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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:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kurt A. Aronow, Lafayette, CO (US);
Jonas A. Pologe, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Datex-Ohmeda, Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A medical monitoring instrument such as a pulse oximeter uses vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes (VCSELs) to produce at least two high intensity, essentially monochromatic light beams. The VCSELs are located either in: (1) the probe itself, (2) the connector to the probe, or (3) the monitor box connected with an optical fiber to the probe.
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