A flexible connector system for connecting a patient to a piece of medical monitoring equipment. The system has sensors that are applied to the body. A ribbon connector interconnects the sensors to a monitoring machine. The ribbon connector has a plurality of conductive leads printed upon a dielectric flexible substrate in a conductive ink. The ribbon connector has a first section and a second section, wherein the first section is solid and the section is divided into a plurality of strips. Each of the strips supports one of the conductive leads and terminates with one of said plurality of sensors.