Patent ID: 8668651

Claim:
A method to couple an electrocardiograph (ECG) monitor with at least one ECG lead set, the method comprising: providing an ECG monitor having at least one input; providing the at least one ECG lead set, wherein a number of the at least one ECG lead set is different from a number of the at least one input; determining the number of the at least one input and a configuration of each input; determining the number of the at least one ECG lead set and a configuration of a lead set connector of each ECG lead set; selecting an ECG adapter from a plurality of ECG adapters according to the number of the at least one input, the configuration of each input, and the number of the at least one ECG lead set, the plurality of ECG adapters comprising at least two ECG adapters configured to connect to a different number of ECG lead sets from each other, the selected ECG adapter comprising: a monitor connector for each input, each monitor connector corresponding to one of the inputs for coupling the ECG adapter to each input; and a lead set receptacle for each ECG lead set, each lead set receptacle corresponding to one of the lead set connectors for coupling the ECG adapter to each ECG lead set; coupling the ECG adapter to the ECG monitor such that each monitor connector is coupled to the corresponding input; and coupling the ECG adapter to each of the lead set connectors to thereby electrically couple the ECG lead sets with the ECG monitor.