Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for providing health-care equipment in a plurality of customizable configurations. A configuration includes a selection and arrangement of health-care equipment modules that each provide specialized support for the provision of health care, including the measurement of physiological parameters. Various types of configurations include those adapted to be mounted upon a desk top or a wall surface, or adapted for wheel mounting or hand-carriable mobile configurations.

Abstract: A medical workstation is defined by a supporting structure having at least one medical diagnostic instrument disposed thereupon. A first display is further disposed on a first side of the supporting structure and a second display is disposed on a second side of the supporting structure in a manner substantially opposite from the first display. Each of the first and second displays are interconnected to the at least one medical diagnostic instrument to permit at least one of the displays in order to display diagnostic results and are tandemly or independently controllable.

Abstract: Adaptive attachments used in combination with a blood pressure cuff enable various blood pressure measurements to be taken in a hospital or other setting having various single and/or dual lumen manual or electronic blood pressure measuring equipment with a single patient-worn cuff.

Abstract: A connector for blood pressure measurement systems is provided, wherein the connector enables interchangeable individual connection of a cuff to various gage housings, including those equipped with a male fitting or a female fitting, yet wherein the presence of the connector also desirably prevents inadvertent connection of a gage housing to certain other medical equipment.

Abstract: The invention is in one embodiment an apparatus and a method for measuring the blood pressure of a vertebrate subject. The apparatus uses an inflatable chamber with a sensor to detect signals indicative of a blood pressure of the subject during an inflation interval of the inflatable chamber. If secondary motion or artifact signals are detected, the apparatus and method determine whether the secondary signals are below a predetermined value, and if so, complete the measurement. If the signals indicate that the measurement is not accurate, the system and method immediately institute a measurement of the blood pressure during a deflation interval, which can include a step deflation interval. In the event that the subject is identified as a neonate, the system and method immediately measure using the deflation interval procedure.

Abstract: The invention is in one embodiment an apparatus and a method for measuring the blood pressure of a vertebrate subject. The apparatus uses an inflatable chamber with a sensor to detect signals indicative of a blood pressure of the subject during an inflation interval of the inflatable chamber. If secondary motion or artifact signals are detected, the apparatus and method determine whether the secondary signals are below a predetermined value, and if so, complete the measurement. If the signals indicate that the measurement is not accurate, the system and method immediately institute a measurement of the blood pressure during a deflation interval, which can include a step deflation interval. In the event that the subject is identified as a neonate, the system and method immediately measure using the deflation interval procedure.

Abstract: A connector for blood pressure measurement systems is provided, wherein the connector enables interchangeable individual connection of a cuff to various gage housings, including those equipped with a male fitting or a female fitting, yet wherein the presence of the connector also desirably prevents inadvertent connection of a gage housing to certain other medical equipment.

Abstract: A thermometry apparatus includes a housing that receives a probe having at least one temperature responsive element within an isolation chamber that is preferably removable from the housing. A switch assembly determines the presence of the isolation chamber in the housing wherein the apparatus is enabled only if the isolation chamber is attached to the housing and a probe is removed from the attached isolation chamber.

Abstract: A temperature measuring apparatus includes a releasable probe chamber for housing a thermometry probe in which the chamber is isolated from the remainder of the thermometry apparatus. Preferably, the probe chamber is releasably attached to the apparatus and causes engagement or disengagement of at least one control switch of the apparatus depending on whether a probe is being removed or inserted into the probe chamber.

Abstract: A temperature measuring apparatus includes a releasable probe chamber for housing a thermometry probe in which the chamber is isolated from the remainder of the thermometry apparatus. Preferably, the probe chamber is releasably attached to the apparatus and causes engagement or disengagement of at least one control switch of the apparatus depending on whether a probe is being removed or inserted into the probe chamber.

Abstract: A conduit assembly according to the invention includes a first member comprising a pair of integral conduit sections which interface with a custom connector having a first pair of distal connectors for receiving the receptacles of the duel lumen tube and a second pair of proximal connectors for receiving a shroud and an air tube, respectively. Received at the first proximal connector is a shroud for shielding electrical wiring. Received at the second proximal connector is a distal end of a pneumatic tube, which at its proximal end is connected to an air tube extending from an inflatable section of a cuff. The custom connector minimizes the area of and severity of seams and crevices at a separation area of electrical and pneumatic leads, and assures that the area of separation will endure only minimal mechanical degradation over the course of the device's use.

Abstract: A linear control valve that includes a flexible cantilevered beam having a seal mounted thereon that is arranged to open and close against a fluid port as the beam is flexed. The free end of the beam is in contact with a motor driven deflector and the amount of flexure controlled by selectively positioning the motor.

Abstract: An ophthalmoscope is provided with a slidably mounted rack which carries two polarizing filters mounted at right angles to each other so as to simultaneously position one filter in the light path and the other in the viewing path. The rack also carries a clear lens and a red-free filter for optional positioning in the light path.

Abstract: A video system having a video processor mounted to a frame, a viewing probe coupled to the video processor that has an imaging device at its distal end, and an illumination apparatus coupled to the viewing probe. The illumination apparatus includes a lamp assembly containing a light source. The lamp assembly also contains first and second heat sink members thermally coupled to the light source. Each of the heat sink members are electrically conducting and electrically insulated from the other. The first and second heat sink members are electrically coupled to the electrodes respectively of the light source. The illumination apparatus further includes a housing containing an opening configured and dimensioned to permit the insertion of the lamp assembly therein. The illumination apparatus further includes a receptacle disposed within and supported by the housing and having first and second electrical conductors.

Abstract: An integrally threaded brass insert is molded into the discharge conduit of a condensate pan such that a steel drainage pipe can be threadably engaged to the insert without causing damage to the plastic discharge conduit. Bonding between the insert and the surrounding conduit is enhanced by providing a knurled surface on the outer periphery of the insert.

Abstract: A heat exchange unit is disclosed which is capable of being mounted either in a vertical or horizontal position. A condensate pan including multiple drain openings each serving a particular position is additionally disclosed. A cover plate secures the condensate pan by providing a drain projection opening into which a projection from the condensate pan may extend. A drip pan for coacting with the condensate pan is provided when the unit is mounted in the horizontal position.