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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2001
Wim van Drongelen, Madison, WI (US);
Viasys Healthcare Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for easily and rapidly disconnecting electrode signals from and connecting electrode signals to amplifiers in, e.g., a medical signal monitoring system. A switching device is provided between an electrode and a corresponding electrophysiologic signal amplifier forming a signal channel. A channel disconnect selection user interface is provided for indicating selected channels. A channel disconnect user interface is provided, whereby an operator may indicate in a single action that electrode signals in the channels selected using the channel disconnect selection user interface are to be disconnected from, and reconnected to, their respective amplifiers. Electrode signals in the selected channels may be disconnected from and reconnected to their respective amplifiers automatically in timed relation to electrical stimulation provided to a subject.