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US 10,588,563 B2Granted
Living-body-mounted apparatus
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorToru Yabe
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Abstract
A living-body-mounted apparatus includes an apparatus main body, an electric-related attachment portion, and a flexible elongated member. The elongated member includes a living-body-side connector and an apparatus-main-body-side connector at a position midway through an electric cable thereof, and electrical conduction between the apparatus main body and the electric-related attachment portion is established while the connectors are connected. A condition of F1<F2 is satisfied, where F1 represents a minimum value of tensile load required for disconnection by moving the living-body-side connector and the apparatus-main-body-side connector relatively away from each other in a connected state and F2 represents a minimum value of tensile load required to detach the elongated member from the apparatus main body.
Claims20
A living-body-mounted apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus main body;
- an attachment portion including a sensor or a cannula and being attachable to any part of a living body;
- and
- an elongated member connecting the attachment portion and the apparatus main body to each other;
- wherein
- the elongated member includes a living-body-side cable including one end connected to the attachment portion, a living-body-side connector connected to the other end of the living-body-side cable, an apparatus-main-body-side cable including one end removably connected to the apparatus main body, and an apparatus-main-body-side connector connected to the other end of the apparatus-main-body-side cable;
- the living-body-side connector includes a first connection terminal electrically connected to the other end of the living-body-side cable;
- the apparatus-main-body-side connector includes a second connection terminal electrically connected to the other end of the apparatus-main-body-side cable;
- the living-body-side connector and the apparatus-main-body-side connector are capable of being in a connected state in which electrical conduction between the attachment portion and the apparatus main body is established as a result of contact between the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal owing to connection between the living-body-side connector and the apparatus-main-body-side connector and in a disconnected state in which electrical conduction between the attachment portion and the apparatus main body is cut off as a result of loss of contact between the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal owing to disconnection between the living-body-side connector and the apparatus-main-body-side connector;
- the living-body-side connector and the apparatus-main-body-side connector are provided with an engagement portion to maintain the connected state;
- and
- a minimum value of tensile load required to cut a connection between the living-body-side connector and the apparatus-main-body-side connector established by the engagement portion by moving the living-body-side connector and the apparatus-main-body-side connector relatively away from each other in the connected state is less than a minimum value of tensile load required to detach the apparatus-main-body-side cable from the apparatus main body by moving the apparatus main body and the apparatus-main-body-side cable relatively away from each other while the apparatus-main-body-side cable is connected to the apparatus main body.
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A living-body-mounted apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus main body;
- an electric-related attachment portion including a sensor and being attachable to any part of a living body;
- a fluid-related attachment portion including a cannula and being attachable to any part of the living body;
- and
- an elongated member connecting the electric-related attachment portion and the fluid-related attachment portion to the apparatus main body;
- wherein
- the elongated member includes a living-body-side cable including one end connected to the electric-related attachment portion, a living-body-side tube includes one end connected to the fluid-related attachment portion, a living-body-side connector connected to the other end of the living-body-side cable and the other end of the living-body-side tube, an apparatus-main-body-side cable includes one end removably connected to the apparatus main body, an apparatus-main-body-side tube includes one end removably connected to the apparatus main body, and an apparatus-main-body-side connector connected to the other end of the apparatus-main-body-side cable and the other end of the apparatus-main-body-side tube;
- the living-body-side connector includes a first connection terminal electrically connected to the other end of the living-body-side cable and a first connection port communicating with the other end of the living-body-side tube;
- the apparatus-main-body-side connector includes a second connection terminal electrically connected to the other end of the apparatus-main-body-side cable and a second connection port communicating with the other end of the apparatus-main-body-side tube;
- the living-body-side connector and the apparatus-main-body-side connector are capable of being in a connected state in which electrical conduction between the electric-related attachment portion and the apparatus main body is established as a result of contact between the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal owing to connection between the living-body-side connector and the apparatus-main-body-side connector and communication between the fluid-related attachment portion and the apparatus main body is established as a result of fitting between the first connection port and the second connection port and in a disconnected state in which electrical conduction between the electric-related attachment portion and the apparatus main body is cut off as a result of loss of contact between the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal owing to disconnection between the living-body-side connector and the apparatus-main-body-side connector and communication between the fluid-related attachment portion and the apparatus main body is cut off as a result of absence of fitting between the first connection port and the second connection port;
- the living-body-side connector and the apparatus-main-body-side connector are provided with an engagement portion to maintain the connected state;
- and
- a minimum value of tensile load required to cut a connection between the living-body-side connector and the apparatus-main-body-side connector established by the engagement portion by moving the living-body-side connector and the apparatus-main-body-side connector relatively away from each other in the connected state is less than a minimum value of tensile load required to detach the apparatus-main-body-side cable and the apparatus-main-body-side tube from the apparatus main body by moving the apparatus-main-body-side cable and the apparatus-main-body-side tube relatively away from the apparatus main body while the apparatus-main-body-side cable and the apparatus-main-body-side tube are connected to the apparatus main body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.