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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. 23, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerhard von der Ruhr, Brookfield, WI (US);
Dennis E. Bahr, Madison, WI (US);
Michael T. Larsen, Brookfield, WI (US);
Assignee:
O.B. Scientific, Inc., Brookfield, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 ;
Abstract
A limited use medical probe is disclosed. The medical probe includes a memory storage component for maintaining a use value, representing either the number of uses and/or the duration of use of the medical probe. The medical probe is coupled to a medical monitoring device which prevents the performance of monitoring functions when the number of uses or the total duration of use reaches a predetermined threshold value, thereby preventing overuse of the probe.
Published as:
WO0061003A1; US6308089B1; EP1176909A1; EP1176909A4; CN1450877A; US7048687B1; EP1176909B1; ATE327712T1; DE60028369D1; US2006161054A1; CN100353917C;