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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2012
Applicants:
Ciara Deighan, Birr, IE;
Paul J. Daly, Tullamore, IE;
Alan Fitzgerald, Edgeworthstown, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/04 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/75 (2006.01); A61J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/061 (2013.01); A61B 5/14539 (2013.01); A61B 5/4238 (2013.01); A61J 15/0084 (2015.05); A61M 1/0025 (2014.02); A61M 16/04 (2013.01); A61M 16/0816 (2013.01); A61J 1/1418 (2015.05); A61J 15/0026 (2013.01); A61M 16/00 (2013.01); A61M 16/0411 (2014.02); A61M 2205/3324 (2013.01); A61M 2205/584 (2013.01); G01N 21/75 (2013.01);
Abstract
A measuring device for measuring a physiological parameter of an aspirate. The device includes a sensor element for measuring the physiological parameter, a connection port for fluid communication with a medical tube, a collection tube for aspirating and/or collecting the aspirate, a housing, wherein the sensor element is mounted within the housing and a communication passage enabling the aspirate to enter the housing from the collection tube such that the sensor element can measure the physiological parameter. Further, a method for measuring the parameter is disclosed.