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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:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1999
Joseph Lai, Brookfield, WI (US);
Lawrence A. Buyan, Greenfield, WI (US);
Renee S. DuBore, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Brian Lewis Pate, Tampa, FL (US);
James L. Reuss, Waukesha, WI (US);
Criticare Systems, Inc., Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a medical parameter monitoring device which allows the monitoring of a plurality of medical parameters from a remote location. The invention uses a central monitoring system which transmits and receives data parameters via RF from remote patient monitors. The monitoring systems utilizes a digital spread spectrum RF transceiver between the central monitoring system and the remote monitors. Forward error correcting, frequency hopping, and spread spectrum communications are employed to provide accurate trnsmission of data for a plurality of physiological parameters. Transmitted data can be automatically registered into storage int he central monitoring system.