement carrying monitoring data between the patient support platform and the one or more monitoring displays, the cable arrangement comprising: (a) a base unit positioned at the peripheral stand and having a series of first connection points each connected to a respective one of the one or more monitoring displays in the stand, the base unit also having one or more second connection points, each one of a series of input lines of each first connection point being internally connected directly to one of a series of input lines of the one or more second connection points; (b) a satellite unit positioned on the patient support platform and having a series of third connection points each connected to a respective monitoring probe, said satellite unit being positionable on the patient support platform independent of the positioning of the monitoring probes, the satellite unit also having one or more fourth connection points, each one of a series of input lines of each third connection point being internally connected directly to one of a series of input lines of the one or more fourth connection points; and (c) a cable connecting the one or more second connection points in the base unit directly to the one or more fourth connection points on the satellite unit, the cable being readily detachable from the one or more fourth connection points; wherein all of the probes are connected to the satellite unit over the patient support platform, all of the one or more monitoring displays are connected to the base unit at the peripheral stand; and the platform and stand are connected solely by said cable, the region between the patient support platform and the peripheral stand being thereby maintained in a less cluttered state than if each probe was independently connectable to the respective display.