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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:
Feb. 14, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce R Bowman, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Edentec Corporation, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128723 ; 128671 ; 128700 ; 128716 ;
Abstract
An apnea monitor employs dual detectors for determining patient breaths while rejecting cardiac artifacts. The first detector examines a respiration signal at a first sensitivity for apparent breaths. The second detector examines at a second sensitivity to determine if the apparent breath was actually an artifact.