Oppedahl & Larson, Llp

Verrana LLC

Carl Oppedahl

Thomas C Bennett

Sharon Flank

William H Flank

Emil Walter Ciurczak

Sandra Glassman Flank

A boxhaving a bodyis used with a transparent flexible bag containing a liquid such as an IV bag. First and second facesare positioned relative to each other. The faces each have therewithin an end or fiber optic portof a respective light path. A light source is optically coupled with the light path of the first face and a spectrometer is optically coupled with the light path of the second face. The light paths are coaxial and are disposed so that the transparent flexible bag is positionable therebetween. The spectrometer is disposed to detect an anomaly in the liquid within the transparent flexible bag, and to annunciate the anomaly to a human user. The box defines a reproducible light path length through the liquid. A caliperhaving a bodymay be used in spectrometric analysis of a transparent tube containing a liquid such as a syringe or an IV line. The caliper has finger padswhich permit opening the spring-loaded caliper as needed. Rivetsprovide a pivoting action relative to a pivot structurewhich can also serve as a distance gauge. Compression springurges the caliper jaws together at lens locations. Lens locationsare optically coupled with internal fiber optic linesand thence to external fiber optic connectors. A light source is optically coupled with one of the connectorsand a spectrometer is optically coupled with the other of the connectors

Spectrometric analysis of fluids in-situ

A method is described for use with a server serving requested records among a multiplicity of records, and with a predetermined list of record identifiers, and with a first file containing information about records corresponding to the record identifiers. The method comprises the steps of: selecting at least two of the record identifiers from the list; for each one record identifier of the record identifiers: presenting a request to the server with respect to the record identifier; receiving a record from the server, said record corresponding to the record identifier; parsing the record, thereby deriving received information of interest from the record; comparing the received information of interest with corresponding information in the first file; and annunciating any difference between the received information of interest and the corresponding information in the first file.

Status monitoring system

A method and apparatus reports alarm events detected by an alarm system having a plurality of users, each user having a name and identified by an identifier other than the name. The system detects an event of interest relating to a user, creates a data stream indicative of the event and indicative of the identifier of the user, extracts from the data stream the identifier of the user, determines the name of the user based upon the identifier of the user, selects a message recipient based upon the event of interest, creates a text message addressed to the selected message recipient, the text message communicating the name of the user and communicating information indicative of the event of interest, and transmits the text message via a global communications network.

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