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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
May. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US);
Inventor:
Richard A. Sunderland, Aloha, OR (US);
Assignee:
Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/0408 (2006.01); A61B 5/0424 (2006.01); A61B 5/0428 (2006.01); A61B 5/0478 (2006.01); A61B 5/0492 (2006.01); A61B 5/053 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0408 (2013.01); A61B 5/0424 (2013.01); A61B 5/0478 (2013.01); A61B 5/04087 (2013.01); A61B 5/0492 (2013.01); A61B 5/04286 (2013.01); A61B 5/053 (2013.01);
Abstract
An instrument that utilizes body contact electrodes evaluates the quality of the connections made between the electrodes and the body. An electrode contact quality evaluation circuit performs the quality evaluation, such as by determining contact impedances for the electrodes. The corresponding contact quality of each electrode is conveyed to the user.