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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:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis E. Kovach, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael Bernstein, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Mallinckrodt, Inc., Hazelwood, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
An oximeter sensor with an encoding element connected to the photodetector. The encoding element is read by reverse-biasing the photodetector, rather than using a lower voltage.