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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2004
Ammar AL Ali, Tustin, CA (US);
Don Carothers, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
David Dalke, Irvine, CA (US);
Mohamed K. Diab, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Julian Goldman, Newton, MA (US);
Massi E. Kiani, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Michael Lee, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Jerome Novak, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Robert Smith, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Val E. Vaden, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Ammar Al Ali, Tustin, CA (US);
Don Carothers, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
David Dalke, Irvine, CA (US);
Mohamed K. Diab, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Julian Goldman, Newton, MA (US);
Massi E. Kiani, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Michael Lee, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Jerome Novak, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Robert Smith, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Val E. Vaden, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A pulse oximeter has an integrated mode in which it operates as a plug-in module for a multiparameter patient monitoring system (MPMS). The pulse oximeter also has a portable mode in which operates separately from the MPMS as a battery-powered handheld or standalone instrument. The pulse oximeter has a sensor port that receives a photo-plethysmographic signal as input to an internal processor. The pulse oximeter processes this sensor signal to derive oxygen saturation and pulse rate measurements. In the portable mode, this information is provided on its display, and stored in memory for trend capability. In the integrated mode, the pulse oximeter provides oxygen saturation and pulse rate measurements to the MPMS through a docking station to be displayed on a MPMS monitor. In the integrated mode, the portable pulse oximeter docks to the docking station, which in turn is inserted in one or more MPMS slots. The docking station can function as a simple electrical pass-through device between the docked portable pulse oximeter and the MPMS or it can provide a MPMS communications interface.