CN104619248A

CN104619248A - Clip for a patient monitoring pod

Info

Publication number: CN104619248A
Application number: CN201380047603.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: W·T·布雷施; T·科纳汉; R·拉内; S·汤普森; K·甄
Original assignee: Draeger Medical Systems Inc
Current assignee: Draeger Medical GmbH
Priority date: 2012-07-13
Filing date: 2013-07-12
Publication date: 2015-05-13
Anticipated expiration: 2033-07-12
Also published as: CN104619248B; WO2014012064A3; WO2014012064A2

Abstract

Disclosed are clips for a patient monitoring pod that is used with portable patient monitoring devices and systems. A patient monitoring pod and clip can rotate relative to each other to accommodate a patient's environment.

Description

For the clip of the plug-in box of patient-monitoring

With the cross reference of related application

This application claims No. 61/671576th, the U.S. Provisional Application that the exercise question submitted on July 13rd, 2013 is " clip for the plug-in box of patient-monitoring ", the exercise question submitted on August 10th, 2012 is No. 61/682144th, the U.S. Provisional Application of " clip for the plug-in box of patient-monitoring ", the priority of the exercise question submitted on April 2nd, 2013 be the exercise question of No. 61/807551st, the U.S. Provisional Application of " clip for the plug-in box of patient-monitoring " and submission on July 13rd, 2012 be No. 29/427118th, the United States Design application of " clip for the plug-in box of patient-monitoring ".Its full content is incorporated to herein by the disclosure of above-mentioned patent application by reference.

Technical field

Theme described herein relates generally to field of medical device, more particularly, relates to the equipment of the monitoring for improvement of patient (particularly changing the patient of position), system, article and method.

Background technology

Patient monitoring system enables doctor or other care-givers know the state of patient.Within the hospital, patient can be moved to another position by from a position.In this case, patient being separated from one or more monitoring equipments of first position and he/her being attached to the monitoring equipment of the second position can be pretty troublesome.Some patient monitoring systems can be moved to adapt to patient position within the hospital or the change of other nurse facilities.Other patient monitoring systems can have according to the situation of patient and his/her position and the patient-monitoring element changed or plug-in box.

Summary of the invention

There is provided herein a kind of clip for patient monitoring modules or plug-in box being attached to rod, bar, support or patient monitoring devices, wherein, described clip comprises bedplate, a sidepiece of this bedplate there is coupling part, and opposite side has the spring being attached to lever arm and fixture.

In certain embodiments, there is provided herein a kind of clip for armarium being attached to the structure comprising base portion and lever arm.Described base portion comprises that rotary connector is divided, locking mechanism and locking release member; Interior connection fittings are connected with armarium, and be rotatably connected described in what these connection fittings can rotate be connected to part; Described connection fittings are locked to armarium by described locking mechanism; Described locking mechanism discharges from described armarium by described locking release member.Lever arm comprises user grip area, fixture and torque spring, and this torque spring provides torsion to the connection with base portion.

Following characteristics can be present in clip with any suitable combining form.In certain embodiments, the connection fittings of the base portion of clip can be the accessory that is slidably connected.In some embodiment of clip, connection fittings can be adaptive snapper.In certain embodiments, clip can comprise one or more friction pads.In certain embodiments, be configured at clamping plate the part contacting described structure, one or more friction pads can be positioned at fixture relative, faced by part.In certain embodiments, described structure can comprise the combination in any of shelf, rod, bed or these structures.Described clip can also comprise the rotating mechanism that the part that makes to be rotatably connected rotates in base portion, and described rotating mechanism comprises at least one sphere, spring and at least one screens.In certain embodiments, described clip can comprise the rotating mechanism that the part that makes to be rotatably connected rotates in base portion further, and described rotating mechanism comprises locking bolt arm and locking bolt pin.In certain embodiments, described clip can be configured to rotate with the form of discrete increment.Described clip can be configured to rotate with the form measured easily arbitrarily.In certain embodiments, the locking mechanism of described clip can be configured to only have and just discharge armarium when rotary connector is divided and is in specific position relative to clamp base part.In some embodiment of clip, described base portion can be dish type.

In related aspect, there is provided herein the plug-in box of a kind of patient-monitoring, comprising: first surface and second, described first surface and the second face are parallel to each other substantially; Mounting blocks, it is in the part of described first surface; And recessed accessory, it is on described second.

Following characteristics can be present in the plug-in box of patient-monitoring with the combining form of any appropriate.In certain embodiments, described mounting blocks can comprise protuberance, and this protuberance comprises base and bonding part, and described bonding part is larger than the base portion of protuberance, thus has the otch receiving bindiny mechanism and can fit into.Described reception bindiny mechanism can comprise the connection fittings of clip, fixture and clamp accessory or the recessed accessory on second of second plug-in box of patient-monitoring.In certain embodiments, the type of reading that the plug-in box of patient-monitoring can obtain comprises the combination in any of blood pressure, breathing rate, oxygen saturation, body temperature, heart rate and these readings.The plug-in box of described patient-monitoring can be configured to stacking with the identical plug-in box of other patient-monitorings, and the plug-in box of identical patient-monitoring is connected with recessed accessory by mounting blocks in the plug-in box of each patient-monitoring.

