US 11,950,972 B2Granted

Controller, adapter and connector systems for high density electrode management

OwnerJohn A. Cadwell, Patrick Scott Jensen +2inventors

InventorsJohn A. Cadwell, Patrick Scott Jensen, Brandon Vazquez, Wayne Dearing

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Abstract

Systems, devices and methods for advanced electrode management in neurological monitoring applications include receiving sockets configured to receive connectors having groups of electrodes. The physician is not required to manually map each electrode with its corresponding input channel. Electrodes are coupled to the corresponding input channels in groups through connectors having a unique identification (ID). The system is configured to read the unique ID of each connector and establish its identity. Based on the ID, the system configures itself to automatically correlate or associate each electrode with its corresponding input channel when the connectors are first inserted into the receiving sockets, and again if the connectors are removed and re-inserted into different positions in the receiving sockets, to insure the electrodes are always mapped to the same input channels.

Claims23

Dependent claims

An electrode management system comprising:

a first adapter wired to a first connector, wherein the first connector is electronically associated with a first identification code and wherein the first adapter is configured to receive a first lead in electrical communication with a first electrode group;
a second adapter wired to a second connector, wherein the second connector is electronically associated with a second identification code that is different than the first identification code and wherein the second adapter is configured to receive a second lead in electrical communication with a second electrode group;
and
a control unit configured to receive the first connector and the second connector, wherein the controller is configured to automatically identify the first identification code upon the first connector being connected to the control unit, to automatically identify the second identification code upon the second connector being connected to the control unit, to associate the first electrode group with a first set of input channels based on the first identification code, and to associate the second electrode with a second set of input channels based on the second identification code.

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Facts

Application: 17/645,670Filed 22 Dec 2021 · continuation
Priority: 12 Dec 2016
Published: US 2022/0183787 A116 Jun 2022
Granted: 9 Apr 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

A61B 90/98
Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags: using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
A61B 5/287
Invasive: holders for multiple electrodes, e.g. electrode catheters for electrophysiological study [EPS]
A61B 5/296
Specially adapted for particular uses: for electromyography [EMG]
A61B 90/96
Coded with symbols, e.g. text: using barcodes

Family

Application15/376,655Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Dec 2016
Application62/774,042Us provisional application · filed 30 Nov 2018
Application16/267,689Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 5 Feb 2019
US 10,238,467 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Mar 2019
Application16/698,879Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Nov 2019
US 2022/0183787 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 Jun 2022
US 11,241,297 B2Parent of this continuation
US 11,273,004 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application16/698,879Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application16/267,689Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0161123 A1Published application
US 2020/0000547 A1Published application
US 2020/0093566 A1Published application
US 11,950,972 B2This patent

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