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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1998
Stefan Olejniczak, Stuttgart, DE;
Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
A telemetry system comprising a transmitter for transmitting signals, preferably electromagnetic signals, and a receiver for receiving the signals from the transmitter. The receiver comprises a receiver contact unit for providing a contact with a transmitter contact unit of the transmitter. The receiver contact unit and the transmitter contact unit are adapted to provide a data communication during a contact phase for assigning a transmission channel to the transmitter and/or to the receiver. The receiver may further include apparatus for monitoring a transmission activity in a pregiven channel range for determining possible channels in use, so that the transmission channel is assigned to the transmitter in accordance with the determined channels in use. The telemetry system according the invention is preferably used to for medical applications, such as pulsoximetry or electrocardiography.