Further, in related aspect, there is provided herein a kind of method, the method comprises: provide the plug-in box of a kind of patient-monitoring and clip assembly, this assembly comprises: the plug-in box of patient-monitoring and clip, what this clip was configured to discharge is connected to the plug-in box of described patient-monitoring, and described method also comprises provides induction apparatus, and this inductor configurations is provide data to the plug-in box of patient-monitoring and monitor the blood pressure of patient, breathing rate, oxygen saturation, body temperature, heart rate or these combination.Described clip comprises: base portion, and it comprises the part that is rotatably connected: lever arm, and it is connected with described base portion, and described lever arm has first end and the second end; User grip area, it is at the first end place of described lever arm; Fixture, it is at the second end place of described lever arm; And torque spring, it provides torsion to the connection with base portion.Described base portion also comprises: connection fittings, and it is connected with the plug-in box of patient-monitoring, and be rotatably connected described in what these connection fittings can operate be connected to part; Locking mechanism, described connection fittings are locked to the plug-in box of patient-monitoring by it; And locking release member, described locking mechanism discharges from the plug-in box of patient-monitoring by it.

Following characteristics can be present in described method with the combining form of any appropriate.In certain embodiments, described method can also comprise plug-in for described patient-monitoring box to rotate to be and adapts to the position of patient relative to the plug-in box of patient-monitoring.In certain embodiments, described in be rotatably connected part can comprise rotating mechanism, this rotating mechanism comprises at least one sphere, spring and at least one screens.In certain embodiments, described rotary connector is divided and is comprised rotating mechanism, and this rotating mechanism comprises locking bolt arm and locking bolt pin.

In related aspect, there is provided herein a kind of clip for armarium being attached to structure, comprising: lever arm, it comprises user grip area and fixture; Base portion, it is in the position relative with lever arm and is connected to described lever arm by torque spring; Rotating mechanism, it is configured to limit the rotation of described base portion relative to armarium; And mounting blocks, it is connected with armarium, the locking bolt base of what described mounting blocks can operate be connected to described rotating mechanism.Described torque spring provides the torsion between described lever arm and described base portion.Described rotating mechanism comprises: locking bolt arm, and it is attached to described base portion and the second end freedom at first end; Locking bolt pin, it is configured to the second end being positioned described locking bolt arm; And locking bolt base, what it can operate is connected to described base portion, and described locking bolt base is configured to receive described locking bolt pin.

Following features can be present in for being attached in the clip of structure by armarium with the combining form of any appropriate.In certain embodiments, described locking bolt base can comprise multiple notch, and described notch is configured to allow locking bolt pin fix and allow locking bolt pin to enter and shift out the movement of each notch.Described locking bolt arm can be configured to mobile described locking bolt pin.In certain embodiments, described base portion can be shaped as when being caused locking bolt arm to move towards base portion by user applied pressure on locking bolt arm, receives locking bolt arm.In some embodiment of clip, move towards base portion the rotation that locking bolt arm can allow locking bolt base.In such embodiments, moving locking bolt arm towards base portion can make locking bolt pin move into the position not hindering locking bolt base to rotate.

One or more details changed accompanying drawing below and the elaboration in description of theme described herein.The further feature of theme described herein and advantage will embody in the specification and illustrated in the drawings and in claim.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 shows the plug-in box of the patient-monitoring being attached to clip;

Fig. 2 shows and is not attached the plug-in box of the patient-monitoring shown in Fig. 1 of clip;

Fig. 3 is another view of the plug-in box of patient-monitoring being attached to clip;

Fig. 4 shows and is not attached another view of the plug-in box of the patient-monitoring shown in Fig. 1 of clip;

Fig. 5 shows the side view of the plug-in box of patient-monitoring, and the plug-in box of this patient-monitoring shows splicing ear or accessory;

Fig. 6 shows the clip for the plug-in box of patient-monitoring with slidingtype connection fittings.

Fig. 7 shows the first view of rotation and locking mechanism in the clip with slidingtype connection fittings;

Fig. 8 shows the axonometric chart of rotation and locking mechanism in the clip with slidingtype connection fittings;

Fig. 9 shows the base portion of the clip with slidingtype connection fittings, and this base portion is with lock release button;

Figure 10 shows the plug-in box of the patient-monitoring being attached to clip, and this clip is with the snapper on connection fittings;

Figure 11 shows the clip with the snapper on connection fittings;

Figure 12 shows the rotating mechanism of clip, and this clip is with the snapper on connection fittings;

Figure 13 is the axonometric chart of the rotating mechanism of clip, and this clip is with the snapper on connection fittings;

Figure 14 shows for being attached the exemplary clip of the plug-in box of patient-monitoring to rod, bar, support or patient monitoring devices;

Figure 15 shows the exploded view of the exemplary clip in Figure 14;

Figure 16 is the view of the exemplary clip of Figure 14 at locked position;

Figure 17 is the view of the exemplary clip of Figure 14 at non-locked position;

Figure 18 shows the plug-in box of patient-monitoring with mounting blocks, and this mounting blocks is used for fitting into clip, for being attached to the accessory of shelf, bar or bar, or for the recessed accessory on the plug-in box of another patient-monitoring; And

Figure 19 shows another view of the plug-in box of patient-monitoring of Figure 18 display, and the plug-in tape of this patient-monitoring has recessed accessory to receive the mounting blocks on the plug-in box of another patient-monitoring.

