Communication interface for transmitting and receiving serial data between medical instruments
US5549659A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 4, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/3968
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A communication interface for transmitting serial data between a first and a second interconnectable medical instrument. A set of vertically aligned, horizontally extending leaf springs are disposed on opposing surfaces of the first and second medical instruments. A pair of serial data transfer circuits within the first and second medical instruments transmit and receive serial data through a pair of the leaf springs.
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