Patents by Inventor Gordon W. Neff

Gordon W. Neff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System, with sensor positioning indicator, for monitoring a biological signal
    Patent number: 5509421
    Abstract: The invention is a physiological monitor for determining a physiological characteristic of a patient. The monitor is particularly adapted to monitor fetal heart rate, and includes a transducer for receiving a signal from the patient that is indicative of the physiological characteristic and for generating an output signal that is representative of the received signal. The monitor further includes a processor coupled to the transducer for receiving the output signal and generating therefrom a physiological signal that is representative of the physiological characteristic. The physiological signal may further be representative of the signal strength of a signal used to calculate the physiological characteristic. The monitor further includes a display unit fixed to the transducer and coupled to the processor for generating a display representative of the physiological signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Analogic Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy L. Muller, Gordon W. Neff, Joseph T. Pappalardo, G. Peter Pulsifer