Reference numeral identical in each accompanying drawing represents identical element.

Detailed description of the invention

Clip disclosed herein, for connecting the plug-in box of patient-monitoring or independently module, they are for portable and can be used to various types of adapter, for patient monitoring devices, portable construction or fixed structure.Clip allows the long-term or short-term of patient-monitoring plug-in box to be attached to clip.Short-term attachment accessory makes user install the position of difficulty on clip to structure, then changes the plug-in box of patient-monitoring as required.On the contrary, long-term attachment accessory allows firm connection, and wherein clip position changes as required, and excessively pays close attention to the steadiness of the position of the plug-in box of patient-monitoring without the need to user.How the plug-in box of patient-monitoring also can be attached to clip or other plug-in boxes and open at this with regard to plug-in box.

The clip used together with the plug-in box of patient-monitoring disclosed herein can make the plug-in box of patient-monitoring rotate relative to clip, and this clip is attached in fence, bar or other structures.Although described below this rotates to be the form of the discrete increment of 90 degree, this rotation can comprise be less than 90 degree increment, be greater than the increment of 90 degree or rotate arbitrarily.An advantage of the ability that the plug-in box of patient-monitoring rotates relative to clip is can be simplified from the plug-in box of patient-monitoring by way of to the cable of patient and/or monitoring equipment and rope.Another advantage of this ability that the plug-in box of patient-monitoring rotates relative to clip be assembly can fit in patient bed around more multiposition.Correspondingly, clip can be attached near the bedrail of bed of patient, shelf or ledge, or for rack or the bar of other equipment near patient, due to the ability that this rotates, the plug-in box of patient-monitoring can rotate to moving towards easily around clip.

Describe in more detail in No. 61/635372nd, U.S. Provisional Patent Application, No. 29/424360th, United States Design application and No. 29/379086th, United States Design application with the patient monitoring devices that the plug-in box of patient-monitoring described herein uses together with clip, the disclosed content of described three applications is incorporated to herein by way of reference.

The plug-in box of patient-monitoring being described as adapting with clip disclosed herein describes in more detail in No. 60/947046th, U.S. Provisional Patent Application, No. 12/165067th, U.S. Patent application and No. 11/961071st, U.S. Patent application, and the disclosed content of described three applications is incorporated to herein by way of reference.

The plug-in box of patient-monitoring and clip assembly

Fig. 1 shows the plug-in box of patient-monitoring and clip assembly 100.The plug-in box of patient-monitoring and clip assembly 100 comprise the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring and clip 115, and the plug-in box of this patient-monitoring 105 is with mounting blocks 110 on a large face, and this clip 115 is attached to the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring at coupling part 120 place.Clip 115 has the base portion 125 being attached to coupling part 120, and is the top of clip on the sidepiece contrary with coupling part of base portion 125, and this clip comprises lever arm 130 and fixture 135.

Fig. 2 shows the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring be not attached in Fig. 1 of clip.Here the plug-in box of the patient-monitoring shown 105 has two foursquare substantially of being parallel to each other.Mounting blocks 110 is arranged in the center of of square-shaped planar.Mounting blocks 110 is for having the protuberance of bonding part 111, and this bonding part 111 is larger than the base portion of protuberance, thus has the otch 112 receiving bindiny mechanism and can fit into.The mounting blocks 110 of the plug-in box of patient-monitoring 105 can not only fit into clip described herein, and can fit into existing comprising in the installing mechanism of fixture and clamp accessory.The plug-in box of patient-monitoring that can receive from the mounting blocks of the plug-in box of another patient-monitoring describes further herein.

Fig. 3 is another view that the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring is attached to clip 115.The view of Fig. 3 display is from the top of clip 115 towards the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring.Can see that fixture 135 is above the base portion 125 of clip.Lever arm 130 is connected to fixture, and ergonomic characteristics 131 is positioned at the end of lever arm 130, helps user to hold clip when pressure being applied to lever arm 130 with box lunch.

Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 is the alternative views of the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring.Fig. 4 shows another view not being attached the plug-in box 105 of the patient-monitoring shown in Fig. 1 of clip.Mounting blocks 110 is shown as the centre of foursquare that is arranged in the plug-in box of patient-monitoring 105 one.Fig. 5 shows the side view of the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring, and it demonstrates splicing ear or accessory 104, exchanges data to patient monitoring devices or obtain the rope of reading from patient and cable is attached at splicing ear or accessory 104.In addition, mounting blocks 110 and bonding part 111 are visible together with otch 112.The type of the reading that the plug-in box of patient-monitoring can obtain comprises blood pressure, breathing rate, oxygen saturation, body temperature, heart rate and similar reading.The induction apparatus of the blood pressure that the plug-in box of patient-monitoring can be configured to can to monitor patient with one or more, breathing rate, oxygen saturation, body temperature, heart rate or these combination is connected.

For the clip of the plug-in box of patient-monitoring

Fig. 6 shows the clip 115 for the plug-in box of patient-monitoring with slidingtype connection fittings 150.Base portion 125 comprises circular coupling part 120, and this coupling part 120 comprises slidingtype connection fittings 150 and locking mechanism 145.Locking release member 140 is also positioned in base portion 125 and attachment abutment divides 120.

