Milwaukee Electronics Corporation

Briggs & Stratton, LLC

Charles Hardy Ketelhohn

Richard A Dykstra

A device for use with an infant that provides audible or visual signals based on a sensed lack of motion from an infant to stimulate motion by the infant. The sounds or light generated by the device are designed to encourage movement in an infant that is not moving, in order to reinitiate spontaneous movement by the infant and to alert a caregiver as to lack of movement by the infant. The device can also be configured to provide different audible sounds for different movements that are sensed by the device. The motion is sensed by an accelerometer disposed within the device that is formed of a monolithic integrated circuit chip. The accelerometer is connected to a controller that analyzes the accelerometer output signals and controls the sound or lights of the device in response to the accelerometer signals.

Accelerometer-based infant movement monitoring and alarm device

A unitary electrode mounting and packaging system for roughening the skin of a patient and applying an electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring electrode to the skin in a single step. A sheet of a thin plastic material is folded over itself to form a U-shaped carrier having an upper panel connected to a lower panel by the fold. The upper panel supports an electrode and an amount of an electrically conductive gel in a pocket that is covered by the electrode. The lower panel includes an abrasive or roughened material on the bottom surface of the lower panel opposite the electrode. To place the electrode on the skin, the carrier is positioned against the skin of a patient such that the roughened material contacts the skin and pressure is applied downwardly on the electrode. A tab connected to the lower panel then is grasped and pulled by an individual such that the roughened material abrades the skin beneath the carrier to clear the portion of the skin located beneath the electrode. Continued pulling of the tab then deposits the electrically conductive gel and the electrode on the portion of the skin cleared by the roughened material on the lower panel.

Skin abrading medical electrode mounting and packaging system

A combination speed limiter and transmission interlock system for an engine-transmission power train that includes an internal combustion engine and a transmission, the power train of the type used to power outboard engines and the like. The system utilizes fewer connections, is less expensive, is expected to be more reliable, utilizes a single housing, is easier to manufacture, and uses fewer components than a power train that utilizes separate speed limiter and transmission interlock modules.

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Cedarburg, WI, United States of America

Charles Hardy Ketelhohn