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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1995
Jeremy L Muller, Pelham, NH (US);
Gordon W Neff, Lexington, MA (US);
Joseph T Pappalardo, Magnolia, MA (US);
G Peter Pulsifer, Dracut, MA (US);
Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention is a physiological monitor for determining a physiological characteristic of a patient. The monitor is particularly adapted to monitor fetal heart rate, and includes a transducer for receiving a signal from the patient that is indicative of the physiological characteristic and for generating an output signal that is representative of the received signal. The monitor further includes a processor coupled to the transducer for receiving the output signal and generating therefrom a physiological signal that is representative of the physiological characteristic. The physiological signal may further be representative of the signal strength of a signal used to calculate the physiological characteristic. The monitor further includes a display unit fixed to the transducer and coupled to the processor for generating a display representative of the physiological signal.