Clip 115 in Fig. 6 has the part 120 that is rotatably connected.What the slidingtype connection fittings 150 with locking mechanism 145 allowed clip 115 and patient to detect between plug-in box 105 is connected for a long time.When the mounting blocks 110 (see Fig. 2) that patient detects plug-in box 105 slips in slidingtype connection fittings 150, locking mechanism 145 is depressed.When mounting blocks 110 is fully bonded in slidingtype connection fittings 150, locking mechanism 145 is upspring to the position be firmly held in by mounting blocks 110 in slidingtype connection fittings 150.Locking mechanism 145 guarantees that clip 115 can not unclamp or depart from from the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring along with the plug-in box of patient-monitoring 105 rotates (such as when the direction that user wants change rope or cable to send from the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring).Clip 115 makes the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring rotate and keeps being arranged on 90 degree of positions be biased.In order to be discharged by plug-in for patient-monitoring box 105 from clip 115, clip 115 and the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring must align thus make when user activates locking release member 140, and locking mechanism 145 is in the position of locked release member 140 pressure.

Fig. 7 shows the first view that be rotatably connected part 120 and locking mechanism 145 in clip 115 use together with slidingtype connection fittings 150.Fig. 7 also show the screens 155 in coupling part 120, and this screens 155 causes clip 115 and the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring to rotate relative to each other with 90 degree of increments or keeps attachment.In order to the mobile part 120 that is rotatably connected, the plug-in box of patient-monitoring 105 can be pushed in a direction by such power, and this power can be depressed sphere 160 against keep-spring 165 and make sphere no longer be arranged in screens 155.Once the suitable relative orientation between the plug-in box of patient-monitoring 105 and clip is selected, screens 155 receives sphere 160 and spring 165 is guaranteed the plug-in box of patient-monitoring 105 and is anyly attached to the position change that its cable or the weight of rope do not cause the plug-in box-clip assembly of patient-monitoring.When user is wanted to remove clip 115 from the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring, the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring can be pushed into the position that locking mechanism 145 aligns with locking release member 140.Button (have no in Fig. 7, but the opposite side of base portion in fig .9 125 illustrates) on clip then can be pressed, and locking release extension 141 activates locking release member 140.At that time, because mounting blocks can freely slide out from slidingtype accessory 150, so the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring can be separated from clip 115.Sphere 160 is shown as spheroid, but it can be shaped as the suitable shape of the rotation of dodecahedral bucky-ball (buckyball) (being configured as the model with irregular) or other parts 120 that allow as required to be rotatably connected.

Fig. 8 shows the axonometric chart of be rotatably connected part 120 and locking mechanism 145 in the clip with slidingtype connection fittings 155.As shown in Figure 7, in the certain orientation that the screens 155 be rotatably connected in part 120 and sphere 160 and spring 165 make clip 115 and the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring can keep relative to each other.Locking mechanism 145 makes the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring during rotation can keep being attached to clip 115.When being properly aligned and activate, locking release member 140 and locking release actuator 141 will make the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring skid off from slidingtype accessory 150.Can see lever arm 130 in fig. 8, when user is wanted to open fixture 135, (not shown in Fig. 8) lever arm 130 is pushed towards base portion 125.

Fig. 9 show for the clip 115 (shown in Figure 8) with slidingtype connection fittings 155 with lock release button 142 base portion 125.When depressing lock release button 142, user activates locking release actuator 141 (see Fig. 8), if suitably alignd, this locking release actuator 141 causes locking release member 140 to depress locking mechanism 145 conversely.Fig. 9 also show spring and the viscoelastic clamping surface 170 of the clamping force transmitting clip 115.Viscoelastic clamping surface 170 can another surface of similar or different material in part faced by fixture 135 (not shown in Fig. 9, but can see in FIG) supplement.No matter whether clip 115 is directed with the fixture 135 along horizontal or vertical direction opening, and the ability remaining on the position on bar, rod or railing can decide in the clamping of the partly enhancing of the clamping surface 170 of origin self-adhering, elastomeric.

Figure 10 shows the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring and is attached to clip 115 with the snapper on connection fittings.In certain embodiments, the recognizable space between clip 115 and the plug-in box of patient-monitoring 105 in Figure 10 than Fig. 1 in show less.That is because the coupling part in the base portion 125 of clip 115 shown in Figure 10 is recessed.The clip 115 of Figure 10 also has fixture 135 and lever arm 130.Viscoelastic clamping surface 180 in the interior part of fixture 130 shows in Fig. 10, also show connectivity port or accessory 104.

Figure 11 shows the clip 115 with the snapper on connection fittings.Snapper on connection fittings comprises tension spring 185 and rivet 190.Coupling part 120 is the coupling part of rotation and rotates around rivet 190, and this rivet 190 extends past base portion 125.Clip 115 as shown in Figure 6, clip 115 can rotate relative to the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring by user, thus the plug-in box of patient-monitoring is attached with the incremental miantenance of 90 degree.Mounting blocks 110 (shown in Figure 2) keeps fitting within recessed snapper by tension spring 185.Like this, user can have the connection of short-term between clip 115 and the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring.Due to the character that the short-term between the plug-in box 105 of clip 115 and patient-monitoring is connected, so there is no locking mechanism in clip 115.The ergonomic characteristics 132 in lever arm 130 and base portion 125 is also show in Figure 11.Ergonomic characteristics 132 can help user to catch base portion 125 better when using clip 115.

