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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas P Frank, Dublin, OH (US);
Jeffrey L Thompson, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
Medex, Inc., Hilliard, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 / ;
Abstract
A system for calibrating a blood pressure transducer and monitor combination. The transducer assembly has a calibration resistor. The monitor cable has a housing which contains a switch and a shunt resistor. Electrical connections are provided to place the calibration resistor and shunt resistor in series with each other and in shunt across one leg of a transducer bridge to produce a reading of 100 mmHg on the monitor.