公开(公告)号：US5836910A

公开(公告)日：1998-11-17

申请号：US866664

申请日：1997-06-09

申请人： Robert J. Duffy ,  Casimer Domitrz ,  Edward M. Richards ,  Lon M. Severe ,  Benson C. Stone

发明人： Robert J. Duffy ,  Casimer Domitrz ,  Edward M. Richards ,  Lon M. Severe ,  Benson C. Stone

IPC分类号： A61M5/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61M5/14 ,  A61M5/168 ,  A61M5/172 ,  G05B19/02 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  H01R13/641 ,  H01R13/703 ,  A61B31/00

CPC分类号： A61M5/172 ,  A61M5/1413 ,  G06F19/3468 ,  H01R13/7038 ,  A61M5/16827 ,  H01R13/641 ,  H01R2201/12

摘要： A modular patient care system is described having unique mechanical, electrical, and logical features. An apparatus is described for allowing a modular connection arrangement wherein modules are detachably connected to each other in a convenient, flexible, interchangeable, and secure manner by providing a hinge connector pair, a specially located latch mechanism, and a guide means between any pair of modules. Additionally, an apparatus and method is described for automatic, sequential, and dynamic logical address assignment of functional units attached to the central management unit, according to their respective position in a linear array of units. Logical address assignment is designed to occur automatically upon a physical reconfiguration of the functional units, without requiring external input or a rearranged scheme for determining the relative physical positions of the functional units.

摘要翻译： 描述了具有独特的机械，电气和逻辑特征的模块化病人护理系统。 描述了一种用于允许模块化连接装置的装置，其中模块通过提供铰链连接器对，特别定位的闩锁机构和任何一对之间的引导装置以方便，灵活，可互换和安全的方式彼此可拆卸地连接 模块。 另外，描述了根据其在单位的线性阵列中的各自位置来附接到中央管理单元的功能单元的自动，顺序和动态逻辑地址分配的装置和方法。 逻辑地址分配被设计为在功能单元的物理重新配置时自动发生，而不需要外部输入或重新排列的方案来确定功能单元的相对物理位置。