Physio-control, Inc.

Curt C Johansen

Richard C Nova

Stephen W Radons

Randall D Mills

Steven L King

George H Manset

Edward H Hann

Mark P Moore

A first electrical connector of an interface is provided on a floating plug assembly mounted on one component of a physiological instrument. A second electrical connector of the interface is mounted in a socket assembly constructed in another component that can be coupled to the first component by relative linear translation. Guides located in the socket assembly capture fingers on the plug assembly as the plug assembly is inserted in the socket assembly. The guides orient the plug assembly so that the first connector is correctly aligned with the second connector. The connectors are automatically joined as the first component is coupled to the second component.

Electrical interface for a portable electronic physiological instrument

A communication interface for transmitting serial data between a first and a second interconnectable medical instrument. A set of vertically aligned, horizontally extending leaf springs are disposed on opposing surfaces of the first and second medical instruments. A pair of serial data transfer circuits within the first and second medical instruments transmit and receive serial data through a pair of the leaf springs.

Communication interface for transmitting and receiving serial data

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Everett, WA, United States of America

Curt C Johansen