Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated

Syneron Medical Ltd.

Covidien LP

Daryl Bordon

Claude Hutcheson

Keith Batchelder

Scott A Amundson

Mark Brecht

Scott Anthony McGill

Bankim H Mehta

Clark Raymond Baker, Jr

Scott A McGILL

The present disclosure provides a system and method for determination and indication of the time remaining before a patient's physical characteristics are displayed on a monitor. The indication may be a numeric count-down, a progress bar, a clock face, an audible signal, or any other time and/or progress indication. The approximate wait-time may be determined, for example, by adding the known, generally fixed durations of characteristic determination processes to the calculated, variable durations of characteristic determination processes. Exemplary processes which may have generally fixed durations include monitor boot-up, sensor validation, and sensor calibration. Exemplary processes which may have variable durations include sensor location determination and pulsation detection. The sum of the pre-determined and calculated durations may be an approximate wait-time, which is indicated to a caregiver via visual or audible display. If a process takes longer than anticipated or an unexpected event occurs, the wait-time indication may be modified to reflect the longer anticipated wait-time.

Pulse oximeter with wait-time indication

The invention provides a system and method for percutaneous energy delivery in an effective, manner using one or more probes. Additional variations of the system include array of probes configured to minimize the energy required to produce the desired effect.

Devices and methods for percutaneous energy delivery

Methods for applying energy to tissue using a graphical interface

Portion of a display screen with indicator icons

Circular satseconds indicator and triangular saturation pattern detection indicator for a patient monitor display panel

Satseconds indicator for a pulse oximeter display panel

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Livermore, CA, United States of America

Daryl Bordon