Figure 12 and Figure 13 shows the rotating mechanism for the clip 115 with the snapper on connection fittings.The part that is rotatably connected 120 has screens 155, and this screens 155 helps the relative position keeping clip 115 and the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring.Screens 155 receives sphere 160, this sphere 160 by spring 165 by upwardly to stop the motion of the plug-in case assembly of clip-patient-monitoring.Spring 165 applies enough pressure on sphere 160 so that the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring of the cable supported with attachment and rope.Rivet 190 allows coupling part 120 to rotate, and tension spring 185 keeps being connected to mounting blocks 110 (see Fig. 2).

Figure 14 shows for being attached the exemplary clip 100 of the plug-in box of patient-monitoring to arbitrary that fix or moveable structure as above.Clip 100 comprises clamp base 125, lever arm 130, user grip area 110, fixture 135, friction pad 170, torque spring 175, locking bolt base 115 and mounting blocks 120.

Lever arm 130 at one end has user grip area 110 and has fixture 135 at the other end.It is torque spring 175 between user grip area 110 and fixture 135.Torque spring 175 is between lever arm and clamp base 125.Power is applied to lever arm 130 and clamp base 125 by the configuration of torque spring 175, makes fixture 135 on lever arm 130 towards clamp base bias voltage.Torque spring 175 can be configured as the bias voltage causing fixture 135 towards clamp base 125 in any suitable manner.Figure 14 shows torque spring 175, and this torque spring 175 has the tight columniform coil of material.

User can by the distance promoting towards clamp base 125 or extrude user grip area 110 and increase between fixture 135 and clamp base 125.Fixture 135 sections of lever arm 130 can comprise friction pad (this looks not shown), and this friction pad orientates another friction pad 170 towards being positioned on clamp base 125 as.One or more friction pads 170 can help clip 100 to remain on assigned address on the surface of such as rod, fence, patient monitoring devices, shelf or similar structure by the frictional force improved between surface and clip 100.

Locking bolt base 115 is attached to clamp base 125, as shown in figure 14.Locking bolt base 115 is shown as dish type, an one sidepiece towards clamp base 125 and its second sidepiece towards mounting blocks 120.Mounting blocks 120 has reception slit 121, and the element on the plug-in box (not shown) of monitoring can fit into and receives in slit 121 and be clasped.When clip is in the configuration of non-locking and user moves locking bolt base 115, mounting blocks 120 can rotate.Locking bolt base 115 can rotate with fixed interval and locking enters in the configuration of locking, or locking bolt base 115 can rotate arbitrary amount before locking bolt base 115 locks by user, thus clip 100 is in the configuration of locking.

Mounting blocks 120 can for the coupling part for being attached the plug-in box of monitoring be applicable to arbitrarily in the mode of slide adaptation or promotion adaptation.Mounting blocks 120 can make user in more than one configuration, be attached the plug-in box of monitoring.The rotatory power of locking bolt base 115 and the combination being attached to the different arrangement of the plug-in box of patient-monitoring of clip 100 can make user obtain suitable configuration, this configuration make patient comfort and care-giver or other user close to lead to or from the cable of the plug-in box of patient-monitoring.

Figure 15 shows the exploded view of the exemplary clip 100 of Figure 14.In this exploded view, the more multicomponent of clip 100 can be in sight.Clip 100 comprises lever arm 130, user grip area 110, fixture 135, friction pad 170, clamp base 125, torque spring 175, locking bolt base 115 and the mounting blocks 120 with reception slit 121, as shown in figure 14.Exploded view makes following element have better view: lever arm pivotal point 131, pivotable mandrel 172, base pivots point 126, locking bolt arm 160, locking bolt pin 165, swivel bolt assembly 180, be positioned at bolt on locking bolt base 115 and receive accessory 185, be also positioned at notch 155 on locking bolt base 115 and rotation stop, mounting blocks attachment bolt 190 and bolt hole 195.In fig .15, the friction pad 170 on the lever arm 130 of fixture 135 end can be in sight; This friction pad 170 is sightless in fig. 14.

Torque spring 175 is attached to lever arm 130 and clamp base 125 by pivotable mandrel 172, and this pivotable mandrel 172 is through the coil of the material in torque spring 175.Pivotable mandrel 172 is also through lever arm pivotal point 131 and base pivots point 126.Pivotal point 131,126 is fulcrum, and along with user promotes or the user grip area 110 of extrusion lever arm 130 towards clamp base 125, lever arm 130 moves around this fulcrum.

Other features being connected to clamp base 125 can be seen in fig .15.Swivel bolt is through the packing ring in swivel bolt assembly 180.The bolt of swivel bolt assembly 180 also passes clamp base 125 and the bolted fittings 185 be attached in locking bolt base 115.Swivel bolt assembly 180 and bolted fittings 185 make clamp base 125 rotate extremely for user position easily relative to locking bolt base 115.

