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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:
Mar. 09, 1993
Filed:
May. 12, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Denise M Reiten, Champlin, MN (US);
Assignee:
CNS, Inc., Chanhassen, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128721 ; 128782 ;
Abstract
A volume change sensor having an elongated tubular enclosure with a thin deformable wall having a conduit for connection to a pressure monitor, there being an elongated insert material within the tubular enclosure that is wider than it is thick at some locations formed from resiliently deformable open cell foam. An elastic belt against which the tubular enclosure is positioned is used to wrap it about a respirating subject undergoing corresponding changes to measure same.