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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
May. 29, 2014
Spacelabs Healthcare Llc, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Nityanand Shetty, Secunderabad, IN;
Rajanala Venkata Subrahmanyam, Hyderabad, IN;
Bottu V. Satishkumar, Visakhapatnam, IN;
Imandi Shiv Kiran, Kakinada, IN;
Katherine Stankus, Woodinville, WA (US);
Spacelabs Healthcare LLC, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Abstract
A capnography module for a patient monitoring system includes a hardware switching mechanism and a software mechanism for switching the capnography module automatically between a mainstream monitoring mode and a sidestream monitoring mode. The hardware switching mechanism along with software detection is capable of detecting the connection of a mainstream capnography sensor and a sidestream sampling line and generates flags to notify the software switching mechanism which sensor or line is connected. The software switching mechanism notifies a controller board in the module which monitoring system is available and the controller board operates the module in the respective mode. The capnography module also includes a connector latching mechanism for securing the mainstream capnography sensor to the module and preventing accidental disconnection.