Connector Assembly
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorZachary Jarrod Traina
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Abstract
A connector assembly may include an inner housing, a printed circuit board, an adhesive layer, a sensor film, and/or an outer housing. The inner housing may include a fluid flow path extending between a distal end and a proximal end of the inner housing. The printed circuit board may be on the inner housing. The printed circuit board may include a plurality of electrical contacts. The adhesive layer may be on the printed circuit board. The sensor film may be on the adhesive layer. The sensor film may be configured to generate a voltage in response to a force applied to the sensor film. The outer housing may surround the inner housing, the printed circuit board, the adhesive layer, and the sensor film.
Claims20
A connector assembly, comprising:
- an inner housing including a fluid flow path extending between a distal end and a proximal end of the inner housing;
- a printed circuit board on the inner housing, wherein the printed circuit board includes a plurality of electrical contacts;
- an adhesive layer on the printed circuit board;
- a sensor film on the adhesive layer, wherein the sensor film is configured to generate a voltage in response to a force applied to the sensor film;
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- an outer housing surrounding the inner housing, the printed circuit board, the adhesive layer, and the sensor film.
A system, comprising:
- a connector assembly, including:
- an inner housing including a fluid flow path extending between a distal end and a proximal end;
- a printed circuit board on the inner housing, wherein the printed circuit board includes a plurality of electrical contacts;
- an adhesive layer on the printed circuit board;
- a sensor film on the adhesive layer, wherein the sensor film is configured to generate a voltage in response to a force applied to the sensor film, and wherein one or more electrical signals are generated at one or more electrical contacts of the plurality of electrical contacts in response to the voltage generated in the sensor film in response to the force applied to the sensor film;
- an outer housing surrounding the inner housing, the printed circuit board, the adhesive layer, and the sensor film;
- wireless communication circuitry configured to wirelessly communicate signal data associated with the one or more electrical signals to an external computing device;
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- at least one processor programmed and/or configured to:
- receive the signal data;
- determine, based on the signal data, at least one event associated with the connector assembly;
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- at least one of (i) store, in a database, the at least one event in association with a patient and/or a provider and (ii) provide, via an output component, an alert associated with the at least one event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.