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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1993
Peter R Mick, Kinnelon, NJ (US);
Donald C Beck, Boonton, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A vital signs monitor comprising a first device capable of being disposed at a selected location on a patient to pass at least exhaled gases therethrough; a second device coupled to the first device to perform a plurality of resistive measurements of certain predetermined parameters of the exhaled gases and a plurality of optical absorption measurements of other predetermined parameters of the exhaled gases; and a third device coupled to the second device responsive to the plurality of resistive measurements and the plurality of optical absorption measurements to provide individual read outs of at least a value of carbon dioxide in the exhaled gases, a value of tidal volume of the exhaled gases and a value of a respiration rate of the patient.