Mounting blocks attachment bolt 190 passes locking bolt base 115 and enters in the bolt hole 195 on mounting blocks 120.Mounting blocks attachment bolt 190 and bolt hole 195 can be positioned as making mounting blocks 120 be configured to relative to locking bolt base 115 uniquely a kind of possible.Selectively, mounting blocks attachment bolt 190 and bolt hole 195 can be adjusted to make mounting blocks 120 relative to locking bolt base 115 more than one configuration (such as two kinds or three kinds of configurations) for possible.

Locking bolt arm 160 is shown together with locking bolt pin 165, and this locking bolt arm 160 is attached to clamp base 125 at one end, and this locking bolt pin 165 extends through one end not retrained by clamp base 125 of locking bolt arm 160.One end around locking bolt pin 165 of locking bolt arm 160 can be configured with the width wider than the part of the remainder of locking bolt arm.Clamp base 125 can be shaped as and receives locking bolt arm 160 when user promotes locking bolt arm 160 towards the mid portion of clamp base 125.

Locking bolt arm 160 is separated by gap, slit or groove with the mid portion of clamp base, the width of this gap, slit or groove can be equal with the width of locking bolt arm 160, but due to limit by the position of the locking bolt pin 165 relative to notch 155 on locking bolt base 115, described width is generally equal to and makes clip 100 change the distance needed for the configuration of non-locking into from the configuration of locking.Locking bolt arm 160 has enough rigidity to stand user to be promoted against it.The material manufacturing locking bolt arm 160 can be identical with the material of clamp base 125, or the material of locking bolt arm 160 can be different from the material of clamp base 125.

Locking bolt base 115 has bolted fittings 185, and the bolt of swivel bolt assembly 180 fits in bolted fittings 185.Bolted fittings 185 can substantially at the center of locking bolt base 115, if or need, bolted fittings 185 can off-center.Circumference along locking bolt base 115 is notch 155.Notch 155 can for being uniformly distributed (such as with 30 ° of intervals, 15 ° of intervals, 45 ° of intervals or other suitable intervals arbitrarily).What adjoin notch 155 is annular (annular of local or complete annular), and this annular makes locking bolt pin 165 move out from the notch of specifying arbitrarily or move into another notch from a notch.Annular will have the width of the diameter being greater than or equal to locking bolt pin 165.Notch 155 can be any suitable shape so that fixing locking bolt pin 165, and such as have as semicircular area of section, this semicircular radius is equal to, or greater than the radius of locking bolt pin 165.

As shown in figure 15, notch 155 can be placed as only along a part for the circumference of locking bolt base 115, or notch 155 can be placed as the whole circumference along locking bolt base 115, thus can 360 ° of rotations.The rotation of locking bolt base 115 can be retrained by rotation stop 156.Rotation stop 156 can be placed as the rotation of restriction locking bolt base 115, such as, be restricted to limited scope (such as 180 °, 90 °, 270 °, 200 ° and similar angle).

Figure 16 shows the exemplary clip 100 in the configuration of locking.Except the element shown in Figure 14 and Figure 15, locking bolt pin 165 is shown as and is in position 165A, and locking bolt pin 165 is positioned notch 155 by this position 165A.When locking bolt pin 165 is in the position 165A of location, locking bolt base 115 can not rotate.

Figure 17 shows the exemplary clip 100 in the configuration of non-locking.Shown clip 100 comprises all elements described by Figure 14 and Figure 15.Except these elements, Figure 17 also show the locking bolt pin 165 being in off-position 165B.When locking bolt pin 165 is in off-position 165B, locking bolt pin 165 be shown as be positioned at locking bolt base 115 annular on.In order to realize this off-position 165B, power 405 is applied to locking bolt arm 160 by user.Power 405 makes locking bolt arm 160 move towards the mid portion of clamp base 125, and locking bolt pin 165 shifts out from the notch 155 at its place and enters annular and off-position 165B by power 405.

When user applies revolving force 410, locking bolt pin 165 does not stop the rotation of locking bolt base 115 from off-position 165B.Once user has determined clip 100 relative to the optimum position of the plug-in box of patient-monitoring being attached to or being about to be attached to mounting blocks 120, user has been released in the power 405 on locking bolt arm 160.Then locking bolt pin 165 can adopt the position 165A of locking, as shown in figure 16.

The element (comprising base, lever arm and fixture) of clip can be any suitable shape, to make the armarium be attached rotate relative to clip, and to apply enough large power thus the armarium being connected to clip is attached to shelf, railing or other structure.Base portion 125 can be dish type, arch, local spheroid or any other be applicable to shape, to make armarium rotate around clip.

For arranging or the plug-in box of patient-monitoring of stacking use

Figure 18 and Figure 19 shows two sidepieces of the plug-in box 105 of patient-monitoring, described two sidepieces can be attached to clip 115, can accessory be attached to be attached to shelf, rod or bar, or the recessed accessory that can be attached on the plug-in box of another patient-monitoring by mounting blocks 110.Recessed accessory 195 on the plug-in box of another patient-monitoring 105 can comprise two or more tension spring 196, enough strength is applied so that before being separated with recessed accessory 195 by mounting blocks 110, mounting blocks 110 remains within recessed accessory 195 by this tension spring 196 at user.

