Abstract: A connector attached to an end of a twisted wire pair, whose other end has fetal and maternal electrodes. A driving tube is removed from the twisted wire pair by pulling a drive handle and driving tube over the connector. The outer diameter of the connector is smaller than the inner diameter of the driving tube. After the connector is free, it is inserted into a housing of a leg plate, which electrically interconnects terminals of the connector and thereby the electrodes with a remote monitoring device. The housing has finger grips to help hold the housing during the insertion of the connector. The leg plate also has a base which is held in position against a mother's leg and has a ground electrode which is also electrically interconnected with the device. The housing is rotatable relative to the base.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for a surgical stapler includes a movable projection and a notch for receiving the movable projection. The notch is at least partially defined by an abutment surface for contacting the projection to inhibit movement relative movement between the projection and reception means in a direction orthogonal to the direction of movement of the projection.

Abstract: A connector attached to an end of a twisted wire pair, whose other end has fetal and maternal electrodes. A driving tube is removed from the twisted wire pair by pulling a drive handle and driving tube over the connector. The outer diameter of the connector is smaller than the inner diameter of the driving tube. After the connector is free, it is inserted into a housing of a leg plate, which electrically interconnects terminals of the connector and thereby the electrodes with a remote monitoring device. The housing has finger grips to help hold the housing during the insertion of the connector. The leg plate also has a base which is held in position against a mother's leg and has a ground electrode which is also electrically interconnected with the device. The housing is rotatable relative to the base.

Abstract: A connector attached to an end of a twisted wire pair, whose other end has fetal and maternal electrodes. A driving tube is removed from the twisted wire pair by pulling a drive handle and driving tube over the connector. The outer diameter of the connector is smaller than the inner diameter of the driving tube. After the connector is free, it is inserted into a housing of a leg plate, which electrically interconnects terminals of the connector and thereby the electrodes with a remote monitoring device. The housing has finger grips to help hold the housing during the insertion of the connector. The leg plate also has a base which is held in position against a mother's leg and has a ground electrode which is also electrically interconnected with the device. The housing is rotatable relative to the base.

Abstract: A fetal electrode product comprises a guide tube, an electrode assembly having a spiral electrode extending from its forward end and a flexible drive tube extending through said guide tube and adapted to engage said electrode assembly for rotating said spiral electrode. A protective cap is retained on the forward portion of the electrode assembly to protect the doctor and mother from the pointed end of the spiral electrode before, during and after the electrode is removed from the fetus during birth.

Abstract: A fetal electrode product comprises a guide tube, an electrode assembly having a spiral electrode extending from its forward end and a flexible drive tube extending through said guide tube adapted to engage said electrode assembly for axially moving and rotating said spiral electrode. A safety sleeve is retained on the forward portion of the electrode assembly to protect the doctor and mother from the pointed end of the spiral electrode before, during and after the electrode is removed from the fetus during birth.

Abstract: A fetal electrode product comprises a guide tube, an electrode assembly having a spiral electrode extending from its forward end and a flexible drive tube extending through said guide tube and adapted to engage said electrode assembly for rotating said spiral electrode. The guide tube comprises two relatively rigid sections and an intermediate flexible section such that the curvature of the guide tube can be changed during application of the electrode.