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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. 05, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul D Mannheimer, Belmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nellcor Incorporated, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
125633 ; 356 39 ;
Abstract
An apparatus of and method for measuring arterial blood oxygen saturation at a particular tissue level of interest. Visible and near infrared radiation is emitted into a patient at the measurement site using two different wavelengths. Detection at two different detection sites permits rejection of oxygen saturation at undesired tissue levels.