# US 11,309,665 B1 · Active cable arrangement for connecting medical devices to a display

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- Number: US 11,309,665 B1
- Document ID: US11309665B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 16/789,965
- Filed: 2020-02-13
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2019-02-13
- Assignees: Ossi
- Applicants: Vedran Jukic
- Inventors: Vedran Jukic
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11309665B1

## CPC

- H01R 13/6691: {with built-in signalling means (H01R13/717 takes precedence)}
- A61B 5/0022: {Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet}
- A61B 5/742: {using visual displays (displays for heart-related electrical signals, e.g. ECG, A61B5/339)}
- G06F 15/16: Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs {(coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B)}
- A61B 2562/22: Arrangements of medical sensors with cables or leads; Connectors or couplings specifically adapted for medical sensors
- H01R 31/06: Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter (with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/94)
- H01R 2201/06: for computer periphery
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A customized active dongle plus cable arrangement is used to show combined and time synchronized data from different medical devices in realtime or from a specified point in time on a connected medical grade standard display monitor. The active cable arrangement of the invention is capable of communicating with a plurality of legacy and third-party medical devices via their designed physical and proprietary semantic protocols. Using the active cable arrangement, the user has the sensation of “plug and play”, by simply connecting the medical device to the monitor USB port (or to the USB hub extending the monitor USB port). The active cable arrangement of the invention transforms the proprietary protocol of the medical device, providing the monitor with standardized output for data, waveforms, alarms, setting, notifications, values and other useful information. The standard medical grade display monitor will support the display of such information according to the software API and specifications of the normalized JSON protocol.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of providing a customized active cable arrangement for connecting a particular medical device to a standard medical monitor, said particular medical device having at least a proprietary connection arrangement or proprietary data transmission protocol, in response to a user request, said request generated by a computing device, said request transmitted to a remote server associated with a manufacturer over a network, the method comprising the steps of:
providing said server with a database of medical device data, said database including a list of medical devices, each medical device on said list having particular identifying information associated therewith;
presenting said list of medical devices on said computing device in response to said user request and allowing a user to select a medical device on said list having particular identifying information matching identifying information associated with said medical device; and,
configuring said customized active cable arrangement.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein configuring said customized cable arrangement comprises the step of providing a connector and attached cable, said connector compatible with said proprietary connection arrangement.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein configuring said customized cable arrangement comprises the step of providing a preprogrammed interface, said interface programmed to convert said proprietary transmission protocol to a standard protocol.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3 wherein configuring said customized cable arrangement comprises the step of providing an output connector for said interface.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4 wherein said output connector is a USB connector.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 comprising the further step of storing data regarding proprietary transmission protocols for each of said medical devices listed on said server.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 comprising the further step of storing data on said server regarding proprietary connection arrangements for each of said medical devices listed on said server.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 comprising the further step of storing image data on said server corresponding to each medical device listed on said server.