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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:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
William F. Carlsen, Jr., Oakhurst, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A breath sensor utilizes optical fibers to detect the flow of a patients respiratory airstream. As it has no conductive or magnetic parts, it can be used on patients within the bore of a magnetic resonance imaging system for simple, safe, and rapid assessment of a patient's breathing.