As long as the plug-in box of each patient-monitoring 105 has mounting blocks 110 on one face and the recessed accessory 195 on the face parallel with first surface, then the plug-in box of the patient-monitoring configured in this way 105 can one on top of the other stacking.As long as the plug-in box of each patient-monitoring 105 has the relative position (that is, on contrary face) of identical mounting blocks 110 and recessed accessory 195, then the plug-in box 105 of the patient-monitoring of different size still can be stacked.When clip 115 is not enough, or when transporting the plug-in box 105 of the united many patient-monitorings for a patient, this configuration is useful.As transport patient and the plug-in box 105 of many patient-monitorings, keep plug-in box and rope can reduce care-giver's needs in identical orientation and patient " to be taken apart " from first position or mobile and by this patient " arrangement " or be placed in the time that second new position spend.In addition, when this patient transports between the first location and the second location, this can make patient-monitoring proceed.

The method of patient-monitoring

The plug-in box of patient-monitoring in various embodiments described herein can use with clip and system together with patient monitoring devices, with during convenient patient at rest and can monitor the situation of patient when patient is transported.In certain embodiments, on the desk that patient monitoring devices can be arranged on patient side or shelf, and the mode that one or more patient diagnosis modules can transmit between patient diagnosis module and monitoring equipment with data and electric power is attached to patient monitoring devices.Patient monitoring devices can be arranged in dimple (this dimple is on desk, shelf, medical stand), or in the cabinet of other embodiment.In addition, in other embodiments, patient monitoring devices from the bed of patient or railing or the edge suspension of taking turns bed, thus can break away from dimple.In certain embodiments, when patient is first position, patient monitoring devices can in dimple, then monitoring equipment can in the structure of shelf, railing, bed or other and patient together movement, then according to needs data and/or electric power transmitted in patient monitoring devices and dimple, monitoring equipment can again in dimple.In such embodiments, the plug-in box of patient-monitoring can be attached to patient monitoring devices by clip, or the plug-in box of patient-monitoring can be stacked to patient monitoring devices side in chain mode, or the plug-in box of patient-monitoring can utilize clip described herein to be attached to contiguous railing, support or bar.Before the rotation plug-in box of patient-monitoring that can occur in subsequently of the locking bolt base of clip is attached to clip.

Clip for the plug-in box of patient-monitoring has such design: comprise bedplate, a sidepiece of this bedplate has coupling part, and opposite side has the fixture being attached to lever arm.Bedplate and lever arm have ergonomic characteristics, thus user can be made to use clip better.The design of the clip for the plug-in box of patient-monitoring described herein is be more fully described below in No. 29/427118th, the U.S. Design Pat application of " clip for the plug-in box of patient-monitoring " at the title that on July 13rd, 2012 submits to.Its full content is incorporated to herein by this application (No. 29/427118th, U.S. Design Pat application) by reference.

The clip being mainly used in the plug-in box of patient-monitoring is described in above-mentioned description, but such clip can also use together with other equipment (comprise armarium, electric device, fastening, cable tubing and device and other can be attached to equipment or the device of described clip suitably).

The embodiment set forth in above-mentioned description does not represent all embodiments of theme as herein described.On the contrary, they are only some the relevant examples to such scheme.As possible, identical Reference numeral will be used for representing same or analogous part in whole accompanying drawing.

Although describe in detail some changes above, other amendment or interpolation have also been possible.Especially, except described herein, further feature and/or change can also be provided.Such as, above-described embodiment can for the combination of the various combination of disclosed feature and sub-portfolio and/or above-described several further feature and sub-portfolio.In addition, describe in this article for using logic flow and step not to need shown particular order or sequencing to reach the result wanted.Similarly, element is arranged on positive portion, back, sidepiece, an embodiment of top or bottom or embodiment and is interpreted as relative localization.Other embodiment can be within the scope of the claims.

Claims

1., for armarium being attached to a clip for structure, comprising:

Base portion, it comprises the part that is rotatably connected, and described base portion comprises further:

Connection fittings, it is connected with armarium, and be rotatably connected described in what described connection fittings can operate be connected to part;

Locking mechanism, described connection fittings are locked to armarium by it; And

Locking release member, described locking mechanism discharges from described armarium by it;

Lever arm, it is connected with described base portion, and described lever arm has user grip area, fixture and torque spring, and this torque spring provides torsion to the connection with base portion.

2. the clip for armarium being attached to structure according to claim 1, wherein said connection fittings are the accessory that is slidably connected.

3. the clip for armarium being attached to structure according to claim 1, wherein, described connection fittings are adaptive snapper.

4. the clip for armarium being attached to structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, comprises one or more friction pads further.

5. the clip for armarium being attached to structure according to claim 4, wherein, is configured at fixture the part contacting described structure, one or more friction pads be positioned at fixture relative, faced by part.

6. the clip for armarium being attached to structure according to any one of claim 1 to 5, wherein, described structure comprises the combination in any of shelf, rod, bed or these structures.

7. the clip for armarium being attached to structure according to any one of claim 1 to 6, comprise further and make the rotating mechanism partly rotated in base portion that is rotatably connected, described rotating mechanism comprises at least one sphere, spring and at least one screens.

8. the clip for armarium being attached to structure according to any one of claim 1 to 6, comprise further and make the rotating mechanism partly rotated in base portion that is rotatably connected, described rotating mechanism comprises locking bolt arm and locking bolt pin.

