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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:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott A Kofoed, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Joseph A Orr, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David R Rich, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
Novametrix Medical Systems, Inc., Wallingford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 232 ; 128219 ; 573 233 ; 422 84 ;
Abstract
An integrated airway adapter capable of monitoring CO.sub.2 concentration in real time, breath by breath using infrared absorption techniques and monitoring respiratory flow with differential pressure flowmeters under diverse inlet conditions through improved sensor configurations which minimize phase lag and dead space within the airway adapter.