COMMUNICATION INTERFACE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEICOMMUNICATION INTERFACE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SERIAL DATA BETWEEN MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS VING SERIAL DATA BETWEEN MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS

摘要

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.