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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:
Feb. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
David B Swedlow, Danville, CA (US);
Michael J Bernstein, San Ramon, CA (US);
Charles E Porges, Orinda, CA (US);
James E Luecke, Dublin, CA (US);
Michael W Nootbaar, Benicia, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600323 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for conserving power in a medical diagnostic apparatus by using a sleep mode during a monitoring state. The invention monitors physiological parameters of the patient and enters a sleep mode only after they have been stable for a predetermined period of time. The apparatus is periodically awakened from the sleep mode to take additional measurements and to ascertain that the stability of the physiological parameters has not changed.
Published as:
WO9728739A1; AU1849697A; US5746697A; EP0879014A1; US5924979A; EP0879014B1; DE69700622D1; JP2000504599A; DE69700622T2; JP3817586B2;