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Patent No.:

US 10061739 B1

Date of Patent:

Aug. 28, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2016

Portable instrument and docking station with divided universal serial bus communication device

Applicant:

Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US);

Inventors:

Christopher M. Keegan, Marcellus, NY (US);

Kenneth V. Coon, Jordan, NY (US);

Christopher M. Haigney, Syracuse, NY (US);

Miguel C. Mudge, Syracuse, NY (US);

Assignee:

Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US);

Attorney:

Merchant & Gould P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Brian T Misiura

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 13/4286 (2013.01); G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 13/4081 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0456 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 19/3418 (2013.01);

Abstract

A universal serial bus (USB) communication system includes a portable instrument and a docking station that communicate with a host device using a divided USB communication device. A first portion of the USB communication device is provided in the portable instrument. A second portion of the USB communication device is provided in the docking station. The first portion includes a non-USB communication device that communicates with the second portion in a non-USB format. The second portion converts the communications into a USB format suitable for the host device.

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