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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1985
Jacob J Norman, Westminster, CA (US);
American Hospital Supply Corporation, Evanston, IL (US);
Abstract
Calibration testing of a blood pressure transducer can be performed in immediate proximity to the body of the patient by including in either the transducer housing or the housing of a connector located adjacent thereto, a pair of membrane switches on opposite sides of the housing. The switches are connected in series with each other and with a shunting resistor which, when connected across one input and one output port of the transducer's circuit, will produce a predetermined pressure reading. The switches are so arranged as to require simultaneous actuation from two sides of the housing to prevent accidental actuation of the testing circuit by the patient.