9. the clip for armarium being attached to structure according to any one of claim 1 to 8, wherein, described clip is configured to rotate with the form of discrete increment.

10. the clip for armarium being attached to structure according to any one of claim 1 to 8, wherein, described clip is configured to rotate with the form measured easily arbitrarily.

11. clips for armarium being attached to structure according to any one of claim 1 to 10, wherein, described locking mechanism is configured to only have and just discharges armarium when rotary connector is divided and is in specific position relative to clamp base part.

12. clips for armarium being attached to structure according to any one of claim 1 to 11, wherein, described base portion is dish type.

13. 1 kinds of plug-in boxes of patient-monitoring, comprising:

First surface and second, described first surface and the second face are parallel to each other substantially;

Mounting blocks, it is in the part of described first surface; And

Recessed accessory, it is on described second.

The plug-in box of 14. patient-monitoring according to claim 13, wherein, described mounting blocks comprises protuberance, and this protuberance comprises base and bonding part, described bonding part is larger than the base portion of protuberance, thus has the otch receiving bindiny mechanism and can fit into.

The plug-in box of 15. patient-monitoring according to claim 14, wherein, described reception bindiny mechanism comprises the connection fittings of clip, fixture and clamp accessory or the recessed accessory on second of second plug-in box of patient-monitoring.

16. according to claim 13 to 15 any one described in the plug-in box of patient-monitoring, wherein, the type of the reading that the plug-in box of patient-monitoring can obtain comprises the combination in any of blood pressure, breathing rate, oxygen saturation, body temperature, heart rate and these readings.

17. according to claim 13 to 16 any one described in the plug-in box of patient-monitoring, wherein, the plug-in box of described patient-monitoring is configured to stacking with the identical plug-in box of other patient-monitorings, and the plug-in box of identical patient-monitoring is connected with recessed accessory by mounting blocks in the plug-in box of each patient-monitoring.

18. 1 kinds of methods, comprise;

The plug-in box of a kind of patient-monitoring and clip assembly are provided, comprise:

The plug-in box of patient-monitoring; And

Clip, what it was configured to discharge is connected to the plug-in box of described patient-monitoring, and described clip comprises:

Connection fittings, it is connected with the plug-in box of described patient-monitoring, and be rotatably connected described in what described connection fittings can operate be connected to part;

Locking mechanism, described connection fittings are locked to the plug-in box of described patient-monitoring by it; And

Locking release member, described locking mechanism discharges from the plug-in box of described patient-monitoring by it;

Lever arm, it is connected with described base portion, and described lever arm has first end and the second end;

User grip area, it is at the first end place of described lever arm;

Fixture, it is at the second end place of described lever arm; And

Torque spring, it provides torsion to the connection with base portion; And

There is provided induction apparatus, this inductor configurations is provide data to the plug-in box of patient-monitoring and be configured to monitor the blood pressure of patient, breathing rate, oxygen saturation, body temperature, heart rate or these combination in any.

19. methods according to claim 18, comprise further: rotated to be by plug-in for described patient-monitoring box and adapt to the position of patient relative to the plug-in box of patient-monitoring.

20. methods according to claim 19, wherein, described rotary connector is divided and is comprised rotating mechanism, and this rotating mechanism comprises at least one sphere, spring and at least one screens.

21. methods according to claim 19, wherein, described rotary connector is divided and is comprised rotating mechanism, and this rotating mechanism comprises locking bolt arm and locking bolt pin.

22. 1 kinds, for armarium being attached to the clip of structure, comprising:

Lever arm, it comprises user grip area and fixture;

Base portion, it is in the position relative with lever arm and is connected to described lever arm by torque spring;

Rotating mechanism, it is configured to limit the rotation of described base portion relative to armarium, and described rotating mechanism comprises:

Locking bolt arm, it is attached to described base portion and the second end freedom at first end;

Locking bolt pin, it is configured to the second end being positioned described locking bolt arm; And

Locking bolt base, what it can operate is connected to described base portion, and described locking bolt base is configured to receive described locking bolt pin; And

Mounting blocks, it is connected with armarium, the locking bolt base of what described mounting blocks can operate be connected to described rotating mechanism;

Wherein, described torque spring provides the torsion between described lever arm and described base portion.

23. clips for armarium being attached to structure according to claim 22, wherein, described locking bolt base comprises multiple notch, and described notch is configured to allow locking bolt pin fix and allow locking bolt pin to enter and shift out the movement of each notch.

24. according to claim 22 or the clip for armarium being attached to structure according to claim 23, and wherein, described locking bolt arm is configured to mobile described locking bolt pin.

25. according to any one of claim 22 to 24 for being attached the clip of armarium to structure, wherein, described locking bolt arm is biased to and prevents described locking bolt base from rotating in first configuration.

26. clips for armarium being attached to structure according to any one of claim 22 to 25, wherein, described base portion is configured as: when being caused locking bolt arm to move towards base portion by user applied pressure on locking bolt arm, receives locking bolt arm.

27. clips for armarium being attached to structure according to claim 26, wherein, move locking bolt arm towards base portion and allow locking bolt base to rotate.

28. clips for armarium being attached to structure according to claim 26, wherein, move locking bolt arm towards base portion and make locking bolt pin move into the position not hindering locking bolt base to rotate.