Welch Allyn, Inc.

Mark E Pingel

Marshall W Magee

Thomas A Myers

Shawn C St Pierre

Roger William Graves

Michael D Garrant

Eric Jason Bailey

John Howard Irwin

Corrie A Baum

Esther N Ahn

Jennifer M Kilian

James M Robinson

Michael D Hoch

Gary L Arnold

David D Gamble

John P McGloon

David E Rynkiewicz

Ann M Jewell

Matthew J Bobowski

Craig M Meyerson

Tyson B Whitaker

Edward W Wright

A method for extending a functionality of a computing device programmed to obtain physiological measurements from a patient includes: registering, at the computing device, a plug-in module, the plug-in module providing additional functionality for the computing device; using the plug-in module to communicate with a medical device; commanding the medical device to obtain physiological information from a patient; receiving data associated with the physiological information from the medical device; and transferring the data to a central repository.

Extensibility for manipulation of medical data

Patient monitoring device with graphical user interface

In blood pressure measurement of a vertebrate through use of an inflatable pressure cuff disposed about a limb of the vertebrate limb and inflated by pump driven by a motor, the air pressure within the cuff is determined at any given time during the inflation of the cuff by calculating the incremental change in pressure in the pressure cuff over a series of small time increments and summing the calculated incremental pressure changes from the initiation of cuff inflation to a desired point in time during the inflation of the pressure cuff. The incremental change in pressure within the cuff is calculated as a function of the incremental change in current drawn by the pump motor over the time increment.

Blood pressure determining method

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Camillus, NY, United States of America

Mark E Pingel