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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Hugo Veenstra, Kleine Brogel, BE;
Pierre Hermanus Woerlee, Valkenswaard, NL;
Frank Verbakel, Helmond, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical coupling unit for electrical signal transmission between the medical coupling unit () and a medical sensor () coupled to the medical coupling unit. The medical coupling unit comprises a coupling-side connector () comprising a plurality of first electrical contacts () in or on a first surface () and a plurality of second electrical contacts () in or on a second surface () opposite the first surface, and a connector interface () for analyzing electrical signals available at one or more of the plurality of first and second electrical contacts () to detect one or more of presence of a medical sensor coupled to the medical coupling unit, the type of medical sensor coupled to the medical coupling unit, and the orientation of a sensor-side connector of a medical sensor coupled to the medical coupling unit. The present invention relates further to a sensor-side connector ().