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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2001
Robert T. Stone, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kinderlife Instruments, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for in vivo measurement of carbon monoxide production rate comprising a first gas detector for detecting the concentration of a first selected gas in at least first and second gas samples, the first gas detector being adapted to provide output signals corresponding to the first selected gas concentration in the first and second gas samples; a second gas detector adapted to substantially simultaneously detect the concentration of at least second and third selected gases in the first and second gas samples, the second gas detector being further adapted to provide output signals corresponding to the second and third selected gas concentrations in the first and second gas samples; means for providing the first and second gas samples to the first and second gas detectors; and processing means for determining the rate of carbon monoxide production in at least the second sample in response to the first and second gas detectors output signals.