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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:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen C. Rafert, Kent, WA (US);
Assignee:
Spacelabs Medical, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A system is described for identifying a cable transmitting a signal from a sensor to an electronic instrument. The cable includes a reactance element such as a capacitor or an inductor. The system identifies the cable by applying a voltage to a combination of a resistance and the reactance element to measure the reactance of the reactance element either alone or in combination with the resistance.