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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:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Deighan, Gardner, KS (US);
Steven L Phillips, Olathe, KS (US);
Linn D Wanbaugh, Olathe, KS (US);
Philip M Metzler, St. Charles, MO (US);
Assignee:
Puritan Bennett Corporation, Lenexa, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820423 ; 12820421 ; 12820523 ;
Abstract
A respiratory apparatus (10) operable for delivering a breathable gas to the airway of a patient includes a status monitor (24,26) for determining the status of usage of the unit by the patient and a timer (32) for determining the accumulated time of usage of the unit by the patient.